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Chancellor James L. Oblinger Receives Presidential Appointment to Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board

President George W. Bush appointed North Carolina State University Chancellor James Oblinger to serve on the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board (FSB). The appointment was announced Friday, April 11. Board membership includes U.S. community leaders representing higher education, business, the arts, the philanthropic sector and others who have made contributions to the public good through previous service as elected officials. 

Congress created the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board in 1946, primarily to assure the independent, merit-based selection of participants in the Fulbright program for students, scholars and teachers. The Board is responsible for making the final selection of Fulbright students, teachers and scholars, and for developing the policy guidelines that maintain the program's integrity in the 150 countries where the Fulbright program operates in partnership with other governments.

Hundreds of thousands of Americans and citizens from other countries have participated in the Fulbright exchanges, including Nobel laureates, government and legislative leaders, journalists, academicians, scientists, artists, businessmen and women, teachers and researchers dedicated to the program's vision of creating mutual understanding and mutual respect between the people of the U.S. and the peoples of nations around the world.

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