Business Student Among Six UConn Fulbright Winners

Business – UConn Today


How do you top a college career that includes two Education Abroad trips, internships at international companies, and a three-part honors thesis exploring bilingual advertising and the toy industry?
Margo Bailey, a senior honors student majoring in marketing, did it by earning a Fulbright Scholarship. She’s one of six UConn Fulbright winners this year.
UConn has six student or alumni Fulbright awardees this year, and a seventh was selected as an alternate.Margo Bailey ’17 (BUS), a marketing major and honors student, received a Fulbright Scholarship to Spain;Sylvia Cunningham ’15 (CLAS), a journalism and political science major, received a Young Professional Journalist grant to Germany;Catherine Han ’17 (CLAS), a biology and English major and honors student, received an English Teaching Assistant grant to Mexico;Lara Hawley ’17 (ED), an education major, received an English Teaching Assistant grant to South Africa; Tiffany Murphy ’12 (CLAS), a political science major, received an English Teaching Assistant grant to Morocco;Marissa Piccolo ’17 (CLAS), a political science major and honors student, received a study grant to Queen’s University Belfast, Northern Ireland, MA program in Legislative Studies and Practice;Also, Paulina Rowe ’17 (CLAS), a psychology and Spanish major and honors student, was selected as an alternate for an English Teaching Assistant grant to Colombia.
Bailey was awarded a highly competitive Fulbright Scholarship to earn a master’s in management at the IE Business School, the only such scholarship to the school this year. Located in Madrid, Spain, the School is a business powerhouse that draws 65 percent of its students from other countries.
Her career goal is to work for a company, possibly the LEGO Foundation, that’s committed to fostering a love of languages and different cultures among children. Not only is this something she enjoys, it’s also something she believes can change the world.
“Understanding another person’s story makes you more empathetic,” Bailey says. “ ...

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