{"id":43082,"date":"2011-09-02T07:22:30","date_gmt":"2011-09-02T11:22:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/?p=43082"},"modified":"2011-09-02T11:13:26","modified_gmt":"2011-09-02T15:13:26","slug":"claudius-sanford-gets-u-s-scholarship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/news\/educationyouth\/claudius-sanford-gets-u-s-scholarship\/","title":{"rendered":"Claudius Sanford gets U.S. scholarship"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_43083\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-43083\" style=\"width: 225px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-43083\" title=\"claudius sanford\" src=\"http:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/claudius-sanford.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"233\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/claudius-sanford.jpg 290w, https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/claudius-sanford-109x113.jpg 109w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-43083\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sanford<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Claudius Sanford is among six Eastern Caribbean citizens that have been successful in their bid for a place in the competitive U.S. Fulbright Fellowship programs.<\/p>\n<p>These scholarships will enable them to pursue graduate level education in the United States starting this year.<\/p>\n<p>Sanford is the Deputy Leader of the United Worker Party in Dominica, a member of the Eastern Caribbean\u2019s indigenous Kalinago people, and a teacher at Dominica State College.\u00a0 He has been granted a Fulbright Faculty Development Scholarship, enabling him to study at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville.\u00a0 He will be pursuing a Master\u2019s degree in Economic Policy.<\/p>\n<p>The other scholars are Thandiwe Lyle of Grenada, Stacy Gumbs from St. Kitts and Nevis, Claudius Maxine Browne from St. Vincent, and Lindy Damiana Ann and Emefa Sewordor from St. Lucia.\u00a0 The scholars are pursuing a wide range of Master\u2019s level and Doctoral degrees in a variety of subjects including economics, psychology, dance, heritage studies, arts administration and public administration.<\/p>\n<p>Thandiwe Lyle has been granted a Fulbright Foreign Student Scholarship.\u00a0 An attorney who was trained at the University of the West Indies (UWI), she has been admitted to Georgetown University where she will earn a Master\u2019s Degree in international Business and Economic Law.\u00a0 Ms. Lyle\u2019s program began on July 10 with an intensive four week course on the Foundations of American Law and Legal Education.<\/p>\n<p>Stacy Gumbs, a teacher at C.F. 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