LYCOMING COLLEGE 2024 FALL MAGAZINE

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LYCOMING COLLEGE GRADUATE AWARDED FULBRIGHT

as a peer mentor for his first year seminar, “Berlin on Film,” leading Philip to realize how much he enjoyed teaching. “I had the responsibility of helping with classroom discussion and enjoyed helping students acclimate to college life and discussing the responsibilities of college, such as exam preparation. I was also able to lead lectures when Dr. Cagle was out of town at conferences. It was a great experience during my junior and senior years.” “I want to really be immersed in the German experience. I was there for one month with the DAAD program, and had a great time, but it flew past me quickly, and I want to be able to slow down and get a

did not develop a passion for the European language until he studied at Lycoming with Len Cagle, Ph.D., associate professor of modern language studies. Philip quickly moved to upper-level German classes and received an undergraduate scholarship from the German Academic Exchange Service (Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst – DAAD), enabling him to immerse himself in German language and culture for one month in Munich. “It was a really formative experience and made me certain that I wanted

Dominick Philip ’24, a Lycoming Scholar with an economics-philosophy comparative literature triple major and minor in German, was named to the prestigious class of 2024-25 Fulbright honorees. A recipient of the Fulbright English Teaching Assistant Award, he will travel to Hamburg, Germany, to teach English at the secondary education level. The Fulbright Program is the flagship international cultural exchange program sponsored by the U.S. government and designed to increase mutual understanding between people of the United States and of other countries. The highly selective program is considered one of the most prestigious of its type. Although Philip studied German in high school, he

stronger understanding of the German people,” says Philip. “When I shared with Dr. Cagle that I wanted to go back, he recommended I apply for a Fulbright.” While in Hamburg, Philip plans to expand his knowledge of languages further by taking Turkish classes. Upon completion of his Fulbright experience, Philip will head to Dartmouth College, where he will pursue a master’s degree in comparative literature.

to continue studying the language,” says Philip.

When Philip returned to Lycoming, Cagle took him on

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