The Fulbright

Scholar program began after World War II when Arkansas Senator J. William

Fulbright proposed a program that would encourage "mutual understanding

between the people of the United States and the people of other countries

of the world." Approved by Congress, President Truman signed the

program into law in 1946.

The Fulbright

Scholar program "is the best expenditure of tax money we have,"

says Welborn.

Of the differences

in teaching in Africa versus teaching in America, Osei confides that he

has had to reorganize his courses to accommodate students who juggle school

and work. At UCC, students are not permitted to work while in school,

he relays. Almost 90 percent of Clayton State students have part-time

or full-time jobs in addition to their studies.

Osei, who holds

a Ph.D. in philosophy of the mind, spends his leisure time listening to

world news and music. He is a PanAfricanist, a political preference promoting

a unified Africa, because "a county divided cannot develop and become

strong." His wife, Emma, a senior clerk of Ghana Commercial Bank,

is currently in Georgia visiting Osei, who is living in Clayton County.

Welborn has

taught at Clayton State for 30 years. He enjoys golfing, hiking, and biking.

He also canoes for days at a time in the Okefenokee Swamp. Kathy, his

wife of 34 years, is a second-grade teacher in the Clayton County public

school system. They have two grown sons, Aaron and Justin. Welborn lives

in Rex.