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11/12/01

SLU PROFESSOR RECEIVES FULBRIGHT AWARD

CANTON - St. Lawrence University Associate Professor of 
Global Studies Thomas F. Thornton has been awarded a 
Fulbright grant to lecture in China, the U.S. Department 
of State and the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship 
Board have announced.
	Thornton is one of approximately 2,000 U.S. 
grantees that will travel abroad for the 2001-2002 academic 
year through the Fulbright Program. He will spend the 
spring semester at Beijing Normal University, teaching 
courses in global studies and anthropology at the 
Institute of Folklife.
	Established in 1946 under legislation introduced 
by the late Senator J. William Fulbright of Arkansas, 
the program's purpose is to build mutual understanding 
between the peoples of the United States and the rest 
of the world. The Fulbright Program, America's flagship 
international educational exchange program, is sponsored 
by the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, 
United States Department of State. For 55 years, Fulbright 
programs have exchanged nearly a quarter of a million 
people - 88,000 Americans, who have studied, taught or 
researched abroad and more than 146,000 students, 
scholars and professionals from other countries who have 
engaged in similar activities in the United States.
	Recipients of Fulbright awards are selected on 
the basis of academic or professional achievement and 
because they have demonstrated extraordinary leadership 
potential in their fields. 
	Thornton is a graduate of Swarthmore College, 
with a master's degree and Ph.D. from the University of 
Washington. He joined the St. Lawrence faculty in 2000 
and teaches courses in the Native American Studies 
program as well as global studies.

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