SIUC hosts a Fulbright student each school year. For more information regarding Fulbright opportunities, please refer to the Fulbright
website: http://www.iie.org/Template.cfm?section=Fulbright1
Sinéad Ní Mhaoilmhichíl is our current Fulbright student.
Sinéad Ní Mhaoilmhichíl graduated with a BA honours in the Irish Language and in Music from University College Dublin (UCD), Ireland in 2005. During her time as an undergraduate student in UCD, she earned two language scholarships and was elected Irish Language Officer for the Students' Union. She then pursued post-graduate studies in Business and Information Technology, through the Irish language at Dublin City University. Sinéad spent two years working for Comhdháil Náisiúnta na Gaeilge - a language advisory and promotion organization who act as an umbrella-group for twenty three other Irish language support organizations throughout Ireland. Sinéad is currently teaching the Irish language and Irish culture at Southern Illinois University of Carbondale, Illinois.