Fulbright Helped me Find my Voice for Education – Kelly J Day – Finland 2015
My experience as a Fulbright Distinguished Teacher in Finland provided me opportunities to research Finnish education, but more importantly, it provided me a platform to promote education at the local, state, and national levels. I have used my experiences with Fulbright to speak up about education and it has opened doors and opportunities to improve […]
A Fulbrighter Afloat – Alyson McLamore – The United Kingdom 1988
During my Fulbright year in London, the executive director of the UK Commission, John E. Franklin, wished to explore the possibility of sending future UK Fulbright Scholars on a “team-building” voyage aboard the Malcolm Miller, a ship of the Sail Training Association. To test the scheme, I was given a berth and assigned to the […]
Volunteering at the Food Pantry at Columbia University – Adibah Murthado – Indonesia 2020
It’s always rewarding to give back to the community, especially during the pandemic. Volunteering at the Food Pantry at Columbia is also a way to release my stress of online learning because I can go out and meet new people! Adibah Murthado – Fulbright to Indonesia 2020
English Teaching Seminar in Japan – Mitzi Asai Loftus – Japan 1958
A highly successful English Teaching Seminar, planned and set up by Miss Mitzi Asai, for Japanese teachers in the Shizuoka Prefecture was held at Miss Asai host institution on March 1. Assisting Miss Asai, in the well- organized one-day session, were Mr. and Mrs. William E. Norris, Miss Isabel D. Phisterer and Mrs. Edward Kirk. […]
Public Diplomacy and Cultural Festivals in Syria – Evelyn A Early – Syria 1982
The trust and friendships cultivated during my 1982 Fulbright in Syria continued through my return in 1996 as a diplomat at the U.S. Embassy in Damascus. In 1982, I was one of a few American researchers in Syria. I aimed to understand Syrian society via Syrian popular culture. One day, while my “minder-friend” Haider and […]
Divine Fulbright – Debra Cheverino – Italy 2004
I am a conductor and Fulbright Alumna. As Fulbright grantee in 2004, I had the opportunity to study with renowned conductor Zubin Metha in Florence. Ever since I was six years old I dreamt of coming to Italy to study and perform music. In 2001, I was given that opportunity when I was invited to the International Conducting Competition […]
A Fulbright Legacy – John Rosenwald – Germany 1965 and China 1996, 1997, 2001
The Fulbright Commission has provided me with extraordinary opportunities to explore the world beyond the United States and to attempt to build bridges between other countries and our own. As a graduate student at the Universität Tübingen in Germany in 1965-6, I learned much from seeing the intensity of activism against the Vietnam War even […]
Teaching on 9/11 – Peter Bourque – France (Guadeloupe) 2001
In 2001-02 I taught in a French lycée in Petit Bourg on the island of Guadeloupe as part of the Fulbright Teacher Exchange. My wife Suzy and I arrived August 16 and in the first few weeks we were getting settled in and I was meeting my colleagues and preparing to teach. On September 6 […]