On March 31, 2025, Senior Vice Provost for Faculty Patrick Louchouarn recognized students and faculty from The Ohio State University who are recent Fulbright and Fulbright-Hays recipients and Fulbright student semifinalists, as well as visiting Fulbright students and scholars from around the globe, during a reception at the Faculty Club.
As host of the reception, Vice Provost of Global Strategies and International Affairs Kaya Şahin announced that Ohio State was named the top producer of Fulbright U.S. scholars for 2024-2025 among all doctoral institutions and tied for seventh for the Fulbright U.S. Student program.
This is the second time in the last five years that Ohio State has been ranked No. 1 for Fulbright U.S. Scholars. Ohio State was one of only 19 institutions recognized as a top producer for both the Fulbright student and scholar programs. The university had 14 faculty selected for the prestigious Fulbright scholar award and 24 student awardees.
Over the last two award cycles, Ohio State has produced 58 Fulbright U.S. students, scholars and specialists, 4 Fulbright-Hays doctoral research abroad recipients and 4 Fulbright-Hays faculty research abroad recipients.
In addition, Ohio State has hosted 25 Fulbright foreign students and 15 Fulbright foreign scholars. This year 23 semi-finalists for U.S. Fulbright student awards have been named.
A recipient of the Fulbright Queen Mary University of London Award to the United Kingdom, medical student Selina Vickery performed dissertation work in Uganda where she studied health systems strengthening in the context of surgical volumes, capacity, and access to surgical care. “This project illuminated the challenges and disparities in health care delivery, particularly in low-resource settings, and underscored the immense importance of international collaboration to make powerful differences in remote communities. My time in Uganda through my Fulbright highlighted the complexity of these issues and reinforced my belief that true solutions to health disparities require not only scientific and medical expertise but also deep cultural empathy and collaborative action,” Vickery reflected.
A Fulbright Foreign Student Program recipient from Indonesia, Athriyana Pattiwael is educator and researcher in the Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities at UKRIDA, Krida Wacana Christian University who trains language teachers. Pattiwael is studying evidence-based approaches to literacy education in the Department of Teaching and Learning in the College of Education and Human Ecology. “My Fulbright experience at Ohio State is not only preparing me as a future scholar and researcher but also as a catalyst for change in literacy education. Fulbright’s investment in me is an investment in the future of education system of my country as it is my aim to help train a next generation of teachers and educational researchers in Indonesia,” Pattiwael remarked.
The reception took place during the 16th Annual Fulbright Week at Ohio State, March 31 – April 4. The Office of International Affairs and the Undergraduate Fellowship Office combine their efforts to plan a week full of events acknowledging past recipients and hosting workshops, information sessions and open houses designed to inform potential faculty, undergraduate and graduate student applicants about the opportunities available through the Fulbright and Fulbright-Hays programs.
Visit Fulbright.osu.edu for more information about all the Fulbright Program grants and to view a complete list of Ohio State Fulbright and Fulbright-Hays recipients.
For more information about the Fulbright and Fulbright-Hays programs at Ohio State, please contact Joanna Kukielka-Blaser.