Christopher Musick, director of International Academic Services at the University of Mary Washington, received a Fulbright Scholar grant to attend the U.S.-Germany International Education Administrators Program.
He was among 24 U.S. international education administrators selected by the U.S. Department of State and the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board to attend the seminar, which was held October 27 through November 10. The program is designed to promote an understanding about the culture and higher education systems of different countries.
“It was an interesting time to be in Germany because of recent reforms,” said Musick, who has coordinated international programs at UMW for the past four years. “There was a combined synergy of people sharing ideas.”
Germany, along with 46 other European countries, is in the process of standardizing higher education throughout Europe, Musick said. Education officials are considering how to market the country’s higher education opportunities to attract more international students.
Musick received bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Ball State University and has pursued work toward a doctoral degree at the University of Kentucky and International Christian University in Tokyo.
He is one of approximately 800 U.S. faculty and professionals who will travel abroad through the Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program this year. The Fulbright Program is sponsored by the U.S. Department of State and the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. Since the program’s establishment in 1946, approximately 279,500 people have had the opportunity to observe each other’s institutions, to exchange ideas and to embark on joint ventures of
importance to the general welfare of the world’s inhabitants.
Recipients of the Fulbright awards are selected on the basis of academic or professional achievement, as well as demonstrated leadership in their fields.