Spanish Society through Fútbol – Brenda Garcia Millan – Spain 2018
As an avid sports fan and a lover of Spanish culture, I figured there was no better way to engage in Spanish society than through fútbol (soccer). During the second semester of my Fulbright year, I became a volunteer at Real Madrid Foundation. As a volunteer, I provided accommodation assistance and customer service for guests […]
Studying Coastal Engineering with the Dutch Masters – Joseph (Jack) Colonell – Netherlands 1960
When I determined that I wanted to further pursue my interest in coastal engineering, I pondered “What better place to study than the Netherlands, whose prowess in coastal engineering has enabled it to survive the fury of North Sea storms that have battered its rings of protective dikes for centuries?” In Spring 1960, I was […]
Creating a Portraiture of the Indigenous Inhabitants of Taiwan – Brenda Zlamany – Taiwan 2011
In 2011, I received a Fulbright fellowship for my project entitled “Creating a Portraiture of the Indigenous Inhabitants of Taiwan.” In this project, I traveled to 33 places in Taiwan, primarily aboriginal villages. I persuaded 888 people from diverse socioeconomic groups to sit for watercolor portraits that I made from direct observation using a camera […]
Love at First Fulbright – David & Benita Fuchs (Italy-1959)
On June 24, 1959, Benita Bross of Cleveland, Ohio, and David Fuchs of the Bronx, New York, both Fulbright recipients embarked on the USS Constitution to Genoa, Italy, to study history. It was an experience that was to change their lives forever. Both young high school history teachers, they went to study at the Institute […]
Unexpected Relationship in India – Jay L. Wenger – India 2017
A primary goal of the Fulbright program is to foster mutual understanding between people in different countries – people at prestigious institutions and people within the local communities. During the spring semester of 2018, I was a Fulbright Scholar to Loyola College in India. My primary assignment was to teach psychology in a variety […]
Celebration – Nancy Duvall Hargrove – France (1963 & 1976) Belgium (1984) Sweden (1992) Austria (2005)
Since I’ve had five Fulbright grants (a student fellowship to France, a Junior Lectureship to France, Senior Lectureships to Belgium and Sweden, and a Distinguished Chair Award to Austria), I’ve had numerous memorable experiences that exemplify the “Fulbright Spirit.” However, one that stands out came at the end of my semester teaching American Literature at […]
East and West Berlin – Kenneth Whetstone – United Kingdom 1978
In 1978-1979, a Fulbright award provided me the opportunity to research the Jurassic toothed bird Archaeopteryx in various museums of Europe. This included a short period of study at the GDR Museum of Natural History located in what was then, Soviet East Berlin. Each day, I would travel through the Berlin wall from West to […]
Full Cycle – Oana Godeanu Kenworthy – Romania 2018
Returning to Romania was like returning home, it was like experiencing the place for the first time from a fresh angle. I am an alumna of University of Bucharest, and returning there in 2019 fits very well with the focus on my Fulbright project – to bring global and intercultural perspectives into the teaching of […]