SummEr/FAll 2011 - Nazareth College

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Beckens Pantanto Poppe
Five Students
Receive Prestigious
Fulbright
Grants
Nazareth College is proud to announce that the J. William
Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board has selected Jeri Beckens
’11 of Sodus, N.Y., Alyssa Pantano ’11 of Amherst, N.Y.,
Amanda Poppe ’11 of Jordan, N.Y., Amber Powers ’11G of
Webster, N.Y., and Daniel Simmons ’11 of Lake Ronkonkoma,
N.Y., to receive 2011–2012 U.S. Junior Fulbright awards. This
year’s recipients make a record breaking number in one year
for the College. In the last five years, there have been 12 Fulbrights awarded to
Nazareth College students.
Beckens, a German and international studies double major and Spanish minor,
will teach English in Germany. When she returns, she is interested in pursuing
a master’s in international relations, or TESOL (teaching English to speakers of
other languages).
Pantano, a Spanish and inclusive childhood/middle childhood education double
major, will teach English in Argentina. Upon her return, she plans to attend
graduate school at the University of Buffalo to study English for speakers of other
languages (ESOL) with an extension in bilingual education. She plans to work with
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