News Release
History Professor Gregory Sumner Awarded Second Fulbright Scholarship
The Council for the International Exchange of Scholars has awarded University of Detroit Mercy History Professor Gregory D. Sumner his second Fulbright Lectureship to the Unversita of RomaTre, beginning in February, 2010. Sumner will live in Italy for four months, teaching students in Rome.
The professor has authored several publications and two books including Dwight McDonald and the Politics Circle: The Challenge of Cosmopolitan Democracy and Kurt Vonnegut and the Crisis of Humane Values.
"It is an honor for the College of Liberal Arts & Education to have another Fulbright Scholar representing University of Detroit Mercy ," said Liberal Arts and Education Dean Charles Marske. “The Unversita of RomeTre is extremely fortunate to have him for another term.”
Sumner joins eight other UDM faculty members who have previously been awarded Fulbright Scholarships. They include Claire Crabtree and Gail Presby from the College of Liberal Arts and Education, Yogendra S. Chadda from the College of Engineering and Science, Suk H. Kim and Daniel Shoemaker from the College of Business Administration and Carla Groh from the College of Health Professions and Anthony Martinico from the School of Architecture.
Recipients of the Fulbright Scholar awards are selected on the basis of academic or professional achievement and because they have demonstrated extraordinary leadership potential in their fields. The program is sponsored by the U. S. Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. Over its 58 years of existence, thousands of U. S. faculty and professionals, including Nobel and Pulitzer Prize winners, governors and senators, ambassadors and artists, prime ministers and heads of state, have studied, taught or done research abroad through the Fulbright Program.
Release date: May 21, 2009
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