15 July 2011
Windhoek — The US Embassy in Namibia was expected to hold a ceremony yesterday to send off the 2011 class of Namibian Fulbright and Humphrey Fellows to study in US, the embassy announced.
Sponsored by the United States Department of State, Bureau of Education and Cultural Affairs, the Fulbright Programme provides funding for students, scholars, teachers, and professionals to undertake graduate studies, advanced research, university teaching, and teaching in elementary and secondary schools.
The Fulbright Junior Science and Development grantees, all of whom will pursue Masters Degrees at their respective universities are: Patrick Sam, who will study Education at Columbia University; Mbauguraije Tjikuzu, will pursue a degree Information Technology at Loyola University in Chicago; Meunajo Tjiroze will study Psychology at Central Connecticut State University, Annally Eimann, work in the field of Pre-Primary Education at the University of Missouri in St Louis.
Sean Kennedy Kalundu, a Fulbright Scholar in Resident, will lecture and conduct agriculture research at Texas A&M University. The Fulbright Teacher of English as a Second Language (TESOL) fellow is Elizabeth Namundyebo, who has already left to commence her studies at Eastern Michigan University.
The Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship Programme provides 10-month of non-degree academic studies and related professional experiences in the United States.
Humphrey Fellow Taati Niilenge will study Communication/Journalism at the Arizona State University.
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Scholars to Leave On U.S. Fellowship Programme