Today, the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs recognized Salve Regina University as one of the colleges and universities with the highest number of students selected for the Fulbright U.S. Student Program among Master’s degree institutions.
Fulbright Top Producing Institutions such as Salve Regina value global connections and support members of their campus communities across the United States in pursuing international opportunities.
According to Salve Regina University, three of the seven Salve students who applied for Fulbright awards in the 2024-2025 academic year were selected and an additional student was named as an alternate. This was the highest number of students selected for Fulbright awards in a single year in Salve’s history, and the first time the university was recognized as a top-producing institution.
The Fulbright Program is the U.S. government’s flagship international academic exchange program. Since 1946, it has provided over 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.
Salve Regina President Kelli J. Armstrong said, “We are honored to be recognized as a top producer of Fulbright award recipients. This milestone is a testament to our students who have earned these fellowships, and to our distinguished fellowship committee members who bring our students’ talents to the forefront.”
John Rangel Marte ‘23 and Kaelie Piscitello ‘23, Salve’s 2024-2025 award recipients for the Fulbright English Teaching Assistant program, are currently studying in and teaching in Spain (Martel) and Taiwan (Piscitello). As undergraduates Marte studied abroad in Barcelona and Piscitello in Oxford. Past Fulbright scholars from the university include Hannah Cazzetta ‘15, who served as an English Teaching Assistant in Colombia and is now associate director, advising at Salve Regina and Angela Wheeler, Ph.D., ‘12 who conducted research in the Republic of Georgia through the Fulbright U.S. Student program and is now a visiting lecturer at Amherst College.
“It’s incredibly rewarding to see this kind of growth in our Fulbright program,” said Erin FitzGerald, Fulbright program advisor and director of the Center for Global Education and Fellowships in a statement. “The results highlight the many experiential opportunities Salve Regina students have on campus, locally and globally, that help them prepare to be successful candidates for post-graduate fellowships, and to make a positive impact in those communities.”
Students seeking to prepare and apply for Fulbright and other fellowships at Salve Regina are mentored and supported by the university’s distinguished fellowship committee, an interdisciplinary group of faculty, writing center advisors and librarians, and the Center for Global Education and Fellowships.
For information visit Salve Regina’s Distinguished Fellowships page.