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American Resource Center Announces the ARC Scholarship Recipients
Liisa Matikkala from the University of Oulu has been selected as the winner of the 2008 ARC Scholarship with her Master’s thesis titled “Asset or Liability? The Image of Sarah Palin in the Media.”
A total of 16 applications were submitted for the 2008 ARC grant of 1000 Euros. The jury was truly impressed by the originality, diversity, and the academic quality of the topics and applications. The competition was nationwide – students from five university cities and towns across Finland submitted their applications -- four applications came from the University of Helsinki, the University of Turku, and the University of Jyväskylä; and one from the University of Oulu, the University of Tampere, the Helsinki School of Economics, and the Åbo Akademi. The applications covered a wide variety of subject matters including history, the English language, law, political science, North American studies, international relations, ethnology, and economics.
The jury members, Ms. Nicole Conn, Counselor for Press and Cultural Affairs (U.S. Embassy), Mr. Kimberly Hargan, Assistant Public Affairs Officer (U.S. Embassy), and Ms. Terhi Mölsä, Executive Director, Fulbright Center, selected Liisa Matikkala as this year’s winner. Due to the high standard of the applications, the jury also decided to award another scholarship of 500 Euros to Ms. Saara Kekki. She is a student of the Renvall Institute at the University of Helsinki. Her Master’s thesis will be on “Japanese-American Internment – Spectacularization, Americanization, and the Model Minority Myth.”