The University of Iowa is pleased to announce that Leslie Locke, assistant professor in the College of Education at the University of Iowa, has been selected as a Fulbright Scholar to Mexico for the 2019-20 academic year. Locke will be co-teaching a course and working on a collaborative research project that centers on the perspectives of public school leaders and teachers regarding their work as educators and serving students and families with the most need. 

Barbara Okeke is currently conducting important water quality and water behavior research in Romania as part of the Fulbright Program.

UI student Tom Bowman received a Fulbright Grant to travel to Bulgaria to be an English teaching assistant for the next year.

University of Iowa Center for the Book's Lisa Miles took her studies to Indonesia and created an award-winning work of art as a response to her experiences and research abroad.

Chris Orabutt traveled to South Korea two months ago to teach middle school English as part of the Fulbright program.

Grace Coleman, a former UI student, will return to Czechia (formerly the Czech Republic) to teach English at a music conservatory.

Martin Wolgen will return to the country his father left in the 1950s to retrace the history of his religious origins while earning a graduate degree in theology and religious studies.

UI Fulbright recipient Lucy Patterson will use her grant to channel her language proficiency, quench her love for travel, and find her international calling.

Rita Guzmán will travel to the coastal city of Porto to work as an English teaching assistant.

One former University of Iowa student aims to conquer the breast and cervical cancer epidemic in India, a passion she acquired and fostered while being an Iowa Hawkeye.