CONWAY, Arkansas (March 28, 2024)—Hendrix College is pleased to announce that Emma Schroeder has
received a Fulbright U.S. Student Program award for an English Teaching
Assistantship to France for the 2024-2025 academic year from the U.S.
Department of State and the Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board.
As a Fulbright participant, Schroeder
will teach abroad for the 2024-2025 academic year through the Fulbright U.S.
Student Program. Recipients of Fulbright awards are selected in an open,
merit-based competition that considers leadership potential, academic and/or
professional achievement, and record of service. Their
careers are enriched by joining a network of thousands of accomplished
Fulbright alumni, many of whom are leaders in their fields. Notable Fulbright
alumni include 62 Nobel Prize laureates, 89
Pulitzer Prize recipients, 78 MacArthur Fellows and 41 who have served as a
head of state or government. Since 1946, the Fulbright Program has provided
more than 400,000 participants from over 160 countries the opportunity to
study, teach and conduct research, exchange ideas, and contribute to finding
solutions to shared international concerns.
Schroeder, a native of Magnolia, Arkansas, will be graduating in May
2024 with a major in French and a minor in Spanish, and as a Murphy Scholar
through the Hendrix-Murphy Programs in Literature and Language. As an ETA in
France, Emma intends to engage her experiences growing up in a resource-poor
community to provide similarly-situated young students in France with the
resources and intercultural connections she herself lacked. In the classroom,
she plans to use a variety of multisensory techniques, including humor and the
use of film and music, to engage her students in learning English and
understanding American culture and society.
“Emma’s selection reflects her
passion for French as well as a deep commitment to shaping the future as a
teacher. I am proud of her success in achieving this highly competitive
placement and grateful to the Hendrix professors and mentors who prepared her
to successfully compete for this life-changing opportunity,” said Hendrix
College President Karen Petersen. “Furthermore, her desire to share less common
U.S. cultural attributes through film will enhance understanding, which I
suspect will strengthen Emma’s teaching capacity when she returns to the U.S.”
The Hendrix
Fulbright U.S. Student Program
is administered by Dr. Daniel Edquist-Whelan (Professor and Chair of the
Department of Politics) with the support of Dr. Dorian Stuber (the
Distinguished Scholarships Advisor) and members of the Hendrix College Honors
Committee, chaired by Britt Murphy, Director of Bailey Library.
The Fulbright Program is the U.S. government’s flagship international
educational exchange program and is supported by the people of the United
States and partner countries around the world. The Fulbright Program is funded
through an annual appropriation made by the U.S. Congress to the U.S.
Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. Participating
governments and host institutions, corporations, and foundations around the
world also provide direct and indirect support to the Program.
More than 2,000 U.S. students,
artists, and early career professionals from all backgrounds and in more than
100 different fields of study receive Fulbright U.S. Student Program awards annually to study, teach English, and conduct
research overseas. Additionally, more than 800 U.S. scholars -- faculty,
artists, and professionals -- from all backgrounds teach or conduct research
overseas through the Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program annually.
In the United
States, the Institute of International Education supports the implementation of
the Fulbright U.S. Student and U.S. Scholar Programs on behalf of the U.S.
Department of State, including conducting an annual competition for the
scholarships.
For further information about the Fulbright Program or the U.S.
Department of State, please visit https://fulbrightprogram.org
or contact the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs Press Office at ECA-Press@state.gov.
About Hendrix College
Founded
in 1876, Hendrix College is featured in Colleges That Change Lives: 40 Schools
That Will Change the Way You Think About Colleges and celebrated among the
country’s leading liberal arts colleges for academic quality, engaged learning
opportunities and career preparation, vibrant campus life, and value. The
Hendrix College Warriors compete in 21 NCAA Division III sports. Hendrix has
been affiliated with the United Methodist Church since 1884. Learn more at www.hendrix.edu.
“… Through engagement that links the
classroom with the world, and a commitment to diversity, inclusion, justice,
and sustainable living, the Hendrix community inspires students to lead lives
of accomplishment, integrity, service, and joy.” —Hendrix College Statement
of Purpose