Congratulations to Dr. Amy Grant, dean of the El Camino College Natural Sciences Division, who recently received a Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program award to Russia. Grant is one of five U.S community college administrators to represent the college at various institutions of higher education in Russia as part of a project to create empowering connections with the societal, cultural and higher education systems of other countries.
Grant joins more than 800 U.S. citizens who will teach, conduct research, and/or provide expertise abroad for the 2019-2020 academic year through the prestigious Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program. Recipients of Fulbright awards are selected based on academic and professional achievement, as well as service and leadership in their respective fields.
An El Camino chemistry professor since 1999 and dean since 2015, Grant serves on the Planning and Budgeting Committee, co-chairs the Women's History Month Committee, serves as the Academic Affairs representative on the Educational Policies Committee, and organizes workshops for young students visiting the college for Onizuka Space Science Day. She is also an El Camino College Distinguished Women's Wall of Fame honoree. Grant earned a Ph.D. in chemistry from the University of California, Irvine, and B.S. degrees in chemistry and biochemistry from Stony Brook University.
The Fulbright Program is the U.S. government's flagship international educational exchange program and is designed to build lasting connections between the people of the United States and the people of other countries. The Fulbright Program is funded through an annual appropriation made by the U.S. Congress to the U.S. Department of State. Participating governments and host institutions, corporations, and foundations around the world also provide direct and indirect support to the program, which operates in over 160 countries worldwide.
Since its establishment in 1946 under legislation introduced by the late U.S. Senator J. William Fulbright of Arkansas, the Fulbright Program has given more than 390,000 students, scholars, teachers, artists, and professionals of all backgrounds and fields the opportunity to study, teach and conduct research, exchange ideas, and contribute to finding solutions to shared international concerns. Fulbright alumni have achieved distinction in many fields, including 59 who have been awarded the Nobel Prize, 84 who have received Pulitzer Prizes, and 37 who have served as a head of state or government.