Economics and International Affairs senior John Akin has been awarded a prestigious Fulbright US Student Grant. From Fayette County, Georgia, Akin is minoring in Law, Science & Technology, and scheduled to graduate summa cum laude in May. His Fulbright grant is for an English Teaching Assistantship. He'll be partnered with a high school in Indonesia to teach students in rural areas. Akin leaves for Jakarta at the end of August. His project runs for nine months after which he will attend the Virginia School of Law. Akin holds leadership roles within the School of Economics and the Ivan Allen College. He recently won a President's Undergraduate Research Award.