[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 6 (Wednesday, January 18, 2012)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E30]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


 RECOGNIZING 2011-2012 FULBRIGHT GRANTEES JULIA BAILEY, GREGORY DE ST. 
                  MAURICE, JAY EVICK AND SETH PACKRONE

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                           HON. MARK S. CRITZ

                            of pennsylvania

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, January 18, 2012

  Mr. CRITZ. Mr. Speaker, I rise to recognize four intelligent and 
accomplished students from my district for receiving one of the world's 
most competitive, merit-based grants to perform research in a foreign 
country. Since 1946, the Fulbright program has been fostering cross-
cultural understanding and scholarly excellence by sending some of the 
world's brightest minds abroad to undertake innovative research 
projects. Julia Bailey of Latrobe, PA, Gregory De St. Maurice, also of 
Latrobe, Jay Evick of Waynesburg, PA, and Seth Packrone of Uniontown, 
PA, each received a Fulbright grant for the 2011-2012 academic year. 
They were given this honor on account of their outstanding leadership 
skills, exceptional academic credentials and penetrating interest in 
foreign cultures.
  Julia Bailey was awarded a Fulbright-Nehru English Teaching 
Assistantship. She is currently a graduate student at George Mason 
University, where she studies international development in Africa, as 
well as social anthropology. She has a wealth of education policy and 
classroom teaching expertise, having performed a significant amount of 
research to promote education in the developing world, and taught 
English in the United States and Egypt. Her worldliness, intellect and 
wide-ranging experience make her well-suited to serve as an ambassador 
for American culture and scholarship abroad.
  Gregory De St. Maurice was given a grant to study Anthropology in 
Japan. He is currently working toward a Ph.D. in Cultural Anthropology 
at the University of Pittsburgh. At present, his research focuses on 
the food culture of the city of Kyoto. Gregory's in-depth understanding 
of the people and traditions of Japan is laudable and will serve him 
well in his future studies.
  Jay Evick received a grant to serve as an English teaching assistant 
at the Tyumen State University of Oil and Gas in Tyumen, Russia. He has 
spent the last four years studying Russian and linguistics at the 
University of Pittsburgh. Jay's ability to grasp the intricacies of 
Eastern European culture and complexities of the Russian language is a 
testament to his tremendous scholarly abilities.
  Seth Packrone was awarded a teaching assistantship at Inonu 
University in Malatya, Turkey. Seth's passion is education reform. In 
the summer of 2007, he interned with Advocates for Children, a 
nonprofit that works to promote access to quality education for low-
income, minority and special needs students. Seth has also been the 
recipient of an Arthur Liman Public Interest Law Fellowship. As a Liman 
Fellow, he researched and developed education policy with the Center 
for Law and Education in Washington, DC. Seth's unwavering desire to 
unlock the potential of young students everywhere speaks to his 
inherent selflessness and kindness.
  Mr. Speaker, these four individuals possess an exemplary work ethic, 
profound intelligence and a precociously broad worldview. I am 
overjoyed that they have been granted such a prestigious and coveted 
opportunity to study and work abroad.

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