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WVU Faculty Member Receives
Fulbright Scholar Award

Morgantown, WV, July 28, 2006: Helen Huntley, who directed the Intensive English Program in the Eberly College of Arts and Sciences at West Virginia University from 1996 until August 2006, has been awarded a Fulbright Scholar grant to lecture at the Universidad Autonoma de Baja California in Tijuana, Mexico, during the 2006-2007 academic year.

Huntley will provide expertise and resources to enhance the teaching of English as a Foreign Language through effective teacher training, curriculum design, and materials development at the host institution and throughout the state of Baja California and adjacent states. According to Huntley, who has been presenting at MexTESOL conferences for several years, there is a great need for the training of English teachers in Mexico, and she is looking forward to addressing the needs of these teachers in terms of both language and methodology training.

Huntley is one of approximately 800 U.S. faculty and professionals who will travel abroad to some 150 countries for the 2006-2007 academic year through the Fulbright Scholar Program. Established in 1946, the program's purpose is to build mutual understanding between the people of the United States and other countries. The Fulbright Program, America's flagship international educational exchange activity, is sponsored by the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. Recipients of Fulbright Scholar awards are selected on the basis of academic or professional achievement and because they have demonstrated extraordinary leadership potential in their fields

Huntley expects to return to WVU as assistant director of academic affairs in the Intensive English Program for the 2007-2008 academic year.

WVU's Intensive English Program was established in 1979. The Program assists international students who need to improve their English proficiency prior to entering an academic course of study. Students in the IEP are given help for all aspects of their life in Morgantown, including help with housing, banking, academic and personal counseling, health care, and legal matters.

For more information, contact Helen Huntley, at 304-293-3604 x 1102 or 724-499-5663 or at Helen.Huntley@mail.wvu.edu

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	NEWS WVU Faculty Member Receives Fulbright Scholar Award Morgantown, WV, July 28, 2006: Helen Huntley, who directed the Intensive English Program in the Eberly College of Arts and Sciences at West Virginia University from 1996 until August 2006, has been awarded a Fulbright Scholar grant to lecture at the Universidad Autonoma de Baja California in Tijuana, Mexico, during the 2006-2007 academic year. Huntley will provide expertise and resources to enhance the teaching of English as a Foreign Language through effective teacher training, curriculum design, and materials development at the host institution and throughout the state of Baja California and adjacent states. According to Huntley, who has been presenting at MexTESOL conferences for several years, there is a great need for the training of English teachers in Mexico, and she is looking forward to addressing the needs of these teachers in terms of both language and methodology training. Huntley is one of approximately 800 U.S. faculty and professionals who will travel abroad to some 150 countries for the 2006-2007 academic year through the Fulbright Scholar Program. Established in 1946, the program's purpose is to build mutual understanding between the people of the United States and other countries. The Fulbright Program, America's flagship international educational exchange activity, is sponsored by the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. Recipients of Fulbright Scholar awards are selected on the basis of academic or professional achievement and because they have demonstrated extraordinary leadership potential in their fields Huntley expects to return to WVU as assistant director of academic affairs in the Intensive English Program for the 2007-2008 academic year. WVU's Intensive English Program was established in 1979. The Program assists international students who need to improve their English proficiency prior to entering an academic course of study. Students in the IEP are given help for all aspects of their life in Morgantown, including help with housing, banking, academic and personal counseling, health care, and legal matters. For more information, contact Helen Huntley, at 304-293-3604 x 1102 or 724-499-5663 or at Helen.Huntley@mail.wvu.edu W-V-U