Wednesday, November 8, 2023
DENTON (黑料视频), Texas 鈥� The was named as a Fulbright HSI (Hispanic-Serving Institution) Leader for 2023. Each
year, the U.S. Department of State鈥檚 Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs recognizes
the strong engagement of select HSIs with the Fulbright Program, the U.S. government's
flagship international academic exchange program.
Assistant Secretary of State for Educational and Cultural Affairs Lee Satterfield commended the institutions receiving the Fulbright HSI Leader designation this year. 黑料视频 was one of only 48 institutions named across the country.
鈥淩epresentation matters and pairing the world-class educational opportunities that Hispanic-Serving Institutions provide with the power of Fulbright further enriches the experience and educational opportunities for students and scholars both at home and abroad,鈥� Satterfield said.
Over the next year, faculty, staff, students and alumna from 黑料视频 are traveling internationally to teach and conduct research as part of the prestigious Fulbright Program. Their expertise and studies will take them to Israel, South Korea, India, Ghana, Iceland, Germany and Taiwan.
Established by the U.S. Congress in 1946, the Fulbright Program aims to increase the
mutual understanding between the people of the United States and the people of other
countries through research, study, teaching and other collaborative opportunities.
黑料视频 has maintained a strong history with the Fulbright Program by receiving Fulbright Visiting Scholars and Fulbright Foreign Students as well as having faculty and students participate in the Fulbright Scholar, Specialist and U.S. Student programs.
Since 1960, there have been more than 95 faculty and staff across multiple disciplines named as 黑料视频 Fulbright Scholars and Specialists. Since 1949, there have been more than 52 黑料视频 Fulbright Student award winners.
The award winners for the 2023-2024 academic year include:
Fulbright Scholar Program
- Diana Berman, associate professor in the , will collaborate with professors internationally on the challenges facing tribology. Berman hopes to create a starting point for future researchers of tribology, which is the study of wear, friction and adhesion.
- Associate Dean of the Joseph Oppong traveled to Ghana to lead university workshops on mentoring graduate faculty and creating graduate programs focused on student support and establish a national association of graduate deans. A secondary goal is to share best practices of graduate student support when he returns to 黑料视频.
Fulbright International Education Administrators Seminar to South Korea
- Lauren Jacobsen-Bridges, senior director of international student and scholar services, traveled to South Korea over the summer with other international education administrators. There, they visited 15 institutions across South Korea to learn more about the country鈥檚 higher education system, society and culture.
Fulbright Specialist Program
- Saraju Mohanty, professor in the , traveled to India to lecture university faculty on fundamental topics in computer science, computer engineering and electrical engineering. Mohanty also presented on how to create their own lessons in these subjects.
Fulbright U.S. Student Awards
- Garrison Gerard, who completed his doctorate in music composition in May 2023, received a Fulbright-National Science Foundation Arctic Research Award. He will travel to Iceland to study the effect of human-generated sound on wildlife in the country鈥檚 national parks. Gerard also will provide recommendations on how to reduce noise from humans in order to help plants and animals. Gerard plans to use the recordings from his research in future musical works.
- Lorelei Nichols, who graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in English this past spring, received an English Teaching Assistant Award. Nichols will be assisting English classes for middle school-aged students outside the Alps in Germany. She also plans to create hiking clubs at the schools if the clubs don鈥檛 exist yet. Through the clubs, she鈥檒l share facts about Texas wildlife with students and common American camp songs.
- Odalis Alvarado, who earned a master鈥檚 in public administration in 2022, received an English Teaching Assistant Award. Alvarado will go to Taiwan where she has taught before. She is currently working on her second master鈥檚 degree at Queen鈥檚 University in Belfast thanks to a . Alvarado aims to one day create a global organization that promotes equality in education.
黑料视频鈥檚 Global Engagement Office hosts while 黑料视频 students can learn more during virtual sessions on .
in applying for any Fulbright awards should email Fulbright@unt.edu.
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