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GWUMC NewsPRESS RELEASE: George Washington University Faculty Member Receives Fulbright Specialists Awardposted: October 7, 2009, 3:22 PM WASHINGTON - Kimberly D. Acquaviva, Ph.D., M.S.W., assistant professor in the Department of Nursing Education and director of The National Collaborative on Aging at The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, has been selected for a Fulbright Specialists project in Thailand at Khon Kaen University, according to the United States Department of State and the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board. Building upon her work with The National Collaborative on Aging at GW, Dr. Acquaviva will work with the Khon Kaen University Faculty of Nursing to establish an interdisciplinary Institute on Aging, develop the faculty’s skills in writing aging-related grant proposals involving interdisciplinary partnerships with U.S. universities, and enhance students' capabilities for interdisciplinary collaboration in the area of health/nursing/medicine.
Dr. Acquaviva is one of over 400 U.S. faculty and professionals who will travel abroad this year through the Fulbright Specialists Program. The Fulbright Specialists Program, created in 2000 to complement the traditional Fulbright Scholar Program, provides short-term academic opportunities to prominent U.S. faculty and professionals to support curricular and faculty development and institutional planning at post secondary academic institutions around the world.
Ellen M. Dawson, Ph.D., A.N.P., chair of the George Washington University Department of Nursing Education, notes that “Dr. Acquaviva’s receipt of this Fulbright Specialist award is a tremendous honor, both to her as an individual and to the Department of Nursing Education. We are proud to see Dr. Acquaviva’s work as an innovator in interdisciplinary nursing education and aging receiving the international recognition it so richly deserves.” Jean E. Johnson, Ph.D., F.A.A.N., senior associate dean for Health Sciences Programs, adds, “Dr. Acquaviva’s skills in facilitating collaborative research and innovation are sure to be of significant benefit to Khon Kaen University as well as to GW’s growing international initiatives in nursing education.”
The Fulbright Program, America’s flagship international educational exchange activity, is sponsored by the U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. Over its 60 years of existence, thousands of U.S. faculty and professionals have taught, studied or conducted research abroad, and thousands of their counterparts from other countries have engaged in similar activities in the United States. Over 285,000 emerging leaders in their professional fields have received Fulbright awards, including individuals who later became heads of government, Nobel Prize winners, and leaders in education, business, journalism, the arts and other fields.
Recipients of Fulbright Scholar awards are selected on the basis of academic or professional achievement. Among thousands of prominent Fulbright Scholar alumni are Milton Friedman, Nobel Prize-winning economist; Alan Leshner, CEO of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS); Rita Dove, Pulitzer Prize-winning poet; and Craig Barrett, Chairman of the Board of Intel Corporation. Distinguished Fulbright Specialist participants include Mahmoud Ayoub, Professor of Religion at Temple University, Heidi Hartmann, President and CEO, Institute for Women's Policy Research, Percy R. Luney, Jr. Dean and Professor, College of Law, Florida A&M University and Emily Vargas-Barone, Founder and Executive Director of the RISE Institute. |
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