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Fulbright program honors three Sacramento State faculty members

Three Sacramento State faculty members have been awarded prestigious Fulbright Scholar grants to lecture or conduct research overseas. The honorees are Patrick G. Cannon, Thomas L. Decker and Susanne W. Lindgren.

Since 1946, the Fulbright Program has been the U.S. government’s premier initiative for international educational exchange. The program fosters cultural understanding, shared knowledge and international learning, and scholarship recipients are chosen for their academic merit and leadership potential. 

“I am delighted to congratulate Sacramento State’s very own Fulbright Scholars,” says University President Alexander Gonzalez. “Their work is another example of our University’s growing international influence and leadership, and our students will benefit directly when these faculty members return to our campus.”

Cannon, an associate professor of government, will lecture at the University of Kinshasa on economic reconstruction of post-conflict societies. He will be in the Democratic Republic of Congo city of Kinshasa from January to August 2009.

Decker, a lecturer in the art department, is conducting research and lecturing at the University of the Philippines, Diliman, on the gestural dynamic in figurative ceramic and cross-cultural influences of contemporary ceramic artists. He is in Quezon City, Philippines, until later this month.

Lindgren, a professor of biological sciences, will conduct research and lecture at the Robert Koch Institute in Berlin, Germany. Her topics include pathogenic bacteriology and host-pathogen interaction, and molecular and cellular characterization of a novel E. coli colibactin molecule to determine its role in infection and disease. She will be in Berlin from March to August 2009.

“The Fulbright experience offers a wealth of educational benefits to students both here on campus and abroad, as well as to our nation and the nations that host our dedicated faculty members,” says University Provost Joseph Sheley.  “All three of the scholars are making our University proud.”

Cannon, Decker and Lindgren are among approximately 1,000 faculty members and professionals in the United States to receive Fulbright grants for the 2008-09 academic year.

The Fulbright Program is sponsored by the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs and administered by the Council for International Exchange of Scholars. More information on the program is available at http://www.fulbright.state.gov/.

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