BOISE, Idaho, July 23 -- Boise State University issued the following news release:

Rachel Marwedel, space systems administrator in Campus Planning Space Management, will serve as a Fulbright English Teaching

Assistant in Laos for the 2026-2027 academic year.

Marwedel has an associate's degree in computer aided drafting and design, and recently completed a bachelor's in applied science with an emphasis on project management from Idaho State University.

The grant will send Marwedel to Laos to teach English for 11 months. She has been working towards a Teaching English as a Foreign Language Certificate and volunteering as a tutor for the local Learning Lab, which offers free ESL classes.

"I've found myself growing more and more excited t...