October 30, 2007

Five Kalamazoo College Students Receive Fulbright Scholarships
Kalamazoo College Named a Top Producer of U.S. Fulbright Students

KALAMAZOO, Mich.: Oct. 30, 2007 — Kalamazoo College officials announced today that five of its former students have received prestigious Fulbright U.S. Student Scholarships.

With five scholarships, Kalamazoo College ranked among the top 20 liberal arts colleges nationally with students receiving Fulbright U.S. Student Scholarships. All are using their scholarships to study abroad during the current academic year.

Megan Martin, a 2000 Kalamazoo College graduate from Evanston, Ill., is in Mexico studying communications.
Nathaniel Krefman ’06 from Paw Paw, Mich., is studying biology in Spain.
Emily Cornwell ’07 from Kalamazoo is studying biology in Australia.
Kyle Hartwell ’07 from Ann Arbor and Rachael Rehberg ’07 from Bothell, Wash., are teaching English as a foreign language in Germany.

Cornwell and Krefman earned their Kalamazoo College bachelor’s degrees in biology; Rehberg and Hartwell in German studies; and Martin in English.

The Fulbright U.S. Student Program offers fellowships to U.S. citizens who are recent bachelor’s graduates, master’s and doctoral students, young professionals and artists for study and research abroad. Scholars are selected on the basis of academic or professional achievement and demonstrated leadership potential in their fields. The program is sponsored by the U.S. Department of State.

“We are very pleased that the Fulbright program has recognized these students for their extraordinary accomplishments,” said Kalamazoo College President Eileen Wilson-Oyelaran. “They epitomize the responsible global citizens, outstanding leaders and innovative problem solvers the Kalamazoo College experience helps create.”

Under the program, almost 1,500 American students in more than 100 different fields of study were offered grants to study, teach English, and conduct research in more than 125 countries throughout the world beginning this fall.

A Fellowship in Learning: At Home in the World, Kalamazoo College is a national liberal arts college and the creator and home of the Kalamazoo Plan. By emphasizing scholarship, civic engagement, and foreign study, Kalamazoo College cultivates a fellowship in learning among students, faculty, and a community of scholars throughout the world. Its students shape elements of the Kalamazoo Plan--rigorous academics, career internships, study abroad, service-learning, and a senior individualized project--into an educational experience that provides insight into the meaning of the kind of citizenship that is at home in the world.