Christy Milliken, an English and economics major from Edmond, was awarded a Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship, which places students as English teaching assistants in overseas schools to improve foreign students’ English language abilities and knowledge of the U.S.
“I had previous experience in China, which I thought would translate very well into another South Asian country,” she said. “I had a wonderful experience teaching in China and wanted to continue the opportunity. Fulbright is a fabulous avenue to allow me to do this.”
“Oklahoma State University is proud of Christy’s commitment to make a difference in the world,” said OSU President Burns Hargis. “It is vital in today’s world, both economically and politically, that students have an international experience, and OSU’s goal is to help provide 100 percent of our graduates some type of international experience.”
Growing up, Milliken never pictured herself teaching English abroad. “It is an inexplicable fondness for the English language and enthusiasm to teach that led me to foreign avenues.”
Milliken is no stranger to living or traveling overseas. In the summer of 2005, she studied at the Burgundy School of Business in Dijon, France. In the summer of 2006, she studied English at Magdalene College in Cambridge, England. In March 2007, she studied humanities in Spain and Morocco.
Now, Christy is teaching at SMAN 1 Jepara. She will have been in jepara until the end of march 2009.
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