(Posted 4-3-00)
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News Service Contact: Steve Gilliam, 336-334-5371

UNCG FULBRIGHT WINNER TO STUDY IN GERMANY

GREENSBORO--Anna Leigh Elkins, a graduate student at The University of North Carolina at Greensboro, has been selected to receive a Fulbright Program Scholarship to study in Germany for the 2000-2001 year.

Elkins, who is from Montana, will spend the year at the Zentrum fur Kunst and Mediatechnologie (Center for Arts and Media Technology / ZKM) in Karlsruhe, Germany. The center is one of the world's major institutions to merge and bridge contemporary art forms with technology. Through the Fulbright Program, she will be in Germany from Sept. 29 to mid- July, 2001. Included in the award are travel expenses and a stipend to cover living  expenses.

She is a graduate student who is completing the Master of Fine Arts Creative Writing Program in the UNCG Department of English. She is a graduate of Montana State University, where she received a Bachelor of Arts degree in English and art.

While in Germany, Elkins will be writing a collection of ekphrastic (art-based) poetry inspired by art at the ZKM. Eventually, she plans to integrate the artistic experiences of the German institution into an American environment by creating a book that combines the arts of poetry and painting. She also will work with a translator to include German versions of her text.

Founded in 1946, the Fulbright Program is the U.S. government's premier scholarship program. It enables U.S. students, artists and other professionals to benefit from unique study and research experiences in more than 100 countries each year. The U.S. Student Program is  designed to provide opportunities for international experience, and personal, professional and artistic growth.

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