Rollins Named Top Producer of Fulbright Scholars
February 22, 2021
By Stephanie Rizzo ’09
Rollins’ focus on global citizenship, study abroad, and responsible leadership has once again earned the College a spot in the top producers of Fulbright Scholars.
For the ninth year running, Rollins has been named a top producer of Fulbright Students by the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs.
This year marks the 75th anniversary of the Fulbright Program, which was created under the Truman administration in the wake of World War II to strengthen peaceful relations between the U.S. and the rest of the world through shared experience and mutual understanding. Since then, it’s become the U.S. government’s flagship educational exchange program, with more than 400,000 participants who have served in 160 countries across the globe. Top-producing institutions are named annually in The Chronicle of Higher Education.
Rollins received its first Fulbright in 1951—just five years after the program’s inception. Since then, the College has produced 81 Fulbright Students, with 56 of those named since 2006. That number is a testament to Rollins’ emphasis on global citizenship as a tenet of its signature brand of liberal arts education.