Mississippi students, professors receive Fulbright Awards

Date:2025-07-30 04:08:51 Category:US Views:2 Comment:0

JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – Mississippi has seen recent immense growth in education, and now a few students and instructors are looking to help overseas students to grow as well.

The University of Mississippi, the University of Southern Mississippi (USM) and Millsaps College announced the recipients for the Fulbright Scholars Awards, which totals eight students and two faculty members from the universities. Ole Miss had seven students receive scholarships, while Millsaps had one. Southern Miss had two professors receive the Fulbright International Education Administrators (IEA) Award.

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The Fulbright program is a U.S. Government-sponsored program that seeks to increase mutual understanding and support friendly and peaceful relations between the people of the United States and the people of other countries. The program awards approximately 8,000 merit-based grants every year to accomplished students, scholars, teachers, artists and professionals of all backgrounds and fields.

Recipients from Mississippi universities:

Elsa Allmendinger – Graduate, Ole Miss
Madalyn Dudley – Graduate, Ole Miss
Binta Fadiga – Graduate, Ole Miss
Abby Henry – Graduate, Millsaps
Jacqueline Hibbard – Graduate, Ole Miss
Megan Hughes – Graduate, Ole Miss
Audrey Koltz – Graduate, Ole Miss
Dr. Kelly Lester – Associate Provost, Southern Miss
Dr. Douglas Masterson – Senior Associate Provost, Southern Miss
Morgan McCann – Graduate, Ole Miss

These students and faculty will be sent to places such as Taiwan, South Korea, Luxembourg, Kazakhstan, Germany, Luxembourg, France and Spain.

Koltz is a native of Madison, Mississippi, and went on to become a Biology Graduate at Ole Miss. After visiting Spain in high school, she became fascinated by the culture. Now with her Fulbright award, Koltz will have the opportunity to teach at an elementary school in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria.

“I couldn’t be happier about my placement,” she said. “I plan to become a physician, where I’ll apply Fulbright teaching skills such as communication techniques, Spanish proficiency and cultural awareness to extend empathy to my patients while effectively educating them on their health.”

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