Consider This:

• The Fulbright Program has recognized Willamette as one of the top producers of U.S. Fulbright Fellows - 16 alumni and students have won the prestigious award since 2005. Students and alumni have also received the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Graduate Scholarship, BMI Student Composer Award, National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship, Goldwater Scholarship, Watson Fellowship and Truman Scholarship, among others.
• Nine professors since 1990 have been named Oregon Professors of the Year by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and the Council for Advancement and Support of Education.
• The Atkinson Graduate School of Management, Willamette's MBA program, was named one of the 75 Best Business Schools in the country by Forbes magazine, and one of the top 15 programs for marketing by The Princeton Review.
• Willamette students frequently engage in university-funded research with faculty through programs like the Science Collaborative Research Program, Carson Grants and the five Centers for Excellence: the Center for Religion, Law and Democracy; Center for Sustainable Communities; Center for Asian Studies; Center for Ancient Studies and Archaeology; and Center for Governance and Public Policy Research.
• Willamette University Forest at Zena provides 305 acres of forests, prairie and wetlands for a research station where students and faculty can conduct field experiments and outdoor labs.
• More than half of Willamette's undergraduates study abroad, choosing from programs in 40 countries. Located adjacent to Tokyo International University of America, Willamette offers unique opportunities for students interested in Japanese language and culture.
• Willamette's debate program has won top team and individual honors at the National Parliamentary Debate Association Championship, and the university is one of two places in the U.S. to serve as headquarters for the International Debate Education Association.
• The Willamette University College of Law boasts more than a dozen Oregon Supreme Court justices and members of Congress, numerous heads of Fortune 500 companies and countless private and public attorneys among its alumni.
• Nike, CNN Asia, Google, Microsoft and numerous state and federal governments are just a few of the places that employ Willamette graduates. Notable alumni include U.S. Sen. Mark Hatfield; Jim Albaugh, president and CEO of Boeing Integrated Defense Systems; Heather Dahl, chair of the House and Senate Radio-Television Correspondents Association; and Paul DeMuniz, Oregon Supreme Court chief justice.
• The Willamette football team won the conference championship in 2008 and ranked fourth in the nation in Division III, making it to the second round of the national playoffs.
• Willamette cross country teams have won a total of 13 consecutive conference championships and have twice produced an NCAA individual champion. Track star Nick Symmonds went on to represent the U.S., running the 800 meters at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing.
• The National Wildlife Federation ranked Willamette first university in the nation in 2008 for engagement in sustainability activities. In 2009 Sierra magazine placed Willamette at No. 17 on its list of the top "Cool Schools" for a commitment to the environment.
• The Oregon Arts Commission, through the National Endowment for the Arts, chose the Hallie Ford Museum of Art's exhibition The Art of Ceremony as the state's 2008 American Masterpieces project. The unprecedented exhibit showcased rarely seen regalia from all nine Oregon Native American tribes.
• Washington Monthly magazine ranked Willamette above all other Oregon liberal arts colleges in 2007 based on civic engagement. Students, faculty and staff volunteer about 65,000 hours annually in communities across the country.
• Willamette frequently ranks in the top 10 in the nation among small universities for number of Peace Corps volunteers.
• The Atkinson Lecture Series brings prominent leaders, authors and actors to Willamette twice yearly. Recent lecturers have included U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Krugman and Newsweek International editor Fareed Zakaria.