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Jane A. DeRonne, a graduate student in Communication Studies, has received a Fulbright teaching assistantship to Germany for the 2005-06 academic year. She will assist in teaching English and American studies to high school students in Hamburg. Ms. DeRonne received a B.A. in Linguistics from Swarthmore College in 2003 and will receive a M.A. in Communication Studies from the University of Minnesota this summer. |
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Jennifer M. Illuzzi, a Ph.D. student in History, is one of twenty-six students nationally to receive a Fulbright Scholarship to Italy. Her research focuses on the history of Gypsies and their interactions with national and local authorities and communities in Italy during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. In addition, she was awarded the Myrna G. Smith International Research Grant to cover research expenses while abroad. Ms. Illuzzi received a B.S. in International History from Georgetown University in 1999. |
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Barbara T. Martinez, a Ph.D. student in Conservation Biology, has received a Fulbright Scholarship to Madagascar. She will study one of the most endangered primates in the world, the red-ruffed lemur, and how they respond to forest fragmentation. Ms. Martinez received a B.S. in Wildlife Ecology from the University of Wisconsin in 1998. |
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Lynne S. Newton, a Ph.D. student in Anthropology, will spend 2005-06 in Oman on a Fulbright Scholarship. Her research will focus on religious pilgrimage and trade in southern Arabia, specifically the economic and social effects of population movement in the Dhofar region. Ms. Newton received a B.A. in New World Antiquities from Southwest Missiouri State University in 1992 and a M.A. in Archaeology from the University of Minnesota in 2000. |
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Jeanine Refsnider, a graduate student in Conservation Biology, is one of ten students nationally to receive a Fulbright Scholarship to New Zealand. She will study the tuatara, a rare reptile, to determine how it has survived large-scale climate changes when other nearly identical forms of life have become extinct. Ms. Refsnider received a B.A. in Biology from the University of Minnesota, Morris in 2000 and will receive a M.S. in Conservation Biology from the University of Minnesota this summer. |
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Jason Schaller, a graduate of the University of Minnesota, has received a Fulbright teaching assistantship to Korea for the 2005-06 academic year. Mr. Schaller received a B.A. in Sociology from the University of Minnesota in 2004. |
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Robert G. Strand, MBA, is the 2005-06 winner of the University of Minnesota Graduate School’s Fulbright Scholarship Exchange Program with the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) in Trondheim, Norway. He will conduct a thorough investigation of how Norwegian business account for social responsibility and environmental stewardship, how they report these matters to their constituencies, and how some of the practices might be transferred to the United States. Mr. Strand received a B.S. in Industrial Engineering from the University of Wisconsin in 1999 and a MBA from the University of Minnesota this spring. |
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Michelle L. Wieland, a Ph.D. student in Conservation Biology, has received a Fulbright Scholarship to the Democratic Republic of Congo. Her research on perceptions and utilization of biodiversity in and around Conkouati-Douli National Park is of direct importance to the Wildlife Conservation Society and the Government of Congo in assisting the development of participative management strategies. Ms. Wieland received a B.S. in Animal Ecology from Iowa State University in 1998. |
