CSB+SJU Fulbright Winners, 2014-2021
Our students keep their eyes on many honors. The Fulbright awards are one.
Since 2014, 50 students who received their undergraduate degrees from the College of Saint Benedict and Saint John’s University have earned Fulbright awards.
You’re seeing the ambassadors that Fulbright sent into the world, by way of CSB and SJU. Read their Fulbright stories by clicking on the link.
The Fulbright U.S. Student Program is the largest U.S. exchange program offering opportunities for students and young professionals to undertake international graduate study, advanced research, university teaching, and primary and secondary school teaching worldwide.
The U.S. Student Program Director, Dan Kramer ’89, is a CSB+SJU graduate.
Award abbreviations
ETA: Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship; AF-MPA: Austrian Fulbright-Marshall Plan Award; FA-US TA: Fulbright Austria-United States Teaching Assistant; FS-RG: Fulbright Student-Research Grant; FS-TG: Fulbright Study-Teaching Grant.
2021 Fulbright Winners
Name / Award / Country
Amanda Bjerke
ETA / Germany
Mackenzie Carlson
ETA / Taiwan
Max Ditzler
FA-US TA / Austria
Hannah Long
FA-US TA / Thailand
2020 Fulbright Winners
Name / Award / Country
Amanda Bjerke
ETA / Germany
Samantha Givens
ETA / Malaysia
Allison Grodnick
ETA / Poland
Julia Petron
FA-US TA / Austria
Kathryn Weinmann
FA-US TA / Austria
Tracy Magooba
Declined Fulbright Award to accept Thomas R. Pickering Graduate Fellowship.
Ilyse Putz
Declined Fulbright Award to attend graduate school program in Germany.
2019 Fulbright Winners
Name / Award / Country
Jessie Thwaites
AF-MPA / Austria
Danica Simonet
ETA / Germany
Michael Thompson
ETA / Greece
Marisela Weber
ETA / India
Ali McGraw
ETA / Germany
Jackson Erdmann
ETA / Malaysia
Declined Fulbright Award.
Isabel Huot-Link
ETA / Peru
2018 Fulbright Winners
Name / Award / Country
Allison Cwikla
ETA / Indonesia
Morgan Durbin
ETA / Sri Lanka
Olayemi Fadahunsi
ETA / Taiwan
Maya Hermerding
ETA / Colombia
Kelsey Tatarek
ETA / Spain
John Beckius
ETA / South Korea
Daniel Yang
ETA / Thailand
2017 Fulbright Winners
Name / Award / Country
Paige Merwin
ETA / Taiwan
Kalia Vang
ETA / Thailand
Declined Fulbright Award.
Yariset Rodriquez
ETA / South Korea
2016 Fulbright Winners
Name / Award / Country
Gretchen Hughes
ETA / Taiwan
Mai Tong Yang
ETA / South Korea
Paul Park
ETA / Thailand
Melissa Vang
ETA / Thailand
Robin Swingley
ETA / Germany
Jillian Andresen
ETA / Malaysia
Diana Elhard
ETA / Turkey
State Department canceled her trip due to civil unrest in Turkey.
Maggie Ellis
ETA / Greece
Declined the invitation for the ACE Teaching Fellows Program at the University of Notre Dame.
Madeline Norgaard
ETA / Malaysia
Declined the award.
2015 Fulbright Winners
Name / Award / Country
Austin Barkley
ETA / Mexico
Erin Speltz
ETA / Bulgaria
Victoria Adolfoli
ETA / Malaysia
Stella Fredrickson
ETA / Greece
Jenna Maus
ETA / Malaysia
Teresa Walch
FSRG / Germany
2014 Fulbright Winners
Name / Award / Country
Dan Schmit 
Heather Beckius 
Melissa DeOrio 
Alex Van Loh 
Lizzy Baden 
Joe Berns 
Sarah Reisdorf