O'Lenick receives Fulbright award
| December 10, 2008 | |
Cassandra O’Lenick
Cassandra O’Lenick, an environmental sciences and engineering major in the Gillings School of Global Public Health, has received a 2008-2009 U.S. Student Fulbright Program award. O’Lenick, a native of Annandale, Va., will travel to Poland and study environmental law, policy and scientific procedure. She also will study Poland’s cooperation with the European Union’s environmental policy. The nation’s largest international exchange program, the Fulbright operates in more than 155 countries. The late Sen. J. William Fulbright of Arkansas established the program in 1946 to build mutual understanding among people of the United States and the rest of the world. Students are selected for their academic or professional achievements and leadership potential. The Fulbright Program is sponsored by the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. At UNC, it is administered by the Center for Global Initiatives. “First and foremost, Fulbright programs promote cultural exchange,” said Beth-Ann Kutchma, UNC program adviser. “Through their documentary projects, dissertation publications and community service, these students link the Carolina campus to the world.” This year, eleven University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill students received Fulbright awards. Nationwide, more than 1,450 students were chosen.
For more information about the Fulbright Program for U.S. Students: http://us.fulbrightonline.org/home.html. Fulbright Program contact at UNC-Chapel Hill: Beth-Ann Kutchma, (919) 843-6842, bkutchma@email.unc.edu. UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health contact: Ramona DuBose, director of communications, (919) 966-7467 or ramona_dubose@unc.edu. |
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