Summary: A Calvin senior and two Calvin professors have earned prestigious Fulbright Awards for 2009-2010, which are funded by the U.S. Department of State.
A Calvin senior and two Calvin professors have earned prestigious Fulbright Awards for 2009-2010. Funded by the U.S. Department of State, the awards are scholarships established to foster international research and collaboration.
Janel Curry, a geographer and Calvin's dean for research and scholarship, will spend the spring 2010 semester in Hong Kong, working with American professors to transition Hong Kong universities from three-year to four-year undergraduate-offering institutions. This is the second time Curry has earned a Fulbright.
"A cheer went up in our household when I got the news!," said Curry. "This is an especially meaningful experience for me because it allows me to draw on the full range of my academic experience," she added.
David Hoekema, a Calvin College professor of philosophy, will spend a semester teaching and researching African political philosophies in Kenya. This is Hoekema's first Fulbright but his fifth stay in Africa. Hoekema's first visit was in 2001 to Nairobi where he assisted in faculty development and publication efforts at the request of Daystar University faculty.
"The five months that I will spend in Kenya with Fulbright support will enable me to lend assistance to Daystar University, a key partner of Calvin's, in the task of preparing Christian leaders for a global church," said Hoekema.
In addition to Curry and Hoekema, Calvin College senior Eric Bratt has also earned a Fulbright Award. Bratt, a triple honors student graduating in May, received his Fulbright to study and do research in a Chinese village in Manchuria where the last speakers of the Manchu language live.
To learn more about the Fulbright awards, go to: http://www.cies.org/
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