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Sponsored by the UO Cultural Forum and the ACLtJ of Bugene ************************* UO professor receives Fulbright scholarship Professor Greg Ringer will teach eco-tourism this November in Africa By Nicole Kristal Higher Education Reporter A University professor of tourism was recently honored with a 1997-98 Fulbright grant, which will enable him to return to Africa and continue his work in eco-tourism. Professor Greg Ringer, who teaches international studies courses through the University’s Center for Asian and Pacific Stud ies, will leave for Uganda in No vember. It s quite an honor to receive a Fulbright,” Ringer said. “It’s a fantastic op portunity.” Ringer said he is pleased to re ceive the grant because it al lows him to en gage in work that he believes to be the most needed and meaningful. He said he also likes the attention the scholarship brings to international studies courses. Ringer spent time in Uganda in 1996 working to develop eco tourism programs, which benefit the natural environment and local culture. Ringer said he believes the rele vance of his eco-tourism work in Africa helped him to win the scholarship, which is adminis tered by the U.S. Information Agency. “They’re looking for people who truly make a difference and who have enough professional ex perience to really benefit cross (( [The U.S. Information Agency is] looking for people who truly make a difference and who have enough professional experience to really benefit cross-cultural communication. » Greg Ringer International studies professor cultural communication," he said. For the next seven months, Ringer will lecture on eco-tourism and bio-diversity in the forestry and geography departments at Makerere University in eastern Africa. Bio-diversity is the holistic per spective of both the physical and human environment, Ringer said. He will also work with Uganda wildlife facilities, promoting na ture-based tourism in the natural parks, and will collaborate with tourism officials in Kenya to de velop a regional tourism plan. Ringer will receive a $25,000 stipend, along with free hous ing and a monthly stipend for miscella neous expenses and travel. “Yeah, it’s pretty sweet,” Ringer said. “There aren’t many like it.” He added that he is one of 1,600 recipients of the scholar cVii’ r» r»ntir»r»_ wide. Ringer, who has also helped es tablish eco-tourism programs in Latin American countries and Southeast Asia, said he has helped develop educational cen ters and cultural interchanges abroad, which provide an envi ronment where tourists can inter act with indigenous people. “The programs are not so much for recreation, but for learning,” Ringer said. Previously, 136 University pro fessors have received the award, and only 19 professors have won the scholarship since 1992-93. 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