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The completion of Battle-Walters' stay marks an increase in APU's involvement with the Fulbright program. Marianne Hattar, DNSc, professor in the School of Nursing, traveled to Jordan in February and will stay there until June as part of the Council for International Exchange of Scholar's (CIES) Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program. She functions as a U.S. ambassador to Jordan, utilizing her expertise and knowledge to forge educational links between the two countries and meeting Jordan's pressing educational needs. During her research, Hattar will work with Princess Muna Al Hussein, mother of Jordan's King Abdullah II. She also plans to conduct original research in the area of health among that country's immigrant women. While Battle-Walters and Hattar represent the first APU faculty members to receive a Fulbright scholarship during their time at APU, the program is not unfamiliar to APU community members. Professor of English Carole Lambert, Ph.D., and Associate Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Diane Guido, Ph.D., both held Fulbright scholarships in graduate school, and David McIntire, Ed.D., professor of college student affairs, is a two-time recipient of the Fulbright administrator's award. In the future, APU faculty and administration hope students will also participate in such high caliber scholastic endeavors. This year, a handful of undergraduates applied to the program and two alumni were accepted. Robert Brigham ’01 and Annette McCabe ’03 are the first students in the university’s history to receive Fulbright Scholarships. Currently serving as APU’s director of marketing and concert administration for the School of Music, Brigham will spend 10 months in Romania, developing |
music education programs for children in orphanages. His study stems from his concern that the children at these orphanages leave at the age of 18 with underdeveloped social and professional skills. Brigham hopes that therapeutic music education will equip them with skills they can use throughout their lives. McCabe recieved the Islamic Civilization Grant, which aims to forward the civilization of Muslims worldwide and build bridges between the Arab culture and the United States. She will spend 10 months studying class and generational differences in how Tunisian women view themselves and their roles in society and the family. Jody Godoy '05 is an editorial intern in the Office of University Marketing and Creative Media. gojogo@apu.edu PAGE 1 • 2 |
