Grants, Honors, Work & Research
After Graduation Work Opportunities
Fulbright English Teaching Assistant (September deadline)
- past recipients Lauren Ostrowski ('05), Rachel Slough (’07), Jason Roeschly ('11).
Spanish Ministry of Education Culture Assistant in Spain-academic year (rolling deadline from Jan. - March)
- past recipients Julie Lewis ('16), Hannah Eby ('15), Mary Tackett ('13)
US Department of State Consular Fellows Program (May deadline) - use your proficiency in Spanish as part of a national service program working in U.S. embassies and consulates abroad. The Consular Fellows Program is a limited non-career appointment of up to five years which directly supports the U.S. Department of State’s mission to provide overseas consular services which encompasses adjudicating visa applications of foreign citizens seeking to come to the United States to visit, study, or work, and assist U.S. citizens traveling or living abroad. New hires will be eligible to receive a bonus of up to 10% of their salary with a four-year service commitment, as well as the Student Loan Repayment Program.
Postbaccalaureate Opportunities
Research & Honors Opportunities
Advanced Directed Study (Spn 491) in Hispanic Studies
Research Honors in Hispanic Studies
IWU John Wesley Powell Student Research Conference
Sigma Delta Pi - National Collegiate Hispanic Honor Society
Conference of Undergraduate Research & Scholarship
Hispanic Studies Luis Leal Endowed Scholarship (April 15 deadline)
- 2019 - Jessa Salvador ('22)
- 2018 - Yesenia Martnez Caldern ('20) & Nick Milcik ('20)
- 2017 - Connor Simmons ('19)
- 2016 - Kaitlyn O'Brien ('19) & Rachel Aron ('16);
- 2015 - Marta Aguirre ('17);
- 2014 - Thalia Novoa ('16) & Huyen Nguyen ('17)
- 2015 recipient Ruby Garca ('17); 2013 - Jess Beringer ('15)
Andrew W. Mellon Humanities Scholar Grant (February/March deadline)
- 2014 recipients Nathan Douglas ('15), Jordan Hosier ('15), Thalia Novoa ('16)
Other Opportunities
CIEE Teach Abroad in Chile, the Dominican Republic and Spain (rolling deadline)
Teach abroad with World Teach, available for summer, semester and year programs (April-Dec.)
IWU Advising Center post-graduate fellowships around the world and U.S.