UA Student Receives Killam Fellowship for Study in Canada

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – Fulbright Canada has awarded Jordan Sandy, a student at The University of Alabama, a Killam Fellowship to study at The University of British Columbia during the 2015-2016 academic year.

Sandy, a Chicago native who is double majoring in economics and English, is a University Fellow and has held membership in the Lambda Sigma Academic Honor Society. He has interned with Creative Campus and worked with SaveFirst, a free tax preparation service for low-income families.

Sandy plans to pursue a career in brand and route development within the commercial aviation industry. He has been an airport ambassador for Midway International Airport in Chicago and a network-schedule planning intern at Delta Air Lines in Atlanta.

At UBC, Sandy hopes to augment his experiences through the Center for Transportation Studies and Vancouver International Airport.

The Killam Fellowships Program is a competitive program providing an opportunity for exceptional undergraduate students from universities in Canada and the United States to spend either one semester or a full academic year as an exchange student in the United States or Canada. Students may participate in the program either as a direct exchange student or as a self-placed visiting student. The Killam Fellowships Program provides a cash award of $5,000 US a semester, a three day orientation in Ottawa, and a three day spring seminar in Washington, D.C.

This program, administered by Fulbright Canada, is supported by the American Killam Trusts and Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada. It is an integral part of the foundation’s multidimensional strategy to foster mutual understanding between Canada and the United States of America.

Fulbright Canada is sponsored by the U.S. Department of State and the Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development. It is a binational, treaty-based, nongovernmental, nonprofit organization, governed by an independent board of directors, charged with identifying and supporting the best and brightest in Canada and the United States.

Fulbright Canada is celebrating 25 years of promoting academic excellence and mutual understanding. The theme for Fulbright Canada’s silver anniversary, expanding the boundaries of human knowledge, is reflective of the program’s mission and commitment. Fulbright Canada is proud of its alumni, who have made significant contributions to economic, social and political life in both countries.