South Buffalo Courier/ Friday, October 31, 2014
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Conference held at Trociare College
The fall conference of the Western New York and Northwestern Pennsylvania (WNY/NWPA) Chapter of the Fulbright Association held its fall conference, “Crossing Borders, Expanding Knowledge” at Trocaire College.. “We were honored that the Fulbright Association asked us to host this event,” said Dr. Jennifer Higgins McCormick, Dean of Arts, Sciences and Professional Studies. “This is the first time that a Fulbright conference has been held at a career-focused college like Trocaire. We were excited to be able to offer the wonderful scholarship opportunities available through the Fulbright to our predominately non-
traditional and often first generation student population, as well as to our dedicated faculty and staff.” The conference was attended by students, faculty, visiting Fulbrighters and professionals interested in applying for a Fulbright scholarship to study abroad. The keynote speaker, Sampson Lee Blair, Ph.D., family sociologist in the Department of Sociology at the State University of New York at Buffalo, gave a brief history of the Fulbright Program. He noted that Founder J. W. Fulbright wanted to create an understanding among countries and the people – to become aware of each other’s cultures creates peace. Dr.
Blair spoke of his personal Fulbright experience in the Philippines. He said, “The experiences you gain will touch you in ways you cannot imagine.” He spoke of the sharing among cultures noting that as a Fulbrighter you are an ambassador. “Fulbrighters have an open mind, open eyes and an open heart,” stated Dr. Blair. Additional presentations were held on different Fulbright awards discussed by Chapter Board members and local Fulbrighters. Dr. Cheryl Drout (SUNY Fredonia) talked about the Fulbright Traditional Award, Dr. Andrea Wyman (Edinboro University) presented the Fulbright Specialist Award, Dr. Laila Denoyak,
an Independent Scholar, discussed the Fulbright Scholar-in-Residence, and Maria Seewaldt (University at Buffalo) discussed the Fulbright U.S. Student Program. As a first-year Trocaire student and vice-president of the Student Governance Association, Linda Tran was excited about all of the information she was able to gather at the Fulbright conference. She noted, “I made my decision to attend the Fulbright conference because I thought it would be interesting to find out information about how I can learn more about my career major (nursing) in different places around the world.”
Pictured left to right – Dr. Bassam M. Deeb, Trocaire president, Dr. Sampson Lee Blair, Keynote Speaker, Dr. Jennifer Higgins McCormick, Trocaire Dean of Arts, Sciences and Professional Studies.
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