Emily Hayes-Rich received the Fulbright Research Award for her Archaeology project in Morocco; and Brooke Barrera Sheldon was awarded the English Teaching Assistantship in Portugal.

Sponsored by the U.S. Department of State, the Fulbright U.S. Student Program is the largest U.S. exchange program. It offers opportunities for students and young professionals to undertake international graduate studies, enhance their research and explore teaching in more 140 countries. Last fall, Fulbright received a record number of applications, making this the most competitive cycle in the 75-year history of the program.

“It was in 2017 that I first encountered the khettara irrigation system when I was on a study abroad in Morocco with my undergraduate institution, Lewis & Clark College. The systems immediately sparked in me a burning curiosity as they so closely resembled the acequiairrigation system I had grown up with in Pojoaque, New Mexico. This intense need to understand the connection between the two systems has sent me on a journey that I could never have anticipated. It is an honor to be selected to return to Morocco with the 2021/2022 Fulbright Research Award to continue my quest to understand these irrigation systems and all of the questions and answers that they hold.”