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Three UNC students tapped for Fulbright Scholarship

CHAPEL HILL – Three additional University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill students have received 2007-2008 awards from the Fulbright Program for U.S. Students, enabling them to participate in the country’s largest international exchange program.

Faith Cable of Minneapolis, Ashley Carse of Bozeman, Mont. and Jessica Long of Raleigh are the new Fulbright award recipients, bringing the total number of UNC-Chapel Hill student Fulbrights to six this year. The three previously announced are Christine Boyle of Seattle, Vernon Cathcart of Charlotte, and Jennifer Cimaglia of Suwanee, Ga.

Each student will use the award for research, study or teaching in another country about a personally chosen topic.

The Fulbright Program, sponsored by the Department of State, operates in more than 155 countries. Fulbright recipients are graduating seniors and master’s and doctoral degree candidates, chosen for academic or professional achievement and demonstrated leadership potential.

Established in 1946 with legislation introduced by the late Sen. J William Fulbright of Arkansas, the program’s purpose is to build understanding between the people of the United States and those in the rest of the world.

"These Fulbright recipients have strong academic and professional preparation, leadership ability and are committed to service in their community,” said Beth-Ann Kutchma, UNC-Chapel Hill Fulbright program adviser. “When the students return from their experience abroad, they bring a different perspective on how the world lives, which can only foster internationalization efforts here at Carolina.”

The newly named UNC-Chapel Hill student Fulbright scholars and their projects are:

Cable, who earned a master’s degree in city and regional planning in May, will research sustainable development projects in Germany and the U.S. Her research will focus on environmental standards for sustainable urbanism. The standards are established by Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design for Neighborhood Development.

Carse, a doctoral candidate in anthropology, will research human-environmental problems in the Panama Canal Watershed from an ethnographic and historical perspective.

Long, a December 2006 graduate and environmental science major, will do environmental conservation work in Amazon region of Peru. Long now works in Olympic National Park in Washington. She was a Le Clair Award recipient at the May 2007 graduation ceremony and a Morehead Scholar at Carolina. The Morehead-Cain is a full merit scholarship for four years of undergraduate study at UNC-Chapel Hill plus four summer enrichment experiences.

Note: Cable can be reached at fath.cable@gmail.com; Carse, at acarse@email.unc.edu; Long, at jessilon@email.unc.edu.

UNC news release on Boyle, Cathcart and Cimaglia: http://www.unc.edu/news/archives/jun07/fulbright062607.html
Fulbright Program for U.S. students: http://us.fulbrightonline.org/home.html
Morehead-Cain Foundation: http://www.moreheadfoundation.org/

Fulbright Program contact at UNC-Chapel Hill: Beth-Ann Kutchma, (919) 843-6842, bkutchma@email.unc.edu
News Services contact: Lisa Katz, (919) 962-2093