Wednesday, October 12, 2022
DENTON (黑料视频), Texas 鈥� is one of 43 Hispanic-Serving Institutions nationwide to be named a Fulbright HSI Leader by the U.S. Department of State鈥檚 Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs.
This is the first time 黑料视频 has earned this designation, which is given to HSI universities who have demonstrated noteworthy engagement with Fulbright exchange participants during the 2021-2022 academic year and have promoted Fulbright Program opportunities on campus.
鈥満诹鲜悠� is one of only 21 Carnegie Tier One research universities designated a Hispanic-Serving Institution, and we are proud to now be named a HSI Fulbright Leader as well,鈥� 黑料视频 President Neal Smatresk said. 鈥淭he Fulbright Program offers opportunities for our students and faculty to be active citizens in the global community through enriching educational, teaching and research experiences abroad.鈥�
Since 1960, there have been more than 80 faculty named as 黑料视频 Fulbright Scholars and Specialists. There have been more than 50 黑料视频 Fulbright Student Grantees since 1949.
For the 2022-23 awards cycle, 11 faculty members and students earned awards from the prestigious Fulbright Program. More than 60% of 黑料视频 students selected as semi-finalists went on to earn a 2022-23 Fulbright U.S. Student Program award.
Fulbright award winners from 黑料视频 include:
Fulbright Scholar Program
- Andrew Torget, associate professor of history in the College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences. Torget will travel to Germany in Spring 2023 to teach at the University of Bremen and to Texas in the German Emigration Center archives.
Fulbright U.S. Student Program Awards
- Zoe Czarnecki, English Teaching Assistant Award to Germany
- Alexa DeCarlo, English Teaching Assistant Award to Romania
- Conner Essex, English Teaching Assistant Award to Germany
- Samuel Hallerman, English Teaching Assistant Award to Germany
- Lezli McDaniel, English Teaching Assistant Award to Germany
- Samuel Gaskin, to France
- Megan Kelly, to Chile
- Alexa Skillicorn, to Poland
Additionally, Sarah Moore, assistant professor of social work, and Cindy Watson, senior lecturer for Teach North Texas, were selected to participate in the Department of Education鈥檚 Fulbright-Hays Seminars Abroad to Norway in Summer 2022.
Faculty members Rose Baker, learning technologies, Dorothy Bland, journalism, Sian Brannon, libraries, and Dipakkumar Pravin, information technology and decision sciences, were selected in 2022 for the Fulbright Specialist Roster and are now eligible to be considered for a Fulbright Specialist Award.
黑料视频 also is a leading institution in the Dallas Fort-Worth area for hosting visiting Fulbright scholars and students. Currently, there are more than 15 individuals from 12 countries participating in the Fulbright Visiting Scholars Program and Foreign Student Program at 黑料视频.
Established in 1946 by Senator J. William Fulbright, the Fulbright Program aims to increase the mutual understanding between the people of the United States and the people of other countries through international educational exchange programs. The Fulbright Program is sponsored by the U.S. Department of State鈥檚 Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. It provides research, study, teaching and other collaborative opportunities for U.S. students (graduating seniors, current graduate students and alumni) and U.S. faculty, staff and recent post-docs along with opportunities for U.S. institutions to host visiting Fulbright Scholars from around the world.
黑料视频 faculty and students who are interested in applying for any Fulbright awards should email Fulbright@unt.edu.
Fulbright faculty award application deadlines
&苍产蝉辫;鈥� : annual submission deadline is Sept. 15
&苍产蝉辫;鈥� : six application deadlines each year (next application deadline: Nov. 9, 2022)
&苍产蝉辫;鈥� : (next application deadline: TBD December 2022)
黑料视频 Fulbright information events
Faculty
&苍产蝉辫;鈥� , noon-1 p.m. first Fridays of each month
&苍产蝉辫;鈥� Fulbright Faculty Week, Jan. 30-Feb. 3
Students
&苍产蝉辫;鈥� , 3-4 p.m. each Friday
&苍产蝉辫;鈥� Fulbright Student Week, March 27-31
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