Seven Hamilton College seniors and one alumna were awarded Fulbright Scholarships to pursue research projects and to teach English next year. The purpose of the Fulbright Program is to increase mutual understanding between the people of the United States and other countries through the exchange of persons, knowledge and skills. It is designed to give recent college graduates opportunities for personal development and international experience.
Brian Tilley, a candidate for graduation in May, has received a Fulbright Grant to India under the Fulbright Islamic Civilization Initiative. He will study patterns of worship at Sufi shrines in two Indian cities with a strong Islamic heritage, Aligarh and Bijapur.
Senior Shayna McHugh has been invited by a professor at the University of Sao Paulo to join his research group. McHugh's project will focus on the isolation and identification of biologically active chemical compounds from the extracts of marine invertebrates and an evaluation of the potential of these substances for medicinal use.
Senior Edward Geary will study the presence of the role of the victim and national socialism in Austrian textbooks and school curriculums and how teaching techniques and views on the topics have changed in different generations since 1945.
Hamilton graduate Lauren Perkins ('04) and three seniors, Elizabeth Lesser, Nathaniel Adler and Jacqueline Kook have received grants to teach English in South Korea. Daniel Walker '05 has received a grant to teach English in Germany.
The Fulbright program offers invaluable opportunities to meet and work with people of the host country, sharing daily life as well as professional and creative insights. The program promotes cross-cultural interaction and mutual understanding on a person-to-person basis in an atmosphere of openness, academic integrity and intellectual freedom. The primary source of funding for the Fulbright Program is an annual appropriation made by Congress to the Department of State. The U.S. Student Program awards approximately 900 grants annually and currently operates in more than 140 countries worldwide.
