Two Cal Poly Faculty Members Awarded Fulbright Scholar Grants
SAN LUIS OBISPO – For the second year in a row not one but two Cal Poly faculty members have been awarded Fulbright Scholar grants.
Mei-Ling Liu, a computer science professor, and Robert P. Rice Jr., a professor of integrated pest management in the Horticulture and Crop Science Department, are among more than 800 individuals who will travel to some 150 countries to lecture or conduct research as part of the 2006-2007 Fulbright Scholar Program.
Liu departs in February for a five-month stint in the Republic of Macedonia where she will teach a graduate seminar in distributed computing, as well as conduct research at the South East Europe University.
Starting in January, Rice will teach for a year at the American University of Beirut in Lebanon, both on the main campus and at the university farm in the Bekaa Valley. He will also work with a plant pathologist there to learn lab techniques that can be shared with students in his integrated pest management class at Cal Poly.
The Fulbright Program is an international educational exchange activity that was established in 1946 to build mutual understanding between the people of the United States and other countries. The program is sponsored by the U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs.
Fulbright Scholars are selected for their academic or professional achievements and for demonstrating extraordinary leadership potential in their fields.
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