In Memory of Charity Sunshine Tillemann-Dick
It is not the custom of this newsletter to mark the passing of Fulbrighters. Perhaps we should, as the world is diminished each time we lose a member of our extraordinary community. But sometimes, that loss is so painful, when that person is young, that we should pause, grieve and remember. This is one such […]
Antonio Ingram – Malawi 2017
Eight months ago, I returned to the United States after completing a Fulbright Public Policy Fellowship at the Anti-Corruption Bureau of Malawi. I now live in Richmond, Virginia and serve as a federal judicial law clerk to Chief Judge Roger L. Gregory of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. I am […]
Welcoming FA’s New President, Dr. Mary Ellen Schmider
Dr. Mary Ellen Heian Schmider has lived a life exemplary of the values of cross-cultural friendship and empowerment through education. Combined with her continuous commitment to the work of the Fulbright Association, we are pleased to announce that Mary Ellen Schmider will serve as President of the Board through the end of 2019, as she […]
Kevin Morris – North Macedonia 2017
For most of my life, I have preferred to see the world through the lens of my camera. I feel drawn to not only experience as much as I can, with as many people as I can, but also to document these people and places in a manner that captures the essence of the moment. […]
Raha Hakimdavar – The Netherlands 2013
Raha Hakimdavar, an award-winning engineer and hydrologist, knew what it meant to live in a different country long before her Fulbright to the Netherlands. Originally from Isfahan, Iran, she moved to the United States when she was ten years old. Though she could not speak English, she jumped right into a California middle school, and […]
Ashley Mae Conard – Belgium 2014
Ashley Mae Conard comes from a social junction of the American Midwest and global education. Her Indiana hometown, like many small Midwest towns, hosted a fairly homogeneous population, and the distance to the international world was far – both geographically and sociologically. There wasn’t a lot of cross-cultural movement, Ashley admits, and most of her […]
Emily Paxson – Bulgaria 2016
I had two professors of German who were both Bulgarians and I was always intrigued when they spoke about their native country. In the Fall of 2015, I returned to Miami University for my senior year. I was eager to apply for a Fulbright following a summer internship in Thailand where I was introduced to […]
Noah Perales-Estoesta – Brazil 2016
Two years after completing a Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship to Brazil, I think back to the question my Fulbright Program Adviser asked me when I was first applying: how is Fulbright the next logical step on your personal and professional journey? Answering that question seemed like a tall order at the time, like it would […]