Concordia Grad Receives Fulbright

Sep 07, 2011

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CONCORDIA GRAD RECEIVES FULBRIGHT

    Susan Nelson, a 2011 Concordia College graduate, has been awarded a Fulbright U.S. Student Program scholarship to Germany in Teaching English as a Foreign Language. Nelson is one of more than 1,600 U.S. citizens who will travel abroad for the 2011-12 academic year through the Fulbright program.
      Nelson will be teaching at the Wilhelmsgymnasium high school in Kassel, Germany. She’ll be working primarily with 7th, 8th and 10th grade conversation classes. Nelson, a math education and German major, participated in a study abroad program in her senior year at Concordia and studied in Kassel for 10 months.  She is also enrolled in the Kassel University and hopes to take some math and education classes.
      The Fulbright Program is the flagship international educational exchange program, sponsored by the U.S. government, designed to increase mutual understanding between the people of the United States and people of other countries. Recipients of Fulbright grants are selected on the basis of academic or professional achievement, as well as demonstrated leadership potential in their fields. Since its establishment in 1946, approximately 300,000 students, scholars, teachers, artists and scientists have had the opportunity to study, teach and conduct research, exchange ideas and contribute to finding solutions to shared international concerns.
      For further information about the Fulbright Program visit fulbright@state.gov.
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