National and Global Scholarships Advising

Jeremy Chu graduated in 2018 with a bachelor of science degree in Biology and a minor in Chemistry. He will be a Fulbright English Teaching Assistant in Taiwan. Jeremy hopes to engage his students by nurturing an inclusive environment, incorporating creative projects, and finding ways to break down language barriers. He hopes that his Fulbright grant will further his abilities to communicate with and serve diverse, multilingual populations in his future career as a family physician. 

Julia Kim graduated in 2020 with an Honors bachelor of science in Public Health and minors in Education and Computer Science. She will conduct a research project in collaboration with the Korea Legacy Committee, a non-profit organization in South Korea, to collect micro-memoirs from impoverished South Korean elders and illustrate their stories through social media posts and a collective interactive online storybook, aimed at engaging South Korean youth in conversations around themes of mental health, resilience, and social-emotional skills.   

Saki Nakai is a graduating senior earning an Honors bachelor of arts in Psychology and minors in French, Music Performance, and Mathematics. Saki will conduct a research project in collaboration with the University of Luxembourg, to explore identity construal and acculturation in American and Japanese expatriates in the multicultural country of Luxembourg. 

Hannah Mankle is currently an alternate for the Fulbright to Ireland. Hannah  is a PhD student in Mechanical Engineering with a focus on renewable energy. She proposes a research project in collaboration with University College Cork to explore the optimization of small-scale wave energy converter technology. She is also interested in getting involved with the mountain biking community in Cork. 

Jax Richards (he/him) is a third-year student quadruple majoring in economics, public policy, political science, and communications. In his first year at OSU, he started a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that provides a platform for youth to advocate higher quality youth services, and he has since been a volunteer leader in numerous organizations. As a result, Jax has found himself pushing for more equitable and accessible youth services everywhere from Corvallis, Oregon, to the 2021 United Nations Climate Conference in Glasgow. Additionally, he's served as a legislative aide in the Oregon Senate and now functions as an intern in the U.S. House of Representatives. Jax works as an Honors College ambassador and serves as the Student Trustee on the Oregon State University Board of Trustees. With the Truman Scholarship, he wants to pursue concurrent Masters programs in Public Administration and Social Work in order to address the public policy gap within social service.
 

Gretchen Fujimura is a junior studying Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Honors with a minor in Chemistry and Nutrition and has been selected to be a Barry Goldwater Scholar for the 2022-2023 academic year. She aspires to pursue a Ph.D. in Immunology with a focus on virology and Biochemistry. Gretchen aspires to lead a research team developing vaccines and carrying out clinical trials at organizations such as the NIH or the CDC. Her mentors are Elisar Barbar, Zhen Yu, Andy Karplus.