Mary Ann Miller, a member of the Cambridge, Ohio, congregation, was recently awarded a Fulbright grant to spend the 2006-2007 academic year conducting research in Bern, Switzerland. Fulbright grants are administered by the U.S. Department of State and the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board. The program was established in 1946 with the purpose of building mutual understanding between the people of the United States and other countries.

The Honors Program at her college encouraged Mary Ann to apply for one of two Fulbright grants to Switzerland for graduating seniors. During the fall of her senior year, she wrote a proposal outlining plans to build on the ethnographic work she conducted in Amish communities for her senior thesis by studying the history of Anabaptists in the Bern area.

Mary Ann graduated from Denison University in May, earning a B.A., summa cum laude, with a double major in international studies and English literature. She graduated as valedictorian of her class and was inducted in the national honor societies Phi Beta Kappa, Omicron Delta Kappa and Mortar Board.

Mary Ann is a 2004 graduate of Ambassador Bible Center and an enthusiastic volunteer at United Youth Camps.