UI student Nicholas Grandstaff had an unlikely journey to earning a Fulbright, but with this scholarship he will be heading to the Netherlands.

Anger Dok, who will receive a BA in global health studies from the University of Iowa this May, earned a 2019 David L. Boren Scholarship. Born in South Sudan and raised in Des Moines, Iowa, Anger will spend next year studying Swahili in Tanzania. 

A record 17 University of Iowa students have been awarded Fulbright U.S. Student Program grants to conduct research, attend graduate school, undertake creative projects, or serve as English teaching assistants abroad in 2019–20, with an additional four students selected as alternates.

17 students chosen for 'life-changing opportunities'

Eli Bratsch-Prince of Ames, Iowa, earned a 2019 David L. Boren Scholarship. A political science major at the UI, Bratsch-Prince will spend next year studying Arabic in Jordan.

Yanni Liang, a PhD candidate in occupational and environmental health at the University of Iowa, earned a 2019 David L. Boren Fellowship, and will spend next year studying Khmer in Cambodia. 

Three UI students awarded prestigious Boren awards for 2019

Nicholas Grandstaff, who will receive a BBA in economics from the University of Iowa this May, is the winner of a 2019-20 Fulbright Study/Research Award to Netherlands for a graduate degree 

Alexa Frank, who will receive an MFA in creative writing from the University of Iowa this May, is the winner of a Fulbright Research Award to Japan for 2019-20

Charles Green, who will receive an MFA in playwriting from the University of Iowa this May, is the winner of a Fulbright Arts grant in Creative Writing/Playwriting to Germany for 2019-20

Isabella Myers, who will receive an MFA in book arts from the University of Iowa this May, is the winner of a Fulbright Arts grant in Bookmaking/Design to Cambodia for 2019-20

Jill Oberhart, who will receive a BA in music and psychology from the University of Iowa this May, is the winner of a Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship Award to Brazil for 2019-20