Seaver College Students Earn Prestigious International Scholarships
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Five recent Pepperdine University graduates joined the elite ranks of Fulbright Scholars—one
of the most prestigious scholarly awards worldwide.
In addition, Melanie Sollitt ('11) secured a Rotary Ambassadorial Scholarship, a program that promotes international
understanding and friendly relations among people of different parts of the world.
Fulbright Scholar Cameron Kruse ('12) will venture to Ahmedabad, India, where he will work under Anita Mehta, director
of the LM Institute of Pharmacology, where he plans to study the anti-retroviral properties
of the plantMoringa oleifera in hopes of discovering a sustainable option aimed to help those living with HIV
in underdeveloped regions.
Aubrey Hoeppner ('12), who graduated from Seaver College this spring after majoring in international
studies and minoring in mathematics, will travel to Bulgaria as an english Teaching
Assistant (ETA) for the 2012-2013 school year.
Wojtek Peliks ('12) will fulfill his Fulbright scholarship as an ETA in Indonesia, where he hopes
to impart the incredible opportunities that he became open to while learning the language
as a child transplanted from Poland to the United States.
Sabena Virani ('12), a recent Seaver graduate with a double major in international studies and
Spanish, will travel to Argentina in March of 2013 as an ETA, where she also plans
to study how social media affects the culture and communication process in the South
American country.
Julia Barr ('11) will pursue her Fulbright scholarship in Slovakia as an ETA, an undertaking
she hopes will teach her new ways to approach thinking, instruction, and learning
that will prove invaluable throughout her future career as a teacher.