Hampton University News May 4, 2012 HU Architecture Professor Awarded Fulbright Scholarship Hampton University's Dr. Shannon Chance, associate professor of architecture, has been awarded a Fulbright Core Scholar grant to conduct research at the Dublin Institute of Technology (DIT) in Ireland during the 2012-2013 academic year. Chance will research innovative ways to teach engineering and architecture in DIT's College of Engineering and the Built Environment. In one project, she will interview engineering students and their professors, to assess the benefits of hands-on "Problem-Based Learning." In another, she will study the process DIT used to transform its electrical engineering program. She will also integrate new approaches into architecture classrooms by co-teaching architecture courses. "I'm thrilled to get to work with scholars at DIT who share my interest in student development theory," said Chance. She made becoming a Fulbright one of her goals in 2003 and has been "steadily preparing for the opportunity since then." Chance has conducted numerous urban design studios that have allowed HU students to travel to Europe and Africa to focus on designing buildings and urban environments that are ecologically sustainable. In 2005, she directed a Fulbright-Hays Group Projects Abroad that brought 25 US students to Tanzania to study urban design issues with students and professors there. Chance has focused much of her research on the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) green building rating system. Chance is one of approximately 1,100 U.S. faculty and professionals who will travel abroad through the Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program in 2012-2013. Recipients of Fulbright grants are selected on the basis of academic or professional achievement, as well as demonstrated leadership potential in their fields. The Fulbright Program is the flagship international educational exchange program sponsored by the U.S. government and is designed to increase a mutual understanding between the people of the United States and other countries. The primary source of funding for the Fulbright Program is an annual appropriation made by the U.S. Congress to the U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. Participating governments and host institutions, corporations and foundations in foreign countries and in the United States also provide direct and indirect support. The Fulbright Program has given approximately 300,000 students, scholars, teachers, artists, and scientists the opportunity to study, teach and conduct research, exchange ideas and contribute to finding solutions to shared international concerns. The program operates in over 155 countries worldwide. #HU# SANDRA M. PHOENIX Executive Director HBCU Library Alliance sphoenix@hbculibraries.org<mailto:sphoenix@hbculibraries.org> www.hbculibraries.org<http://www.hbculibraries.org/> 800-999-8558, ext. 4820 404-520-0593 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. Register now http://www.hbculibraries.org/html/2012meeting-form.html for the October 21-23, 2012 HBCU Library Alliance 5th Membership Meeting and the Photographic Preservation Pre-Conference in New Orleans, LA. The Pre-Conference and Membership meeting are open to directors and other librarians.