Thursday, June 16, 2011

Students wins scholarship to study in Canada

From the Pittsburg Morning Sun, 16 June 2011, by Nikki Patrick

Canada is a close and good neighbor of the United States, but getting there turned out to be a complicated procedure for Mandy Folk, Pittsburg, a Pittsburg State University junior art education major.

However, she has triumphed, and will be spending the fall semester at the University of Victoria in British Columbia, Canada.

She applied for and received a $5,000 Killam Fellowship, a national scholarship that fosters educational exchange between America and Canada.

“Canada contains such a rich history embedded deep within everyone who lives there,” Folk said. “There are many aspects of art history in Canada that intrigue me.”

She will focus her studies on the art work of the Haida Gwaii, a Native American tribe.

“They’re the people who do totem poles,” Folk said.

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