AASU Awarded First Fulbright-Hays Grant

Savannah, GA--The United States Fulbright Commission has awarded a Fulbright-Hays Grant to Armstrong Atlantic State University that will provide funding for twelve to fifteen area educators' participation in a four-week summer program of study in Argentina and Chile, South America, during June and July. The deadline for application is April 15.

The program will include a series of lectures and interactive sessions with a cross section of scholars and leaders in business and industry. In addition, members of the visiting team will study and travel in and around Santiago, Valparaiso, Concepcion, Buenos Aires, Cordoba, and Mendoza. A seminar on social, political, and economic transformation will be held to stimulate a better understanding and greater degree of sensitivity toward Chile and Argentina.

"This awareness will be passed on to students by the teachers involved in the project," said project director Dr. James Anderson, professor and special assistant to the vice president for international education.

The $65,000 grant was awarded on a highly competitive basis from the U. S. Department of Education’s Center for International Education. It will enable elementary and secondary school teachers, college and university professors, and academic administrators—with demonstrated interest in Latin American and international studies— the opportunity to participate in a cultural exchange with both countries.

"There are various ways by which institutions for higher learning can facilitate a better understanding of our world, but none more prestigious than through support of a Fulbright grant," said Dr. Thomas Z. Jones, president of AASU. "This program will enhance intercultural understanding between Chile and Argentina and the United States."

For more information on applying the program, contact James Anderson at 912.921.5671 or andersja@mail.armstrong.edu.

April 2 , 2003