For the fourth year in a row, Mike Stricklin will visit the Federal University of Piauí in Brazil this summer — this time as a Fulbright Fellow.
Stricklin, a member of the news-editorial faculty, received the fellowship to teach at the university in Piauí and develop an adaptation of Daryl Frazell and George Tuck’s book, Principles of Editing, in Portuguese. He will leave some time in July and return early in 2000.
Stricklin’s previous stays in Brazil have been for shorter time periods. While he was in the country last fall, he made official inquiries about staying for an entire semester, he says, and received a formal letter of invitation from the university. He applied for and received one of 18 Fulbright Fellowships in Brazil this year.
In addition to his work in Piauí, Stricklin will spend three weeks at the Federal University in Rio, where he will give a seminar about public opinion and the mass media for three weeks in September.
George Tuck, photography professor, accompanied Stricklin to Piauí last summer. He said he thinks Stricklin will make the most of the opportunity afforded by the Fulbright Fellowship.
“Mike has made so many good contacts there and understands the culture so well. He will be able to do a lot of really fine work with the students and faculty at the university,” Tuck said.
Stricklin lived in Brazil from 1966-68 as a member of the Peace Corps and learned Portuguese then.
“It changed my life,” he says of the experience. “I was a young guy from Texas, always looking out.” When he lived in Brazil, he says, “I learned how to look in to my own culture”
‘… and another’
Ron Hull says the course he will teach in Taiwan this fall as a Fulbright Fellow is a “perfect fit” with his interests and experiences.
Hull, professor in the broadcasting department and special adviser to the Nebraska Educational Telecommunications Commission, will teach public communication studies in the Department of Radio and TV at Chenchi University in Taiwan. He says the course will dovetail nicely with the international broadcasting course he teaches in the college. Both focus on the world of public telecommunications.
Larry Walklin, broadcasting professor, agreed. “The Fulbright opportunity is a way to enhance his (Hull’s) already productive teaching of international broadcasting,” Walklin said.
Walklin said Hull’s frequent international travels and contacts have been invaluable to his teaching the international broadcasting course. The course is offered through distance learning and is part of the international studies interdisciplinary major at the university as well as being offered for journalism majors on campus.
During his stay in Taiwan, Hull will also lecture in various educational institutions in Taipei and will have time to do research, which will center on international exchange of educational television programs.
According to the chancellor's office, about four or five UNL professors are awarded Fulbright Fellowships each year.
Hull says he believes the experience in Taiwan from Sept. 1 through Dec. 21 will build on his long career in public broadcasting in Nebraska and on the national level.
“This is an experience I eagerly anticipate and one which will contribute to my effectiveness as a teacher here at the University of Nebraska,” Hull says.