{"id":5467,"date":"2022-10-25T16:14:41","date_gmt":"2022-10-25T20:14:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/fellowships\/?p=5467"},"modified":"2025-06-30T11:31:36","modified_gmt":"2025-06-30T15:31:36","slug":"they-hit-submit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/fellowships\/they-hit-submit\/","title":{"rendered":"They hit submit!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This year seven seniors, three recent alumni and three current graduate students successfully completed the campus process for submitting a Fulbright US Student Program application. The process itself is rigorous and provides an opportunity to refine their personal narrative and professional aspirations, which will translate into stronger graduate school and grant applications in the future. If successful, they will be funded to spend the 2023-2024 academic year abroad fulfilling the study, research or English teaching assistantship which they have proposed.<\/p>\n<p>Many thanks to <strong>Felicia Page<\/strong>, Coordinator of the Graduate Writing Center, who provided an excellent summer workshop experience for the graduate student applicants this summer.&nbsp; Many thanks also to those who served as interview panelists and to the 40+ letter writers who supported for this incredible crew of Rhody Rams along the way!&nbsp; We are rooting for you all!<\/p>\n\n<table id=\"tablepress-5\" class=\"tablepress tablepress-id-5\">\n<thead>\n<tr class=\"row-1\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\"><\/td><td class=\"column-2\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody class=\"row-striping row-hover\">\n<tr class=\"row-2\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1743\/photo-of-tim-Timothy-Berard-300x296.png\" alt=\"Timothy Berard\" width=\"300\" height=\"296\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-5470\" \/><\/td><td class=\"column-2\"><strong>Timothy Berard <\/strong> '20 (Political Science and Africana Studies)<br \/>\nUnited Kingdom<br \/>\nMA in Migration Studies at the University of Sussex<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-3\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1743\/Damato_MAF-300x278.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"278\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-5474\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/fellowships\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1743\/Damato_MAF-300x278.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/fellowships\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1743\/Damato_MAF-1024x950.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/fellowships\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1743\/Damato_MAF-768x713.jpg 768w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/fellowships\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1743\/Damato_MAF-364x338.jpg 364w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/fellowships\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1743\/Damato_MAF-500x464.jpg 500w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/fellowships\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1743\/Damato_MAF-1000x928.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/fellowships\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1743\/Damato_MAF.jpg 1169w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/td><td class=\"column-2\"><strong>Nikol Damato<\/strong> '23 (MA Marine Affairs)<br \/>\nCanada<br \/>\nStructured Decision-Making Analysis of Policies for Killer Whale Conservation<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-4\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1743\/Willow_Dunster_babyshark-225x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-5482\" \/><\/td><td class=\"column-2\"><strong>Willow Dunster<\/strong> '23 (Marine Biology)<br \/>\nNew Zealand<br \/>\nMsc in Marine Biology at Victoria University of Wellington - Te Herenga Waka<br \/>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-5\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1743\/IMG_1043-Clare-Laroche-284x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"284\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-5475\" \/><\/td><td class=\"column-2\"><strong>Clare Laroche<\/strong> '23 (Ocean Engineering)<br \/>\nNew Zealand<br \/>\nMasters in Robotics and Automation at University of Auckland<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-6\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1743\/Ihitsubmit-Aisling-Macaraeg-222x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"222\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-5471\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/fellowships\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1743\/Ihitsubmit-Aisling-Macaraeg-222x300.jpg 222w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/fellowships\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1743\/Ihitsubmit-Aisling-Macaraeg-757x1024.jpg 757w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/fellowships\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1743\/Ihitsubmit-Aisling-Macaraeg-768x1039.jpg 768w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/fellowships\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1743\/Ihitsubmit-Aisling-Macaraeg-364x493.jpg 364w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/fellowships\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1743\/Ihitsubmit-Aisling-Macaraeg-500x677.jpg 500w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/fellowships\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1743\/Ihitsubmit-Aisling-Macaraeg.jpg 773w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 222px) 100vw, 222px\" \/><\/td><td class=\"column-2\"><strong>Aisling Macaraeg<\/strong> '23 (Cell and Molecular Biology)<br \/>\nUnited Kingdom<br \/>\nMaster of Science in Infection Biology at the University of Manchester<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-7\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1743\/picture-Mollie-Melnick-Mollie-Melnick-300x257.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"257\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5483\" \/> <\/td><td class=\"column-2\"><strong>Mollie Melnick<\/strong> '23 (Political Science; Spanish)<br \/>\nSpain<br \/>\nEnglish Teaching Assistant<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-8\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1743\/Miller_Jami-Jami-Miller-300x272.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"272\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-5477\" \/><\/td><td class=\"column-2\"><strong>Jami Miller <\/strong> '23 (MA Marine Affairs)<br \/>\nPortugal<br \/>\nThe Impact of Azorean Artisanal Fishers on Food Security and Seafood Systems<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-9\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1743\/Nathaniel_Sandoval-300x272.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"272\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-5478\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/fellowships\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1743\/Nathaniel_Sandoval-300x272.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/fellowships\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1743\/Nathaniel_Sandoval-1024x927.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/fellowships\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1743\/Nathaniel_Sandoval-768x695.jpg 768w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/fellowships\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1743\/Nathaniel_Sandoval-1536x1390.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/fellowships\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1743\/Nathaniel_Sandoval-2048x1854.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/fellowships\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1743\/Nathaniel_Sandoval-364x329.jpg 364w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/fellowships\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1743\/Nathaniel_Sandoval-500x453.jpg 500w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/fellowships\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1743\/Nathaniel_Sandoval-1000x905.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/fellowships\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1743\/Nathaniel_Sandoval-1280x1159.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/fellowships\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1743\/Nathaniel_Sandoval-2000x1810.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/fellowships\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1743\/Nathaniel_Sandoval-scaled.jpg 2560w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/td><td class=\"column-2\"><strong>Nathaniel Sandoval <\/strong>'21 (Political Science)<br \/>\nPanama<br \/>\nEnglish Teaching Assistantship (ETA)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-10\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1743\/5C46B6B6-B282-4491-9D86-63C2AF8D8C6A-Eliza-Taylor-218x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"218\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-5472\" \/><\/td><td class=\"column-2\"><strong>Eliza Taylor <\/strong>'23 (Ocean Engineering)<br \/>\nUnited Kingdom<br \/>\nMSc in Acoustical and Vibration Engineering from the University of Southampton<br \/>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-11\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1743\/9110E465-AEB8-42FD-B97E-EBDE95EEC2BF-Devin-Thomas-225x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-5473\" \/><\/td><td class=\"column-2\"><strong>Devin Thomas <\/strong>'23 (History)<br \/>\nPoland<br \/>\nAllenstein to Olsztyn: Nationalism in a Central European Town<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-12\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1743\/IMG_1157-Myles-Wagner-199x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-5476\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/fellowships\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1743\/IMG_1157-Myles-Wagner-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/fellowships\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1743\/IMG_1157-Myles-Wagner-680x1024.jpg 680w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/fellowships\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1743\/IMG_1157-Myles-Wagner-364x548.jpg 364w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/fellowships\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1743\/IMG_1157-Myles-Wagner-500x753.jpg 500w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/fellowships\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1743\/IMG_1157-Myles-Wagner.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 199px) 100vw, 199px\" \/><\/td><td class=\"column-2\"><strong>Myles Wagner<\/strong> '22 (Marine Biology; Cell and Molecular Biology)<br \/>\nAustralia<br \/>\nDeveloping coral symbionts capable of conferring thermal tolerance into Australia's coral<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<!-- #tablepress-5 from cache -->\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This year seven seniors, three recent alumni and 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The process itself is rigorous and provides an opportunity to refine their personal narrative and professional aspirations, which will translate into stronger graduate school and grant applications in the future. 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