Culture Club

Dickinson, known these days for sending more than half of its students to study abroad, has a long tradition of encouraging its newest graduates to embrace the world. Since 1956, just a decade after Sen. J. William Fulbright got the program rolling, 42 Dickinsonians have claimed the prestigious Fulbright award which funds a year’s study overseas. We couldn’t profile all of our recipients, but we picked out a few fascinating early Fulbrighters as well as a couple of unusual more-recent ones to focus on in the following features.

Foremost Fulbright
Carla Hasenritter ’56 forged the path for future scholars abroad
By Barbara Snyder Stambaugh

Something about Mary
Second Fulbrighter Mary Bunyan Uren ’59 cultivated cultural capital in Paris
By Sherri Kimmel

Keeping Cultural
Veteran teacher Betty Keat ’61 keeps French and classics coursing in Chatham
By Sherri Kimmel

Wandering Minstrel
Barbara Thome Bagri ’61 sings the praises of many lands
By Jillian Cohan

Promulgating Peace
Twenty years after her Fulbright, Anna Parlett-Bickford ’82 remains firmly against violence
By Jillian Cohan

Fulbright Scholars
Dickinson has seen at least 40 of our graduates win Fulbright Fellowships. You can learn more about them by visiting the following web page: http://www.dickinson.edu/heritage/history/Fulbright/index.html

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