Friday, May 16, 2003

CONTACT: Mark Lusk, (706) 542-0010

UGA STUDENT AWARDED BOREN FELLOWSHIP

ATHENS, Ga. – Christopher B. Anderson, a University of Georgia doctoral student in the Institute of Ecology, has been named a recipient of the prestigious David L. Boren Fellowship from the National Security Education Program (NSEP) of the Department of Defense.

A total of 95 students nationally were awarded 2003 Boren Fellowships, which enable them to study languages, cultures and world regions that are critical to U.S. national security but are less frequently studied by U.S. graduate students. Awards of up to $28,000 are given for overseas or domestic study.

Boren Fellowship award recipients are selected on the basis of merit in a two-stage national merit review process. The review includes consideration of the relationship between the applicant's proposed study to U.S. national security and how the applicant proposes to use knowledge and expertise gained from NSEP support to contribute to U.S. national security.

Anderson will study tropical mountain ecology and languages. In addition to the Boren Fellowship, he also received a Fulbright-Hayes Fellowship this week.

UGA Associate Provost Mark Lusk, who is the campus NSEP advisor, noted that, "The Boren Fellowship was created by the U.S. Congress in 1991 to promote international education among United States students, and it is considered one of the top awards in the nation for doctoral students. Christopher’s fellowship adds to the growing list of UGA students receiving major academic awards such as the Rhodes and Marshall scholarships."

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