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Canisius student Caitlin Orgek ᾿18 is the college’s most recent recipient of a J.William Fulbright Scholarship for 2018-19.

The J.William Fulbright Scholarship is named for Senator J.William Fulbright and is the U.S Government’s premier scholarship program. It is designed to foster mutual understanding among nations through educational and cultural exchanges, which provide recipients with tuition, fees, travel and research funds for a full year.

Orgek is a senior international relations, German, history and European studies quadruple major in the All-College Honors Program.

Orgek will use her Fulbright to work as an English teaching assistant at a school in Germany. She will also volunteer at a local refugee resettlement agency.  Orgek wants to learn how Germany is handling the refugee and migrant situation beyond language education.

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Submitted by: College Communications