Featured Institution: Texas A&M University
Texas A&M University’s commitment to international scholarship and global engagement can be traced back nearly to the institution’s land grant launch in 1876. In the ensuing years, Texas A&M has increasingly expanded its global impact to include research on every continent and to welcome international students and scholars from more than 120 countries. The university […]
Anne Fitzgibbon – Venezuela 2007
In 2007, I was awarded a Fulbright Fellowship to study Venezuela’s national youth orchestra system, “El Sistema,” a social program of youth and community development through the study of music. The goal of my Fulbright was to identify tenets of this renowned model of music education to guide the evolution of the Harmony Program, an […]
Chapter Spotlight: Fulbright in the Classroom
Launched in 2017, the Fulbright in the Classroom program is designed to connect Fulbright alumni with U.S. K-12 schools to share their experiences and introduce students to foreign countries and cultures. This chapter-led initiative has continued to gain interest, with 4 chapters leading successful programs this spring. Central New York Chapter The Central New […]
Chapter Spotlight: Virtual Walden
The newest chapter of the Fulbright Association is a little unusual: instead of encompassing a specific geographic region of the United States, it is completely online. Hosted by Walden University, the “Virtual Walden Chapter” will welcome Fulbrighters and friends from around the globe to get involved with the Fulbright alumni community in cyberspace. Faculty and […]
Featured Institution: Purdue University
Purdue University’s Honors College, its first academic residential college, is highly interdisciplinary and experiential in its teaching and learning mission. As part of its mission, the Honors College houses the National and International Scholarships Office (NISO), which assists students with applying for and earning prestigious scholarship opportunities. The U.S. Student Fulbright Program is a focal […]
Alex Counts – Bangladesh 1988
Alex Counts embarked on his Fulbright to Bangladesh in 1988 with a plan to change the world, and the experience he gathered enabled him to return home and establish the Grameen Foundation, a nonprofit dedicated to enabling the poor and fighting poverty. Brought up in a family of mental health professionals in New York City, […]
June 2019: Advocacy Update
In politics, numbers matter. The more voices you raise, the better you will be heard. The more constituents speak up, the more attentive a member of the House or Senate will be. This spring, our community proved that by once again responding to threatened cuts to the Fulbright with impressive, powerful numbers. 5,700 Fulbrighters and […]
2019 Conference Logo Announced
The Fulbright Association is pleased to announce the winning logo of our 2019 Conference Logo Competition is Mexican designer Alberto Cervantes. His submission incorporated the conference theme of “Connecting Hearts and Minds for Global Change” by demonstrating a colorful overlap of diverse people around a globe with hands clasped in friendship. The logo selection committee […]