Axana Soltan, 26, a graduate of the Honors Academy of Virginia Commonwealth University and a law graduate from the George Washington University Law School, is a passionate advocate for female empowerment. Born in Afghanistan under the repressive Taliban regime, she
Emily Boutin, 21, a 2024 graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy, knows firsthand the impact of war on military families. Parts of her childhood were spent waiting for her father, a U.S. Army commander, to return safely from his combat
PHILADELPHIA, June 4, 2024 – Eisenhower Fellowships selected four outstanding recent American university graduates for its 2025 Global Scholars Program, sending them to the University of Oxford and IE University in Madrid for a year of postgraduate study leading to
Eisenhower Fellowships today announced its fourth class of Eisenhower Global Scholars, four outstanding recent American university graduates it will send abroad for a year of postgraduate study at the University of Oxford and IE University in Madrid leading to a
Rishma Vora, is a 2023 graduate of Georgetown University where she earned a Bachelor’s in Science degree in Foreign Service. As an undergraduate she founded Guzaarish (Urdu for hope, wish or desire), a Bollywood-fusion dance team that has excelled in
Riley Owen is a 2023 graduate of Princeton University, where he majored in Public and International Affairs, helped lead the Latter-Day Saints Student Association and oversaw the men’s rugby team as its president. At the university’s Center for International Security
Grace Fox, graduated from Columbia University in 2023 with a double major in psychology and ethnicity and race studies. A Native American from the Seminole Nation of Oklahoma, she was a congressional intern with the environmentally conscious Udall Foundation, a
Olakunle Atanda, known as Kay, was the Sustainability Fellow at the Oxford SDG Impact Lab. Previously, he was a World Bank Program Officer and Acting Team Lead overseeing the Small States Program that supports nations whose fragile economies are particularly
Eisenhower Fellowships today announced its third class of Eisenhower Global Scholars, four outstanding recent American university graduates it will send abroad for a year of postgraduate study at the University of Oxford and IE University in Madrid leading to a