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By Mary-Lynne Rice
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Graduating seniors and graduate
• jtudents interested in a year of fully-
subsidized research in another coun-
F try may have that opportunity
through the Junior Fulbright Grant,
ilfhe prestigious Fulbright grant,
|wanled to post-doctoral research
ers, also is available in the junior
program to recent college graduates
I hnd master’s and doctoral candi
dates. Candidates for awards in crea
tive and performing arts are not re
quired to have a bachelor’s degree,
but must have at least four years of
■ H vant tra i n * n g or study.
^ Htudy opportunities are open
around the world, including Bolivia,
N Hungary, Poland, India, Colombia,
UliMalaysia, Costa Rica, Taiwan, Fiji,
IraiKe, Mexico, Papua New Guinea,
Venezuela, Bulgaria, Lesotho, New
Zealand, Korea, Morocco, Syria, tire
Philippines, England, Finland, Ro-
mania and Zaire.
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is|;i Hunded by Congress under the
Mutual Educational and Cultural
IfPi Grange Act of 1961 and by for
eign governments and universities,
forpoiations and private donors, the
pants are available to students
within any field of study. The
awards cover round-trip travel ex
penses, maintenance of the grant,
living allowances, tuition waivers
and health and accident insurance,
pram recipients can live comfort-
ibly but not lavishly, on the money
provided, said Gary Beason, a grad
uate assistant in the Study Abroad
Offce.
A&M students learned of the op
portunities offered by the Junior
Fulbright Grant and other grant
programs this morning in 251 Biz-
zell West.
One of the requirements is that
applicants must submit a one-page
research proposal, a curriculum vi
tae and three academic or field-re
lated references with their applica
tions.
The curriculum vitae is^a short au
tobiography that explains how the
student developed his research in
terests and allows the student to
bring out character traits not cov
ered in the application.
“The intangibles and the charac
ter elements — responsibility, inter
ests, maturity — are just as impor
tant as the research elements,”
Beason said.
A 3.5 grade-point ratio, U.S. cit
izenship and proficiency in the lan
guage of the host country also are
required of each applicant, although
in some cases the student may take
an intensive language course after
applying but before beginning re
search.
“It’s often the CPA requirement
that may scare some people off,”
Beason said, “but anybody who can
make a 3.5 is probably good material
for this program.
“You’ve got to have some sort of
discipline or rigor to want to do
this.”
Competition for the prestigious
award is tough, with two to 179
awards for each country, he said,
and research expectations are de
manding, but interested students
should not be intimidated by the re
quirements.
Of six A&M applicants last year,
three were accepted. Although it is
still early for most acceptances to be
received, one A&M student’s propo
sal already has been approved.
Although research is generally the
focus of the Fulbright program, no
specific product, paper or pi esenta-
tion is required as a culmination of
the year’s study.
“This is an opportunity for neo
phyte scholars to get some experien
ce,” he said. “It’s not for professors
— it’s designed for people who don’t
have the research experience.
“So seldom do students get to
study anything in depth, the way
they want to study. In graduate
school, they realize that they want to
research, but they just don’t have the
time. This (the Fulbright) is a chance
to encourage scholarship in its true
sense.”
Students are placed in universities
or research institutions that offer the
best resources for their study, Bea
son said, although they may indicate
a preference. Some students may be
encouraged to take a class in addi
tion to their research to supplement
their studies.
“In a way, it’s like getting a mas
ter’s degree,” Beason said. “Ifs ex
tended study; you get in-depth
knowledge and proficiency in your
subject, and you can get background
information for your dissertation.
“Even if you don’t go on to grad
uate school, you benefit from the
knowledge itself. And if you have
this, down the road it might open
the door to a job.”
by Kevin Thomas
Safety class
helps children
with ‘self care
By Marcena Fadal
Reporter
As children we were taught not to
talk to strangers. Today this lesson is
being taught at the “I’m in Charge”
safety class, part of the “Learning to
Live” series, at St. Joseph Hospital
and Health Center.
“This program was initiated last
fall to promote self care for chil
dren,” Lou Miller, project analyst at
St. Joseph, said.
“This includes some first aid and
self care, covering the topics such as
fire safety with key phrases like ‘get
low and go’ and ‘drop and roll,’ ”
Miller said.
Miller, with the help of intern
Sheri Scaief and the McGruff pup
pet, teaches fire, telephone, door
and bicycle safety and stranger dan
ger to children 5 to 14 years old.
“This program is targeted at
school-age children,” Miller said.
“The older children take this
usually if they have a younger sibling
and are baby-sitting and need to
know how to take care of children,”
he said.
Along with learning self care, the
children participate in discussions
and interact with one another.
“It is fine for small groups,” Miller
said.
“There is a lot of interaction, role
playing, quizzes and reviews for the
kids,” the analyst said.
Each child receives a package of
safety material, such as substance
abuse baseball cards, information ,
from the Texas Agricultural Exten
sion suggesting what to do when at
home alone, an emergency 911
number and Mr. Yuk stickers, Miller
said.
“Mr. Yuk stickers are to be put on
bottles to teach young children not
to get into chemicals, detergents or
medicine,” Miller said.
“Probably the best use of them is
to put them on the phone in case you
do have an accidental poisoning to
have the number right there,” he ad
vised.
Deputy Sheriff Louis Koronka
from the Brazos County Sheriffs
Department attended the class to
help the children fill out Operation
Ident-a-Kid charts and take finger
prints and Polaroid photos for iden
tification.
At the end of the class, each child
received an “I’m in Charge” certifi
cate along with cookies and lemon
ade.
Enrollment for the classes is lim
ited to 20 and costs $5 per child. The
class is will be held Tuesday, Friday,
April 18 and April 20 from 6 p.m. to
8 p.m.
Jury gives man
life in prison
for kidnapping
BEAUMONT’ (AP) — A man was
sentenced Monday to life in prison
after being convicted of aggravated
kidnapping in the May 1986 road
side abduction of a Texas City
woman who has never been found.
On Monday morning, jurors in
State District Judge Henry C. Dale-
hite’s court deliberated just 15 min
utes before finding John Robert
King guilty of abducting 19-year-old
Shelley Sikes from her car on May
24, 1986, as she was driving home
from a summer job at a Galveston
restaurant.
After receiving instructions in the
punishment phase from Judge Dale-
hite and brief arguments from pros
ecutors and defense attorneys, the
jury deliberated about 40 minutes
before handing down a life prison
term and a $10,000 fine, according
to court clerk Bernie Cobb.
King, 29, of Bacliff, faced five to
99 years or life in prison and a
$10,000 fine.
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