UMaine’s Mackenzie Heading to Vietnam on Fulbright
Sarah (Sally) Mackenzie, associate professor of educational leadership in the College of Education and Human Development at the University of Maine, has been awarded a Fulbright Scholar grant at the Vietnam National University (VNU) in Hanoi for spring 2012.
In addition to teaching in the VNU College of Education’s Department of Research and International Relations, she will consult with government officials and others throughout Vietnam on school reform, teacher preparation and leadership development. Mackenzie, of Brunswick, is a widely published author on educational leadership and has worked extensively with school leaders in Maine and nationally. She is one of approximately 1,100 U.S. faculty and professionals who will travel abroad through the Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program in 2011-2012.
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. Its primary funding is an annual appropriation from the United States Congress to the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. Fulbright recipients are selected on the basis of academic or professional achievement and demonstrated leadership potential in their fields.
The late U.S. Senator J. William Fulbright of Arkansas established the program, which now operates in more than 155 countries, in 1946. The program has given some 300,000 students, scholars, teachers, artists and scientists an opportunity to study, teach, research and exchange ideas on shared international concerns.
Contact: Sarah MacKenzie, (207) 581-2734