Fulbright Fellowships for graduating seniors & grad students-

The Fulbright U.S. Student Program offers fellowships for U.S. graduating college seniors, graduate students, young professionals and artists to study, conduct research, and/or teach English abroad. In addition, Critical Language Enhancement Awards are available to grantees for study of critical need foreign languages before or during their grant period.

Program Length

6 months - 1 year

Eligibility and Application Overview

Public applications are accepted. To participate in the Fulbright U.S. Student Program, the applicant must be a U.S. citizen and have:

• at least a Bachelor's degree required by start of grant. Applicants who hold a doctorate are ineligible.
• sufficient proficiency in the host language to carry out the project required.

Note: Non-U.S. citizens who have legal permanent residency status in the United States are not eligible for any Fulbright grants.
The application for academic year 2013-2014 will open Spring 2013 and will be due October 2013.

TAMU HORT Club competes in Miami

Four Aggies represented the TAMU Horticulture Club at the national meetings of the American Society for Horticultural Science held July 30^th – August 3^rd in Miami.  Club president Yessica Garcia was accompanied by members Cassie Warren, Janos Arnosky and Page Hamby (club treasurer) at the annual event that includes the Association of Collegiate Branches horticultural commodity judging contest.  Janos Arnosky was the high scoring individual overall and the high score in the greenhouse/floral and foliage plants division, and Yessica Garcia was the high individual in the vegetable division.  The club placed second overall to the team from Middle Tennessee State University. 

Cassie Warren served as national vice-president of the Collegiate Branches organization this year, and presented the contest results at the ASHS business meeting.  Yessica Garcia was elected ACB president for the upcoming year.

In other award news, Lauren Garcia was named a prestigious ASHS Scholar and the Horticulture Club was named the most outstanding club in the country.