WKU's Petersen Receives
Fulbright To Korea
May 26, 2004
Bowling Green, Ky. - John H. Petersen, associate vice president for Academic Affairs and professor of Political Science at Western Kentucky University, has received a Fulbright award from the U.S.-Korea International Education Administrators Program for Summer 2004, according to the United States Department of State and the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board.
Under the program U.S. and Korean academics participate in exchanges designed to enhance understanding of the two countries and their higher education systems.
Petersen is one of approximately 800 U.S. faculty and professionals who will travel to 140 countries for the 2004-2005 academic year through the Fulbright Scholar Program. Established in 1946 under legislation introduced by the late J. William Fulbright of Arkansas, the program's purpose is to build mutual understanding between the people of the United States and the people of other countries.
Recipients of Fulbright Scholar awards are selected on the basis of academic or professional achievement and because the have demonstrated extraordinary leadership potential in their fields. The Fulbright Scholar Program is sponsored by the United States Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs and is managed by the Council for International Exchange of Scholars (www.cies.org).
For information about the Fulbright Scholar Program, contact Kirsten Bermingham, CIES communications specialist, at (202) 686-7869.
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