Luther College graduate has been selected as a Fulbright teaching assistant

2019 Luther College graduate Gabrielle Bruns has been selected by The Austrian-American Educational Commission to serve as a teaching assistant in Eisenstadt, Austria, for the 2019-20 academic year.

Bruns graduated from Luther in May with a major in music and a minor in German. She will serve as an English teaching assistant at the Padagogische Hochschule Burgenland, a teacher training college in Eisenstadt, approximately one hour south of Vienna. Classroom duties include teaching lessons, leading small-group discussions and engaging in one-on-one conversations with students. As part of the Fulbright program's goal of increasing intercultural understanding through community engagement, Bruns also plans to play viola in local music ensembles.

After her year in Austria, Bruns intends to return to the U.S. and apply to graduate programs in music.

Bruns says she is excited to be placed in Eisenstadt because it is "a city with strong musical connections to Haydn and an hour away from one of the music capitals of the world."