Wilkes Honors College graduate Cassidy Henry, who just completed her undergraduate degree in May of 2011 with a concentration in International Studies and a Minor in History, is the recipient of a Fulbright scholarship that will allow her to study in Macedonia. Cassidy will be taking courses at the Euro Balkan Institute and volunteering at a local NGO (non-government organization) and plans to use her time in Macedonia as preliminary research for her future graduate studies. Her research will focus on how NGOs can reach out to the government and how the government could reach out to NGOs. Her objective is to study new ways for local organizations to work in closer connection with the government to better serve the people of Macedonia.
The Fulbright award will allow Cassidy to continue study of a country that was the focus of her honors thesis. The thesis focused on conflict over entry of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia into the European Union.
The U.S. Fulbright program, sponsored by the U.S. State Department, includes scholarships for U.S. students who have recently completed their B.A. degree to study abroad; for more information see the Fulbright website.
Cassidy joins several other Honors College students over the last several years who have won prestigious nationally-competitive scholarships. Others include Stephen Jones (NSEP-Boren in 2010 for study in Tanzania), Daniel Gopman (NSEP-Boren in 2006 for study in Russia), Heather Chase (NSEP-Boren in 2007 for study in Morocco), and Sarah Wiggill (2006, Jack Kent Cooke graduate award).
