USC Faculty Member Receives Fulbright Scholar
Award
Pueblo -- Dr. Timothy McGettigan, assistant professor in the Department
of Sociology at the University of Southern Colorado, has been awarded a
Fulbright Scholar grant to lecture on the subject of "Electronic Publishing
in the Global Village" at the Central European University in Warsaw, Poland
during the 2002-2003 academic year, according to the United States Department of
State and the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board. During his
Fulbright year, Professor McGettigan will teach sociology and continue his
research on poverty issues.
McGettigan is one of approximately 800 United States faculty and professionals
who will travel abroad to some 140 countries for the 2002-2003 academic year
through the Fulbright Scholar Program. Established in 1946 under legislation
introduced by the late Sen. J. William Fulbright of Arkansas, the program's
purpose is to build mutual understanding between the people of the United States
and other countries. Approximately 84,000 U.S. and foreign scholars have
participated in the program since its inception.
Recipients of the Fulbright Scholar awards are selected on the basis of academic
or professional achievement and because they have demonstrated extraordinary
leadership potential in their fields. Among thousands of prominent U.S.
Fulbright Scholar alumni are Milton Friedman, Nobel Laureate in Economics; James
Watson, co-discover of the structure of DNA and Nobel Laureate in Medicine; Rita
Dove, Pulitzer Prize-winning poet; and Craig Barrett, CEO of Intel Corporation.
For further information about the Fulbright Scholar Program, please contact Judy
Pehrson, director of external relations, Council for International Exchange of
Scholars by telephone at 202-686-4014 or by email at jpehrson@cies.iie.org. More
information is available on the Council for International Exchange of Scholars
website at www.cies.org.
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