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While most Baylor students were wrapping up finals and planning their Christmas break last month, two Bears were earning major national awards for their academic accomplishments.
Sophia Fulton, a senior in the Business Fellows program at Baylor, was awarded the Charles B. Rangel Graduate Fellowship. Endowed by the U.S. Department of State, this highly competitive national award supports top students pursuing a career in foreign service, funding two years of graduate study and two internships one in Congress, and one at an embassy or consulate abroad. Fulton is the second Baylor student in the last two years to receive this award.
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WACO, TX (Dec. 15, 2020) Baylor University senior Sophia Fulton has won a
Charles B. Rangel Graduate Fellowship, a highly competitive national award for students who want to become United States Foreign Service officers, with special emphasis on trying to diversify the Foreign Service.
Fulton, who is from Oronoco, Minnesota, is the second Baylor student to receive the prestigious award, funded by the U.S. Department of State. She is a Baylor Business Fellow with majors in economics, finance and Arabic and Middle East studies.
The Rangel Fellowship funds two years of graduate study, two internships one in Congress, one at an embassy or consulate abroad and a variety of mentoring and professional development opportunities that prepare Rangel Fellows to join the Foreign Service upon graduation.
US-Ireland Alliance, which sends future American leaders to Ireland for a year of graduate study.
The selection marks the first time a Baylor student has been named a recipient of the scholarship. The non-partisan and nonprofit alliance is dedicated to consolidating relations between the United States and the island of Ireland and building that relationship in various spheres education, politics, business and the arts for the benefit of both countries.
A record 453 individuals applied this year – a 22% increase over the record set two years ago. The scholarship was named in honor of former U.S. Sen. George Mitchell for his commitment to the peace process in Ireland.