My Fulbright Experience – Raymond O’Donnell – China 2018
“I just want a salad,” I muttered under a breath of mixed anxiety and exhaustion; a thirteen-hour time difference wasn’t something a young-20-something year old could fake an effort through. “我要买沙拉” “Whoah yo my sha-rah.” “Wǒ yāomǎi shālā,” she said, emphasizing each tone which I had mistaken as intonation at the time. I had no […]
A Fulbright Fellowship Opened My Eyes to the World – William Krantz – Turkey 1974-75
My Fulbright Fellowship in 1974-75 to Istanbul Technical University (ITU) in Turkey was the first time that I traveled abroad. Owing to limited funds, my wife and I traveled via bus from Munich, Germany, to Istanbul. We went through the former Yugoslavia without any problems. However, we were pulled off the bus in Bulgaria to […]
Sandy (Sandra) Grubb Chapman – Pakistan 1975
Pakistan today is so inhospitable to Americans that our state department discourages travel there, but things were very different in 1975. Our little group of teachers on a two-month educational tour led by Dr. James Sheaffer of Chadron State were treated like honored guests. The governors of three of the four provinces welcomed us to […]
From potatoes to French fries, a permanent exchange – Elio Leturia – USA 1990
Not one but four times I applied for my Fulbright award. Only one from 14 annual awards was given to the communication and arts fields’ candidates. Imagine how intense the competition was! I recall jumping in the air when I received the congratulatory letter getting the Fulbright. Perseverance had paid off. I had just applied […]
ENJOY! And Aftermath In Phnom Penh – Debra Carney – Cambodia 2009
My 2009 Fulbright Specialist project at the National Institute of Education (NIE) was enlivening, enriching, and likely unrepeatable now. Although I had provided faculty and staff development in Cambodia previously—at the Royal University of Phnom Penh and at Social Services of Cambodia—I had not taught before at NIE, and I was their first Fulbrighter. NIE […]
Terima Kasih, Malaysia – Sean O’Carroll – Malaysia 2019
2019 Fulbright Malaysia ETAs Sean O’Carroll, Zak Gordon, and Carter Sanders present “Terima Kasih, Malaysia”, a poetic homage to their experience teaching English in the country. During their year, Sean and Zak lived on the eastern side of the Malay peninsula while Carter lived on the island of Borneo. A majority of the footage shown […]
A Return to Pakistan – Mark Hildebrandt – Pakistan 2018
USEFP has been like family for over 14 years. It’s a wonderful program. My first experience with USEFP in 2006 was a year of great scholarship juxtaposed with local political unrest. I was a Fulbright Senior Scholar hosted by Kathmandu University during a very turbulent year in Nepal. In the early part of 2006, strikes […]
Building a Multilingual Community in Bolivia – The Fulbright Style – Monica Flores Rojas – Fulbright to USA 2007-2010
I can’t! (¡No puedo!) Learning English is so difficult! (¡El inglés es muy difícil!) I give up! I’m not built for this. (Ya no puedo seguir. Esto no es para mí.) These are some common phrases you hear from many individuals around the world and Bolivia, my home country, is no exception. Learning a language […]