Four Baylor Students Selected for Fulbright Scholarships

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Four Selected For Prestigious Fulbright Scholarship
April 24, 2007

Three Baylor University seniors and a 2006 graduate have been selected to receive the Fulbright Scholarship for the 2007-08 academic year, bringing the number of Baylor students who have received the prestigious honor since 2001 to 11.

The honorees are:

• Ana Thomson, a Woodway resident who graduated from Baylor in 2006 with her bachelor's degree in international studies and Spanish. Thomson will teach English in Uruguay, where she was born before moving to the United States at age 4. She will begin the program in 2008.

• Brittany May, a senior University Scholar from Dallas. May will teach English in South Korea, beginning in July.

• Meghan Merchant, a senior international studies/journalism major from Plano. Merchant was selected for the prominent Alistair Cooke Award in Journalism and will study international communications at the University of Leeds in England, beginning in September.

• Ashley Peterson, a senior applied music major from Wichita, Kan. She will teach English in France, beginning in October.