Susanna Meyer '15 Earns 2015 Fulbright Award

2015 May 14

Colgate University student Susanna Meyer '15, of Philadelphia, Pa., has been awarded a 2015 Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship to Mexico.

A double major in Africana and Latin American studies and geography, Meyer has twice taught English in Mexico on brief summer programs, and she has worked for a nonprofit providing services to the Mexican immigrant community in Philadelphia.

Meyer is a varsity athlete on the Colgate women's crew team, a member of Delta Delta Delta, and is the Colgate Crossword Puzzle Club founder. Building on her involvement in sports, Meyer enjoys incorporating movement and physical activity into her teaching.

The Fulbright Program is the flagship international educational exchange program sponsored by the U.S. government and is designed to increase mutual understanding between the people of the United States and the people of other countries. Recipients of Fulbright grants are selected on the basis of academic achievement, as well as demonstrated leadership potential in their fields.