BETHLEHEM, PA – January 21, 2025 – Today, Moravian University announced that Dr. Anize Appel, dean for the Center for Global Education, has received a Fulbright U.S. International Education Administrators award to Taiwan in the academic year 2025-2026 from the U.S. Department of State and the Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board. 

The U.S. – Taiwan International Education Administrators Award objectives are to help U.S. international education professionals, senior higher education officers, and higher education administrators learn more about Taiwan’s higher education system, society, and culture, and to establish networks between U.S. and Taiwanese professional colleagues.

Dr. Appel is the first International Administrators Fulbright recipient and looks forward to building partnerships that will allow for a vibrant cultural exchange.   

“The entire Moravian community joins me in congratulating Dr. Appel on this prestigious honor,” said Bryon Grigsby, president of Moravian University. “Moravian has an impressive history of students earning Fulbright awards, and we’re so proud of Anize for being the first international administrator recipient of the Fulbright.”

Fulbright U.S. Scholars are faculty, researchers, administrators, and established professionals teaching or conducting research in affiliation with institutes abroad. Fulbright Scholars engage in cutting-edge research and expand their professional networks, often continuing research collaborations started abroad and laying the groundwork for forging future partnerships between institutions. Upon returning to their home countries, institutions, labs, and classrooms, they share their stories and often become active supporters of international exchange, inviting foreign scholars to campus and encouraging colleagues and students to go abroad. 

Since 1946, the Fulbright Program has provided over 400,000 talented and accomplished students, scholars, teachers, artists, and professionals of all backgrounds with the opportunity to study, teach, and conduct research abroad. Fulbrighters exchange ideas, build people-to-people connections, and work to address complex global challenges. Notable Fulbrighters include 62 Nobel Laureates, 90 Pulitzer Prize winners, 82 MacArthur Fellows, 41 heads of state or government, and thousands of leaders across the private, public, and non-profit sectors.


Over 800 individuals teach or conduct research abroad through the Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program annually. In addition, over 2,000  Fulbright U.S. Student Program participants—recent college graduates, graduate students, and early career professionals—participate in study/research exchanges or as English teaching assistants in local schools abroad each year.

Fulbright is a program of the U.S. Department of State, with funding provided by the U.S. Government. Participating governments and host institutions, corporations, and foundations around the world also provide direct and indirect support to the Program, which operates in over 160 countries worldwide. 

In the United States, the Institute of International Education implements the Fulbright U.S. Student and U.S. Scholar Programs on behalf of the U.S. Department of State. For more information about the Fulbright Program, visit https://fulbrightprogram.org. 

Media contacts:
U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs Contact: ECA-Press@state.gov

Moravian University
Michael Corr
Assistant Vice President of Marketing and Communications
Email: corrm@moravian.edu
Ph: 610.861.1365

About Moravian University
Moravian University, located in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, is the nation’s sixth-oldest university and offers undergraduate and graduate degrees and certificates. For more than 280 years, the university has been preparing students for reflective lives, fulfilling careers, and transformative leadership in a world of change. Moravian University is a member of The New American Colleges and Universities (NACU), a national consortium of private comprehensive colleges and universities working together to graduate
extraordinary professionals for a global workforce and society. 

In 2024, Moravian University became part of a World Heritage designation when Moravian Church Settlements — Bethlehem, Gracehill (Northern Ireland, UK), and Herrnhut (Saxony, Germany) joined Christiansfeld (Denmark) as a single World Heritage Site—Moravian Church Settlements. Moravian is just the second university in the United States to be part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site designation and only the eighth university in the world to have this recognition.

Visit moravian.edu to learn more about how Moravian University prepares its students for lifelong success.

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