WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) today congratulated 12 Fulbright Program recipients from Northwest Ohio. Fulbright awards, sponsored by the U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, are highly competitive.

 “Ohio is home to great schools and talented students who represent their hometowns and our country throughout the world,” Brown said. “From Ada to Bowling Green to Maumee, Toledo to Sylvania, Northwest Ohio students are earning national recognition for their commitment to educational excellence.”

 The Fulbright Program was established by Congress in 1946 to build mutual understanding between the people of the United States and the people of other countries.

Fulbright Recipient

Hometown

Host Country

Jonathan Pitts, PhD

Ada

Turkey

Jack Santino, PhD

Bowling Green

France

Rachel Core

Lima

China

Dustin Koenig

Maumee

Russia

Brittni Micham

Monclova

Taiwan

Teresa Young

Payne

Argentina

Emma Blandford

Perrysburg

Germany

Ross Buchanan

Perrysburg

South Korea

Courtney Cobb

Sylvania

Ireland

Betsy Fisher

Toledo

Jordan

Hannah Nicol

Wapakoneta

Macau

Nicholas Hilgeman

Whitehouse

Egypt

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