Three University of Colorado at Boulder students have been awarded Fulbright grants for the 2001-2002 academic year, and another was selected as an alternate.
Since the university began recording award information in 1977, a total of 74 students have received Fulbright grants and 17 have been selected as alternates.
CU-Boulder's Fulbright award winners are:
Dan Hanley, a doctoral candidate in education, was awarded a scholarship to Norway. He will examine Norway's school-based evaluation system through case studies of two schools with exemplary programs.
Dan Hogan, an undergraduate student in molecular, cellular and developmental biology, was awarded a grant to work and study at the University of Witten in Germany.
Jim Walker, seeking his doctorate in comparative literature, was awarded a grant to study in Italy. He will examine contemporary African writers in Italy, while looking at African-Italian relations and African representation in Italian media and culture during the last century.
Joanna Mishtal, an anthropology doctoral student, applied for a grant to Poland and was selected as an alternate.
The Fulbright Program is the U.S. government's flagship program for international educational exchange. Grants are used to support graduate study, university lecturing, advanced research or professional training in the creative and performing arts. Since its inception in 1946, more than 85,000 U.S.
Fulbright winners have traveled abroad.
Students can get information on Fulbright awards from the CU-Boulder Office of International Education or on the Web at . The campus deadline for the 2002-2003 student program is Sept. 17.
Fulbright Scholar Awards are also available to faculty members. Deadline for 2002-2003 faculty lecturing and research grants is Aug. 1. Other deadlines apply for special programs. For more information visit the Web site at .