[160] MTSU Offers Fulbright Workshops Nov. 16

News and Media Relations contact: Randy Weiler, 615-898-5616 or Randy.Weiler@mtsu.edu
Honors College contact: Laura Clippard, 615-898-5464 or Laura.Clippard@mtsu.edu


MTSU offers Fulbright workshops Nov. 16

MURFREESBORO — In the past four years, six MTSU students have earned prestigious Fulbright Awards to study, teach and conduct research abroad.

Who might be the next Fulbright candidates?

Prospective Fulbright candidates can learn more about the eligibility process by attending any of three workshops that will be held in the Keathley University Center Theater. The 45-minute sessions will be held Wednesday, Nov. 16, starting at 10:30 a.m., 11:30 a.m. and 1 p.m. The workshops are open to all students.

Students also are encouraged to attend the Nov. 16 Study Abroad Fair, which runs from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on the first- and second-floor lobbies in KUC.

Leading the workshops will be Laura Clippard, University Honors College adviser and MTSU’s coordinator of the Undergraduate Fellowship Office, which coordinates the Fulbright U.S. Student Program.

The Fulbright is the U.S. government’s flagship educational and cultural exchange program for students with study, research or teaching assistant opportunities in more than 140 countries. Benefits include a year of study with round-trip airfare, monthly stipend, health insurance and research allowance.

Previous Fulbright recipients include 2011 awardees Patrick Pratt (international relations major studying in Tanzania); Christopher Watkins (French/global studies major studying in Morocco); and Kimberly Yarborough (international relations and Spanish major studying in Spain); 2010 honorees Kaitlen Howell (German and biology major who studied in Germany) and Eric Little (history and Spanish major who studied in Portugal); 2008 recipient Brandon Armstrong (German major who studied in Germany); and 2001 awardee Brian Chance (philosophy and German major who studied in Germany).
For more information, email Clippard at Laura.Clippard@mtsu.edu.or call 615-898-5464.

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