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LHS ALUM EARNS A FULBRIGHT POSITION IN AUSTRIA

 
Elaban earlier in her undergraduate years spent three months studying in Austria.


Lakewood City Schools has produced another Fulbright winner. Ohio University senior and 2008 Lakewood High School graduate Madeleine Elaban has earned a prestigious Teaching Assistantship through the Austrian Fulbright Commission. Elaban will teach English and Austrian culture at a school for students ages 18-22 studying to be teachers in the Alpine village of Feldkirch.

Elaban will graduate from OU this summer with a bachelor’s degree in Anthropology. She is the third Lakewood High graduate to earn a Fulbright position in the last two years. In 2010, Ohio State graduate Adrienne Strong won a Fulbright research scholarship to study medical anthropology in Tanzania and New England Conservatory of Music graduate Lucia Stavros was awarded a Fulbright to study the harp in France.

 Every year, close to 500 students apply for the Austrian Fulbright Teaching Assistantship with only 140 spots available, of which half are taking by existing teaching assistants who chose to extend for a second year.

Elaban, who is actively involved in OU’s German Club, has previously studied in Austria for three months and is eager to return.

When asked how her years at LHS prepared her for her success at Ohio University, Elaban said, “Lakewood High School definitely helped me with my success in college by preparing me to be organized and to get involved in programs and groups outside of academics.”

She continues to be active outside academics in Athens as well. Besides the German Club, she is a member of the Anthropology Club and recently was inducted into the college’s Anthropology Honors Fraternity. She is part of the German Film Club, played in the Symphony Orchestra for two years and is heavily involved in the university’s residence department, working as a resident assistant and facilitating programs for the students in the dorms.



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