Six Niners Advance as Fulbright U.S. Student Program Semi-Finalists

The Office of International Programs is pleased to announce that six UNC Charlotte students and alumni have been selected as semi-finalists in the 2021-2022 Fulbright U.S. Student Program grant competition. These six Niners represent 75 percent of UNC Charlotte’s Fulbright U.S. Student Program applicant pool this year, which the Program posits as the most competitive application cycle in the history of the award. Such strong representation in this esteemed competition speaks highly of the quality of UNC Charlotte students’ applications.

The Fulbright Program is the flagship international educational exchange program sponsored by the U.S. government and is designed to forge lasting connections between the people of the U.S. and the citizens of other countries, counter misunderstandings, and help people and nations work together toward common goals. Since its establishment in 1946, the Fulbright Program has enabled more than 390,000 dedicated and accomplished students, scholars, artists, teachers, and professionals of all backgrounds to study, teach and conduct research, exchange ideas, and find solutions to shared international concerns.

The semi-finalists, award types, and exchange countries are:

• Nathan Hewitt, UK Partnership Award, United Kingdom
• Celeste Lam, Study/Research, Thailand
• Julia Poppell, English Teaching Assistantship, Colombia
• Neud’s Saint-Cyr, English Teaching Assistantship, North Macedonia
• Sydney Wall, Fulbright/HAEF English Teaching Assistantship, Greece
• 2011 UNC Charlotte student alumnus, English Teaching Assistantship, Brazil

The Fulbright U.S. Student Program is administered on campus by the Office of Education Abroad. Interested parties are encouraged to contact UNC Charlotte’s Fulbright Student Program Advisor Brad Sekulich.