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Headshot images of the six Fulbright recipients.

Six University of Portland Graduates Honored with Fulbright U.S. Student Awards for 2024-2025

Undergraduate Scholarly Engagement

Awards and Rankings

April 30, 2024

Four University of Portland graduates in the Class of 2024 join two recent UP alumni as recipients of Fulbright U.S. Student Program awards to serve as Fulbright English Teaching Assistants for the 2024-2025 academic year.

University of Portland campus from above

Ten members of UP Class of 2020 Offered Fulbright Awards

Awards and Rankings

Undergraduate Scholarly Engagement

April 22, 2020

Ten members of the University of Portland’s Class of 2020 have been named as Fulbright U.S. Student Program Finalists and offered awards to teach English abroad. It is hoped that Fulbright recipients will be able to travel to their programs in fall 2020; the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs has instituted a temporary pause of all Bureau of ECA-funded international exchange programs, including Fulbright.

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Five University of Portland students offered prestigious 2019 Fulbright U.S. Student Program grants

Awards and Rankings

Undergraduate Scholarly Engagement

April 16, 2019

The University of Portland, a leader among its peer institutions in producing Fulbright U.S. Student Program participants, has announced that five students have been named finalists for the 2019 awards to teach English, do research, or attend graduate school abroad.

Four University of Portland alumni awarded $34,000 National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowships

Biology

Mathematics

College of Arts and Sciences

Engineering

Psychology

Awards and Rankings

Alumni

International Languages and Cultures

Undergraduate Scholarly Engagement

Chemistry

June 19, 2018

University of Portland alumni Julia Meng '16, Shannon Danforth '16, Katherine Cummins '17, and Brett Bankson '14 have been awarded $34,000 Graduate Research Fellowships from the National Science Foundation to fund graduate tuition, fees, and research.

Fulbright Awards

Five University of Portland students offered prestigious 2018 Fulbright U.S. Student Program grants

Awards and Rankings

Undergraduate Scholarly Engagement

April 24, 2018

The University of Portland, a leader among its peer institutions in producing Fulbright U.S. Student Program participants, has announced that five students have been named finalists for the 2018 awards.

2017 Fulbright Finalists

Seven University of Portland students offered prestigious 2017 Fulbright U.S. Student Program grants

Undergraduate Scholarly Engagement

Awards and Rankings

April 20, 2017

The University of Portland, a leader among its peer institutions in producing Fulbright U.S. Student Program participants, has announced that seven students have been named finalists for the 2017 awards to teach English, do research, or attend graduate school abroad.

Dr. Laura McLary

Three German Studies students awarded grants to study in Germany

International Languages and Cultures

College of Arts and Sciences

Undergraduate Scholarly Engagement

April 20, 2017

The German Studies Program and Department of International Languages and Cultures is pleased to announce three awardees of the DAAD (Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst) University Summer Course Grants for intensive German language learning in Germany this summer.

Campus aerial photo from 2016

University of Portland students win undergraduate awards, study abroad scholarships

Environmental Studies

Undergraduate Scholarly Engagement

Study Abroad

College of Arts and Sciences

December 13, 2016

Four University of Portland College of Arts and Sciences students have won national and international awards recently.

Rhodes Scholar finalist Parkes Kendrick '17

Scholar-athlete Parkes Kendrick '17 selected as finalist for Rhodes Scholarship

College of Arts and Sciences

Mathematics

Awards and Rankings

Athletics

Undergraduate Scholarly Engagement

November 18, 2016

University of Portland senior Parkes Kendrick has been selected as a finalist for the prestigious Rhodes Scholarship. If successful, Kendrick will become the first University of Portland student to be named a Rhodes Scholar.

UP students win top honors at Sigma Xi Student Research Symposium

Environmental Studies

Undergraduate Scholarly Engagement

November 14, 2016

Two University of Portland science students brought home the top two awards in the Earth & Environmental Sciences category at the Sigma Xi Student Research Symposium Nov. 4.

Taylor Zehren '16 awarded Fulbright to Argentina, brings student Fulbright total to seven for 2016

Awards and Rankings

Undergraduate Scholarly Engagement

October 3, 2016

Taylor Zehren '16 was awarded UP's first student Fulbright to Argentina. He is the seventh UP student to accept a Fulbright award for 2016-2017.

Photo of engineering students presenting their research project.

Shiley School of Engineering research team completes innovative ecoroof project

Engineering

Undergraduate Scholarly Engagement

September 28, 2016

Cara Poor, civil engineering professor, and her team of two students recently finished their project “Sustainability of Ecoroofs: An Evaluation of Runoff Water Quality from Ecoroofs in the Portland Area.”

University of Portland alumni awarded teaching assistantships in France

Undergraduate Scholarly Engagement

Awards and Rankings

International Languages and Cultures

May 16, 2016

Kealey Johnson '16 and Douglas Blair '15 were awarded French Teaching Assistantships by the French Ministry of Education

Six University of Portland students and one alumnus awarded prestigious 2016 Fulbright grants to work and study abroad

Undergraduate Scholarly Engagement

Awards and Rankings

April 28, 2016

Seven Fulbright finalists have been awarded English Teaching Assistantships (ETAs) in Germany, South Korea, Malaysia, Mexico, and Turkey.

University of Portland is a national top producer of Fulbright students and faculty

English

Awards and Rankings

Undergraduate Scholarly Engagement

Sociology

February 23, 2016

University of Portland ranks fourth among peer institutions for number of student Fulbrights and ties for second among peers for faculty Fulbrights.

Two UP students named University Innovation Fellows by the National Center for Engineering Pathways to Innovation

Engineering

Undergraduate Scholarly Engagement

November 17, 2015

Two University of Portland engineering students have been named University Innovation Fellows by the National Center for Engineering Pathways to Innovation.

University of Portland students awarded teaching assistantships in France

Undergraduate Scholarly Engagement

Awards and Rankings

May 22, 2015

University of Portland French studies students Britta Geisler, Rubama Nasir, and Julia Maynard have been granted teaching assistantships in France, according to French instructor Trudie Booth, international languages and cultures.

Six UP students awarded prestigious Fulbright grants to work and study abroad

Awards and Rankings

Undergraduate Scholarly Engagement

History

Communication Studies

English

April 13, 2015

University of Portland, a leader among its peer institutions in producing Fulbright scholars for several years, has announced that six students have been awarded prestigious Fulbright grants to work and study abroad.

Chika Eke, a senior majoring in mechanical engineering, awarded prestigious three-year research fellowship from National Science Foundation to study at MIT

Engineering

Awards and Rankings

Undergraduate Scholarly Engagement

March 30, 2015

Chika Eke, a senior majoring in mechanical engineering, has been awarded a prestigious graduate research fellowship from the National Science Foundation.