Life Changing Experience – Brian M. Walton – Ghana 2007
In 2007, I was fortunate enough to be selected for the Fulbright-Hays Study Abroad program heading to Ghana, West Africa. As one of 12 professional educators selected for the opportunity, I could not have imagined then how much of an impact the nearly 30-day trip would have on my life and on my professional trajectory. […]
Fulbright Application, a Proposal, and a 50 year Marriage – John S. Paschal – The United Kingdom 1967
In October of 1966, I saw a Fulbright announcement one week before the deadline, requested an application, and was given an extra week. While using my then girlfriend’s office typewriter to complete the application, she suddenly asked if I would marry her and take her with me. Talk about a proposal! Long story made short, […]
Global Education: Creating and performing with 12’ Giant Puppets of Historical Personalities in two countries – Carol Sterling – Uganda 2012 & India 2015
One of the most gratifying experiences and fondest memory I have had as a Fulbright Specialist working in Uganda and India was to teach my undergraduate and graduate education students how to construct and perform with 12’ Giant Puppets that celebrated historically important people in their respective cultures. This highly motivating and engaging technique focused […]
The Influence of Equanimity Across Artistic Media – Artemis Preeshl – India 2010 and 2011
“A moment comes, which comes but rarely in history, when we step out from the old to the new; when an age ends; when the soul of a nation long suppressed finds utterance.” -Jawaharlal Nehru, Independence Day Speech on August 15, 1947. I came to India to search for the essence of Indian arts on […]
Mutual Understanding via Drama – Ronald Emmons – United Kingdom 1996-1997
While teaching English at Southend High School for Girls, I volunteered to work with interested students on developing a theatre piece combining monologues discussing teenage life that had been written by some of my US students with their own views of growing up in the UK. The teaching schedule in an English secondary school restricted times […]
Fulbright Passport to Academic Excellence – Usha Rani Narayana – India 1990-1
I was awarded the Fulbright Fellowship two times in my career which is a rare distinction in India. My first Fellowship was in 1990-91 and was affiliated with Newhouse School of Communications, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY. I studied TV Program Production, Radio Program Production and International Communication. I, as a student of Prof. Richard Breyer, […]
Reminiscences of the First Months of a Fulbright Grant – Sofika Zielyk – Ukraine 2014
“Educational exchange can turn nations into people, contributing as no other form of communication can to the humanizing of international relations.” I have heard this quote by Sen. William Fulbright many times in my life but only after I had spent the first part of my Fulbright grant in Ukraine did I fully understand the […]
Our Guide: Radovan Karadjic – Susan Gayle – Yugoslavia 1984
I began my Fulbright in Belgrade, partnered with Diane Wakoski for the first half of my time in Yugoslavia, then with Al Young. The most “interesting” in retrospect was the period in Sarajevo, where the now infamous Radovan Karadzic was assigned to Al Young and me as our guide and interpreter. At the time, we […]