Fulbright Scholarship

Seven Dickinsonians receive Fulbright Scholarships while six others opt to Teach for America.  The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) honors Dickinson for its RecycleMania program.  Dickinson's new dean of admissions Stephanie Balmer prepares to assume her duties.  An overview of the evolution of the construction of the Rector Science Complex is presented.  CBS News correspondent and author Kimberly Dozier lectures Dickinsonians in the Stern Center about her time reporting from the war in Iraq.

Dickinson's study abroad program based in Yaoundé, Cameroon continues despite civil unrest within the country.  Biddle Field renovations are scheduled for the summer.  After an unprecedented number of applicants, the off-campus-living lottery stirs controversy.  An increasingly number of Dickinson students participate in the Fulbright Scholarship program.

Historically Latino Sigma Lambda Beta looks to start a chapter on the Dickinson campus.  President William G. Durden is named to the Fulbright Advisory Board (Council for International Exchange of Scholars division (CIES) of the Institute of International Education (IIE)).

Dr. Gino Rizzo gives lecture on Dante to culminate Dante Ceremony commemorating 700th anniversary of poet's birth. Mary Ellen Troxler is commended for academic achievement despite handicap. Professor George Edberg publishes a collection of 19th century Guatemalan author Jose Milla. Student Senate approves new IFC rules. Mermaid Players announce Beckett's "Endgame" and Fielding's "The Tragedy of Tragedies, or The Life and Death of Tom Thumb the Great" as final productions of season. Weston Donehower is awarded a Fulbright Scholarship.