Misha Granado, a recent FAMU grad, has been named a Fulbright scholar by the U.S. Department of State.
Ms. Granado, a graduate of the FAMU Institute of Public, intends to spend her year as a scholar in Barbados developing a strategy to increase early detection of breast cancer among Caribbean women.
“I will identify the similarities or differences among perceived barriers to breast-cancer detection, thus possibly indicating that culture rather than race is a better determinant of behavior,” Granado said. “My goal is to become a leader in the field and to develop and implement interventions to close the health-disparity gap.”
The Fulbright Program for U.S. students awards fellowships to only the highest-caliber students with a genuine commitment to cultural engagement. The program has an extensive selection process. The Fulbright program, named after former U.S. Senator J. William Fulbright is the largest international exchange program in the United States and is administered by the U.S. Department of State. It offers opportunities for students, scholars and professionals to study and conduct research internationally, as well as worldwide opportunities for teaching.
Congratulations Ms. Granado!!!!! We are so very proud of this accomplishment, as it is a reflection of both your high academic caliber and FAMU as an academic institution.
ReplyDeleteStrike, Rattlers, Strike!
ReplyDeletePut some venom in 'em!
Congrats, Ms. Granado!
Fantastic. Next step is put together some sort of committee like FSU which helps our students and faculty get things like Fulbright and Rhodes scholarships.
ReplyDeleteWe need to step it up...or their may not be a need for a HBCU in Tallahassee...
ReplyDeleteFSU leads nation among research universities in undergraduate degrees to African-Americans
by Barry Ray
The most recent issue of the journal Diverse: Issues in Higher Education reports that Florida State University is among the very top schools in the United States at producing minority graduates.
The magazine's May 31 issue uses 2005-2006 data to rank the top 100 producers of minority undergraduate degrees. For all disciplines combined, FSU ranks fifth in degrees awarded to black undergraduates with 931. That is a 15 percent increase over 2004-2005.
FSU is the No. 1 producer in the United States of African-American baccalaureates among "Doctoral Universities with Very High Research Activity"—the highest classification for research universities as provided by the nonprofit Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching.
"The success of our African-American students reflects the long-term efforts of our faculty and staff to improve retention and graduation for all of our students," said Lawrence G. Abele, FSU's provost and executive vice president for Academic Affairs. "This also is the second recognition of our success, as FSU was recently recognized for being one of the few universities in the country whose minority and majority students graduate at the same rate."
"As this ranking shows, FSU has a strong commitment to admitting and retaining minority students," said Karen Laughlin, dean of Undergraduate Studies at FSU. "We are proud of the many ways that we support these students and provide them with the environment and the tools they need to be successful."
Within specific academic disciplines, FSU ranked highly in several categories for numbers of African-American students earning baccalaureate degrees. These include social sciences (fourth); English (eighth); engineering (13th); and physical sciences (14th).
Florida A&M University, a historically black university that also is in Tallahassee, was first for all disciplines in the Diverse: Issues in Higher Education rankings, followed by Howard University, Georgia State University, and Southern University and A&M College. Florida International University is the top baccalaureate producer of Hispanic students for all disciplines; FSU ranks 26th.
FSU has been recognized before for its success in producing minority graduates. A January 2005 report from The Education Trust cited the fact that FSU has virtually closed the gap in graduation rates between African-American and white students.
If FSU could somehow absorb FAMU, it would be an INCREDIBLE minority enterprise. Academically, fiscally, athletically, etc.
ReplyDeleteFSU is irrelevant and should not even be mentioned in the same sentence with FAMU.
ReplyDeleteIt will take 200 years for FSU to match FAMU's accomplishments.
1:14--what do you mean by "absorb"? FSU need not be mentioned in this conversation. Can we simply enjoy our one Fulbright Scholar w/o including FSU in the dialogue. Jesus Christ.
ReplyDeleteFAMU should be made a department of FSU.
ReplyDeleteFSU should be converted into FAMU's sewage treatment plant.
ReplyDeleteThis FAMU press release from last year listed four Fulbright awards:
ReplyDeletehttp://research.famu.edu/newspubs/FINAL%20FAMU%20Fulbright%20Scholars.pdf
One of them, a FAMU prof. in journalism, Dr. Gale Workman, was named to Fulbright Senior Specialist Roster for a 5-year term.
That seems to make her the second active Fulbright scholar on the FAMU campus at the moment.
Can't we appreciate both FAMU and FSU for their contributions both to the education of students and to the lives of the citizens of Tallahassee? Why do intelligent people who care enough to participate in a blog focused on higher education, think it is acceptable to try to crush the pride each writer has in his or her school? Love 'em both and eliminate the hate!
ReplyDeleteThere have been other Fulbright scholars from FAMU also, before this one. I know Dr. ECW has been a Fulbright two times. Jessie L. who is no longer at the university has also been a Fulbright. There have been several from the foreign language department.
ReplyDeleteCONGRATS to Ms. Granado though!!!
I also heard that a couple of professors from the law school have been accepted into the fulbright program and are awaiting assignments.
ReplyDeleteFSU needs to improve its bottom feeder status in the ACC before wishing to absorb FAMU. FSU is the doormat of the ACC- athletically and academically!
ReplyDeleteThe only thing that ever gave FSU any prestige was being voted "Party School of the Year" by Playboy and the former glory of Seminole sports.
Absorb FAMU indeed! Y'all got your own sinking ship over there.
Who are the professors at the COL who got Fulbrights? That should help the COL
ReplyDeleteThank you so much Rattler Nation for the kind words and support for my Fulbright. You are correct, I am not the first Fulbright from the university and I follow in the prestigeous footsteps of Fellows who came before me.
ReplyDeleteThe Capital Outlook is also running the story and asked me if I thought the Fulbright Fellowship was a grand reward for hard work. My response, " I prefer not to use the Fulbright as a tool to divide the “hard workers” from the “non-hard workers.” Instead, I believe that the Fulbright Commission is truly interested in creating cross-cultural relationships with the goal of shattering myths and misconceptions. The best way to accomplish this goal is to unite people of various racial, ethnic, financial, and educational backgrounds and facilitate an environment of respect and acceptance. Only by developing relationships with others do we truly begin to understand the beautiful yet intricate manner in which we are all connected, therefore, internalizing the concept that we have to be conscious of what we do because it will impact someone, somewhere."
Therefore it does not matter which university an individual attends, but the beauty comes from that individual progressing in terms of elevating themselves, their families, communities and the world.
Once again Thank you so much for the Love.
Be Love...
Misha N. Granado, MPH, MS
It was nice for you guys that the Democrat led with the FAMU Fulbright and did not highlight any of FSU's 9 Fulbrights. Congrats to all though. Tallahassee should be proud.
ReplyDeletePS FSUs number is now 10!!!
Um, second Fulbright Scholar. I had a Fulbright Teaching and Research Fellowship in the Fall of 2002. I used it in Costa Rica.
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