NORTH ADAMS, Mass.— The U.S. Department of State and the Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board announced that Dr. Kebra Ward of Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts (MCLA) has received a Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program award to South Africa. 

 

Dr. Ward will lecture at Nelson Mandela University as part of a project to examine the use of interactive engagement activities in the first-year physics series to address under-prepared student learning. 

 

As a Fulbright Scholar, Dr. Ward will share knowledge and foster connections across communities in the United States and South Africa. Fulbrighters engage in research and expand their professional networks, often continuing research collaborations started abroad and laying the groundwork for forging future partnerships between institutions. 

 

Upon returning to their institutions, labs, and classrooms, in the United States, they share their stories and often become active supporters of international exchange, inviting foreign scholars to campus and encouraging colleagues and students to go abroad. As Fulbright Scholar alumni, their careers are enriched by joining a network of thousands of scholars, many of whom are leaders in their fields.

 

Fulbright alumni include 60 Nobel Prize laureates, 88 Pulitzer Prize recipients, and 39 who have served as a head of state or government. 

 

The Fulbright Program is the U.S. government's flagship international educational exchange program and is supported by the people of the United States and partner countries around the world. The Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs announced that 2021 marks the 75th Anniversary of the Fulbright Program.  

 

Since 1946, the Fulbright Program has provided more than 400,000 participants from over 160 countries the opportunity to study, teach and conduct research, exchange ideas, and contribute to finding solutions to shared international concerns. The primary source of funding for the Fulbright program is an annual appropriation by the U.S. Congress to the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. Participating governments and host institutions, corporations and foundations in foreign countries and in the United States also provide direct and indirect support.   

 

For further information about the Fulbright Program or the U.S. Department of State, please visit http://eca.state.gov/fulbright or contact the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs Press Office by telephone 202-632-6452 or e-mail ECA-Press@state.gov.