Nov. 6, 1997 Contact John R. Crosiar (541) 346-3135 EUGENE--Three University of Oregon students--Jennifer Haliski, Jeffrey McCarthy and Caroline Vanderkar--have received Fulbright scholarships for the 1997-98 school year, joining the ranks of 132 other UO students who have received the prestigious awards for study abroad in the last 26 years. The Fulbright Scholarship is an academic and financially attractive award which pays all expenses of recipients for the duration of the grant, usually one academic school year. Fulbright scholars also receive a small stipend, the amount of which depends on the host country and its respective cost of living. * Jennifer Haliski of Portland, a Spring 1997 graduate with a bachelor's degree in magazine journalism, is now at the University of Hamburg in Germany where she will compare and contrast German and American print journalism. Through a series of three internships, Haliski will investigate how German women at newspapers and magazines selected journalism as a profession, prepared for their careers and advanced within the industry. A UO major in journalism and German, Haliski discovered that she enjoyed leading other leaders on campus and adopted roles that required high levels of responsibility. She connected students with alumni and community professionals during her student position as assistant coordinator for the University of Oregon's Mentor Program. "I dream of being able to freely and effortlessly do what I love. But the experiences in my life lent me the wisdom to see that it is, in part, the fighting to attain a goal that makes the achievement so precious," Haliski wrote in her application. * Jeffrey McCarthy of South Portland, Maine, a doctoral degree candidate in English, is studying the mountaineering literature of the Canadian Rockies. McCarthy will divide his research between the English department at the University of Calgary in Alberta and the archives of the Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies in Banff to realize his goal of compiling an anthology of Canadian Rockies mountaineering literature. "As a student and a teacher of literature, I am fascinated by the narratives that reveal people's relationships with themselves and their environment," McCarthy wrote in his application. His studies in the Canadian Rockies will continue his dissertation research into writing on the boundary of what is considered literary. McCarthy values the education of the university as well as the educational experience of life itself. While an undergraduate, McCarthy took two years off to travel and work, visiting mountainous regions in Europe, North Africa, Turkey, India and Kashmir. * Caroline Vanderkar of Placerville, Calif., has her master's degree in anthropology and is working towards her doctoral degree in cultural anthropology. Since July 1997, she has studied the successes and problems of private farming in rural Moravia at Masaryk University, the University of Agriculture and the Czech Academy of Sciences, all near Brno in the Czech Republic. Vanderkar's research will examine how private farming has affected the lifestyle of families in the post-Communist era. Vanderkar's research on the social and cultural impact of private family farming will add to the developing body of work on the transition in agriculture. She is also interested in the value men and women of different generations place on agricultural work and how they view their relationships to the land. Vanderkar believes that the most important notion one can have in this global society is that of understanding and learning about life from different points of view. Her life study in this philosophy started in her home as a child. "During the 18 years that I lived with my parents, we shared our lives with a foster child and five foreign exchange students," Vanderkar wrote on her application. This multicultural atmosphere has evolved into her love of studying other cultures. The Fulbright grant program was established in 1946 under legislation introduced by former U.S. Sen. J. William Fulbright of Arkansas. Involving U.S. students, teachers and scholars as well as foreign residents, the educational and cultural exchange program is designed "to increase mutual understanding between the people of the United States and the people of other countries." Recipients are selected for their academic and professional qualifications, as well as for their ability and willingness to share ideas and experiences with people of diverse cultures. Scholarships are awarded through an open competition administered by the U.S. Information Agency, and more than 40 foreign governments share in the funding of these international exchanges. -30- #H-2027/Hometowns/eb