The 威尼斯人平台 congratulates its three 2019 富布赖特 awardees—Brenna 菲利普斯 ’19, 莉迪亚·斯坦普，19岁, and 西奥·惠特科姆，19岁—who will travel across the globe to the Netherlands, 南非, and India to teach and conduct research next year.
“To have even one 富布赖特 award winner is an honor,Kendrick Brown说, dean of U of R’s College of Arts and Sciences. “Having three this year is the strongest possible testament to the personalized, high-quality liberal arts and professional education that we offer at Redlands. I am proud of the winners, as well as the faculty and staff who worked with them during their time in the College of Arts and Sciences.”
The trio of awards brings the institution’s total to 24 since U of R seniors first received 富布赖特 honors in 2008.
“The competition for 富布赖特 awards is intense, with several thousand applicants [from across the nation],杰克·奥斯本说, U of R 富布赖特 advisor and global business professor. “Our award winners come from all parts of the academic scene and have truly impressive track records.”
菲利普斯, born and raised in 雷德兰兹, will teach in the Netherlands’ ROC van Amsterdam-MBO College Zuid. “One of the attractive elements of the English Teaching Assistant 富布赖特 in the Netherlands was the research requirement,菲利普斯说。, who majored in history and public policy at the U of R. “Working closely with researchers in the Netherlands to understand the pedagogies of their education system will allow me to further my research and strengthen my skills as an educator. Outside of the classroom, I plan on growing as a global citizen through volunteer work, 比如体育教练, 开设艺术课, or assisting marginalized students.”
压模, 谁出生在哈拉尔, 埃塞俄比亚, 在波特兰长大, 俄勒冈州, will conduct research in 南非 at the University of Pretoria’s Centre for Human Rights. “As 南非 continues to champion the advancement of human rights, the nature of my research would provide an underreported and critical evidence-based analysis of the gaps between the creation and application of women’s rights guidelines on the local level,斯坦普说。, who majored in international relations and public policy at U of R. “Evaluating the efficacy and success of women’s rights guidelines on a local level will provide an indispensable framework for future policy 年龄ndas not only in 南非, but in all countries with a commitment to improving the lives of women.”
惠特科姆, who was raised in Ashland, 俄勒冈州, will become an English Teaching Assistant 富布赖特 in India at Pondicherry University Community College in Puducherry, 泰米尔纳德邦. “My aim is ambitious — teaching English to numerous students through a non-traditional lens, the lens of environmental studies and art,惠特科姆说。, who studied political ecology in the Johnston Center for Integrative Studies. “ I believe that students need tools to conceptualize, 过程, and create within a quickly changing, increasingly connected world. My experience in teaching, research, and art positions me well to facilitate this learning outcome.”
Osborn explains that 富布赖特 proposals require students to explain who they are, 他们希望做什么, in what country they want to teach or conduct research, and what they have done to qualify for the opportunity. Proposals are evaluated first by a U of R multi-disciplinary faculty panel. Advancing proposals are then evaluated by a panel of distinguished U.S. national faculty who are former 富布赖特 recipients and finally by distinguished faculty and 富布赖特 awardees from the country selected.
In addition to 24 富布赖特 student awards, the 富布赖特 Commission has named 威尼斯人平台 one of the nation’s top producers four times—an award limited to about 30 schools per year.
