Penn State Intercom......October 17, 2002

More Fulbright award recipients are named

Eight University faculty members are among the latest whose names have been released by the Fulbright Scholar Program as having been awarded Fulbright grants. The faculty members, their areas of research and their countries of destination follow:

* Michael Procanin Bernosky, theater and dance, Ukraine;

* Charles Dumas, theater and dance, South Africa;

* Kevin P. Furlong, geology, New Zealand;

* Roger Myers Herman, physics and astronomy, Canada;

* Patricia Lyons Johnson, anthropology and archaeology, Bangladesh;

* Arthur Richard Nichols, theater and dance, South Korea;

* John Cleveland Sallis, philosophy, Germany; and

* Beverly Lindsay, international and domestic program development, South Korea (Fulbright Specialist Grant).

In addition, six international Fulbright Scholars are among the most recent named to be visiting University Park. Their names, areas of research and countries of origin follow:

* Roman Corobov, environmental sciences, Moldova;

* Lara Halaoui, chemistry, Lebanon;

* Aziz Khalil, TEFL/applied linguistics, West Bank;

* Hong Shen, education, China;

* Svitlana Shlipchenko, philosophy, Ukraine; and

* Ioannis Taitzoglou, biological sciences, Greece.

Other Fulbright Scholars already have been announced for this year, and others may still be added to the program before the year is concluded.

The Fulbright Program, the U.S. government's flagship program in international educational exchange, was proposed to the U.S. Congress in 1945 by then freshman Sen. J. William Fulbright of Arkansas. In the aftermath of World War II, Fulbright viewed the proposed program as a much-needed vehicle for promoting "mutual understanding between the people of the United States and the people of other countries of the world." His vision was approved by Congress and the program signed into law by President Truman in 1946.

Fulbright grants are made to U.S. citizens and nationals of other countries for a variety of educational activities, primarily university lecturing, advanced research, graduate study and teaching in elementary and secondary schools. Since the program's inception, more than 250,000 participants have had the opportunity to observe each other's political, economic and cultural institutions.

Recipients of Fulbright Scholar awards are selected on the basis of academic or professional achievement and because they have demonstrated extraordinary leadership potential in their fields.

For more information about the Fulbright program at Penn State, check the Web at http://www.international.psu.edu/faculty_staff/fulbright.htm.

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