David Miller has earned a grant from the Fulbright U.S. Student Program. Miller earned his MFA in creative writing this spring from the Department of English’s Creative Writing Program.
Miller, who grew up in Glencoe, Ill., will use the grant to teach English in Romania. Miller’s professional goals include teaching at the university level, and he hopes to become a more well-rounded instructor through his Fulbright experience.
He also plans to research his family’s Romanian history and use his immersion in the Romanian language as a launching point to translate the country’s rich trove of literature for English audiences.
Miller was among five University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign students to earn a Fulbright grant, which aims to help recipients build international relationships to solve global challenges. This flagship international educational exchange program of the U.S. government awards grants to students based on their academic and professional achievement as well as their ambassadorial skills and leadership potential.
“The Fulbright is a preeminent global exchange program affording students the opportunity to experience a different culture and share their own,” said David Schug, director of the National and International Scholarships Program at Illinois. “Our Illinois recipients span from students in the hard sciences to the humanities, showcasing how the mission of the scholarship, to create mutual understanding across cultures, can be accomplished across myriad disciplines. We are so proud of these global ambassadors.”
Editor's note: A version of this article including the full list of winners was originally published by the Illinois News Bureau.