Norma J Hervey – Moldova 2007
The US Embassy in Moldova asked each Fulbright scholar to host an hour’s English conversation each week. My Monday group usually included 10-12 people, professionals, high school students, even a few younger pupils. During one week, most of these sessions were cancelled so I was not surprised to have nearly 50 people in a very […]
Thresholds & Bridges – Norma Fay Green – Denmark 2000
“Our school is an island in the sea of time, and on this occasion the winds have blown our way.” Peter Hoeg in The History of Danish Dreams In August 2000, after a summer of graduate teaching in Chicago and just three days after a week-long intensive journalism educators conference in Phoenix, Arizona where construction […]
A Party – Ray Marik – England 1974
In fall of 1974 I am off to England with my family to spend the year as part of the Fulbright Exchange appointment to teach in a southern England comprehensive school. (I still correspond with friends met there nearly half a century ago.) On weekends we have a wonderful time visiting castles, cathedrals, and on […]
Caroline S. Conzelman – Bolivia 2004
The year I spent in Bolivia—the rural area of the Yungas and the city of La Paz—on a Fulbright Student Grant conducting ethnographic fieldwork toward a doctorate in anthropology was the most gratifying experience of my life. I was able to gain a deep holistic understanding of rural life in a place that faces many […]
The role of the Commission, Campus and Community in the Success of the Fulbright Program – Divine Tarla – USA 2016
In collaboration with Larry E. Erickson – Department of Chemical Engineering, Kansas State University Ganga M. Hettiarachchi – Department of Agronomy, Kansas State University Lawrence C. Davis – Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Kansas State University In 1979-80, the US government, in exchanges with the Cameroon government, decided to provide assistance to University Center […]