Three WSU employees have been named Fulbright Scholars for 2009-10, and WSU will host three scholars from other countries during that time.
The Fulbright international exchange program is sponsored by the U.S. State Department. Since it was established in 1946, about 294,000 scholars have observed each others’ political, economic, educational and cultural institutions in more than 155 countries.
Recipients are selected for academic/professional achievement and leadership potential in their fields.
Those from WSU who received Fulbright grants for 2009-10 are:
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| Preston | Hooks | Porter |
* John Thomas Preston, professor of political science. He will lecture on American foreign and security policy Feb.-May 2010 at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand.
* Gregory M. Hooks, professor of sociology. He is doing research on complex environmental inequality in the Detroit-Windsor urban area Sept. 2009-April 2010 at McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada.
* Richard H. Porter, director, Office of International Students and Scholars. He visited various institutions in Korea June-July 2009 as part of the U.S.-Korea International Education Administrators Program.
They are among 1,100 U.S. faculty and professionals who will travel abroad through the Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program in 2009-10.
Fulbright Scholars visiting WSU from other countries are:
* Vasyl Koziy, veterinary professor from Bila Tserkva National Agrarian University in Ukraine, who is visiting Nov. 2009-July 2010 to research animal welfare regulations for the food animal industry.
* Saida Aliyeva, research assistant in water microbiology at the National Academy of Sciences in Baku Azerbaijan, who is visiting Sept. 2009-Feb. 2010 to research creation of safe microbial bio-preparation for cleaning up Caspian Sea oil pollution.
* Gabor Ujvari, research associate at the Geodetic and Geophysical Research Institute in Sopron, Hungary, who Sept.-Nov. 2009 researched soil composition and climate change.
They are among about 850 scholars who will teach and/or conduct research in the United States during 2009-10 through the Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program.
