A School of Natural Resources and Environment student was one of 28 from the University of Michigan to be selected as a 2009-10 Fulbright Fellow.

Amanda Garratt, who received a dual degree from SNRE and the School of Social Work in 2008, plans to use the Fellowship to travel to Peru. Her topic of study is "Traditional Conservation in the Peruvian Amazon: Toward a Collaborative Approach."

Also receiving a Fulbright Fellow was Emily Lundgren, who graduated in April from the Program in the Environment (PiTE), a program housed in the College of Literature, Science, and the Arts, but which is co-administered between LSA and SNRE. She plans to travel to Turkey as part of an English teaching assistantship.

U-M and Stanford University each produced 28 student Fellowship honorees. Only Northwestern University (32), the University of Chicago (31) and Brown University (29) produced more A total of 111 U-M students applied, although an especially large class, 144, already has applied for next year's Fulbrights.

The purpose of the Fulbright Program is to increase mutual understanding between the people of the United States and other countries. The U.S. Department of State makes Fulbright fellowships available to more than 1,500 U.S. students annually to study, conduct research, teach English or train in the creative arts in more than 140 countries worldwide. The competition is administered at U-M through the International Institute.

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