{"id":43727,"date":"2017-02-08T12:01:59","date_gmt":"2017-02-08T18:01:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/?p=43727"},"modified":"2023-05-10T15:42:52","modified_gmt":"2023-05-10T20:42:52","slug":"ponelis-awarded-carnegie-fellowship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/ponelis-awarded-carnegie-fellowship\/","title":{"rendered":"Ponelis awarded Carnegie fellowship"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/informationstudies\/people\/ponelis-shana\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Shana Ponelis<\/a>, \u00a0assistant professor in the <a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/informationstudies\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">School of Information Studies<\/a>, has been awarded a\u00a0fellowship through the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.iie.org\/Programs\/Carnegie-African-Diaspora-Fellows-Program\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Carnegie African Diaspora Fellowship Program<\/a> to travel to South Africa to work with the University of Zululand\u2019s Department of Information Studies.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_43730\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-43730\" style=\"width: 250px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-43730 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2017\/02\/ponelis250x300-250x300.jpg\" alt=\"Shana Ponelis\" width=\"250\" height=\"300\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-43730\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Shana Ponelis<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Ponelis, whose work focuses on entrepreneurship, education and information ethics, will work on curriculum co-development, mentoring of graduate students, and inter-institutional research collaboration on information entrepreneurship and information marketing, as well as faculty training in educational technology.<\/p>\n<p>The project strengthens UWM\u2019s reputation as a globally engaged university and confirms its commitment to internationalization. Located in uMhlathuze, the project also strengthens <a href=\"http:\/\/city.milwaukee.gov\/commoncouncil\/sistercities#.WJtbH2XapEI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Milwaukee\u2019s sister-city relationship<\/a>, which was initiated in 2008 and re-affirmed in 2014.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am grateful to the Carnegie African Diaspora Fellowship Program,\u201d Ponelis said. \u201cIn a rapidly changing global environment, opportunities for mutually beneficial collaboration and exchange of ideas between scholars and students are more important than ever to expand our understanding of the world in which we live and conduct business to ultimately improve people\u2019s lived experience.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shana Ponelis, \u00a0assistant professor in the School of Information Studies, has been awarded a\u00a0fellowship through the Carnegie African Diaspora Fellowship Program to travel to South Africa to work with the University of Zululand\u2019s Department of Information Studies. 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