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LLSS STUDENTS RECEIVE PRESIDENTS CLUB SCHOLARSHIP
Josahua Beekman, a Psychology major with a pre-medicine concentration, and Hillarie
Meiring, an English major concentrating in creative writing, received prestigious
Frank E. Horton Presidents Club Scholarships for 2012-2013. The awards were presented
by President Jacobs at the Annual Donor Recognition Event held Friday, May 11.
The Presidents Club awards three $4,000 scholarships each year to full-time undergraduate
students who show academic merit and financial need. Preference is given to applicants
who demonstrate campus/community involvement and who have attended The University
of Toledo their entire college careers.
PROFESSOR IN SOCIOLOGY AND ANTHROPOLOGY NAMED FULLBRIGHT FELLOW
Dr. Dwight Haase, Assistant Professor of Sociology, has been awarded a Fulbright Fellowship
to study and teach in the Palestinian West Bank next academic year. Dr. Haase’s fellowship
will focus on microcredit as a socioeconomic development strategy.
The prestigious Fulbright Program is sponsored by the United States Department of
State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. The program sends 800 U.S. faculty
and professionals abroad each year.
CHAIR OF SOCIOLOGY AND ANTHROPOLOGY RECEIVES INVITATION FROM THE REPUBLIC OF SOUTH
AFRICA
Dr. Rubin Patterson, chair of the Department of Sociology and Anthropology, has received
an invitation to attend the Global African Diaspora Summit to be held at the Sandton
International Conference Center in Johannesburg, South Africa. The invitation was
extended by the Minister of International Relations and Cooperation of the Republic
of South Africa on behalf of His Excellency President Jacob Zuma , President of the
Republic of South Africa.
The summit is was developed by the 17th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of Heads
of State and Government of the African Union, the African Diaspora Technical Committee
of Experts, and the African Diaspora Ministerial Meeting. It will offer an opportunity
to discuss and implement “the Draft Declaration, Programme of Action and Implementation
Plan” of those meetings. The summit will be held on Africa Day, May 25, 2012.
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