3 seniors, 1 alumna receive Fulbright awards
By: Macy Ayers
Issue date: 5/5/09 Section: News
Three DePauw students were recently named Fulbright scholarship recipients.
The Fulbright is a national award which allows select individuals to conduct research or teach English in a foreign country for a year.
Seniors Todd Schmid, Lauren Wendling and Ross Robinson have received Fulbright awards. Brooke Havlik and Jessica Strong were also named as alternates. DePauw alumna Anne Schaufele, also received the award, while alumna Amanda Gebert received acceptance into a comparable program through the Fulbright application process.
Schmid will be conducting socio-linguistic research in Paraguay.
"Paraguay is a bilingual city. Paraguayans speak both Spanish and Guarani, the only indigenous language in Latin America which is not spoken exclusively by indigenous people," he said. "I'll be studying bilingual education and trying to see if the dual language policy established the bilingual education policy, or vice versa," he said.
Schmid will also seek to apply his findings to the American education system.
"I'll also be looking forward to find a model for U.S. bilingual education. Increasingly we're going to see Spanish spoken as much as English, and we'll need a pragmatic model," he said.
Lauren Wendling will have an English teaching assistanceship in Seoul, South Korea.
"I've worked a lot tutoring kids with reading and grammar both at DePauw and in high school, so I'm familiar with it, and I enjoy it a lot," Wendling said.
As a religious studies major, Wendling became interested in East Asia through studies of Buddhism.
"I'm really looking forward to the cultural experience - seeing as much of Korea as I can, living with a Korean family, building as many relationships as I can and learning the language, Hangul," she said.
Robinson, who will be working in Germany, will also be an English teaching assistant.
A German major, Robinson will teach English to students in grades seven through 12.
The Fulbright is a national award which allows select individuals to conduct research or teach English in a foreign country for a year.
Seniors Todd Schmid, Lauren Wendling and Ross Robinson have received Fulbright awards. Brooke Havlik and Jessica Strong were also named as alternates. DePauw alumna Anne Schaufele, also received the award, while alumna Amanda Gebert received acceptance into a comparable program through the Fulbright application process.
Schmid will be conducting socio-linguistic research in Paraguay.
"Paraguay is a bilingual city. Paraguayans speak both Spanish and Guarani, the only indigenous language in Latin America which is not spoken exclusively by indigenous people," he said. "I'll be studying bilingual education and trying to see if the dual language policy established the bilingual education policy, or vice versa," he said.
Schmid will also seek to apply his findings to the American education system.
"I'll also be looking forward to find a model for U.S. bilingual education. Increasingly we're going to see Spanish spoken as much as English, and we'll need a pragmatic model," he said.
Lauren Wendling will have an English teaching assistanceship in Seoul, South Korea.
"I've worked a lot tutoring kids with reading and grammar both at DePauw and in high school, so I'm familiar with it, and I enjoy it a lot," Wendling said.
As a religious studies major, Wendling became interested in East Asia through studies of Buddhism.
"I'm really looking forward to the cultural experience - seeing as much of Korea as I can, living with a Korean family, building as many relationships as I can and learning the language, Hangul," she said.
Robinson, who will be working in Germany, will also be an English teaching assistant.
A German major, Robinson will teach English to students in grades seven through 12.
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