Wheaton again among the nation's top Fulbright producers

For the second time since 2004, the Institute for International Education has recognized Wheaton as one of the top producers of Fulbright scholars, according to a special feature published in the Chronicle of Higher Education this week. Last spring, five Wheaton students won Fulbright awards to study and teach abroad this academic year.

Jeremy Berger '06, an economics major and German minor from Milford, N.H., teaches English in Germany; Lesley Dean '06 of Norton, Mass., is a German and mathematics major teaching English in Germany; Zoë Lees '06, a history and Hispanic studies major from Santa Fe, N.M., is teaching English and studying indigenous medicinal practices in Malaysia; Joshua Purvis '06, an English major and religious studies minor from Eureka, Calif., Purvis teaches English and studies the post-Communism role of the Catholic Church in Slovakia; and Stephen Wulff '06 of Barrington, Ill., a political science major, teaches English in South Korea.

Last academic year, Wheaton students also won a Rhodes Scholarship, a Watson Fellowship, a Mitchell Scholarship, six Teaching Assistantships, a Fulbright-Hays award, a Gilman Scholarship and a Rotary Scholarship. Visit our Scholars site to learn more about their work at Wheaton and abroad.

This year almost 1,300 American students were chosen for the Fulbright Program. They are traveling to 122 countries, where they conduct research, take classes, or teach English. Fellows undertake self-designed programs in disciplines ranging from social sciences, business, communication and performing arts to physical sciences, engineering and education.

Wheaton is a highly selective college of the liberal arts and sciences with a student body of 1,550. It is a member of the Twelve College Exchange, which also includes Amherst, Bowdoin, Dartmouth, Mount Holyoke, Trinity, Wellesley and Wesleyan.