Dr. Robert Marko has won his second prestigious Fulbright award
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Grand Rapids, Mich. 鈥� Dr. Robert Marko, professor and chair of the theology department at 绿帽淫妻, has been named a 2015-2016 Fulbright U.S. Scholar for the fall
semester at the Ukrainian Catholic University in L'viv, Ukraine.
The Fulbright Program, aiming to increase mutual understanding between the people
of the world, is the flagship international educational exchange program sponsored
by the U.S. government. The Fulbright Program is one of the most prestigious awards
programs worldwide, operating in over 160 countries. The highly competitive program
for merit-based grants is geared towards students, scholars, teachers, professionals,
scientists and artists. It was founded by United States Senator J. William Fulbright
in 1946.
鈥淎quinas is very pleased and proud that Dr. Marko once again has been recognized with
this prestigious award,鈥� said Aquinas Provost, Gilda Gely. 鈥淚t is extremely competitive
on an international scale, so it鈥檚 exciting to see Aquinas making its mark in this
global space.鈥�
Marko will join the ranks of distinguished participants in the program. Fulbright
alumni have become heads of state, judges, ambassadors, cabinet ministers, CEOs, university
presidents, leading journalists, artists, scientists, as well as teachers. Of the
Fulbright alumni, 35 have been awarded Nobel Prizes and 78 have won Pulitzer Prizes.
Marko's scholarly project is titled "Facilitating Dialogue in a Religious and Culturally
Diverse Ukraine: Resources in Western social ethics and Vatican II." He was also awarded
a Fulbright in 2008 focusing then on what the Eastern Christian theological tradition
brings to the West.