Virginia State University News May 20, 2011 VSU Professor awarded Fulbright Grant The J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board, the Bureau of Education and Cultural Affairs of the U.S. Department of State and the Council for International Exchange of Scholars have selected VSU Languages and Literature Professor Sheikh Umarr Kamarah, Ph.D. for a Summer 2011 Fulbright Specialist grant in Applied Linguistics/TEFL at Fourah Bay College University of Sierra Leone, Sierra Leone. As a Fulbright Scholar, Dr. Kamarah will join the ranks of distinguished scholars and professionals worldwide who are leaders in the educational, political, economic, social and cultural lives of their countries. Dr. Kamarah was selected, in part, because he demonstrated the qualities of excellence and leadership that have been the hallmarks of this respected international academic exchange program founded in 1946 by the U.S. Government. As a Forensic Linguistics Specialist in the Department of Language Studies at Fourah Bay College University, Dr. Kamarah will present lectures at graduate and undergraduate levels, take part in specialized academic programs and conferences and develop and/or assess academic curricula or educational materials. The purpose of his project is to strengthen the Linguistics Unit in order for it to achieve institutional synergy, curriculum diversity and expansion at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels as a way of enhancing the provision of job opportunities for its beneficiaries and partners in education and training. The ultimate goal of Dr. Kamarah's program is to create more qualified postgraduate students with experience in legal circles as court clerks or bailiffs, prospective police recruits or possibly as future parliamentarians and Justices of the Peace. SANDRA M. PHOENIX Program Director HBCU Library Alliance sphoenix@hbculibraries.org<mailto:sphoenix@hbculibraries.org> www.hbculibraries.org<http://www.hbculibraries.org/> 404.592.4820 Skype:sandra.phoenix1 1438 West Peachtree Street NW Suite 200 Atlanta, GA 30309 Toll Free: 1.800.999.8558 (Lyrasis) Fax: 404.892.7879 www.lyrasis.org<http://www.lyrasis.org/> Honor the ancestors, honor the children.