Global Engagement grant to bring African students to UNL
Thanks to a grant from the State Department, 20 of the best and brightest African students will spend four weeks in January in focused classes and activities at UNL related to American government, politics, civic engagement and community service. The $216,000 grant was secured by Patrice McMahon, director of Global Engagement, and Linda Major, director of the Center for Civic Engagement, to host a winter U.S. Institute on Civic Engagement.
Wals shows Mexican immigrants' politics are more diverse than pundits assert
In the 2012 presidential election, seven out of 10 Latino immigrants voted for President Obama. As news pundits dissected the defeat of Mitt Romney, they dismissed the Latino vote as unattainable for the Republican Party. But UNL political scientist Sergio Wals says that's not necessarily the case. In a new study published in the journal Electoral Studies, Wals found that Mexican immigrants who are more politically invested are center or center-right in their political ideologies.
Shomos wins Fulbright to conduct research in Albania
UNL alumna and Lincoln native Elena Shomos has received a Fulbright to conduct research in Albania. Shomos graduated from UNL with a double major in French and global studies. As an undergraduate, she became interested in Albania because of her heritage and her interest in international relations.
English Ph.D. student receives Fulbright to research in Hungary
Daniel Nyikos, a third-year graduate student at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, has been awarded a Fulbright Scholarship to Hungary for the 2013-14 academic year. Nyikos is earning a Ph.D. in English with a creative writing focus and his time in Hungary will be spent working on his dissertation, which is a novel set in the country.
Kunc receives Fulbright specialist grant
Karen Kunc, Cather Professor of Art, has earned a Fulbright Specialist Project Grant to teach contemporary woodcut printmaking workshop at Dhaka University in Bangladesh. She will participate in the Fulbright workshop from May 5-25.
UNL graduate student wins a Fulbright to Germany
Amy Millspaugh, a University of Nebraska-Lincoln graduate student, has been awarded a Fulbright Scholarship to teach English in Germany. She is earning masters degrees in German and Education at UNL and will leave in the fall to travel to Germany to begin a nine-month English teaching assistantship.
School of Music's Skyros Quartet, April Sun invited to perform in China
Five student musicians from the School of Music in the Hixson-Lied College of Fine and Performing Arts have been invited to perform next month in Xi'an China, as a part of an official program of activities at the American Exchange Center on the Xi'an Jiaotong University campus.
Music student wins Fulbright to teach English in Bulgaria
Tim Wilkins, a senior music major at UNL, has been awarded a Fulbright Scholarship. The music composition major will be traveling to Bulgaria for an English teaching assistantship after he graduates this spring.
Fulbright allows global studies major to return to South Korea
Samantha Marcoux, a global studies major with minors in east Asian studies and Spanish, has been awarded a Fulbright Scholarship to study and teach English in South Korea for the 2013-14 academic year.