Celia Karp, a communication studies and public health major and member of the inaugural class of Levine Scholars, has received a Fulbright grant, one of three UNC Charlotte students to receive Fulbright grants for 2014-15.
This September, Karp will start her year of research in Ecuador working on her Fulbright project, “Communication, Culture, and Health: Investigating Maternal Mortality in Ecuador.” While an undergraduate student at UNC Charlotte, Karp studied abroad in Seville, Spain and volunteered as a health educator at an orphanage in Costa Rica learning about cross-cultural health communication. This past summer, Karp interned at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, GA. Karp plans to further her studies in global health and international relations after completing her Fulbright project.
Karp has participated in Public Relations Student Society of America – Charlotte and has served as a mentor for the University Center for Academic Excellence, working one-on-one with students on academic probation. She has also worked for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, spearheading awareness and fundraising campaigns at the high school level throughout Charlotte. She has volunteered at the Levine Cancer Institute, connecting patients, families and caregivers with important cancer resources.
In September 2013, the UNC Charlotte Student Fulbright Committee, made up of Dr. Alan Freitag, Communication Studies, Dr. Spencer Salas, Middle Grades, Secondary & K12 and Dr. Beth Whitaker, Political Science and Public Administration, recommended three UNC Charlotte students for Fulbright grants. After a national and international review, all three received grants. The other two recipients are Caitlin Vaverek, an education major, and James Coleman, a graduate student in Teaching in English Language Arts.
Each year the Campus Student Fulbright Committee holds a spring workshop to inform students on how best to prepare for the grant competition. This year’s workshop will be held on April 21 at 2 p.m. in CHHS 128. Students must be US citizens at the time of application. For more information on UNC Charlotte’s Student Fulbright process, contact Brad Sekulich, Director, Office of Education Abroad, at Sekulich@uncc.edu.
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. The study/research grant category includes projects in both academic and arts fields. The study/research grants in The Fulbright U.S. Student Program are available in approximately 140 countries. Applicants for these grants design their own projects and will typically work with advisers at foreign universities or other institutes of higher education.
