Lewis University: Successful pathway to a US career

Thomas Gullett Endowed Scholarship 2025/2026

Lewis University hosts the Thomas Gullett Endowed and Annual Scholarship for international students pursuing studies in the United States. Recipients have to be undertaking a full-time bachelor’s program at Lewis and in their junior or senior year. This scholarship scheme was established in 1988 by students and staff of Lewis University, and family, in honour of Thomas Gullet. It is available for studies in the Fine Arts discipline and the finan…

Lewis University: Successful pathway to a US career

In the 2023/24 academic year, there were around 502,000 students pursuing graduate programmes in US universities. That figure is an all-time high, marking an 8% increase from the previous year. Almost half of them remained in the country to gain practical work experience through the Optional Practical Training (OPT), a programme that allows international students with an F-1 visa status to work in the US for a limited time during their studies o…