Fellowships & Scholarships

When Dylan Morse ’22 thinks about salmon, he sees more than a pink fish that cooks up nicely on the grill. He sees a connection between people and nature. Salmon build economies and culture in fishing towns and foster spirituality in certain First Nation communities. When climate change threatens Atlantic salmon populations, it threatens people, too.

Once again, Hamilton College has been named a Fulbright U.S. Student Program Top Producing Institution. 13 students were named semi-finalists, 7 received the grant, and two were selected as alternates.

Obiamaka “Obi” Nnadika ’23 has been awarded a Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship for study at Cambridge University this spring.

Katherine (Kate) Burnham ’23 and Jacquelin (Jackie) Prunier ’23 have been awarded Coccia Foundation Scholarships for study in Italy in 2022.

Journalist — and now Fulbright researcher — Katie Jickling ’15 will travel to Chennai in Southern India to study the efforts of two Protestant churches to build gender-inclusive leadership. Jickling is a recipient of a 2021 Fulbright Research/Study Award.

Lucille Kline ’22 has been awarded a Critical Language Scholarship to study Russian through a virtual program offered by the University of Nizhny Novgorod. The Critical Language Scholarship is a program run by the U.S. Department of State for intensive language study in 15 critical languages.

It was a return to semi-normal as academic achievement prizes, prize scholarships, and other recognition of student accomplishments were awarded at the annual Class & Charter Day convocation on May 11. President David Wippman announced the winners in a tent on Dunham Green as spectators watched online.

Will Andriola is eager to share his Hamilton Debate Team experience with debate students in Bulgaria over the next year while serving there as the recipient of a Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship (ETA). Bulgarian Fulbright ETAs contribute to coaching BEST (Bulgarian English Speech and Debate Tournament) Foundation debate teams. “After three years competing on Hamilton’s debate team, I thought it would be a great way to help students improve their confidence and public speaking skills,” said Andriola.

Two Hamilton seniors and a recent alumna have been awarded Fulbright Teaching Assistantships to Spain for the 2021-22 academic year. Tim Derby ’21 and Gianni Hill ’21, along with Loren Rodriguez ’20, will teach English under the flagship international educational exchange program sponsored by the U.S. government.

Jonathan Dong ’21 has been awarded the College’s prestigious Bristol Fellowship to explore The Global Rise in Sustainable Aquaculture by traveling to Mexico, Chile, Kenya, Singapore, the Philippines, and Papua New Guinea.