Image: McKinley Alden, a 2015 UGA graduate who majored in Germanic & Slavic Languages and Linguistics, has been awarded a Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship in Bulgaria for the 2015-16 academic year. The English Teaching Assistant (ETA) Programs place Fulbrighters in classrooms abroad to provide assistance to the local English teachers. ETA’s help teach English language while serving as cultural ambassadors for the U.S. The Department of Germanic & Slavic Studies has had numerous graduates selected for the Fulbright program, including most recently, Al Byrnes (M.A. German, 2015), DeeAnn Cantrell (B.A. German, 2014), Carlos Burse (M.A. German, 2014), and Emily Gauld (M.A. German, 2014).
