2010.12.16: December 16, 2010: Malaysia RPCV Pamela Schlueter wins Fulbright Scholarship and will participate in an exchange program in Uruguay
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2010.12.16: December 16, 2010: Malaysia RPCV Pamela Schlueter wins Fulbright Scholarship and will participate in an exchange program in Uruguay
Malaysia RPCV Pamela Schlueter wins Fulbright Scholarship and will participate in an exchange program in Uruguay
Schlueter has traveled to 27 countries, including Ecuador, Colombia, Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean. She served in Peace Corps Malaysia, speaks Malay, and has traveled in Asia and Europe. She is active with local educators and the Foreign Language Association of North Carolina, serving as a board member and editor of The Catalyst.
Malaysia RPCV Pamela Schlueter wins Fulbright Scholarship and will participate in an exchange program in Uruguay
North Henderson teacher wins Fulbright Scholarship
Schlueter going to Uruguay in summer
By Leigh Kelley
Times-News Staff Writer
Published: Thursday, December 16, 2010 at 4:30 a.m.
Last Modified: Thursday, December 16, 2010 at 12:05 a.m.
Caption: North Henderson Spanish teacher Pam Schlueter, right, leads her class in a grammar lesson as Corey Dickens (front left), 16, and Daphne Hill (front middle), 16, and others take notes Wednesday at North. Schlueter was recently named a Fulbright Scholar. Photo Brittany Jackson
North Henderson High Spanish teacher Pamela Schlueter has been named a 2011 Fulbright Scholar and will participate in an exchange program in Uruguay next summer.
The Fulbright Program, including the Fulbright-Hays Program, is a program of grants for international educational exchange for scholars, educators, graduate students and professionals, founded by U.S. Sen. J. William Fulbright in 1946.
Schlueter is the only person in North Carolina to receive a Fulbright Scholarship for 2011. Through nationwide competitions, 150 U.S. teachers and principals are selected each year to participate in two- to three-week exchange programs in the host countries. About 150 international teachers and principals travel to the U.S. for similar programs.
The 2011 Uruguay Educators Exchange Program Schlueter will be participating in is a short-term exchange program put on by the U.S. Department of State and Fulbright Commission in Uruguay, she said.
Schlueter will be going to Uruguay for three and a half weeks in July and August. A teacher from Uruguay will come to the U.S. in February to co-teach with Schlueter at North Henderson High for two weeks.
Schlueter, head of the Foreign Language Department at North Henderson, said Wednesday she is thrilled to receive the honor.
"I'm ecstatic to be given the opportunity to work with a colleague from an area of the world I have never been to," Schlueter said. "I look forward to living and working with my counterpart in Uruguay and improving my Spanish and making connections for my students."
While in the host country, participants shadow an international colleague, network with educational leaders in the country, and develop joint classroom projects and school partnerships supportable through the program's follow-up grant funds.
Schlueter said she decided to apply for the scholarship because she is always looking for a challenge.
"I have spent nearly five years of my life living in other countries when I was in the Peace Corps," she said. "
Language will not be a barrier, and I am looking forward to adapting to their accent and eating their foods. I understand they eat a lot of beef, but their food is not very spicy or hot."
Schlueter said she is putting together a schedule of activities to take the exchange teacher to in February and she is soliciting suggestions from the public.
"I am hoping to have invitations from civic groups who would like to hear about education and life in South America," she said.
Schlueter is originally from Denver. She received a bachelor of arts in Spanish and a bachelor of science in biology from Fort Lewis College in Colorado and has been a teacher for 31 years, including 10 years with Henderson County Schools.
She teaches regular Spanish and AP Spanish at North Henderson. The school is the only high school in Henderson County that offers AP-level Spanish, she said.
Schlueter has traveled to 27 countries, including Ecuador, Colombia, Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean. She served in Peace Corps Malaysia, speaks Malay, and has traveled in Asia and Europe. She is active with local educators and the Foreign Language Association of North Carolina, serving as a board member and editor of The Catalyst.
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