May 21, 1999

3 KU STUDENTS WIN FULBRIGHT SCHOLARSHIPS TO STUDY ABROAD

The scholarship winners are

• Paul Dunscomb, doctoral student in history from Ossining, N.Y., to study in Japan. Dunscomb is researching the impact of the Japanese occupation of Siberia from 1919 to 1922 on the growth of Japanese imperialism in the period between the two world wars. In 1997-98, Dunscomb studied in Japan on a Foreign Language Area Studies fellowship to increase his proficiency in Japanese and begin his dissertation research. In the 1999-2000 Fulbright competition, 117 students applied for the 25 Fulbright grants available for study/research in Japan.

• Stacie M. Lightner, graduating senior from Garden City, to study organ performance in Germany. Lightner will receive a bachelor's degree in organ studies this month. She wants to study at the Musikhochshule in Lübeck, Germany. She will go to Germany to audition for a place at this conservatory in early June. Lightner plans to complete a bachelor's degree in religious studies at KU following her studies in Germany. Lightner is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Lightner, 5175 E. Plymell Road, Garden City.

• Lori Ann Mah, graduating senior in civil engineering from Topeka, to study at Chalmers University in Gothenburg, Sweden, researching reinforced concrete. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Larry Mah, 3837 S.E. 31st St., Topeka.

The Fulbright program was proposed to the U.S. Congress in 1945 by then-freshman Sen. J. William Fulbright of Arkansas. Since the program's inception, more than 83,000 American Fulbrighters have studied, taught or done research in 140 countries around the world, and more than 142,000 foreign citizens have come to the United States through Fulbright grants.

A full Fulbright grant covers round-trip travel, health insurance, maintenance, and tuition, if applicable, for nine to 10 months of study or research or both. KU's Office of International Programs coordinates the U.S. Fulbright Student Program and the U.S. Fulbright Scholar Program for faculty.

Story by Mary Jane Dunlap, University Relations, (785) 864-8853