FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
August 11, 2000

FORT LAUDERDALE, FL—Robert A. Berg, Ph.D., of the Wayne Huizenga Graduate School of Business and Entrepreneurship at Nova Southeastern University, has received a Fulbright Grant to Kobe University and Kwansei Gakuin University in Japan. He is one of approximately 2,000 United States grantees who will travel abroad for the 2000-2001 academic year through the Fulbright Program, and one of only six receiving awards to Japan.

It is the second time that Berg has captured the prestigious award. He was awarded his first grant in 1986 to the University of South Pacific in Fiji.

As a representative of the program, Berg will be involved in a wide variety of activities and will be called on to make presentations at professional, community, and school events. He will be teaching entrepreneurship and strategic management courses at both universities. Kobe University of Commerce is a private university in Kobe with an enrollment of 2,000. Kwansei Gakuin is a national university in Osaka with an enrollment of more than 17,000, similar to that of NSU’s enrollment (17,810 in 1999’s fall term). He will reside in Kobe for the academic year.

The Fulbright Program is an international education exchange program sponsored by the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA). The program was established in 1946 under legislation introduced by Senator J. William Fulbright of Arkansas. The goal of the program is to promote mutual understanding between citizens of the United States and other countries through educational and cultural exchange.

Funding for the program is an annual appropriation made by the U.S. Congress to the Department of State. The Congressional Appropriation for 1999 was $102 million. Foreign governments contributed an additional $28 million.

Since its inception, approximately 230,000 (86,000 from the United States; 144,000 from other nations) have participated in the program. Today, it operates in 140 countries and awards approximately 4,500 new grants annually.

Each year the program publishes announcements of opportunities abroad and conducts a national competition for international teaching, administration, and seminar awards. Sixty-nine peer review committees consisting of Fulbright alumni, teachers, and education administrators review candidates for their academic or professional achievements, adaptability, commitment to the program, and leadership abilities.