Norway and Meeting My Husband – Nancy Ortmeyer Kuhn – Norway 1980
I studied in Trondheim, Norway on a Fulbright scholarship as part of my music Masters degree at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis. It was a life-changing experience to live outside the Midwest for a year and learn and enjoy Norwegian customs and Norwegian folk music. I also took every opportunity to travel throughout Europe […]
Welcoming Scholars and Lasting Personal and Professional Connections in Sweden – Theresa Kutasz – Sweden 2015 and 2016
When I arrived in Sweden for my Fulbright year, I found that the scholars I met to be generous, welcoming, and genuinely engaged in helping me to progress my research project. When I herd from a fellow Fulbrighter about a seminar on Queen Christina of Sweden, the subject of my doctoral work, being conducted at […]
Five Institutions in Nigeria Benefit from U.S. Fulbright Scholar – Joseph Orban – Nigeria 2018
Dr. Joseph Orban, a Distinguished Professor of Biomedical Sciences at Southern University at Shreveport served as a U.S. Fulbright Scholar to Nigeria from September 3, 2018 to September 3, 2019. During this period, Dr. Orban provided services to four Universities and a Scientific Equipment Development Institute. Among the Universities served by Dr. Orban were Benue […]
Fulbright, COVID-19, and Greenland – Taylor Rose Azizeh – Denmark/Greenland 2019
In early 2020, I joined the ranks of people who lived in a remote setting when the COVID-19 pandemic struck. I was the first student to take part in the Fulbright Denmark/Greenland Arctic Semester program. I was only a few weeks into my time in Greenland in March of 2020 when travel in and out […]
Easter with Mother Teresa – John Bader – India 1985
(This story is drawn from the journal I kept while a Fulbrighter to India, an experience on the last day of volunteering for Mother Teresa’s mission in Khalighat, Calcutta/Kolkata, March 30, 1986.) I left for Khalighat. I was a bit confused when I first got there, for the bed linen was now blue as were […]
We are not that different after all – Irene Tami-Maury – USA 2005-2007
During a social gathering back in 2004, I heard about the Fulbright Scholarship for the first time. At that time, I was a dental faculty member in my home country, Venezuela, conducting clinical research and providing dental care to people living with HIV. The thought of becoming a Fulbrighter didn’t occur to me, despite my […]
A Time of Discovery and Growth – Frederick (Jerry) Streets – South Africa 2008, 2010, and 2012
The opportunity to travel through out the beautiful and fascinating country of South Africa to do research, study, and teach at the University of Pretoria and the University of the Free State contributed to my personal and professional growth as a clinical social worker and pastoral theologian. While I was there, I was able to […]
How a Fulbright Influenced My Family: A Historic Year in West Germany – Joseph C. Makarewicz – Germany 1989
With two young daughters in their formative years and my wife, I left in September 1989 to Plőn, a small village located in the lakes district of northern West Germany. We did not know what to expect. Who knew 1989/90 would be a historic year in the then, divided Germany. As a Senior Fulbright Scholar […]