A Seton Hall University graduate
student has won a Fulbright Scholarship that will take her to Norway
for ten months. Julia Edwards, an MA candidate in the Whitehead School
of Diplomacy & International Relations, is one of only two U.S.
students to be awarded a position in Norway’s Fulbright English
Teaching Assistantship (ETA) Program this year.
Edwards’ Fulbright application detailed her teaching experience and
her background in Model United Nations activities - an activity she
expects to organize in her Norwegian institution. Letters of support
from Dr. Philip Moremen (School of Diplomacy & International
Relations), Dr. Lynn Kuzma (University of Southern Maine), and Liliya
Panayev (Montclair High School) detailed Edwards’ background and
qualifications as both ambitious and exemplary.
After a two-day orientation in Oslo this coming August, Edwards will
begin her placement as an ETA. For the duration of her stay, the
Fulbright award will pay for all transportation, living, and medical
insurance expenses. Upon her return to the U.S., Edwards aims to become
a high school teacher, using her extensive international experience to
broaden her students’ education.
Edwards is the third Seton Hall student to become a Fulbright Scholar.
Both previous awards were for student research. In a 2004-2005
Fulbright award to Belgium and Luxembroug, Yevgeniy E. Oleynikov
studied European Union foreign policy toward the U.S. In 1994-1995,
Theresa M. Napolitano studied Sweden’s role in regional civilian
defense while on a Fulbright award to that county.
Seton Hall’s growing Fulbright initiative is an important aspect of
the university’s increasing internationalization efforts. While only
two SHU students applied for a Fulbright awards in 2007-2008, eleven
applied in this year’s cycle, including Edwards. The university’s
Fellowships Advisor, Dr. James J. Kimble, hopes to hear word of
additional Fulbright awards in the coming weeks. Students in next
year’s senior class and any graduate students interested in a Fulbright
application in the upcoming application cycle should contact Kimble to
prepare their application, due in mid-September. The program supports
study and teaching grants in over 140 countries across the
world.
For more information please contact: Jim Kimble (973) 275-2776 burtongr@shu.edu
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A Seton Hall University graduate
student has won a Fulbright Scholarship that will take her to Norway
for ten months. Julia Edwards, an MA candidate in the Whitehead School
of Diplomacy & International Relations, is one of only two U.S.
students to be awarded a position in Norway’s Fulbright English
Teaching Assistantship (ETA) Program this year.
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