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The chance to travel to a foreign country can be life-changing. This year, two recent Brigham Young University graduates were selected for such an opportunity by the Fulbright U.S. Student Program. Each embarked on a 10-month international excursion to expand their academic horizons and strengthen ties between the U.S. and other nations. Ben Stone, a bioinformatics graduate, is the recipient of a Fulbright Study/Research Award and is living in Estonia. John McHenry, who graduated in Middle East studies/Arabic, was chosen for a Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship and is living in Tajikistan.

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Juan Camargo, a Brigham Young University alum, is on a mission to build better businesses. From Bucaramanga, Colombia, Camargo was born to entrepreneur parents and has dedicated his career to improving business by supporting small-business entrepreneurs in Latin America. For his efforts, Camargo was recognized as a finalist for the Schwarzman Scholarship, a prestigious award for a fully-funded one-year master’s in global affairs at Beijing’s Tsinghua University.

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Ten Brigham Young University students and alumni were chosen as semi-finalists for the 2023-2024 Fulbright U.S. Student Program, sponsored by the U.S. State Department and the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board. This prestigious scholarship offers recipients funding for a year of graduate study, research, or English teaching in one of over 140 countries, with the goal of promoting international goodwill.

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Caitlin Silva, an April 2023 graduate of Brigham Young University, was selected as a finalist for the Knight-Hennessy Scholarship at Stanford University. Each year, the Knight-Hennessy Scholarship grants funding for a select, multidisciplinary group of graduate students with the aim of preparing them to be visionary, collaborative, and courageous leaders who give attention to the world’s complicated challenges.

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After considering hundreds of candidates, the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in Washington, D.C. chose Andrew Bonney as one of 14 members for the 2023 James C. Gaither Junior Fellows Program. Bonney is a recent graduate in Middle East studies/Arabic at Brigham Young University. Beginning in September, he will spend a year working in Washington, D.C. as a salaried research assistant to the Carnegie Endowment’s senior scholars.

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Adam Johnson’s passion to help make the world a better place started even before he came to Brigham Young University. In fact, his passion to make a positive impact was just one of the many reasons Johnson was selected as a 2023 Truman Scholar. Johnson, an Honors Program student, was informed of this achievement by President Worthen and President-Elect Reese on April 10, 2023. This accomplishment of becoming a 2023 Truman Scholar marks the third consecutive year a Truman Scholar was selected from BYU.

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After months of applying, writing essays, strategizing, and interviewing, students are recognized for their dedication at Brigham Young University’s “You Hit Submit” event. At “You Hit Submit,” faculty and staff join students in celebrating their applications to prestigious, national scholarships that may take them across the world. Though all share strong dedication, these students come from various majors, some of which include geospatial intelligence, applied English linguistics, public health promotion, political science, and Middle East studies.

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A group of 25 Brigham Young University students have just hit “submit” in a big way. On October 14, these students met to celebrate their submitted applications to national and global scholarships. The Office of National Scholarships and Prestigious Fellowships and the Kennedy Center together organized a dinner to recognize applicants to the Fulbright U.S. Student Program, the Rhodes Scholarship, the Knight-Hennessy Scholars, and the Marshall Scholarship.

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BYU students continue to make an impact in various fields of study – and they’ve got the hardware, awards and scholarships to prove it.

When Isabella Errigo learned she was awarded a prestigious 2022 Fulbright Research Grant, she felt stunned. For several days, Errigo double-checked the award letter to make sure she read it correctly. The news has begun to sink in, and she is excited to travel to Ecuador to build on her master’s research about the impact of land use on aquatic systems. Errigo is a 2020 Honors Program graduate and is finishing her master’s degree in environmental science and sustainability from the Department of Plant and Wildlife Sciences at Brigham Young University.

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