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STARKVILLE, Miss.--A mathematics and statistics faculty member at Mississippi State is receiving a Fulbright Scholar grant to teach and conduct research this fall in the Republic of Slovenia.
Edward T. "Ted" Dobson, who recently was promoted to the rank of full professor at the university, is among some 800 faculty members and professionals chosen in 2008 to participate in the leading U.S. international exchange program.
A mathematician who came to MSU in 1998, Dobson will be focusing on algebraic graph theory studies while at the University of Primorska, located in the port city of Koper.
Before gaining its independence in 1991, Slovenia was part of the former Yugoslavia and the old Soviet Union. Now a member of the European Union, Council of Europe and NATO, the nation of some two million people is bounded by Italy, Croatia, Austria, and the Adriatic Sea.
The University of Primorska is the third institution of higher learning established since the country became democratic and autonomous. It offers undergraduate and postgraduate study in education, the humanities, management, and mathematics, science and information technology, among other academic fields.
Dobson is a 1995 doctoral graduate of Louisiana State University who also holds bachelor's and master's degrees from the University of North Texas.
Established in 1946 under congressional legislation introduced by Sen. J. William Fulbright of Arkansas, the scholars program that bears his name is designed to build mutual understanding between the American people and those in the rest of the world. Currently operating in more than 150 countries, it is sponsored by the U.S. State Department and its Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs.
NEWS EDITORS/DIRECTORS: For additional information, contact Dr. Dobson at 662-325-7153 or dobson@math.msstate.edu.
For more information about Mississippi State University, see http://www.msstate.edu/.