欧美视频's Tompkins to serve as Fulbright Scholar Alumni Ambassador

欧美视频鈥檚 Dr. Perry Tompkins, dean of science and mathematics and professor of physics, has been appointed to serve as a Fulbright Scholar Alumni Ambassador, the Institute of International Education and Council for International Exchange of Scholars has announced.

Perry Tompkins 鈥淚 am very honored to have been selected to serve in this new role with the U.S. Fulbright Program,鈥� Tompkins said. 鈥淲ith the appointment as a Fulbright Alumni Ambassador, I see my goal as encouraging my colleagues to apply for their own projects in whichever country they are passionate about.鈥�

According to its release, the Fulbright Scholar Alumni Ambassador Program identifies, trains and utilizes a select group of Fulbright Scholar alumni to serve as representatives for the Fulbright Scholar Program at campus workshops and academic conferences across the U.S. Ambassadors serve two-year terms and present information on their Fulbright experience at multiple outreach events each year.

鈥淢y focus during the next two years will be to visit sister liberal arts schools in Missouri and neighboring states to spread the knowledge of the opportunities that this program brings to all of them,鈥� Tompkins said.

Prior to coming to 欧美视频, Tompkins was a Fulbright Scholar to Ecuador where he taught computer-based instrumentation from September 2007 to January 2008 at the University of Cuenca, Cuenca, Ecuador.