The Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship places a recipient in a classroom abroad to provide assistance to teachers of English to non-native English-speakers. The assistants help teach the English language while serving as cultural ambassadors for U.S. culture.
At Clemson, Garner was a member of the Calhoun Honors College and Japanese Language and Culture Club, and has toured Australia, Belgium, France, Germany, Japan, The Netherlands, Slovenia, Croatia, Greece and Egypt. Following her Fulbright year, Garner plans to earn a master’s in international comparative education and pursue a career in education reform.
“In many ways winning a Fulbright Grant is akin to a national championship in sports,” said Stephen Wainscott, Clemson’s representative to the Fulbright U.S. Student Program. “Clemson students are competing against the best and the brightest college students in the country, and the ratio of applications submitted to the number of grants awarded is often greater than 10-to-1.”
Fulbright applicants must have superior academic credentials, solid knowledge of the prospective host country, proficiency in the language of the host country and a commitment to furthering mutual understanding and goodwill. Since 2008, 10 Clemson students have received Fulbright grants for study, research or English-language teaching in eight different countries.
