This summer, we were privileged to welcome Dr. Dustin Benac, Mr. Nathan Gibbs, and Dr. Rory Jones to the OEL team in new roles that will expand our work and enhance our existing offerings. We think you'll enjoy getting to know these new colleagues as much as we have.

Thirty-four Baylor students and recent alumni have received some of the most prestigious awards for STEM research, public policy/diplomacy, critical language study and more.

Olivia Gorrell (Applied Music, '22) shares her experience on a Fulbright English Teaching Assistant award to Germany from 2022-2023.

"I got the opportunity to participate in a monthly event called Café International, which was open to foreigners in the city to meet native German speakers and have coffee and pastries...those meetings became the highlight of each month as I looked forward to seeing my friends from all over the world."

ForagerOne, Baylor's new university-wide research matching platform, strengthens Baylor's R1 research enterprise by streamlining how students discover and apply for research opportunities and how faculty post projects, accept students, and collaborate across disciplines.

This summer, 15 Baylor undergraduates and one student from Puerto Rico participated in the Baylor Trans-disciplinary Research Undergraduate Experience (B-TRUE), an immersive 10-week program that places students at the heart of scientific inquiry.

After earning her master’s degree and completing her Fulbright year at Maastricht University in the Netherlands, Jade Connor Eruchalu (Biology, ’17) returned to the United States for medical school at Harvard, where her research interests have included disparities within healthcare, aging, and the implementation and evaluation of community health programs targeting these issues.

On Friday, September 12th from 3-5pm at the Mayborn Museum, the OEL's 2025 Summer Fellows will share about their internship experiences at the second annual Summer of Discovery Undergraduate Research and Internship Poster Symposium. Come learn from these students about the many and diverse experiences available in research and community engagement!

The Office of Intercultural Engagement is seeking students for their next cohort of Bridgebuilding Fellows and the related Bridging the Gap training on Sep 19-20. The Bridgebuilding Fellows program is dedicated to cultivating, maintaining, and supporting a culture of bridging across lines of deep difference at Baylor by empowering students, staff, and faculty to connect meaningfully with one another, without sacrificing convictions.

Flinging their Green & Gold: Camille Watson (BA '22, right) won a Fulbright and then a Pickering Fellowship and enrolled this year at Georgetown on her way to a career in the State Department. Kaitie Vana (BA '23, left) won a Critical Language Scholarship and then a Truman Scholarship, which she also used to enroll at Georgetown on her way to a career in the Air Force. Both studied Russian at Baylor, both plan to work in that region throughout their careers, and both double-fellowship winners are proud alums we call friends in the OEL. They delighted us last week when they showed up to their first day in a Georgetown class called Migrants & Displaced People in Eurasia and sent us this picture. Sic 'em, Kaitie and Camille!