2009 Fulbright/LASPAU Scholarship for 4 Jamaicans
Patricia Attkisson, Public Affairs Officer at the US Embassy, Kingston (centre) points out interesting tidbits about the United States to winners of the 2009 Fulbright/LASPAU Scholarships. They are (from left) Maureen Nelson, Vice Principal and Lecturer, Administration and Leadership, Montego Bay Community College; Nekeisha Spencer, Assistant Lecturer, Department of Economics, University of the West Indies, Mona; Andrew Gordon, Lecturer, Computer and Information Sciences at the University of Technology, Jamaica and Suzette Kelly, a Lecturer in Early Childhood Education at the Shortwood Teacher’s College. The four will take up scholarship at U.S. universities this academic year.
FOUR LECTURERS from tertiary institutions will take up scholarships at prestigious U.S. universities in the upcoming academic year as recipients of full scholarships under the 2009 Fulbright/LASPAU (Latin American Scholarship Program of American Universities) Faculty Development Program. The four were nominated by the Public Affairs Section of the U.S. Embassy in Kingston following a rigorous application and selection process.
The four award-recipients are Suzette Kelly, a Lecturer in Early Childhood Education at the Shortwood Teacher’s College; Andrew Gordon, Lecturer, Computer and Information Sciences at the University of Technology, Jamaica; Maureen Nelson, Vice Principal and Lecturer, Administration and Leadership, Montego Bay Community College and Nekeisha Spencer, Assistant Lecturer, Department of Economics, University of the West Indies, Mona.
The Fulbright/LASPAU Faculty Development Program is a special Fulbright program available only to qualified full-time lecturers at tertiary level institutions. Fulbright/LASPAU awardees use the scholarship grants to pursue masters or doctoral level programs with two years of full funding from LASPAU. The scholarships are sponsored by the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs and are administered by the Cultural Affairs Unit of the embassy’s Public Affairs Section.
For the last 40 years, the U.S. Embassy in Kingston has selected outstanding Jamaican lecturers for the Fulbright/LASPAU Scholarships. This program is very important to the embassy as it contributes in assisting tertiary institutions to upgrade the qualifications of their academic staff. The embassy believes that the fields of study to be pursued by these awardees are of primary importance to Jamaica and cannot overemphasize the need for lecturers at tertiary institution to have cutting-edge information at their fingertips in several subject areas and the ability to impart such knowledge to their students.
“It’s a great pleasure for us at the embassy to see Jamaicans succeed in programs that involve rigorous international competition, such as the LASPAU scholarships,” says Public Affairs Officer Patricia Attkisson. “In this case, we are especially pleased to have finalists from each of four important institutions of tertiary education. This shows that outstanding individuals can be found in every corner of Jamaica. They will do their country proud,“ she said.
Ms. Kelly will be pursuing a Ph.D in Education, specializing in Early Childhood Education and Teaching at the University of South Florida, while Mr. Gordon will be going to the University of Southern Illinois, Carbondale, where he will pursue a Ph.D. degree in Computer and Information Sciences, specializing in Computer Science.
Central Michigan University will be home for the next two years for Mrs. Maureen Nelson, who will also be pursuing a Ph.D. in Business, Management and Marketing, specializing in Accounting and Business/Management, while Ms. Nekeisha Spencer will go to Binghamton University, New York where she will pursue a Ph.D. in Social Sciences, specializing in International Economics.
Article courtesy of the US Embassy in Jamaica.
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