Denison has been named a Top Fulbright Producer for six of the last seven years, and the Lisska Center supports students, faculty, and alums applying to many top-tier national and international programs.
For 2024-25, Denison’s Fulbright winners were:
- Fulbright grant, Mauritius: Madeline Borger ’24, a politics and public affairs major with a minor in French
- Fulbright grant, Taiwan: Hannah Davies ’24, a double major in global commerce and history
- Fulbright grant, Tajikistan: Shamshod Khuseynov ’23, a double major in economics and international studies
- Fulbright scholar, Spain: Micaela Vivero, professor and chair of Denison’s visual arts department
While not every applicant succeeds, the process of applying for these highly competitive programs benefits students — they become well-versed in assembling a proposal and crafting an application that highlights their strengths.
That’s an incredibly valuable lifelong skill, says professor Diana Mafe, director of the Lisska Center: “In a post-graduate world, you’re always applying for a job or another kind of opportunity.”
Many students apply for several opportunities. Biochemistry major Abby Engler ’25, who was awarded a prestigious Barry Goldwater Scholarship, was also named an AMGEN Summer Research Program in Science and Biotechnology scholar, for which she spent a summer at Duke University. This year, she is applying for a post-graduate fellowship with the National Science Foundation.
Engler has done a lot of introspection while applying for her scholarships. “I had a chance to reflect on how I got to where I am, which is something I normally wouldn’t have done,” she says. “I realized I have something to be proud of.”
Madeline Borger ’24
Hannah Davies ’24
Shamshod Khuseynov ’23
Micaela Vivero
Abby Engler ’25