Another Fulbright Scholar for St . Francis
For the fourth time , the prestigious Fulbright Program recognizes St . Francis College with a scholarship , honoring Tyler McKinney ’ 17 with a Fulbright English Teaching Assistant award to work in the Netherlands .
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There ’ s a saying that goes , ‘ If your dreams don ’ t scare you , then they ’ re not big enough !’ That ’ s exactly what it was like applying for this Fulbright ,” said McKinney who completed a double major in Communication Arts and Adolescent Education , both with a concentration in English . “ I don ’ t always know how far I can go or how great I can truly be , but my heart is full because I am blessed with the opportunity to take my passion for education , language and travel and turn my dream into a reality .”
McKinney will begin working in August at a vocational school with a focus on hospitality . She will also have the opportunity to train teachers how to implement educational theories and pedagogy in their classrooms and curriculum .
McKinney is the second student and fourth person at St . Francis to be recognized by the Fulbright Program .
Alissar Maaliki ’ 04 , a pre-med Biology Major won a U . S . Student Fulbright award to work with a research scientist in Morocco on medicinal plants .
Professor Virginia Franklin ( English ) won a U . S . Fulbright Senior Scholar award to teach and conduct research at the University of Waikato in Hamilton , New Zealand .
Tyler McKinney ’ 17 .
“ The Fulbright Program ’ s mission is needed now more than ever : to promote mutual understanding between people from the United States and other countries , and thus create positive global social ripple effects ,” said Professor Franklin .
The fourth scholar was South African Vaneshran Arumugam , who won a Fulbright Scholar-in-Residence award to teach in the College ’ s English Department .
Three others have Fulbright connections from before they joined St . Francis College .
Before he became the 19th President of St . Francis College , Miguel Martinez-Saenz was part of the Fulbright-Nehru International Administrators Program , selected to spend two week abroad to learn about higher education in India .
Dennis Anderson ( Chair , Department of Management and Information Technology ) was a Fulbright Senior Specialist and Visiting Professor in Belgium at the University of Mons-Hainaut .
Miriam Salholz ( Accounting and Business Law ) had two Fulbright grants ; to teach U . S . law at the Universite de Paris while conducting research at Institut de Droit Comparé and an Intercountry Lecturing Award to teach in Greece for the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens , School of Law . ●
134th Charter Day Convocation
A surprise honor for retiring Accounting Professor Geoffrey Horlick was one of the highlights of St . Francis College ’ s 134th Charter Day Convocation . A National Grid Scholarship and Internship named for Dr . Horlick was given to Tonya Fletcher ’ 21 .
The Keynote Speaker was Nicholas Allard , President and Joseph Crea Dean at Brooklyn Law School . Dean Allard implored students “ to be heroes , to be teachers , and to be civil .” The St . Francis College Entrepreneurship Award was awarded to
Saudia Davis , Founder and CEO of GreenHouse Eco-Cleaning .
Carol Decina ’ 03 , Manager of Community & Customer Management at National Grid , presented the winners of the National Grid Scholarships and Internships , the 12th year these scholarships have been awarded .
In addition , the new class of Duns Scotus members were inducted
and for the first time , graduating students receiving academic honors were presented with their awards . Faculty and administrators were also recognized for their years of service .
Please visit our website for a complete list of all the honorees and award recipients , https :// www . sfc . edu / news-feed /~ post / charter-day-celebrates-student-scholarship-20180529 .
Charter Day commemorates May 8 , 1884 , the day the Legislature of the State of New York granted an official Charter to the Board of Trustees of St . Francis Monastery allowing the College to formally award degrees to students . ●
Tonya Fletcher ’ 21 with Geoffrey Horlick . President Miguel Martinez-Saenz with Dean Nicholas Allard .
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