With four students earning Fulbright awards for 2024–25, the college continues its commitment to international engagement.
February 25, 2025
Press Release
Portland, OR — Today, the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs recognized Â鶹¹ú²úAV for being one of the colleges and universities with the highest number of students selected for the Fulbright U.S. Student Program. Fulbright Top Producing Institutions such as Â鶹¹ú²úAV value global connection and support members of their campus communities across the United States to pursue international opportunities.
Since 1966, Â鶹¹ú²úAV has graduated 129 Fulbright students, including four who were selected for Fulbright awards for academic year 2024–25.
The Fulbright Program is the U.S. government's flagship international academic exchange program. Since 1946, the Fulbright Program has provided more than 400,000 talented and accomplished students, scholars, teachers, artists, and professionals of all backgrounds with the opportunity to study, teach, and conduct research abroad. Fulbrighters exchange ideas, build people-to-people connections, and work to address complex global challenges.
“We are honored to be recognized as a Top Producing Institution for Fulbright Students. Congratulations to all the students, faculty, and staff involved. I am impressed by the breadth and depth of scholarship exhibited by the winners, and excited to see more Â鶹¹ú²úAVies have an impact on a complex and changing world," said Â鶹¹ú²úAV President Audrey Bilger.
The Center for Life Beyond Â鶹¹ú²úAV (CLBR) and the campus Fulbright committee composed of faculty and staff collaborate to ensure that Â鶹¹ú²úAV seniors and alumni have the support they need to take a first step toward a life-changing prestigious fellowship.
“The Center for Life Beyond Â鶹¹ú²úAV’s goal is to create a culture where students get excited about opportunities beyond Â鶹¹ú²úAV. We are thrilled that 10% of the senior class applied for a Fulbright in the current cycle, a 63% increase over previous years,” said Alice Harra, director of the Center for Life Beyond Â鶹¹ú²úAV.
The Fulbright Program is the flagship international educational exchange program sponsored by the U.S. government and is designed to increase mutual understanding between the people of the United States and the people of other countries.
“The faculty and staff join together to support students who apply to the Fulbright program. It is a clarifying experience for applicants to see the potential impact they can have on a global scale, so they can imagine engagement beyond their immediate communities. Even if they don’t receive an award, applicants will have expanded their thoughts about professional and academic advancement,” said Nate Martin ’16, CLBR’s associate director of data & systems.
About the Fulbright Scholars Program
Fulbright is a program of the U.S. Department of State, with funding provided by the U.S. government. Participating governments and host institutions, corporations, and foundations around the world also provide direct and indirect support to the program.
Fulbright alumni work to make a positive impact on their communities, sectors, and the world and have included 44 heads of state or government, 62 Nobel Laureates, 90 Pulitzer Prize winners, 82 MacArthur Fellows, and countless leaders and changemakers who build mutual understanding between the people of the United States and the people of other countries.
For more information about the Fulbright Program, visit .
For a list of Â鶹¹ú²úAV’s Fulbright winners, visit /ir/fulbrightawards.html.
For more information, contact:
Sheena McFarland, Chief Communications Officer, Â鶹¹ú²úAV
smcfarland@reed.edu; Cell: 801-510-5567
About Â鶹¹ú²úAV
Founded in 1908 in southeast Portland, Oregon, Â鶹¹ú²úAV is a coeducational, independent liberal arts and sciences college. Referred to as one of the most intellectual colleges in the country, Â鶹¹ú²úAV is known for its high standards of scholarly practice, creative thinking, and engaged citizenship.
Â鶹¹ú²úAV is devoted to the intrinsic value of intellectual pursuit and is governed by the highest standards of scholarly practice, critical thought, and creativity. Its undergraduate program of study, leading to the degree of Bachelor of Arts, is demanding and intense and balances breadth of knowledge across the curriculum with depth of knowledge in a particular field of study. The goal of a Â鶹¹ú²úAV education is that students learn and demonstrate rigor and independence in their habits of thought, inquiry, and expression.