Kochersberger to deliver speech
next Thursday
Univerza v Ljubljani, located in Slovenia, where Kochersberger taught
as a Fulbright Professor.
photo courtesy of www.uni-lj.si
AUDREY TAMER
Staff Writer
Robert C.
Kochersbergerf Jr*
NC8U Journalism pro
fessor and Fulbright
professor will dellvor a
speech entitled
Sfoven/a: Twelve Yean
after VbgosfoWa-One
FkifbrfgM Professor's
Experience November
20 at 6:30p.m. In
Meredlth'sMumnae
House.
Some professors have
the opportunity to teach at
more Aan one university
within the United States but
only a select few receive
the chance to teach abroad.
Professor Robert C.
Kochersberger is one of
these select few and on
Thursday, November 20, he
will be sharing his experi
ences abroad with the
Meredith community The
American Association of
University Women
(AAUW) of Wake County
will host Professor
Kochersberger in the
Meredith College Alumnae
House as he speaks about
his teaching experience
abroad in Slovenia.
The AAUW was organ
ized in 1881 and is com
prised of women and men
who have earned a -
Bachelor's degree from a
university or college that is
regionally accredited. The
AAUW also has Student
Affiliates for those in col
lege.
"We think AAUW
members and mends and
visitors who hear Professor
Kochersberger will be bet
ter informed" stated Gloria
H. Blanton, ciurent Public
Information Chair for the
AAUW and former head of
the Meredith Psychology
Department.
Professor Kochersber-
ger is expected to speak
about his experiences in
Slovenia in early 2003 as a
Fulbright Professor. He will
also address the questions
that Slovenians had con
cerning the war in Iraq.
Blanton said Kochersberger
was selected to speak
because "his experiences in
Slovenia are quite recent
and because AAUW is
interested in international
affairs."
She said, "We need to
be aware of the views and
conditions of people in
other countries and their
perceptions of action taken
by the U.S. government,
such as the war in Iraq."
Professor Kochersber-
ger is a journalism profes
sor at North Carolina State
University. In addition, he
is a 2003-2004 Fulbright
Scholar. The Fulbright
Scholar program is an
international educational
exchange program through
the United States govern
ment that was proposed to
Congress in 1945 by
Arkansas Senator J.
William Fulbright. In the
wake of World War II, the
senator found the program
to be an instrument of
understanding between the
U.S. citizens and those of
other countries. Fulbright
grants primarily serve to
foster, "university lecturing,
advanced research, gradu>
ate study and teachmg m
elementary and secondary
schools." This program is
sponsored by the Bureau of
Educational and Cultural
Affairs of the United States
Department of State. The
eligibility requirements of
the Fulbright U.S. Scholar
Program are detailed. An
applicant must be a citizen
of the US at the time (s)he
is applying, however, they
are not required to have
permanent resident status.
Applicants must have a Ph.
D. or an equivalent profes
sional/terminal degree. The
applicant must have college
or university teaching expe
rience and exhibit foreign
language proficiency.
Lastly, the applicant must
be of sound mental and
physical health.
Professor Kochersber-
ger's discipline was
Communication and
Journalism. His category
was lecturing, and the grant
activity was to teach cours
es at the undergraduate and
graduate levels. His spe
cializations Include intro
duction to print, radio and
television journalism, basic
and advanced reporting,
ethics, legal issues, news
paper production, television
and radio news production.
He taught in the Depart
ment of Journalism and
Mass Communications at
the University of Ljubljana
from late January to the
end of June 2003.
Professor Kochersber-
ger's speech titled,
"Slovenia; Twelve Years
After Yugolovia." will be
presented on Thursday,
November 20 at 6:30 p.m.
at the Meredith College
Alumnae House.
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