Apr 7, 2003
UGA Ranked 6th Nationally in Fulbrights
Writer: Shelli Bond, 706/542.0010, sdbond@uga.edu
Contact: Mark Lusk, 706/542.0010, mlusk@uga.edu
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The Council for International Exchange of Scholars has announced that the University of Georgia ranked sixth nationally in 2002-03 for having five faculty Fulbright Scholars. Recipients of this year's Fulbright Scholar Awards are as follows:
* Terence J. Centner, professor, agriculture and applied economics
University of Mannheim, Mannheim, Germany, August 2002-February 2003
* James H. McLaughlin, professor, elementary education
Veracruzana University, Xalapa, Mexico, January-July 2003
* Robert Edward Rhoades, professor, anthropology
Catholic University of Ecuador, Quito, Ecuador, January-June 2003
* Sara Hanna Schweitzer, associate professor, forest resources
Sofia University, St. Kliment Ohridski, Sofia, Bulgaria, August 2002-January 2003
* Kim Howard Tan, professor emeritus, crop and soil sciences
National University of the South, Bahia Blanca, Argentina, March-May 2003
"The University of Georgia has been breaking into the top tier of international education on several measures - the percentage of our students who study abroad (18 percent), the number of residential study abroad sites (three) and now a top ten ranking in faculty Fulbrights," said Mark Lusk, associate provost of international affairs. "UGA is finally gaining recognition for the many years invested in becoming a leader in international education."
The ranking did not include an additional Fulbright Senior Specialist (short-term grant) awarded to Distinguished Professor James Cobb of the History Department. Cobb went to the Institute of English and American Studies at the University of Vienna, Austria, for one month in 2002.
The Fulbright Scholar Program offers grants for university faculty, professionals and independent scholars to provide them with the opportunity of lecturing and conducting research abroad. The grants are designed to promote understanding among countries and individuals.
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