Six members of the Wabash College Class of 2025 have accepted Fulbright awards to locations in Europe and South America.
Five students earned Fulbright Teaching Assistantships (ETA) and will be based in Europe — Connor Craig (Spain), Jacob Davis (Germany), Andrew Dever (Spain), Neal Laymon (Andorra), and Logan Weilbaker (Czech Republic) — while Mawuli Nevis earned a Fulbright open study/research award to Perú.
During this year’s Fulbright selection process, Wabash had nine semifinalists, the most in school history, out of an initial pool of 12 applicants.
A biology major with minors in Spanish and chemistry, Craig is a member of Delta Tau Delta fraternity, where he was an executive board member for three years, served as vice president of the Sphinx Club, and was a four-year letterman for the Little Giant swimming and diving team. He is a member of Phi Beta Kappa and previously studied abroad in Salamanca, Spain, in the summer of 2024.
An economics and German double major, Davis is a member of Phi Gamma Delta fraternity and the German Club. He participated in an immersion experience to Heidelberg with his German 202 class in the spring of 2024 and is a two-time Dean’s List honoree.
A Spanish and history double major with a minor in Classics, Dever is a member of Theta Delta Chi fraternity, where he served as philanthropy chair, was president of the Pre-Law Society, a Moot Court finalist, a senior fellow with the Wabash Democracy and Public Discourse initiative, and served as a delegate to the Athens Democracy Forum. Further, he was a member of the Wabash soccer team, the Stephenson Institute, and was treasurer of the Wabash Acts Responsibly Council.
A French and history double major with minors in Spanish and chemistry, Laymon is a member of Kappa Sigma fraternity, the Sphinx Club, and the indoor soccer club. He also earned distinction on his senior comprehensive exams in French.
A biology major with minors in chemistry and Spanish, Nevis is a member of Kappa Sigma fraternity, the Pre-Health Organization, the Malcolm X Institute of Black Studies, and was a four-year letterman for the Little Giant wrestling team. He has served for three years as a member of the LOCKR Lab research team at Wabash College, where he conducted molecular genetics research in a National Science Foundation-funded lab.
