FELLOWSHIPS AND NATIONAL AWARDS



Ever since the Claremont McKenna Arabic Program started in 2008, Arabic Program students from all five Claremont Colleges have received distinguished fellowships and national awards to pursue their Arabic language study and interest in the Middle East. Below is a list of the students who received these fellowships and awards.

FULBRIGHT PROGRAM:


David Myer, Claremont McKenna College
David Myer is a finalist for the research Fulbright in Morocco, 2012

Rio Fischer, Claremont McKenna College
Rio Fischer is a finalist for the research Fulbright in Morocco, 2012

Olivia Uranga, Claremont McKenna College
Olivia Uranga is a finalist for the research Fulbright in Bahrain, 2012

Krysten Hartman, Claremont McKenna College
Krysten Hartmen received the research Fulbright in Kuwait, 2011

Jake Scruggs, Pomona College
Jake Scruggs received the research Fulbright in Egypt, 2011

Sam Brown, Pitzer College
Sam Brown received the research Fulbright in Morocco, 2011

Rebekah Binz, Claremont McKenna College
Rebekah Binz received the teaching Fulbright in Amman, Jordan, 2010


BOREN AWARDS:


Melissa Carlson, Claremont McKenna College
Melissa Carlson received the Boren Scholarship for her study abroad in Amman, Jordan, 2011

Cav Walters
Cav Walters received the Boren Scholarship for his study abroad in Amman, Jordan, 2011

Alexandra Gutowski, Pomona College
Aleandra Gutowski received the Boren Scholarship for her study abroad in Amman, Jordan, 2012
 

CRITICAL LANGUAGE SCHOLARSHIP:


Megan Peterson, Scripps College
Megan Peterson received the Critical Language Scholarship, 2012

Alice Chan, Pomona College
Alice Chan received the Critical Language Scholarship in Amman, Jordan, 2011

David Franzel, Claremont McKenna College
David Franzel received the Critical Language Scholarship in Morocco, 2010

Rebekah Binz, Claremont McKenna College
Rebakah Binz received the Critical Language Scholarship for Alexandria, Egypt, 2010 (Declined to accept Fulbright)

Aleandra Gutowski, Pomona College
Aleandra Gutowski received the Critical Language Scholarship in Muscat, Oman, 2011 and the CLS Alumni Development grant for intensive dialect training, 2012
 

GATES CAMBRIDGE SCHOLARSHIP:


Camille Cole, Pomona College
Camille Cole received the Gates Cambridge Scholarship for her research in Iraq’s environmental systems, 2012
 

WATSON FELLOWSHIP:


Anoush Suni, Pomona College
Anoush Suni received the Watson Fellowship for Arabic language study in Amman, Jordan, 2009



Written by Melissa Carlson ’13, Professor of Arabic Bassam Frangieh’s Research Assistant