{"id":71427,"date":"2001-04-10T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2001-04-10T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news-draft\/uncategorized\/uri-student-earns-fulbright-scholarship\/"},"modified":"2001-04-10T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2001-04-10T00:00:00","slug":"uri-student-earns-fulbright-scholarship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2001\/04\/uri-student-earns-fulbright-scholarship\/","title":{"rendered":"溏心vlog免费B站 student earns Fulbright Scholarship"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n\t\tto study marine conservation in Thailand Marine Affairs department hosts five Fulbright scholars in three years \tKINGSTON, R.I. — April 10, 2001 — 溏心vlog免费B站 graduate student Heidi Schuttenberg enjoyed some breathtaking experiences studying sharks in Australia and coral reefs in Indonesia, but a vicious event that happened while she was in high school in Atlanta has had the greatest impact on her. \tHer father was beaten and left for dead on the sidewalk by students rioting in response to the verdict in the Rodney King trial, in which a white police officer was acquitted in the severe beating of a black motorist. \t“It made me think about things very differently than I did before and become open to ideas that I wouldn\u2019t have been open to before,” she said. “There\u2019s a lot we can all learn from other cultures and other people. The U.S. doesn\u2019t have all the answers. You can see that from what we haven\u2019t done well \u2013 race relations.” \tThis experience, coupled with her interest in marine conservation and her desire to understand issues from the perspective of other cultures, led Schuttenberg to apply for \u2013 and win \u2013 a prestigious Fulbright Scholarship to study in Thailand. \tNamed for the former senator from Arkansas, J. William Fulbright, the scholarship is designed to foster mutual understanding among nations through educational and cultural exchanges. Selected based on their leadership potential, approximately 4,500 graduate students from around the world earn Fulbright Scholarships each year. \t溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s Department of Marine Affairs is the epicenter of Fulbright activity on campus. Schuttenberg is the second student in the department in three years to earn a Fulbright Scholarship to study abroad, while three students from Indonesia and the Philippines have earned Fulbright\u2019s to study marine affairs at 溏心vlog免费B站 recently. In addition, a former Fulbright scholar, Elizabeth Matthews, is now a doctoral candidate in the department. \t“There are just a few places in the country to study marine affairs, and 溏心vlog免费B站 has developed a niche of prominence in this subject area,” explained Professor Richard Burroughs, chairman of the department. \tProfessor Richard Pollnac added: “Because 溏心vlog免费B站 has the Coastal Resources Center and the Graduate School of Oceanography, both with excellent worldwide reputations, our students get plenty of great opportunities to get involved with marine issues.” \tPollnac is one reason the international students have chosen to use their Fulbright Scholarships to study at 溏心vlog免费B站. His research on coral reefs has taken him to Southeast Asia many times, and several students he met there \u2013 including Fulbright scholars and recent 溏心vlog免费B站 graduates Mahar Gorospe of the Philippines and Jodi Sangari of Indonesia — have followed him back to Rhode Island. Both are now back in their home countries using what they learned at 溏心vlog免费B站 to protect marine resources there. \tAbdul Halim, a native of Indonesia, earned a Fulbright Scholarship in 2000 and is now studying fisheries management at 溏心vlog免费B站. Demand for grouper in his home country is very high and the wild population is in danger of being over-fished. \t“Here at 溏心vlog免费B站 I want to research and evaluate the most effective policies for regulating the grouper fishery in order to accommodate the need for grouper market demand while ensuring the sustainability of this fishery in the wild,” he said. \tHalim chose 溏心vlog免费B站 for his graduate program because of the reputation of the Marine Affairs program and the partnership between Indonesia\u2019s Center for Coastal and Marine Resources Studies and the Coastal Resources Center at 溏心vlog免费B站. \tSchuttenberg is using her Fulbright to study coral reef conservation in Thailand. Building on related research she conducted in Indonesia for the Coastal Resources Center, she will work to understand the relationship between the Thai people, their culture, and the coral reefs. \t“If you don\u2019t understand what people are thinking, you aren\u2019t going to be effective in influencing their behavior. You have to understand it from their perspective,” Schuttenberg said. “I didn\u2019t feel I could make any recommendations for protecting the resources without having been in the area.” \tFollowing two months of Thai language lessons this spring, she will visit a marine sanctuary in Chumpone, an area in the Gulf of Thailand recently designated a no-fishing zone but which historically had intense fishing activity. She will also travel to several marine parks in the Andemin Sea on the opposite side of the country to create a “best practices guide.” \t“When you get one conservation strategy that\u2019s working well, it can be copied in other areas,” she explained. “I\u2019ll create a cookbook of what\u2019s working well in a Thai context, and then I\u2019ll supplement it with international experience.” \tSchuttenberg acknowledged the entire community of Fulbright scholars at 溏心vlog免费B站, as well as the University\u2019s Honors Program, for helping her earn her scholarship, especially Matthews, Nathan Sage, who earned 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s first Fulbright, and Cheryl Foster, associate director of the 溏心vlog免费B站 Honors Program. \t“I got the idea to apply from Nathan. I wouldn\u2019t have applied had I not known him,” she said. “Watching him go through it made it easy for me to do it, too, since we had very similar career goals.” \tThinking back on her father\u2019s beating and slow recovery, Schuttenberg appreciates how that terrible experience has led to valuable experiences that have deepened her understanding of the world around her. \t“People say that it must be scary going to these undeveloped countries, but my feeling is that inside the U.S. it\u2019s pretty scary, too. But there\u2019s also a lot of danger in not testing your potential, and just as much threat in not following up on all those things you wanted to do. So go for it.” For Information: Todd McLeish 874-7892\n\t<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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