Fifth-year architecture student Zachary Stewart has been named a Fulbright Program scholar. Out of 500 applicants, Stewart was one of eight chosen to study in the United Kingdom.
Stewart, a double major in architecture and medieval studies, will spend a year studying the history of Gothic architecture in Europe at London’s Courtauld Institute of Art. The Institute is one of the world’s leading centers for teaching and research in the history of art and conservation and houses world famous collections of paintings, prints and drawings.
Sponsored by the U.S. Department of State, the Fulbright U.S. Student Program is the largest U.S. exchange program offering students and young professionals opportunities to undertake international graduate study, advanced research, university teaching and teaching in elementary and secondary schools worldwide.
Since the establishment of the Program in 1946, more than 45,000 students from the United States and 148,000 students from other countries have benefited from the Fulbright experience. Participants are chosen for their leadership potential, with the opportunity to exchange ideas and embark on joint ventures of importance to the general welfare of the world's inhabitants. Stewart hopes to educate the British public about their rich architectural heritage from the medieval period.
U.S. Fulbright Student alumni populate an entire range of professions and include heads of state, cabinet ministers, ambassadors, Members of Congress, judges, heads of corporations, university presidents, journalist, artists, professors, and teachers. Actor John Lithgow, composer Philip Glass, opera singer Renee Fleming and economist Joseph Stiglitz are among notable former grantees.
