U
of M Profs Teach in China and Mexico on Fulbright Grants
For
release: Feb. 22, 2001
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Gabrielle Maxey
Two members of the University of Memphis faculty have received
Fulbright Scholar grants for 2000-2001.
Dr.
Coldwell Daniel III, a professor in the Fogelman College of
Business and Economics, is lecturing in economics at Shanghai
JiaoTong University in Shanghai, People's Republic of China.
Dr.
Emily A. Thrush, associate professor of English, is developing
an undergraduate program in teaching English as a foreign
or second language at the University of Guanajuato in Guanajuato,
Mexico.
The
University of Memphis has produced 15 Fulbright scholars since
1994. They have taught and conducted research in such countries
as Ecuador, Chile, Belize, France, Germany, Romania and South
Africa.
About
800 U.S. faculty and professionals received Fulbright grants
this year to lecture or conduct research in 140 countries.
A similar number of foreign scholars received awards to come
to the United States, primarily to do research.
The Fulbright Scholar Program is funded by the U.S. Department
of State, with additional funding coming from participating
governments and host institutions in the United States and
abroad.
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