Multiple UNCSA students receive Fulbright-related awards
Students from the UNCSA School of Music and School of Filmmaking are the recipients of Fulbright-related awards. This year marks the first time that multiple UNCSA students have been awarded Fulbright-related awards during the same academic year. The program funds American students to study, conduct research or teach abroad through a diverse range of awards and academic disciplines.
“This is a monumental opportunity for our students as they prepare to begin their professional journey,” said Division of Liberal Arts Dean Rachel Williams. “Our students being recognized by such a highly regarded organization speaks to the level of training they receive at our institution. We cannot wait to see the work they will produce as a result of these programs.”
Ruby Moore
Fourth-year voice student Ruby Moore of Flat Rock, North Carolina, and fourth-year cello student Jake Anderson of Boise, Idaho, were both awarded U.S. teaching assistantships (USTAs) through Fulbright Austria. They are the second and third UNCSA students ever to be awarded the assistantships through Fulbright Austria.
Jake Anderson
Fourth-year screenwriting student Daniel Ervin of Taylorsville, North Carolina, was selected as a semifinalist and subsequently an alternate for the U.S. Department of State’s Fulbright U.S. Student program Open Study/Research Award for Thailand. Ervin was also named an alternate for an immersive work fellowship through the Princeton in Asia program. Previously, only three UNCSA students including Drama alumnus Justin M. Eure (High School ’03, B.F.A. ’07,) Music alumna Elizabeth D. Holler Ransom (B.M. ’92) and Music alumna Jeryl Burnette Sloan (High School ’83, B.M. ’85) have been selected as finalists for the Fulbright U.S. Student program that recognized Ervin’s proposal.
Daniel Ervin
Ervin developed his project in a course that Division of Liberal Arts faculty member Andrew G. Britt and Professor of German Studies Hans Gabriel piloted last fall. The course, “Imagining, Researching, and Developing International Projects,” offers students an intensive environment to workshop original creative projects that have an international component. Each student produces two grant proposals for real funding opportunities over the course term. The course will be offered in fall of 2023 under the Arts Management and Humanities designations.
Additionally, Britt served as a campus Fulbright program administrator and Gabriel provided curricular and administrative support for applicants.
More on Fulbright Austria’s USTAs Program
Since 1962, Fulbright Austria has been responsible for selecting U.S. citizens to spend a paid year abroad in Austria assisting in the teaching of American English language and U.S. culture. Selection criteria include German language proficiency, cultural awareness, and a demonstrated interest in linguistic and cultural exchange as well as modeling and teaching U.S.-English language and culture. Selected students will spend the upcoming academic year at an Austrian secondary school or schools as a teaching assistant, a position they can apply to extend for a second year.
More on U.S. Fulbright’s Open Study/Research Award
Since 1946 the Department of State’s Fulbright Program has been the flagship international educational exchange opportunity sponsored by the U.S. government. The U.S. Student Fulbright Program is the largest U.S. exchange program offering opportunities for students and young professionals to undertake international graduate study, advanced research, university teaching, and primary and secondary school teaching worldwide.
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April 26, 2023