UT Martin grad becomes school’s 1st to receive Fulbright Scholarship

MARTIN, Tenn. — A recent graduate has become the first University of Tennessee at Martin student ever to be selected for a Fulbright Scholarship.

Cody Jarman

Cody Jarman, of Cumberland Furnace in Dickson County in Middle Tennessee, will be using the yearlong grant to study Irish writing and film at University College Cork in Cork, Ireland, according to a release from UT Martin.

Jarman, who graduated from UT Martin in December 2015, received one of nine awards for students hoping to study in Ireland, according to the release. He will begin his studies in September.

The Fulbright Scholarship Program is named after J. William Fulbright, who spent more than 30 years in the U.S. Congress.

“I applied for this particular award because I felt a closer engagement with Irish culture would allow me to cultivate a more nuanced appreciation of its literature,” Jarman states in the release.

Jarman is already arranging to pursue a doctorate in English at the University of Texas at Austin following his year overseas.