Fulbright Experience in Ethiopia
“In 1993, I was awarded a Fulbright grant to Ethiopia where, in the ’60’s, I had done my initial fieldwork in the remote highlands of Ethiopia for my doctoral work at the University of Chicago.” Dr. Ron Reminick, Fulbright Alumni, talks about his enriching experience in Ethiopia.
Wesley Warshawer – South Korea 2014
Wesley Warshawer, Fulbright Alumni in South Korea, discusses how his Fulbright experience shaped his career path.
The Fulbright “Black Sheep”
“Bobby, meet Bill Fulbright,” I extended my hand. “Oh hello Senator…is it still Senator?” “Well you can be a son of a bitch your whole life why not a Senator?,” he replied with a chuckle. I remember this encounter with the Great Man at a local golf course as clear as day. What a guy! […]
Gordon Bronitsky – Germany 1984
I am an anthropologist by training (PhD Arizona 1977). In 1984-1985, I was a Senior Fulbright Professor at the Goethe University in Frankfurt, Germany, teaching Germans about American Indians and lecturing all over Europe on American Indian topics. The experience changed my life. I grew up in Albuquerque and loved the Southwest; my dissertation was […]
Anne Fitzgibbon – Venezuela 2007
In 2007, I was awarded a Fulbright Fellowship to study Venezuela’s national youth orchestra system, “El Sistema,” a social program of youth and community development through the study of music. The goal of my Fulbright was to identify tenets of this renowned model of music education to guide the evolution of the Harmony Program, an […]
Alex Counts – Bangladesh 1988
Alex Counts embarked on his Fulbright to Bangladesh in 1988 with a plan to change the world, and the experience he gathered enabled him to return home and establish the Grameen Foundation, a nonprofit dedicated to enabling the poor and fighting poverty. Brought up in a family of mental health professionals in New York City, […]
2019 Conference Logo Announced
The Fulbright Association is pleased to announce the winning logo of our 2019 Conference Logo Competition is Mexican designer Alberto Cervantes. His submission incorporated the conference theme of “Connecting Hearts and Minds for Global Change” by demonstrating a colorful overlap of diverse people around a globe with hands clasped in friendship. The logo selection committee […]
Stephen Cottrell – Thailand 2007 – Japan 2009 – Vietnam 2013
The English novelist George Orwell best captured my first experience in Vietnam with his penetrating words, “If the war didn’t kill you it was bound to start you thinking.” Having survived the former, I became a huge fan of the latter. It can be safely assumed that many readers of this article have experienced defining […]