Student Amy Voss receives two more prestigious, academic awards

UAA student Amy Voss has been named as a 2010-2011 Fulbright Scholar. Amy will work as a teaching assistant in Germany during the next academic year. This will be her second scholarship year in Germany; she was UAA's first Congress-Bundestag Scholarship recipient for the academic year 2006-2007, when she spent a very formative year in Dresden. Both Amy and her professor and mentor, Natasa Masanovic, who is the German program coordinator and adviser in the Department of Languages, will be formally recognized at the UAA Undergraduate Research Awards ceremony on April 23 at 3:30 p.m. in the Gorsuch Commons. In addition to the Fulbright Award, Amy is also sharing the highly competitive UAA Discovery Award, one of the University Honors College award programs, another that will be recognized at the Undergraduate Research Awards ceremony.

Amy says, "Dr. Natasa Masanovic has been a huge support and motivator for me throughout the whole Fulbright process and my whole education at UAA."

The Fulbright Scholar Program is administered by the Council for International Exchange of Scholars (CIES), a division of the Institute of International Education. The CIES Web site states, "The Fulbright Program is the flagship international educational exchange program sponsored by the U.S. government and is designed to 'increase mutual understanding between the people of the United States and the people of other countries.' With this goal as a starting point, the Fulbright Program has provided almost 300,000 participants-chosen for their academic merit and leadership potential - with the opportunity to study, teach and conduct research, exchange ideas and contribute to finding solutions to shared international concerns."

The UAA Discovery Award recognizes undergraduate students who have exemplified overall academic excellence, including exceptional achievement in research or creative activities. Students must be nominated by their academic departments or a subcommittee thereof.