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Elisabeth Kolb, \u201922, will use Fulbright Scholarship to share American culture, learn more about Germany\u2019s people <\/strong><\/p>\n

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Elisabeth Kolb, the recent recipient of a 2022-23 Fulbright English Teaching Assistant Grant, works on biology research at UND. The graduate’s former academic advisor and Biology Professor Diane Darland said, “Not only is she a person of initiative, but she’s also a person who inspires other people to better themselves … She has a very service-minded mentality \u2014 both to others and to her community.” Kolb will go to Bavaria, Germany, this fall for a 10-month immersive experience. Photo courtesy of Diane Darland\/UND Biology.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

It\u2019s been a few weeks now since Elisabeth Kolb first heard the good news, but the shock hasn\u2019t worn off quite yet.<\/p>\n

The 2022 UND Biology<\/strong><\/a> and German Studies<\/strong><\/a> graduate \u2014 who also happens to be applying to medical schools this week \u2014 will head back to her birthplace of Bavaria, Germany, this fall as a Fulbright Scholar<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

As part of the immersive 10-month experience, she will help German educators teach their students English.<\/p>\n

\u201cI just couldn\u2019t believe I got it. I\u2019m still reeling and letting it all sink in,\u201d Kolb said. \u201cI\u2019m not sure it\u2019s going to feel real to me until I\u2019m on my way. My parents generously gave me a luggage set and passport holder as a graduation gift, and every day it\u2019s becoming a little more real. I\u2019m getting more and more excited.\u201d<\/p>\n

Kolb said the prestigious scholarship also lifted a weight off her shoulders that she never even realized was there until it was gone. She hadn\u2019t intended to start medical school immediately after graduation, she explained, but she knew she wanted to do something very purposeful until she was accepted.<\/p>\n

This trip will be meaningful in more ways than one. For Kolb, who has deep family roots in Germany, it will be a homecoming of sorts as well as a chance for her to grow and give thanks.<\/p>\n

Not so long ago \u2026<\/h2>\n
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Elisabeth Kolb<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Both sets of her grandparents emigrated from Germany to America after World War II. In fact, Kolb\u2019s grandmother on her mother\u2019s side was Jewish, and family members converted to Lutheranism and were forced into hiding before they later made it to America.<\/p>\n

They settled in a German-American community in Chicago, where Kolb\u2019s own parents eventually met and married. As a young couple, they dreamed of living in Germany for a time, and that\u2019s where Kolb was born in 2000. Before she was a year old, they returned to Chicago, where she continued to absorb the rich German culture.<\/p>\n

Until she moved as a sixth-grader with her family to West Fargo, N.D., she also was very active in the German children\u2019s choral tradition called Kinderchor. She and her family traveled to Germany twice as she toured with the singing group.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis whole thing is such a blessing. I\u2019ve always dreamed of going back to Germany just like my parents did,\u201d Kolb said. \u201cBut I honestly didn\u2019t know how I\u2019d be able to make it work with a life in medicine. It\u2019s already another four-year commitment with medical school and a residency after that. And it\u2019s not like I can practice medicine in Germany.<\/p>\n

\u201cI guess I thought if this program didn\u2019t work out \u2014 which I already thought was a slim chance \u2014 I didn\u2019t think I would have that opportunity. So, I am really grateful.\u201d<\/p>\n

It so happened that the Fulbright offered perfect timing, said Kolb\u2019s mentor and Associate Professor Amanda Boyd<\/strong><\/a>, who also serves as UND\u2019s director of German Studies.<\/p>\n

\u201cElisabeth always has wanted to teach, and she\u2019s always had a passion for the German language and German culture,\u201d Boyd said. \u201cShe\u2019s a born leader. She\u2019s both passionate and compassionate, and she\u2019s the type of leader who listens and takes other opinions into consideration.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s what I loved about her so much in the classroom. She doesn\u2019t stifle other students\u2019 voices. She encourages everyone and is just a very well-rounded, genuine person who is an absolute joy.\u201d<\/p>\n

Boyd said she\u2019s certain Kolb will be a great mentor to her own students in Germany as well. While giving her credit for keeping UND\u2019s German Cooking Club<\/strong><\/a> alive during the pandemic, Boyd said Kolb proved she knows how to get things organized and make learning fun.<\/p>\n

She\u2019s a \u2018bright light\u2019<\/strong><\/h2>\n

More praise came from Kolb\u2019s academic advisor and UND Biology Professor Diane Darland<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe\u2019s done quite a bit of research with me in neural and vascular development, and she is amazing in the laboratory,\u201d Darland said.<\/p>\n

She added that Kolb presented some of her research last month at the North Dakota Academy of Sciences, where she won an award for communication.<\/p>\n

\u201cElisabeth is an extremely positive person who really brings a bright light and an intense energy to just about every situation,\u201d Darland said. \u201cI have no doubt she\u2019ll bridge any language or cultural barriers and will be very effective at building connections. More important, she\u2019s going to get people excited about learning.\u201d<\/p>\n

Furthermore, said Yee Han Chu<\/strong><\/a>, UND\u2019s coordinator of Academic Support & Fellowship Opportunities<\/strong><\/a>, \u201cElisabeth has the heart of a humanitarian.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cShe is a kind, attentive and responsive person who truly wants to help others in need,\u201d Chu said. \u201cShe\u2019s a fantastic representative of the United States and UND. She models a very compassionate profile of U.S. citizens.\u201d<\/p>\n

As though to demonstrate her point, Chu recalled how Kolb was among a handful of UND students who answered the call from a local school district last year to help middle school students who were struggling with their online studies.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen Elisabeth makes a declaration to help someone, she follows through,\u201d Chu said.<\/p>\n

Back to that community service<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Beyond the teaching, Kolb already has big plans to dig into German community life. She says she\u2019d love to join some sort of singing group and volunteer to help refugees. Germany has had a high influx of refugees from war-torn Syria and, more recently, Ukraine.<\/p>\n

Further, she says she\u2019s looking forward to experiencing more of the day-to-day culture in an area of Germany most Americans know only for its Oktoberfests, Lederhosen (knee-length leather britches held up by suspenders) and Dirndl (the traditional bodice, skirt, blouse and apron).<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s so much more than that,\u201d Kolb said. \u201cBavaria is an area of very rich culture, and I\u2019m getting quite the challenge with the dialect. It\u2019s much more difficult to understand than standard German or the language farther north.\u201d<\/p>\n

That\u2019s a testament to just how diverse the German culture is, she said.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn Germany, if you go only a city away, there could be a whole different vocabulary, pronunciation and grammar,\u201d she said. \u201cI\u2019m so excited to get to know the people and celebrate my heritage and all the differences and similarities in a way I\u2019ve been able to do so far in only limited ways.<\/p>\n

\u201cOne of the reasons I wanted to pursue medicine is because I love to learn. Being totally immersed in a culture like this is one of the biggest ways you can learn and gain a greater perspective on life.\u201d<\/p>\n

And it\u2019s also a great way to show gratitude.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen my grandparents came over, it wasn\u2019t freebies. My dad\u2019s parents had to get a sponsor family in order to have that opportunity, and my mom\u2019s family had huge help from The Salvation Army and other volunteer organizations to help them get up on their feet,\u201d Kolb said. \u201cIn a similar light as those selfless acts, I want to be able to give back all that I\u2019ve been given. I\u2019ve been so fortunate in life up to this point with my education and everything.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is not something I take for granted. I want to remind myself of how lucky I am and how much I also have to give to others because of all the opportunities I\u2019ve been granted. So, it\u2019s really an effort just to give back all and more of what I\u2019ve been given.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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