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Western Washington University Named a Top Producer for Fulbright Scholars in 2024-2025

Western Washington University has been named a Fulbright Top Producing Institution by the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, with Western appearing atop the national list for Fulbright Scholars – faculty members receiving the prestigious fellowship to study and research abroad – with four fellowships awarded. 

Western is the only master's granting institution to be named a top producer from the Pacific Northwest.
 
“It is an honor that for the second year in a row, Western has been named a Fulbright Top Producing Institution for U.S. Scholar awards.  For Western faculty, receiving a Fulbright enables them to participate in international educational and cultural exchange in more than a 100 countries around the world.   This experience can be life changing, and it often leads to cutting-edge research and more meaningful global learning experiences for our students,” said Mark Greenberg, director of Faculty Global Engagement at Western. “Given growing faculty interest and our track record of success, I believe the future of Western’s relationship with Fulbright is brighter than ever.”

WWU’s Fulbright U.S. Scholars for 2024-2025 

For more information about Western’s participation in the Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program, visit the WWU Institute for Global Engagement Fulbright page here: https://global.wwu.edu/fulbright.

Students can apply for Fulbright awards through Western's Fellowships Office. For more information, contact Tom Moore at 360-650-4074 or go to fellowships.wwu.edu. 
 

About the Fulbright Program

Fulbright is the U.S. government’s flagship international educational exchange program and is also among the largest and most diverse exchange programs in the world. Since its inception in 1946, more than 400,000 participants from all backgrounds and fields – including recent university graduates, teachers, scientists, researchers, artists, and others from the United States and over 160 other countries – have participated in the Fulbright Program. For more than 75 years, the mission of the Fulbright Program has been to increase mutual understanding between the people of the United States and the people of other countries. 
 
Fulbright alumni work to make a positive impact on their communities, sectors, and the world and include 41 heads of state or government, 62 Nobel Laureates, 89 Pulitzer Prize winners, 78 MacArthur Fellows, and countless leaders and changemakers who carry forward the Fulbright mission of enhancing mutual understanding.