The State Department Fulbright Scholar Program recently announced its final decisions: four Scripps college seniors and one recent graduate have been awarded a Fulbright Fellowship for 2008-09, a record number for Scripps.
The five winners are Hannah Alberts for an English teaching appointment in Russia; Jennifer Goodward, class of 2006, for an economics project in Brazil; Ivy McDaniel for a biology project in Norway; Laura McPherson for a linguistics project in Mali; and Mikaela Rodriguez for an English teaching appointment in Indonesia. In addition, Clare Cannon has been designated an alternate for a biology project in Malaysia.