{"id":47156,"date":"2024-02-13T14:24:14","date_gmt":"2024-02-13T19:24:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/?p=47156"},"modified":"2024-02-13T14:31:52","modified_gmt":"2024-02-13T19:31:52","slug":"acc-named-top-producer-of-fulbright-u-s-scholars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/2024\/02\/13\/acc-named-top-producer-of-fulbright-u-s-scholars\/","title":{"rendered":"ACC named top producer of Fulbright U.S. Scholars"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For the third time in five years, Austin Community College District (ACC) is recognized as a <a href=\"https:\/\/topproducing.fulbrightonline.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">top producer of Fulbright Scholars<\/a>. The U.S. Department of State\u2019s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs released its 2023-24 list on Tuesday, February 13.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chronicle.com\/article\/top-producers-of-fulbright-u-s-scholars-and-students-2023-24\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ACC is recognized as one of the Associate and baccalaureate\/associate institutions nationwide to be awarded the distinction. Only one other institution in Texas also was honored in this category.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis achievement reflects the dedication and talent of our faculty and acknowledges ACC\u2019s incredible work on behalf of students,\u201d says Dr. Russell Lowery-Hart, ACC Chancellor. \u201cACC is committed to transforming higher education and loving our students to success. The Fulbright program represents the level of academic excellence at ACC. Our faculty members are at the heart of this, guiding students with love and expertise towards success.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Fulbright Program is sponsored by the State Department\u2019s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs to support academic exchanges between the United States and over 150 countries worldwide. The Fulbright U.S. Scholars Program offers teaching and research grants for college faculty, administrators, and other scholars.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cFulbright\u2019s Top Producing Institutions represent the diversity of America\u2019s higher education community,\u201d says Lee Satterfield, Assistant U.S. Secretary of State for Educational and Cultural Affairs. \u201cDedicated administrators support students and scholars at these institutions to fulfill their potential and rise to address tomorrow\u2019s global challenges. We congratulate them, and all the Fulbrighters who are making an impact the world over.\u201d\u202f&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fulbright alumni work to make a positive impact on their communities, sectors, and the world and have included 41 heads of state or government, 62 Nobel Laureates, 89 Pulitzer Prize winners, 80 MacArthur Fellows, and countless leaders and changemakers who build mutual understanding between the people of the United States and the people of other countries.\u202f\u202f\u202f&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The following ACC faculty members have been awarded Fulbright grants to conduct projects abroad:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Maria Cisneros-Solis, Education, Ecuador, 1986-1987 and 1989-1990<\/li>\n<li>Dr. William Montgomery, History, Lesotho, 1989-1990<\/li>\n<li>Edward Lundy, Area Studies, Jordan, 2003-2004<\/li>\n<li>Dr. Kathryn Frost, Psychology, Romania, 2004-2005<\/li>\n<li>Dr. Shannon Bailey, ESOL, Vietnam, 2008-2009<\/li>\n<li>Dr. Elizabeth Pintar, Social Sciences, Argentina, 2011-2012<\/li>\n<li>Dr. Samuel Echevarria-Cruz, Sociology, Romania, 2015-2016<\/li>\n<li>Jill Brockmann, Business, Denmark, 2015-2016<\/li>\n<li>Dr. Blanca Alvarado, Sociology, Costa Rica, 2018-2019<\/li>\n<li>Dr. Heather Barfield, Drama, France, 2019-2020<\/li>\n<li>Kusali Gamage Sooriarachchi, Geology, Sri Lanka, 2023-2024<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">More than 900 Fulbright Scholars grants are awarded annually to fund research or teaching abroad for up to one year. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For more information, visit<a href=\"http:\/\/fulbrightprogram.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> fulbrightprogram.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For the third time in five years, Austin Community College District (ACC) is recognized as a top producer of Fulbright Scholars. The U.S. Department of State\u2019s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs released its 2023-24 &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/2024\/02\/13\/acc-named-top-producer-of-fulbright-u-s-scholars\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3930,"featured_media":47157,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,15,17,18],"tags":[748,2559,2561,2560],"class_list":["post-47156","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-current-students","category-facstaff-news","category-news-and-announcements","category-official-acc-press-releases","tag-fulbright","tag-fulbright-scholars","tag-fulbright-scholars-program","tag-u-s-department-of-states-bureau-of-educational-and-cultural-affairs"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47156","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3930"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47156"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47156\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/47157"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47156"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47156"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47156"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}