CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Former Harvard track and field athlete Nicole Trenchard '20 has been named a Fulbright Scholar for the 2020-21 year. Trenchard will travel to Kampala, Uganda, where she will study the sustainability of infrastructure projects completed by Engineers Without Borders USA (EWB-USA) teams through the organization's International Community Program.

Trenchard was a three-year letter winner for the track and field team, where she contributed to four Ivy Heps team victories. The Santa Cruz, Calif., native worked her way into the Harvard record books, clearing the 3.80m (12'5.5") mark in the pole vault, placing her sixth all-time.

Description of the Fulbright Proram
The Fulbright U.S. Student Program provides grants for individually designed study/research projects or for English Teaching Assistant Programs. 

During their grants, Fulbrighters will meet, work, live with and learn from the people of the host country, sharing daily experiences.  The program facilitates cultural exchange through direct interaction on an individual basis in the classroom, field, home, and in routine tasks, allowing the grantee to gain an appreciation of others' viewpoints and beliefs, the way they do things, and the way they think. Through engagement in the community, the individual will interact with their hosts on a one-to-one basis in an atmosphere of openness, academic integrity, and intellectual freedom, thereby promoting mutual understanding.