Littleton Native Colleen Knill Receives Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship to South Africa

VILLANOVA, PA (06/29/2011)(readMedia)-- Colleen Knill, a Littleton native and 2011 Villanova University graduate, has been awarded a Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship to South Africa for the 2011-2012 academic year. Knill will teach English to university students in South Africa and hopes to develop a mentoring program between university students and underprivileged high school students.

During her studies at Villanova as an education and English major, Knill conducted independent research on perceptions of urban youth working with university mentors that was published and also presented at multiple national and international conferences. She has committed her time, energy and talents to improving the education of students in the Philadelphia school system as a teaching assistant and mentor.

After her Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship ends, Knill plans to teach English in a public, urban high school and to pursue a Masters Degree in Urban Education.

Since 1993, more than 965 Villanova University students have applied for national fellowships. Of those, 274 advanced to finalist status while 159 received awards.

For more information about the Fulbright Program, please visit: http://us.fulbrightonline.org/about.html

For more information about Villanova University, please visit: www.villanova.edu