{"id":8635,"date":"2014-08-26T10:40:11","date_gmt":"2014-08-26T15:40:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/college.unc.edu\/?p=8635"},"modified":"2024-07-02T14:41:48","modified_gmt":"2024-07-02T14:41:48","slug":"fulbright-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/collegearchive.unc.edu\/?p=8635","title":{"rendered":"19 UNC Students Awarded Fulbrights for Global Research and Teaching"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/collegearchive.unc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2024\/07\/2012_Jul28_FulbrightLogo.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-8637\" src=\"https:\/\/collegearchive.unc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2024\/07\/2012_Jul28_FulbrightLogo-300x96.jpeg\" alt=\"2012_Jul28_FulbrightLogo\" width=\"300\" height=\"96\" \/><\/a>Nineteen students and recent graduates from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have been awarded Fulbright U.S. Student Program grants. The grants are for self-designed research and study projects or to teach English abroad during the 2014-2015 academic year. This is the highest number of Fulbright grants awarded to UNC students in a single year, and includes 17 students within the College of Arts and Sciences.<\/p>\n<p>The students study a diverse array of fields at Carolina, including biomedical engineering, computer science and musicology. With a Fulbright, they will complete projects as varied as studying soybean farming in Brazil, studying species conservation in Mongolia and teaching English in Malaysia. Overall, Carolina students will leave their mark in 13 countries across the globe over the next year.<\/p>\n<p>The students receive funding for travel, health insurance and a monthly stipend to cover living expenses during the 9- to 12-month grant period. They passed a rigorous yet holistic selection process. \u201cSelection committees seek applicants who come from many backgrounds and with a variety of past experience. They\u2019re looking for students for whom a Fulbright will be deeply meaningful and perhaps career-changing,\u201d said Tripp Tuttle, Fulbright program adviser at the UNC Center for Global Initiatives.<\/p>\n<p>This flagship international educational exchange program is sponsored by the U.S. Department of State Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. Fulbright is administered nationally by the\u00a0<a style=\"color: #519bcf\" href=\"http:\/\/us.fulbrightonline.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Institute of International Education<\/a>\u00a0and through the\u00a0Center for Global Initiatives\u00a0at UNC. Designed to increase mutual understanding between the people of the United States and international communities, the program operates in more than 155 countries.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Current students interested in applying for 2015-2016 must meet a\u00a0<\/strong><a style=\"color: #519bcf\" href=\"http:\/\/cgi.unc.edu\/fulbright\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>September 19, 2014 campus deadline<\/strong><\/a><strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Fulbright U.S. Student Program 2014-2015 grant winners who applied through UNC appear below by North Carolina county or U.S. state.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"color: #51495e\"><strong>North Carolina Counties<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong>Ashe County<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Linden Wait, a 2014 graduate from\u00a0<strong>West Jefferson<\/strong>, will teach English in Indonesia. She earned a bachelor\u2019s degree in global studies and political science with a minor in Arabic.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dare County<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Carson Fish, a 2014 graduate from\u00a0<strong>Kitty Hawk<\/strong>, will teach English in Russia. She earned a bachelor\u2019s degree in Slavic languages and literatures with a minor in comparative literature.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Durham County<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Lucas Edmond<strong>,<\/strong>\u00a0a 2014 graduate from\u00a0<strong>Durham<\/strong>, will teach English in India. He earned a bachelor\u2019s degree in Asian studies and economics.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mecklenburg County<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Matthew Farley, a 2014 graduate from\u00a0<strong>Charlotte<\/strong>, will teach English in Taiwan. He earned a bachelor\u2019s degree in Asian studies and peace, war and defense with a minor in classical humanities.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Orange County<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Trevor Erlacher, a current doctoral candidate in history from\u00a0<strong>Carrboro<\/strong>, will conduct fieldwork in Ukraine for his dissertation titled, \u201cUkrainian Nationalist Radical: The Life, Thought, and Milieus of Dmytro Dontsov, 1883-1991.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Wake County<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Amanda Baldiga, a 2014 graduate from\u00a0<strong>Apex<\/strong>, will teach English in Malaysia. She earned a bachelor\u2019s degree in sociology and women\u2019s studies with a minor in social and economic justice.<\/p>\n<p>Eli Hornstein, a 2014 graduate from\u00a0<strong>Raleigh<\/strong>, will conduct research in Mongolia on species conservation from a human perspective. He earned a bachelor\u2019s degree in linguistics from UNC and high distinction in biology from Duke.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"color: #51495e\"><strong>U.S. States<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong>Alabama<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Matthew Feminella, a current doctoral candidate in Germanic languages and literatures from\u00a0<strong>Auburn<\/strong>, will conduct fieldwork in Germany for his dissertation titled, \u201cCaught in the Act: Acting Paradigms and Spontaneous Expressions in the Age of Goethe.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Florida<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Chris Bowen, a current doctoral candidate in musicology from\u00a0<strong>Miami<\/strong>, will conduct conduct archival research in the Czech Republic for his dissertation titled, \u201c\u2018We Shall Remain Faithful\u2019: Gender, Nationalism, and the Village Mode in Czech Opera, 1866-1916.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Maryland<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Meg VanDeusen, a 2014 graduate from\u00a0<strong>Baltimore<\/strong>, will teach English in Malaysia. She earned a bachelor\u2019s degree in anthropology and women\u2019s studies with a minor in education.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Massachusetts<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Abigail Poeske, a 2013 graduate from\u00a0<strong>Beverly<\/strong>, will teach English in Ukraine. She earned a bachelor\u2019s degree in middle grades education with minors in history and geography.<\/p>\n<p><strong>New York<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Philip Delvecchio, a 2014 graduate from\u00a0<strong>Rochester<\/strong>, will teach English in Taiwan. He earned a bachelor\u2019s degree in computer science with a minor in Chinese.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pennsylvania<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Louis Porter, a current doctoral candidate in history from\u00a0<strong>Carrboro<\/strong>, will conduct fieldwork in Russia for his dissertation titled, \u201cA Better World in the Minds of Comrades: The Soviet Union in UNESCO, 1954-1982.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>South Dakota<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Andrew Ofstehage, a current doctoral candidate in anthropology from\u00a0<strong>Vermillion<\/strong>, will conduct fieldwork in Brazil for his dissertation titled, \u201cNorth Americans in Soylandia: An Ethnography of Transnational Agrarianism.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Texas<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Zoe Wolszon, a 2014 graduate from\u00a0<strong>Austin<\/strong>, will teach English in South Korea. She earned a bachelor\u2019s degree in biomedical engineering.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Washington<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Cameron Knieb, a 2014 graduate from\u00a0<strong>Shoreline<\/strong>, will research the impact of polio immunization on routine health initiatives in rural India. He earned a bachelor\u2019s degree in biology with minors in Chinese and entrepreneurship.<\/p>\n<p>John Schmale, a 2014 graduate from\u00a0<strong>Kirkland<\/strong>, will teach English in South Korea. He earned a bachelor\u2019s degree in economics.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tennessee<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Lacey English, a 2014 graduate from\u00a0<strong>Knoxville<\/strong>, will study the treatment of malnutrition in children in Sierra Leone. She earned a master\u2019s of public health degree in health behavior and health education.*<\/p>\n<p>Sonya Khattak, a 2014 graduate from\u00a0<strong>Memphis<\/strong>, will teach English in Turkey. She earned a bachelor\u2019s degree in economics and global studies with a minor in Arabic.<\/p>\n<p><em>*The U.S. Department of Education and IIE have delayed Fulbright departures to Sierra Leone due to current travel restrictions but will support travel when public health circumstances allow.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nineteen students and recent graduates from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have been awarded Fulbright U.S. Student Program grants. 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