{"id":138183,"date":"2024-02-13T10:00:08","date_gmt":"2024-02-13T15:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/138183///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/138183//www.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/138183//news/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/138183//?p=138183"},"modified":"2025-04-16T14:26:26","modified_gmt":"2025-04-16T18:26:26","slug":"a-year-of-fulbright-honors-for-ucf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/138183///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/138183//www.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/138183//news/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/138183//a-year-of-fulbright-honors-for-ucf/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/138183//","title":{"rendered":"A Year of Fulbright Honors for UCF"},"content":{"rendered":"
Harrison Crawford ’22 wasn/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/138183/u2019t sure what to make of the mini fridge delivered to his temporary home in Indonesia in August. He/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/138183/u2019d come to the country to teach English to curious school children and had gotten mildly sick. Food and gifts began to arrive from people he barely knew. /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/138183/u201cThat/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/138183/u2019s the culture here in Indonesia,/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/138183/u201d Crawford says, shedding some initial light on why he/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/138183/u2019s there. Crawford is among 10 recent UCF graduates who were offered prestigious Fulbright awards to teach, learn, and integrate abroad. Seven nominees accepted the Fulbright offer to become conduits of a global language (English) and impact, much like their alma mater./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/138183/n In fact, UCF is a Top Producer of Fulbright U.S. Students for the 2023-24 academic year, according to the U.S. Department of State/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/138183/u2019s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. Knight Nation is the only public institution in Florida to earn the designation. This is the second time UCF has received this honor, with 2020-21 being the first./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/138183/n /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/138183/u201cI know what it/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/138183/u2019s like to struggle with a new language and a new culture,/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/138183/u201d says Noah Cabarcas, /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/138183/u201cand that/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/138183/u2019s what makes the Fulbright experience so meaningful. The struggle goes both ways, and it has a unique way of bringing people together./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/138183/u201d/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/138183/nSophie Brockell /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/138183/u201923/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/138183/n