Successful Applicants & Winners

Winners

Dannial Cardillo – Critical Language Scholarship (Persian)

Dannial is a senior Chinese major in the Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences with minors in religious studies, Turkish, Asian studies, and Russian and East European history studies. In the future, Dannial plans to use his Persian language skills to research migration in Türkiye. This is Dannial’s second Critical Language Scholarship win.

Alex-Jaden Peart – Lionel Pearson Fellowship

Alex-Jaden, a senior in the David C. Frederick Honors College and the Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences, is pursuing a Bachelor of Philosophy in classics and English writing. The Lionel Pearson Fellowship is offered through Society for Classical Studies and helps to fund a graduate degree in classics at an English or Scottish university. Alex-Jaden will be pursuing an MPhil at the University of Cambridge.

Christina White – Critical Language Scholarship (Persian)

Christina is currently a medical student in the Class of 2026 at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. Christina will use her language skills to better serve Persian-speaking patients in Pittsburgh, as well as collaborate with international health organizations to strengthen relationships with Persian-speaking nations.

Finalists

Truman Scholarship – Simon Wang

Successful Applicants

Fulbright English Teaching Assistant Award (Taiwan) – Delphi Backs
Fulbright Study/Research Award (Spain) – Roey Beniluz
Fulbright English Teaching Assistant Award (Uzbekistan) – Dannial Cardillo
Fulbright English Teaching Assistant Award (Germany) – Morgan Chen
Fulbright Study/Research Award (Senegal) – Michael DeAngelo
Fulbright English Teaching Assistant Award (Spain) – Hannah Derrick
Fulbright Study/Research Award (United Kingdom) – Richa Desai
Fulbright Study/Research Award (India) – Kruthika Doreswamy
Fulbright English Teaching Assistant Award (Czech Republic) – Ashley Feiler
Fulbright English Teaching Assistant Award (Mexico) – Caelin Grambau
Fulbright English Teaching Assistant Award (Spain) – Daniel Hochman
Fulbright Study/Research Award (Philippines) – Joseph Landsittel
Fulbright English Teaching Assistant Award (South Korea) – Emma Malone
Fulbright Study/Research Award (New Zealand) – Naeisha McClain
Fulbright Study/Research Award (Belgium) – Mary Nayrouz
Fulbright English Teaching Assistant Award (Senegal) – Chinyere Okonkwo 
Fulbright English Teaching Assistant Award (Germany) – Alex-Jaden Peart
Fulbright English Teaching Assistant Award (Poland) – James Rekowski
Fulbright English Teaching Assistant Award (South Korea) – Ebonee Rice-Nguyen
Fulbright English Teaching Assistant Award (Taiwan) – Michaela Saporito
Fulbright English Teaching Assistant Award (Germany) – Zane Troxell
Fulbright Study/Research Award (Germany) – Sydney Wilhelmy
Fulbright English Teaching Assistant Award (Germany) – Lily Wilson
Fulbright English Teaching Assistant Awards (Turkey) – Eric Workman
Fulbright English Teaching Assistant Award (Taiwan) – Brandon Yee