19 Tanzanian scholars head to

America on U.S. Government funded

graduate level educational

exchange programs...

U.S.Ambassador Mark Green with Tanzanians who are among 19 scholars departing for the United States this academic year on grants with travel and living expenses paid for by the American people.

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U.S. Ambassador Mark Green bade farewell to nineteen bright Tanzanian scholars who are departing for the United States this year on academic grants with travel and living expenses covered by the American people.The grantees depart between July and September 2008 for graduate level educational exchange programs funded by the U.S.Government’s prestigious J. William Fulbright Program.

The scholars,who will attend universities throughout the United States,will spend between four months and several years in America for academic and professional work.The programs involved in the educational exchange include the Fulbright Junior Staff Development(JSD), Fulbright Foreign Language Teaching Assistant(FLTA)and Hubert H.Humphrey(HHH) Programs.

According to the U.S.Embassy spokesman,the scholars will have the chance to help increase mutual understanding between the people of the United States and the people of Tanzania while they study throughout the United States at prestigious universities.

Through the Fulbright Junior Staff Development Program:Zeyana Hamid,a computer system administrator with the Ministry of Health in Zanzibar will be going to the University of Missouri/Columbia for a Masters in Health Informatics;Nyankomo Marwa,a lecturer from Sokoine University of Agriculture will attend the University of Nebraska/Lincoln,for a PhD in Agricultural Economics; Mlenge Mgendi,a lecturer from Ardhi University will attend Texas A&M University for a PhD in Geography,and Mussa Mgwatu,a lecturer from the University of Dar es Salaam,will conduct research at Lehigh University in Industrial and Systems Engineering.This program is designed to strengthen African universities,ministries and non governmental organizations through higher degree training for junior level staff.

It provides funding for a maximum of two years of study toward a masters or doctoral degree at a U.S. university or for participation in a non-degree research or non-academic professional program.