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 […]
My Fulbright Experience – R. Eugene Harper – Croatia 1995
Dear Fulbright Colleagues, as a long retired 82-year-old Fulbright Alumnus, I am not interested in any active involvement with the Association at this point in my life. Nevertheless, I believe that my experience as a Lecturer in Croatia in 1995-1996 might be of some value to relate for others. I do so not only because […]
Australian Fulbright and the Environmental Genome – Michael Overcash – Australia 1966
My Australian Fulbright experience came as a fresh BSc graduate in Chemical Engineering and took me to the creative Chemical Engineering Department of the University of New South Wales and Professor Joe Norman. Entering the research world, the Fulbright experience taught me to work at the outer reaches of engineering knowledge, because this is where […]
The Most Wonderful Person: Lynne – Aissata Ba – USA 2016
When I left home for Albany (NY), I was excited but my fear overpowered my joy of pursuing an MA in Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at SUNY Albany. This is because I was a mummy’s girl. However, upon my arrival in Albany, I met a wonderful woman whose kindness and open mindedness changed my […]
Italy, Architecture, and The Vietnam Veterans Memorial – Paul Spreiregen – Italy 1954
Italy is an encyclopedia of architecture and urban design, the reason I wanted to live there and experience first hand those works that stand as living testimony to its many centuries of creativity. Its then contemporary works of architecture – this was the 1950s – were no less instructive and they, along with the treasures […]
Western Carolina University Fulbright Hays Group in Botswana – Amy Rose and Karena Cooper-Duffy – Botswana 2018
The College of Health and Human Sciences and the College of Education and Allied Professions at Western Carolina University (WCU), in collaboration with the Ministry of Education in Botswana, Africa carried out a four-week Fulbright-Hays Group Project Abroad (GPA) in Botswana, Africa for 6 WCU graduate students in Special Education and Communication Sciences and Disorders, […]
Mutual Understanding via Drama – Ronald Emmons – United Kingdom 1996-1997
While teaching English at Southend High School for Girls, I volunteered to work with interested students on developing a theatre piece combining monologues discussing teenage life that had been written by some of my US students with their own views of growing up in the UK. The teaching schedule in an English secondary school restricted times […]
A Delicious Friendship – Prudence Salasky – Bulgaria 2019
The doors to our apartments were inches apart in a shared hallway with room for two bikes. Yet weeks passed before I even heard my neighbors, let alone met them. I would see Kolya’s bike vanish and reappear and the tell-tale shoes on the mat. It wasn’t until one morning I woke at 5AM for […]