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Kathryn Bathgate ’16
SELECTED AS THE PRESTIGIOUS
FULBRIGHT SCHOLAR
Taylor Kendra ’15
RECEIVES LYCOMING COLLEGE’S
HIGHEST STUDENT HONOR
I have had the pleasure
of interacting with many
incredible student leaders,
dedicated professors, and
campus activists.
S
enior Kathryn Bathgate
has been selected for the
prestigious opportunity to
serve as an ambassador in
Germany for the Fulbright
Student Program.
“I’m honored to have
been chosen to serve and
look forward to immersing
myself in the German culture,”
said Bathgate, who spent
her junior year in Germany.
“I’m eager to shatter their
stereotypes of America and
educate them about our
culture.”
Bathgate is one of only 140
students selected from across
the United States this year
to the Fulbright U.S. Student
Program. Her inspiration
to apply to the program
came from Len Cagle, Ph.D.,
associate professor of German,
and the language assistants at
Lycoming College.
Hailing from Hanover,
Pennsylvania, Bathgate
majored in German, with
minors in English literature and
business. She will be teaching
English in North Rhine
Westphalia, Germany, through
the summer of 2016.
As a Fulbright Scholar,
Bathgate will represent
the country as a cultural
ambassador while she is
overseas, helping to enhance
mutual understanding
between Americans and the
people in Germany. Bathgate
will meet, work, live with, and
learn from the people of the
host country, sharing daily
experiences and interacting
with hosts on a one-on-one
basis.
The Fulbright Program
is the flagship international
educational exchange
program of the United
States offering opportunities
for students and young
professionals to undertake
international graduate
study, advanced research,
university teaching, and
primary and secondary
school teaching worldwide.
The program currently
awards approximately 1,900
grants annually in all fields
of study, and operates in
more than 140 countries
worldwide. Fulbright
alumni populate a range
of professions and include
ambassadors, members of
Congress, judges, heads
of corporations, university
presidents, journalists, artists,
professors and teachers.
T
aylor Kendra of Sellersville,
Pennsylvania received
Lycoming College’s Chieftain
Award this spring. The award
is the highest honor given to
a graduating senior who has
shown the utmost dedication
and leadership qualities while at
Lycoming, and whose academic
rank is above the median of the
preceding senior class.
“Being awarded Chieftain
has been unbelievable, and it
is difficult to put into words
just how awestruck I am by the
recognition,” said Kendra. “I have
tried to help Lycoming in many
little ways and in doing so I have
had the pleasure of interacting
with many incredible student leaders, dedicated professors, and
campus activists. They have been an inspiration and a constant
force of enthusiastic progress here, and I am so lucky to have
known them.”
Kendra majored in archaeology and creative writing and earned
a certification in elementary and special education. She was the
vice president of the Phi Kappa Phi Academic Honor Society, the
secretary of the Kappa Delta Pi International Honor Society and
a member of the Sigma Tau Delta English Honor Society. She has
earned dean’s list mention in each of her seven semesters at the
college.
Her participation in extracurricular activities also earned her
induction into the IRUSKA Honor Society, given to nine students
annually for significant contributions to campus life. Kendra’s
involvement has also earned her Panhellenic Women’s History
Month Recognition and a Lycoming “Brick of the Week.” She
received a creative writing scholarship all four years at the college
and was a two-time recipient of the Tributary Fiction Prize.
Kendra has served as president of the Creative Arts Society,
poetry editor of the Tributary, and secretary of Revolution Against
Rape. She is also involved with theatre, the Black Student Union,
Fencing Club, and The Lycourier.
In addition to her involvement in student organizations, she has
also volunteered with a number of non-profit organizations and
awareness campaigns including Race Across America, Lyco
Hunger Games and the Uptown Music Collective.
Upon graduation, Kendra plans to serve as crew chief for the
Neurofibromatosis Team’s Race Across America riders. After that,
she plans to go to Cyprus to study at Lycoming’s archaeological
field school and plans to pursue a master’s degree.
I’m honored to have been
chosen to serve and look
forward to immersing
myself in the German
culture.
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