Dr. Lynne Noble will be teaching in
Mongolia in Spring 2011 as a Fulbright Scholar!
 
The Fulbright Program  is the flagship international educational exchange program sponsored by the U.S. government and is designed to “increase mutual understanding between the people of the United States and the people of other countries.” With this goal as a starting point, the Fulbright Program has provided almost 300,000 participants—chosen for their academic merit and leadership potential—with the opportunity to study, teach and conduct research, exchange ideas and contribute to finding solutions to shared international concerns.

Why Mongolia?
Noble explains, “For several years I have been encouraged to and considered applying for a Fulbright.  I have eagerly searched for awards that I felt would match my interests, knowledge and skills and where I might develop a respectful and mutually beneficial relationship with my hosts. This year, I was delighted to find that the first specialization listed by the award in Mongolia was early education.  This is my passion, and I am assuming it is a priority in Mongolia.”  She adds, “While in Finland supervising my students’ international teaching practicum, I found that the principal of the elementary school where we were working had just come to Helsinki from four years in Mongolia! After talking extensively with him about Mongolia, the people and culture, and education there, I was not only convinced this would be a great match, but very excited about all the possibilities.  He has promised to put me in touch with colleagues in Ulaan Baator should I be selected.”  

Lynne Steyer Noble, Ed.D., has been an Early Childhood Education faculty member since the fall of 1999.  She has an A.B.Ed. from the University of Michigan, and an M.Ed. and Ed.D. from the University of Virginia. She has taught at the preschool, elementary, community college and university levels.  She has also been long involved in child welfare issues, working for several years with the Center for Child and Family Studies.  She has published in both trade magazines and professional journals, and written several training curricula.  Over the 40+ years she has been working, she has presented at many conferences, been on many boards and served in a variety of roles in the community.  Teaching is her passion.  Her professional interests are integrated curriculum, child advocacy and play.  Her personal interests are reading, yarn arts and basketry.  She and her husband, Rick, are the parents of two grown children and the doting Oma and Opa to three grandchildren, Kris (17), Margo(5) and Grey (4).

Click here to read Dr. Noble’s Fulbright proposal.