Expert in Global Health Nursing Receives Fulbright

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Graduate nursing professor and coordinator for the Nursing Education MSN, Michele Upvall, PhD, RN, CNE, has been awarded a 2016-2017 Fulbright Scholar Award. Dr. Upvall is an expert in global health and recently traveled to Thailand to develop standards for quality research at Khon Kaen University. The standards will be incorporated into courses for master’s degree and PhD nursing students.

Opportunities are available for college and university faculty and administrators as well as for professionals, artists, journalists, scientists, lawyers, independent scholars and many others. Fulbright is offering more opportunities for flexible, multi-country grants.

Read more about Dr. Upvall’s award here and visit graduate.ucf.edu/fulbright/ to learn more about the Fulbright Scholars Program.

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