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JUNE 22, 2005 EXCHANGES SUPPLEMENT
by Sherine Walton

C) WEEKLY EXCHANGES SUPPLEMENT The following articles are related to educational and cultural exchange programs. Specific topics in this supplement include USG-funded exchange programs (e.g., Fulbright scholarships, Ron Brown Fellowship, International Visitors) as well as issues relating to student visas, study abroad, and NGOs involved in exchanges. The articles are aggregated weekly by STACY MICHELLE GLASSGOLD, USC CENTER ON PUBLIC DIPLOMACY. C.1) USG–FUNDED EXCHANGE PROGRAMS (SCROLL DOWN TO SECTION C.2 FOR OTHER TOPICS) 1. FULBRIGHT INVESTMENT FOCUSED IN GROWTH SECTORS (SCOOP, JUNE 17TH 2005): Doubling the number of Fulbright Scholarships is a step forward in the government’s efforts to support the future leaders of New Zealand science, Research, Science and Technology Minister Steve Maharey said today. Budget 2005 provides $2.4 million over four years to create ten additional Fulbright Scholarships in areas that are crucial to New Zealand’s future economic growth, such as biotechnology and information technology. LINK 2. SCANNELL THIRD BHS TEACHER TO EARN FULBRIGHT, ROBERT MAYER (THE BERLIN CITIZEN, JUNE 16TH 2005): David Scannell is the track and cross country coach at Berlin High School in Connecticut since he started English teaching there more than 20 years ago. Scannell won a fellowship from the Japan Fulbright Association for a three-week educational visit next fall to Tokyo and another region of the country. His focus will be on Japanese test preparation and also on the role of sports in Japanese secondary schools. LINK 3. OFF TO SOUTH KOREA: MUSCATINE, IOWA FULBRIGHT SCHOLAR HEADS ACROSS THE OCEAN TO TEACH STUDENTS, CYNTHIA BEAUDETTE (MUSCADETTE JOURNAL JUNE 16TH 2005): Anna Anderson, a 2005 St. Ambrose graduate, will learn more about South Korea as she teaches English to high school students there through the Fulbright student teaching assistantship grant. LINK 4. WIT RESEARCHER SECURES DISTINGUISHED FULBRIGHT HONOR (WATERFORD NEWS & STAR, JUNE 17TH 2005): John Nolan, a Waterford Institute of Technology researcher, will be conducting his postdoctoral research in Atlanta, Georgia at University of Georgia’s Vision Science Laboratory.  Nolan is the first researcher from the Institute of Technology sector to secure funding under the Fulbright Program, the U.S. Government’s flagship scheme for international educational exchange. LINK 5. TEACHER TO STUDY ABROAD, KAREN NITKIN (BALTIMORE SUN, JUNE 19TH 2005): Sandra McWhirter, a sixth-grade language arts teacher at Corkran Middle School in Glen Burnie, will spend a month in China this summer as one of 16 Fulbright-Hays scholarship winners nationwide. LINK 6. FULBRIGHT SCHOLAR REFLECTS “TRIBE PRIDE”, DAVID WILLARD (WILLIAM & MARY NEWS, JUNE 20TH 2005): Bennett Baldwin is one of the six Fulbright scholars who will be carrying the Tribe spirit overseas in coming months. Baldwin (‘05) is a business graduate who will teach conversational English skills in South Korea.  Three other 2005 William and Mary Fulbright scholars will be serving in teaching assistantships: Jamie Quiroz (Indonesia), Alana Seifts (Germany) and Jenny Lee Bristow. Meanwhile, Fulbright scholar Kate Pierce-McManamon has a research grant that will take her to Germany while Stephanie Insley (’04) will be studying Dutch literature in the Netherlands. LINK 7. GRAY…... FULL TEXT
 
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