Christine Helfrich from Roswell was one of a dozen students from Florida State University students to be awarded a Fulbright U.S. Student Program scholarship.
Furthering her doctorate studies in marriage and family therapy, she will conduct research in the field of social work while working with youth placed in residential care in Ontario, Canada during the 2012-2013 school year.
“Our students’ success with the Fulbright program this year demonstrates Florida State University’s commitment to providing a world-class education for our undergraduate and graduate students, which prepares them to undertake a year teaching English or conducting research abroad,” said Craig Filar, director of the Office of National Fellowships at Florida State.
The Fulbright program traces its roots to 1945, when a freshman U.S. senator from Arkansas, J. William Fulbright, introduced a bill in Congress that called for the
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