{"id":116101,"date":"2023-05-17T13:00:59","date_gmt":"2023-05-17T18:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.olemiss.edu\/?p=116101"},"modified":"2023-06-06T13:01:13","modified_gmt":"2023-06-06T18:01:13","slug":"university-record-eight-um-students-earn-fulbright-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/web20.olemiss.edu\/news\/wordpress\/university-record-eight-um-students-earn-fulbright-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"University-Record Eight UM Students Earn Fulbright Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The 2023 Fulbright U.S. Student Program recipients from the University of Mississippi are (top, from left) Manuel Campbell, Edith Marie Green, Mikayla Jordan and Alyssa Langlois, and (bottom, from left) Rabria Moore, Sydney Rester, Emily Wang and Savannah Whittemore.<\/p><\/div>\n

OXFORD, Miss. \u2013 Eight University of Mississippi<\/a> students have earned Fulbright U.S. Student Program awards, the most ever in university history.<\/p>\n

The Fulbright U.S. Student Program<\/a> partners students with universities and schools from more than 140 nations around the globe to promote international study and cross-cultural dialogue. The selective program is available to seniors, graduate and doctoral students from the United States.<\/p>\n

Ole Miss students have garnered 59 Fulbright awards since the program began in 1946, said Vivian Ibrahim, director of the Office of National Scholarship Advisement<\/a>. <\/p>\n

“This is huge,” Ibrahim said. “This is the most Fulbrights we’ve ever had, and the students are just fantastic. I can’t tell you how excited I am for them.”<\/p>\n

This year’s recipients are:<\/p>\n