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Bruce Edwards receives Fulbright-Hays Grant for study in Tanzania

Bruce Edwards has received a $66,000 Fulbright-Hays grant, “Facilitating Educational Cooperation with Tanzania,” from the U.S. Department of Education.

Bruce Edwards

The associate dean of international programs and distance learning and an English department faculty member, Edwards has previously been a Fulbright Fellow in Nairobi, Kenya, and recently participated in a U.S. State Department Citizen Exchange Grant facilitated by the Great Lakes Consortium.

The project will consist of a five-week seminar that will help educators enhance and expand their East African curricula. The team will develop strategies for teaching Tanzanian history, art, economics and social studies, become mentors and peer resources to colleagues and create an ongoing, online resource center to facilitate a continuing dialogue.

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