Boston College students won a record 14 Fulbright awards for 2003-04, and the economics department was well represented among the recipients. The Fulbright Program, funded by the US State Department, was established at the end of World War II to increase mutual understanding between the people of the United States and other countries, through the exchange of persons, knowledge, and skills. Among the winners with economics connections:
Douglas Campbell '2003, of Indianapolis, who majored in management and economics and minored in Asian studies, will go to Japan to study the work of non-governmental organizations in the area of consumer rights. He plans on his return to pursue graduate studies in economics or international studies.
Brett Huneycutt '2003, of Scottsdale, Ariz., a Presidential Scholar who has majored in economics and minored in Latin American studies, travels to El Salvador to study the extent to which small business there relies on money sent from migrant relatives in the United States. He also will work with Catholic Relief Services as a consultant to Salvadoran small-business owners. The winner of the American Academy of Political and Social Science Undergraduate Research Award, Huneycutt plans to apply for a Rhodes or a Marshall scholarship, and eventually to pursue a doctorate in economics.
Sarah Kuchinos '2003, of Huntingdon Valley, Pa., who has majored in international studies and minored in Asian studies, and spent a semester abroad in Beijing as a junior, is going to China to study urban development and planning in the industrial city of Harbin. She plans on her return to pursue a master's degree in economic development or development studies, in the hope of a career with the United Nations Development Program.
For full details on the University's Fulbright winners, please see the Boston College Chronicle, from which this story was excerpted.
05 Jun 2003