Canisius College

BUFFALO, NY – Ronald M. Rivas, PhD, associate professor of management at Canisius College, is a recipient of a Fulbright Senior Specialist Grant. The Fulbright Senior Specialist initiative is designed to provide U.S. faculty and professionals with opportunities to collaborate with overseas counterparts on a variety of projects including needs assessments and surveys, specialized academic programs, lectures, seminars and workshops, and faculty-training programs. It is one of several initiatives offered by the Fulbright Program, which is sponsored by the United States Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. Financial support is provided by an annual appropriation from the United States Congress to the Department of State and by participating governments and host institutions in the United States and abroad.

Rivas will use his Fulbright grant to teach for six weeks at the Universidad del Pacifico in Lima, Peru during summer 2009. Rivas will teach a course on international comparative management, as well as a course on international entrepreneurship. In selecting to teach at the Universidad del Pacifico, Rivas will help increase the number of English courses offered at the university.

The Universidad del Pacifico is a Jesuit university and considered the top business school in Peru by a survey of 1,000 academic deans throughout Latin America. It is a private university that specializes in the areas of economics and business administration. At the undergraduate level, the university offers bachelor’s degrees in economics, business administration and accounting. At the graduate level, it offers a master’s of business administration, a master’s of finance and a master’s of economics.

Rivas is one of three Canisius College professors to receive Fulbright award for the 2009-2010 academic year. Christopher R. Lee, PhD, associate professor of religious studies, is the recipient of a Fulbright-Hays Research Abroad Fellowship. He will use the fellowship to study how the Urdu language mushaira (poetry recital) impacts globalization and transnational processes on two South Asian Muslim communities. Click here to learn more about Lee’s Fulbright award. Sandra P. Cookson, PhD, chair and professor of English, is the recipient of a Traditional Fulbright Scholar Award. She will use her 10-month Fulbright grant to teach American poetry courses at Udmurt State University in Izhevsk, Russia. Click here to learn more.

Canisius College is one of 28 Jesuit colleges in the nation and the premier private college in Western New York. Canisius prepares leaders – intelligent, caring, faithful individuals – able to pursue and promote excellence in their professions, their communities and their service to humanity.

Date released: 4/28/2009