It is raining . Dr . Andrew Egan , a professor of forestry at Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College , is not surprised . After all , it ’ s the rainy season in Nepal where he spent the summer and is now spending this fall as the recipient of a Fulbright Scholarship .

“ We get rain almost every day ,” Egan said in a June email . “ In fact , it ’ s raining as I write this . That

and the severe storms that accompany the rain sometimes knock out power and internet access .”

Egan applied for a Fulbright Scholarship when he was doing forestry work with the Peace Corps in the Philippines in 2019 . The Fulbright Senior Scholar program is a competitive process that requires a proposal for research and curriculum development and a record of research and teaching , in forest science in his case .

Dr . Andrew Egan ( center ) from ABAC is in Nepal on a Fulbright Scholarship .

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Rain falls in Nepal as ABAC professor engages in Fulbright Scholarship

It is raining . Dr . Andrew Egan , a professor of forestry at Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College , is not surprised . After all , it ’ s the rainy season in Nepal where he spent the summer and is now spending this fall as the recipient of a Fulbright Scholarship .