UNI professor Bill Henninger receives Fulbright U.S. Scholar award for spring 2025
UNI professor Bill Henninger receives Fulbright U.S. Scholar award for spring 2025
CEDAR FALLS, Iowa – Bill Henninger, head of the Department of Family, Aging and Counseling and associate professor of family studies at the University of Northern Iowa, has received a Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program award to Taiwan for the spring 2025 semester from the U.S. Department of State and the Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board.
Through an International Administrators Grant, Henninger will participate in a two-week group seminar with representatives from universities, private sector agencies and organizations, and select government agencies. The program is designed to familiarize U.S. higher education administrators with Taiwan’s higher education system, society and culture. It will consist of briefings, campus visits, appointments with select government officials, cultural activities and meetings with international education professionals.
UNI’s Department of Family, Aging and Counseling has a longstanding faculty and student exchange program with the National Chengchi University in Taipei. Participation in the Fulbright program will strengthen this existing relationship, as well as lay the groundwork for future collaborations between UNI, NCCU and other universities in Taiwan.
“Dr. Henninger is very deserving of this honor,” said Brenda Bass, dean of the College of Social & Behavioral Sciences. “We are excited about the opportunity for him to deepen our connections in Taiwan, especially with NCCU, because they provide such great skill building experiences for our students and faculty.”
Fulbright U.S. Scholars are faculty, researchers, administrators and established professionals teaching or conducting research in affiliation with institutes abroad. Fulbright Scholars engage in cutting-edge research and expand their professional networks, often continuing research collaborations started abroad and laying the groundwork for forging future partnerships between institutions. Upon returning to their home countries, institutions, labs and classrooms, they share their stories and often become active supporters of international exchange, inviting foreign scholars to campus and encouraging colleagues and students to go abroad.
Since 1946, the Fulbright Program has provided over 400,000 talented and accomplished students, scholars, teachers, artists and professionals of all backgrounds with the opportunity to study, teach and conduct research abroad. Fulbrighters exchange ideas, build people-to-people connections and work to address complex global challenges. Notable Fulbrighters include 62 Nobel Laureates, 90 Pulitzer Prize winners, 82 MacArthur Fellows, 41 heads of state or government, and thousands of leaders across the private, public and non-profit sectors.
Over 800 individuals teach or conduct research abroad through the Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program annually. In addition, over 2,000 Fulbright U.S. Student Program participants — recent college graduates, graduate students, and early career professionals — participate in study/research exchanges or as English teaching assistants in local schools abroad each year.
Fulbright is a program of the U.S. Department of State, with funding provided by the U.S. Government. Participating governments and host institutions, corporations, and foundations around the world also provide direct and indirect support to the Program, which operates in over 160 countries worldwide.
In the United States, the Institute of International Education implements the Fulbright U.S. Student and U.S. Scholar Programs on behalf of the U.S. Department of State. For more information about the Fulbright Program, visit https://fulbrightprogram.org.
