Lisa Mulvey, from Ithaca, NY, has been awarded a scholarhip to spend the 2008-2009 academic year teaching English in Rennes, France. To be considered for the French Ministry of Education grant, Ms. Mulvey was a candidate for the US Student Fulbright Scholarship Program. Each year Fulbright awards a small number of scholarships to those who wish to teach English as a Second Language in France. Beyond those awards, Fulbright recommends candidates for another 50 grants available to teach English in France through the French Government.
Ms. Mulvey graduated in May 2008 with a Dual Major in Interational Affiars and French. She is a member of Pi Delta Phi French National Honor Society. Spring semester 2006, Mulvey studied in Cannes, France, and interned at the Cannes Film Festival with the French company Cannes Cinephiles. During summer 2007, she completed an internship for the Corporate Scholarships division of the Institute of International Education (IIE) West Coast Center in San Francisco. This past semester, Ms. Mulvey assisted one of her UNH French professor with research on the impact of French women in education in 18th century France.