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ASHLAND, OR (August 9, 2024) — Phoebe Brown, a 2024 Oberlin College and Conservatory graduate, has been awarded a Fulbright for the 2024-25 academic year.
Brown received a Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship (ETA) to Spain, giving her the opportunity to teach English in an early education school in the Canary Islands.
The biology major, who earned minors in Spanish and dance and had concentrations in global health and education studies, discovered language teaching through Oberlin’s Spanish in the Elementary Schools (SITES) program. Through SITES, Brown engaged in the pedagogical techniques of bilingual education with students attending Oberlin’s local elementary school.
After Fulbright, Brown plans to work in healthcare as a nurse or a physician assistant.
“I think the core of Fulbright is breaching cultural barriers, which is an essential part of working in health,” she said. “A huge part of being a healthcare worker involves being a compassionate, patient educator.”
Brown is one of 19 Oberlin alums or recent grads who have been awarded a Fulbright for the 2024-25 academic year, breaking the college’s previous record of honorees in a single academic year.
The Fulbright Program is the federal 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.
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