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Adventures
in store for Sylvia Maxson
By Kandace Hsu
On-line Forty-Niner
Sylvia Maxson is
packing her bags and leaving her husband, Cal State Long Beach
President Robert Maxson for a month. Her destination -- South
Africa. Her reason -- research.
"I'm very excited and feel very privileged for this incredible
and wonderful opportunity," said Maxson. "I'm honored
to represent the university and hope to share the knowledge
that I gain from my research with students as well as infuse
it into the education program."
Maxson received the Fulbright Award from the Fulbright-Hayes
Seminar Abroad Program earlier this month and will venture
across South Africa doing research by visiting and observing
schools, communities and the government.
"I'm very excited for her," said President Maxson.
"It's a very prestigious award and a great honor to receive
the Fulbright Award, but I'll really miss her."
She spent almost a month preparing a research proposal
stating how she intended to use the information gathered from
the program and how she will incorporate the information learned
into programs at the institution they are from. Maxson also
had to include letters of recommendation and references as
well as statements about previous personal and professional
experience overseas.
"I'm really interested in learning more about the education
and health system they have as well as their economy,"
Maxson said.
After waiting more than seven months for a response, she will
be packing her bags in July and won't return until the end
of August.
Maxson's trip will begin with an orientation meeting in New
York where five other team members selected from around the
United States to study in South Africa will join her. From
New York, the team will fly to South Africa and begin their
research tour to Johannesburg, Pretoria, Gauteng Province,
Nwazulu-Nata, Western Cape, Eastern Cape, and Mpumalanga.
She is unsure of her exact itinerary, but she knows she will
be a student once again learning about the country and communities
as well as staying with host families throughout her stay.
"I'm excited about being a student again," said
Maxson. "I love learning new things and think this will
be a great experience."
Maxson currently works as assistant professor for teacher
education. She mainly works with graduate students in the
English department and specializes in reading and children's
literature. Maxson earned her bachelor's from the University
of Houston and later her master's and Ed.D from the University
of Nevada, Las Vegas. She has been working at Cal State Long
Beach for eight years in the College of Education.
Maxson has traveled to Japan, Taiwan, France, Germany, the
Middle East and across the United States, but has yet to visit
Africa.
"I've never been to Africa and I can't wait to go,"
said Maxson. "I am worried about President Maxson starving,
[but] I hope the students will take good care of him and maybe
take him up to the Nugget for a pizza once in a while."
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