Mandziuk named Fulbright Scholar to Vaishnay College, India

Posted by Jayme Blaschke
Office of Media Relations
June 6, 2018

SAN MARCOS – Roseann Mandziuk, professor in the Department of Communication Studies at Texas State University, has received a Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program grant to teach at the M.O.P Vaishnay College for Women in Chennai, India.

Mandziuk is one of more than 1,200 U.S. citizens who will travel abroad for the 2018-2019 academic year through the Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program, sponsored by the U.S. Department of State and the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board. Recipients of Fulbright grants are selected on the basis of academic and professional achievement.

"I specifically requested that my placement be made at a women's college," Mandziuk said. "I was inspired by the missions of these women's colleges to empower women to realize their full potential.

"I will be affiliated with the program in communication, which offers Bachelor's and Master's degrees," she said. "I am excited to engage in the exchange of ideas with these talented young women, and I hope to provide a bridge between my academic discipline of communication studies and the communication students and faculty in India."

The Fulbright Program is the flagship international educational exchange program sponsored by the U.S. government and is designed to increase mutual understanding between the people of the United States and the people of other countries. Recipients of Fulbright grants are selected on the basis of academic or professional achievement, as well as demonstrated leadership in their fields. The program operates in more than 160 countries worldwide.

For further information about the Fulbright Program or the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, eca.state.gov/fulbright or contact ECA Press, via telephone at (202) 632-6445 or e-mail at ECA-Press@state.gov.

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