Holy Cross Senior to Work and Study in Germany on Fulbright Grant

WORCESTER, Mass. – Robert Dudley, a member of the College of the Holy Cross Class of 2008, has been awarded a Fulbright Grant to work and live in Germany.

Dudley, a classics major and German minor from Canton, Mass., will assist in teaching English as a second language while immersing himself in the German culture.

On the Holy Cross campus Dudley is involved in ballroom dancing; Student Programs for Urban Development (SPUD), a student-run community service organization; the classics honor society; the German club; and is one of the chief student editors for The Purple, a literary magazine.

Dudley is no stranger to Europe; he spent his junior year at Mansfield College in Oxford, where he was awarded The Mansfield Visiting Student Prize for Trinity Term 2007 from Mansfield College, Oxford.  The award is given to those whose academic performance over the course of the term has been considered to be outstanding.

Last year Dudley was one of only 20 college students nationwide selected to receive a 2007 Beinecke scholarship. Each scholar receives $4,000 after graduating from college and an additional $30,000 while attending graduate school.

Dudley has received a full fellowship to study for his Ph.D. in Classics at Duke University when he returns to the U.S., where he is interested in studying epic and archaic Greek poetry.

“I’m exited to see what other unforeseen directions my graduate career might take,” says Dudley.

Each year approximately 1,000 college students are awarded grants through the Fulbright Program, the U.S. government’s flagship program in international educational exchange. Fulbright grants are made to U.S. citizens and nationals of other countries for a variety of educational activities, primarily university lecturing, advanced research, graduate study and teaching in elementary and secondary schools. Since the program’s inception in 1946, more than 250,000 participants — chosen for their leadership potential — have had the opportunity to observe each other’s political, economic and cultural institutions.