VIRGINIA
TECH PROFESSOR RECEIVES
FULLBRIGHT SCHOLAR
AWARD
BLACKSBURG, Jan. 14,
2004 -- Brian Robert
Murphy of New Castle,
Va., professor of
the Department of
Fisheries and Wildlife
Sciences in the College
of Natural Resources
at Virginia Tech,
has been awarded a
Fulbright Scholar
grant to lecture at
the Autonomous University
of Guadalajara in
Mexico during the
2003-04 academic year.
Murphy will present
special lectures in
natural resource conservation
and professional development,
and initiate joint
research projects
with counterpart Mexcian
faculty.
At
Virginia Tech, Murphy
studies and teaches
natural resource education,
fisheries management,
reservoir ecology,
and international
conservation. He was
president-elect of
the National Association
of University Fish
and Wildlife Programs
from 1999-2001 and
was named Fellow in
the American Institute
of Fishery Research
Biologists in 1994.
He also received the
Virginia Tech Certificate
of Teaching Excellence
in 1998 and the Excellence
in Education Award
from the American
Fisheries Societyin
1994. Murphy received
his bachelor's degree
from the University
of Detroit, a master's
degree from Purdue
University and a Ph.D.
from Virginia Tech.
Murphy
is among the approximately
800 U.S. faculty and
professionals who
will travel abroad
to some 140 countries
during the current
academic year through
the Fulbright Scholar
Program. Recipients
of Fulbright awards
are selected on the
basis of academic
or professional achievement
and because they have
demonstrated extraordinary
leadership potential
in their fields.
Established
in 1946, The Fulbright
program is America's
flagship international
education exchange
activity and is sponsored
by the U.S. Department
of State, Bureau of
Education and Cultural
Affairs. Since the
program was established,
thousands of U.S.
faculty and professionals
have studied, taught
or conducted research
abroad, and thousands
of their counterparts
from other countries
have engaged n similar
activities in the
United States.
The
College of Natural
Resources at Virginia
Tech consistently
ranks among the top
five programs of its
kind in the nation.
Faculty members stress
both the technical
and human elements
of natural resources
and instill in students
a sense of stewardship
and land-use ethics.
Areas of studies include
environmental resource
management, fisheries
and wildlife sciences,
forestry, geospatial
and environmental
analysis, natural
resource recreation,
urban forestry, wood
science and forest
products, geography,
and international
development.
Founded
in 1872 as a land-grant
college, Virginia
Tech has grown to
become the largest
university in the
Commonwealth of Virginia.
Today, Virginia Tech's
eight colleges are
dedicated to putting
knowledge to work
through teaching,
research, and outreach
activities and to
fulfilling its vision
to be among the top
30 research universities
in the nation. At
its 2,600-acre main
campus located in
Blacksburg and other
campus centers in
Northern Virginia,
Southwest Virginia,
Hampton Roads, Richmond,
and Roanoke, Virginia
Tech enrolls more
than 28,000 full-
and part-time undergraduate
and graduate students
from all 50 states
and more than 100
countries in 170 academic
degree programs.
