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Bridgetown, Barbados, Thursday, October 6, 2009 - Four students from the Eastern Caribbean have been named as recipients of the prestigious Fulbright Scholarship for 2009-10.
The 2009 recipients are Stephanie Alleyne, Tia Browne and Adrian Kellman from Barbados, and Patrickson Carbon from Dominica. All four students will earn master's degrees at U.S. universities. Stephanie will be studying Mass Communications at Ohio University, Tia will study for an MBA program at Duke University, Adrian will study Library and Information Science at Florida State University; and Patrickson will study for an MBA at the University of Rochester.
Under the Foreign Fulbright Student Program, applicants compete for a scholarship to pursue studies leading to Masters or Doctoral degree at leading U.S. universities.
The Fulbright Program, which celebrates its 63rd anniversary in 2009, is the "flagship international exchange program sponsored by the U.S. government."
The Fulbright Program operates in more than 155 countries and has provided over 285,000 participants - chosen for their academic merit and leadership potential - with the opportunity to study, teach and conduct research in each others' countries and exchange ideas. Approximately 7,000 grants are awarded annually.
In the words of the late U.S. Senator J. William Fulbright, the program he authored "aims to bring a little more knowledge, a little more reason and a little more compassion into world affairs and thereby to increase the chance that nations will learn at last to live in peace and friendship."
Former Fulbright recipients include 65 winners of the Pulitzer Prize, which is awarded for achievement in print journalism, literary works and music.
The Foreign Fulbright Student Program is administered annually by the United States Embassy, Bridgetown for applicants from the Eastern Caribbean.
Final selection was made by the Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board. Questions about the Fulbright scholarship should be sent to bridgetownpublicaffairs@state.gov