Josh S. Weston – 2026 Lifetime Achievement Awardee
The Fulbright Association is proud to present its 2026 Lifetime Achievement Award to Josh S. Weston in recognition of his extraordinary generosity, steadfast leadership, and enduring commitment to the Fulbright community. Josh has been one of the Association’s foremost donors, supporters, advocates, and mentors. He has contributed far more than financial resources: he has offered […]
A Wider Circle of Justice: Honoring Fulbright Leader Cynthia Baldwin
In 1994, the Honorable Cynthia A. Baldwin arrived in Harare, Zimbabwe, carrying with her years of experience as an educator, attorney, and sitting judge. As a Fulbright Scholar, she taught constitutional law at the University of Zimbabwe and conducted research for the country’s Supreme Court as its justices considered landmark human rights cases. For a […]
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 […]
Maeve Moynihan – Spain 2017
As populist political parties and large-scale decisions like Brexit threaten the idea of open and accepting societies, the freedom to migrate has become increasingly restricted. The increased securitization of borders around the world suggests that many nations wish to exclude the freedom to migrate from their story. As a Fulbright English Teaching Assistant (ETA) in […]
Love at First Fulbright – David & Benita Fuchs (Italy-1959)
On June 24, 1959, Benita Bross of Cleveland, Ohio, and David Fuchs of the Bronx, New York, both Fulbright recipients embarked on the USS Constitution to Genoa, Italy, to study history. It was an experience that was to change their lives forever. Both young high school history teachers, they went to study at the Institute […]
Deborah Merola – Nepal 2003 & 2011
PLAY IT FORWARD How serendipitous that the 10th Anniversary of One World Theatre in 2021 is happening in the same year as the 75th Anniversary of the Fulbright Program, because it was Fulbright that directly led to the founding and flourishing of our social justice theatre company in Nepal. In 2003, there was no Department […]
Monica Housen – Latvia 1997 & Hungary 2011
Finding Ourselves We were well into the second half of our Fulbright experience to Hungary when we traveled to a nearby country for vacation. The owner of the guesthouse invited us to a neighborhood party, describing the route to take to walk to the celebration. We listened politely, my husband and I, our three young […]
Niharika Kulshresth – Oregon, USA 2011
The letter I got in the month of June 2011 from the J William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board, besides congratulating me for my selection also went on to inform me that, as a Fulbrighter, I joined the ranks of some 261,000 alumni of the programme who have gone on to become heads of states, judges, […]