Local Resident and Tufts University Graduate Zachary Witlin Receives Fulbright Award

MEDFORD/SOMERVILLE, MA (10/14/2010)(readMedia)-- Zachary Witlin, a resident of Miami, Fla., and a 2010 graduate of the School of Arts and Sciences at Tufts University, received a Fulbright scholarship to Ukraine for the 2010-2011 academic year.

A double major in international relations and political science,Witlin was inspired to apply to the Fulbright program through his coursework on the history of the former Soviet region. Witlin will be teaching English in Kiev, Ukraine.

Recipients of Fulbright awards are selected based on academic or professional achievement and demonstrated leadership potential in their fields.

More than 1,500 U.S. citizens will travel abroad for the 2010-2011 academic year through the Fulbright Student Program. Established in 1946 under legislation introduced by the late Senator J. William Fulbright of Arkansas, the program's purpose is to build mutual understanding between the people of the United States and the rest of the world. The Fulbright Program, America's flagship international educational exchange program, is sponsored by the United States Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs.

"Fostering leadership, learning and empathy between cultures was and remains the purpose of the international scholarship program," the late Sen. Fulbright said about the program.