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German Fulbright Scholar to Study at College of Medicine

Skip breadcrumb navigation COLLEGE STATION, Texas (September 7, 2005)– Fulbright scholar Moritz Bolle arrived in College Station August 14 and was surprised at what he encountered. The German student had pictured his new community and campus with a small, rural atmosphere. He'd heard about Texas before…

"I expected to spend the next year in a very small community and figured the campus probably had 5,000 students. According to the most European understanding, I also thought everybody in Texas would be conservative and Republican," Bolle laughs. "But I was pleasantly surprised. College Station is far bigger and livelier than I expected, and the campus is about the size of the university I attended."

A native of Hamburg, Bolle served in the German Navy for one year before receiving his degree in biochemistry from Berlin's Freie Universitaet in June 2004. After graduation, he remained in Berlin and completed almost a year of graduate work before moving to England to complete a research internship at Cambridge from April to August 2005. From England, Bolle was headed for Texas. He had visited the United States on two previous occasions, once to Chicago for a month-long exchange program and another trip to visit his former host family in New York.

When it came time to choose a program for his studies in the Fulbright program, he eventually selected A&M because of the strength of the interdisciplinary programs and the response of the faculty.

"I was intrigued by the college's interdisciplinary graduate studies, and spoke with Dr. Renee Tsolis about the programs here, which was very helpful," Bolle says. "It has been great to have access to so many opportunities between the medical school, Texas A&M and the business school all right here together."

In addition to courses at the College of Medicine, Bolle will be taking biology classes on main campus, as well as several courses at the Mays Business School, which will allow him to receive a certificate in business. He will also be working 20 hours per week in Dr. Jim Samuel's lab.

"Everyone here is so friendly and interested in who I am and where I come from,” Bolle says. “I am favorably impressed – and feel very welcome!"
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