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There over 2400 alumni of the New Zealand Fulbright
programme, and our alumni are key to the continued success of the
Fulbright programme in New Zealand.
Fulbright New Zealand has established alumni initiatives including
a fundraising campaign to support an alumni
award and a mentoring programme.
Fulbright New Zealand holds alumni events
annually throughout New Zealand and the US.
Fulbright Alumni are active in over 70 countries. Fulbright
Web is an online community for past and present participants
of the Fulbright programme. The US
Fulbright Alumni Association supports a system of chapters in
39 US states. These chapters arrange educational and cultural programmes
for alumni of the Fulbright programme worldwide.
The Fulbright Academy
of Science & Technology is a global organisation for Fulbright
alumni in science-related fields. It is an independent organization
which is not affiliated with the US Department of State or any partner
organisations of the Fulbright programme.
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Alumni news
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| February
2008 |
| See our Fulbright
Quarterly newsletter archive for past alumni news |
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Fulbright alumna Rebekah
Fuller (2006 Fulbright-MoRST Graduate Award) was awarded
one of sixteen Te Tipu Pūtaiao Fellowships by the Foundation
for Research, Science and Technology in October, to continue
her PhD research into the links between indigenous peoples’
knowledge of fungi and science at the University of Hawai‘i.
The fellowship is valued at up to $107,500 over three years. |
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alumnus Professor Ken McNatty (1977
Harkness Fellowship) was named as one of four 2007 recipients
of the Royal Society of New Zealand’s prestigious James
Cook Fellowships in November. The fellowships, which support
two years of research, are awarded to forward-thinking researchers
who will make a significant contribution to New Zealand’s
knowledge base. A Professor of Physiology at Victoria University
of Wellington, Ken will research environmental and nutritional
influences on reproductive health. Also in November, Fulbright
alumnus Professor Michael Saunders (1967 NZ Graduate Student)
from Stanford University was elected as an Honorary Fellow of
the Academy of the Royal Society of New Zealand, which provides
expert advice, promotes scientific best practice and disseminates
scientific information. |
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alumnus Professor Richard Faull
(1975 Harkness Fellowship) was awarded New Zealand’s top
science honour, the 2007 Rutherford Medal, in November, in recognition
of his groundbreaking research into neurodegenerative diseases.
You can read more about Richard and his research here. |
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alumnus Damien Wilkins (1990 NZ
Graduate Student) was awarded New Zealand’s most valuable
international writer’s residency package, the Katherine
Mansfield Memorial Fellowship and inaugural $100,000 New Zealand
Post Mansfield Prize, in November. The fellowship enables a
New Zealand author to work at the Villa Isola Bella in Menton,
where Katherine Mansfield lived and wrote in the 1920s while
recovering from tuberculosis. A Senior Lecturer at Victoria
University of Wellington’s International Institute of Modern
Letters, Damien joins a number of Fulbright alumni who have
previously held the same fellowship. |
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alumna Ngahuia Te Awekotuku (2004
Travel Award) has published a new book, Mau Moko, about
the Māori art of facial or body tattoo. Published by Penguin
in December, the book offers a cultural history of moko from
pre-European times to the present day. |
| Several
Fulbright and related alumni were recognised in the Queen’s
New Year Honours 2008. Fulbright alumnus Professor
Gary Hawke (1990 NZ Senior Scholar) was appointed as
a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to
education and economics. Fulbright alumna Judith
Fyfe (1987 NZ Cultural Development Grant) was appointed
as an Officer of the same Order for services to oral history
and journalism, and Eisenhower alumna Bev
Adlam (1990 Eisenhower Fellowship) was appointed as a
Member of the Order for services to business. |
Sarah
Jane Paine, 2007 |
Fulbright alumna Dr
Sarah-Jane Paine (2007 Travel Award) from Massey University’s
Sleep/Wake Research Centre was awarded the Health Research Council
of New Zealand’s Eru Pomare Research Fellowship in Māori
Health in January. One of eleven Māori Health Research
Career Development Awards made for the 2007 year, Sarah-Jane’s
postdoctoral fellowship provides $463,000 in funding towards
her ongoing research into advancing sleep health in New Zealand. |
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