Proving education is internationally boundless, three MSU faculty members are set to embark on journeys across the world to research as Fulbright scholars.
Professor Alan Beretta in the Department of Linguistics, associate professor of law Adam Candeub and associate professor Sayuri Shimizu in the Department of History were named Fulbright scholars for 2010-11.
A Fulbright is among the most prestigious awards a professor can receive, said Walter Hawthorne, chairperson of the Department of History, in an e-mail.
“The award makes (it) clear that Professor Shimizu is a leader in her field, a scholar working on projects of international importance,” he said in the e-mail. “It is a testament to the strength of history at MSU that Shimizu and many of our other faculty have received large grants in recent years.”
Beretta and Shimizu were unavailable for comment Thursday.
The competitive Fulbright grants — issued by the Department of State and the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs — started at the end of World War II in an effort to rebuild education and increase mutual understanding between the people of the U.S. and the people of other countries, said Roger Bresnahan, a Fulbright Program adviser.
The dollar amount recipients can receive varies according to their research, according to the program’s website.
“It’s an award of distinction because there are a lot of applicants,” Bresnahan said. “(Applicants are) well known in their fields and are excellent researchers. There were 44 applications for the student Fulbright nomination (and) 16 applications for advanced graduate students doing their dissertation (from MSU).”
Beretta recently returned from Greece after conducting research and Shimizu currently is in Tokyo researching and developing a history consisting of the U.S., Canadian and Japanese fisheries’ regulation in the North Pacific Ocean.
Candeub is studying cyber crime in Croatia, a country at the forefront of integrating economies, he said.
“The scholarship is to the University of Rijeka in Korasia,” Candeub said. “I’ll be working with the law faculty there. The award is to study international financial crimes; money laundering, cybercrimes and regulatory law enforcement to counter these actions.”
Candeub said he was honored to be named one of this year’s scholars.
“I’ve fallen in the foot steps of some imminent scholars and it’s somewhat humbling,” he said.
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