April 30, 2003 News Releases
Released 4/29/03
UTAH STATE
PROFESSOR RECEIVES FULBRIGHT TO THAILAND
LOGAN – Utah State University industrial technology
and education professor Edward Reeve has received a Fulbright
Senior Specialists grant in education at Mahidol University,
Faculty of Medical Technology in Thailand.
The Fulbright Senior Specialists Program offers two- to six-week
grants to leading Americanacademics and professionals to support
curricular and faculty development and institutionalplanning
at academic institutions in 140 countries around the world.
Created to complement the traditional Fulbright Scholar Program
which was started in 1946,the Senior Specialists Program aims
at increasing the number of faculty and professionals whohave
the opportunity to go abroad on a Fulbright.
The Fulbright Scholar Program is sponsored by the United States
Department of State’sBureau of Educational and Cultural
Affairs and managed by the Council for InternationalExchange
of Scholars. The program’s purpose is to increase mutual
understanding betweenthe people of the United States and the
people of other countries.
“The traditional Fulbright Scholar Program offers grants
ranging from two months to anacademic year, and some academics
and professionals find it difficult to be away overseas forthat
length of time,” said Patti McGill Peterson, executive
director of the Council for International
Exchange of Scholars, the organization that manages the Fulbright
Scholar Program. “The new Senior Specialists Program offers
them another option.”
Grantees also undertake new activities, ranging from conducting
teacher training and developing and assessing curricula or educational
materials to leading seminars or workshops orconducting needs
assessments.
For further information on the program, visit the CIES Web site
at http://www.cies.org.
April 29, 2003
Contact: Edward Reeve, (435) 797-3642
Writer: Kristen Johnson, (202) 686-6243, kjohnson@cies.iie.org
UPR PRESENTS
MOMBO MOTHER’S DAY 2003
LOGAN - “UPR Presents” is a Utah Public Radio
feature (Tuesdays, 8-9 p.m.). It serves as the station’s
vehicle for national, short-run series which otherwise haven’t
been heard on UPR because there have been no programming openings.
In celebration of Mother’s Day this year, UPR will air
“A MOMbo Mother’s Day 2003.” The program will
be heard Tuesday, May 6, at 8 p.m.
MOMbo, Inc. is a non profit organization and national media
resource dedicated to the everyday work of mothering.
Program host is Nanci Olesen, MOMbo founder. This is her fourth
special for Public Radio International (PRI). Her weekly program
“MOMbo, a mom show” aired on the Pacifica Radio
Network for five years, and locally in Minneapolis-St. Paul
for six years before that. She is heard as a commentator on
other public radio programs, and her writing can be found in
national parenting journals.
The Tuesday program includes Olesen’s conversations with
moms of all walks of life, bringing a mother’s perspective
to the air. Featured are “Chicago Tribune” columnist
Michele Weldon, actor and mother Sally Wingert and master fiddler
and singer Linda Breitag. It also includes the MOMbo trio ?
Olesen, Kris Berggren and Julia Jergensen Edelman ? who imagine
and discuss a society in which a mother’s work is valued
and upheld.
Utah Public Radio is heard in Utah on a system of 26 translators
which take its signal statewide. UPR now goes by KUSU (91.5)
and KUSR (89.5) FM.
For more information on NPR and Utah Public Radio programs,
visit the Utah Public Radio Web site at upr.org.
April 29, 2003
Contact: Richard Meng, (435) 797-3132
Writer: Craig Hislop, (435) 797-1352
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