Edgecomb named for Fullbright Grant 2008-09

by Staff Aroostook Republican
17 years ago

 Image   Misty Ann Edgecomb, a 1995 graduate of Limestone Community School, has been selected for a Fulbright Grant 2008-09.     Edgecomb and her husband, Caleb Raynor, will depart for South Korea in September, where they will spend 10 months in Seoul, researching a book about international adoption during the Korean War. Both Edgecomb and Raynor are former employees of the Bangor Daily News.
    Fulbright is a U.S. Senate Department Program that provides funds for students, researchers and professors to work and live in nearly 150 foreign nations, with the aim of creating mutual understanding across cultural boundaries.
    Edgecomb graduated from the University of Maine in 2000 and will earn her masters in journalism from the University of Oregon in June.