The American Battle Monuments Commission is pleased to announce the selection of the 2025 ABMC Fellows. The ABMC International Fellowship was established in 2022 to provide participants the opportunity to contribute and bring awareness to the ABMC mission of preserving America’s military cemeteries and monuments throughout the world while also fostering leadership and management skills.

The following students were selected as 2025 ABMC Fellows:

• Dakota Gray – North Carolina State University
• Judy Ojewia – University of Utah
• Kylan Olson – Utah State University
• Brycen Schmidt – Clemson University
• Nathan Strickland – South Dakota School of Mines and Technology
• Dillon Terpening – Western Michigan University

The fellows will participate in a two-week program overseas that will include an ABMC mission orientation and deployment to American Battle Monuments Commission cemeteries for hands-on involvement with their Memorial Day commemorations.

“We congratulate our newest fellows and look forward to welcoming them as part of our ABMC team over Memorial Day,” said ABMC Acting Secretary Robert Dalessandro. “Reaching out to the younger generation is an essential part of our mission, and there is really no better way for them to understand that mission than to get hands-on experience at our sites.”

Ojewia and Strickland will work with the team at Suresnes American Cemetery over Memorial Day, Olson and Gray will go to Ardennes American Cemetery, and Terpening and Schmidt will go to Sicily-Rome American Cemetery. Following this fellowship, the cadets will become ABMC mission ambassadors, helping connect peers and other college students to the agency’s objectives and century-long history.

Funding for the Fellows program is provided by the American Battle Monuments Foundation, the non-profit partner of the American Battle Monuments Commission, and Daniels Fund.