Fulbright Grant Funds Work in South Korea by Adam Auerbach ’05
Adam Auerbach ’05 has received a prestigious Fulbright grant to study abroad. Auerbach was awarded a Fulbright grant to teach English in South Korea from July 2005 to August 2006. A political science and Asian studies double major, Auerbach stayed with a Korean host family during the thirteen-month program. The grant also allowed Auerbach to continue his research on decentralization and participatory development in Asia, a topic he explored for his Senior Project.
Auerbach studied abroad in India during the fall of 2003 and later received a grant to support his continued research there. He obtained another grant for study in Thailand. Auerbach also completed two internships in Washington, D.C., including one with the National Coalition for the Homeless. He was a member of the national political science honor society Pi Sigma Alpha, as well as the Association for Asian and Asian American Awareness and the fraternity Sigma Alpha Epsilon.
Established in 1946 under legislation introduced by the late senator J. William Fulbright, the Fulbright Program’s purpose is to build mutual understanding between the people of the United States and the rest of the world. The Fulbright Program, America’s flagship international education exchange program, is sponsored by the United States Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs.
This article appeared in the summer 2005 issue of Allegheny magazine.
