2018 Fulbright Prize to Dr. Angela Merkel, Chancellor of Germany
Angela Merkel to receive the Fulbright Prize The Fulbright Association is pleased to announce that it will award the 2018 J. William Fulbright Prize for International Understanding to Dr. Angela Merkel, Federal Chancellor of Germany. With this award, the Fulbright Association honors Chancellor Merkel for her remarkable, compassionate leadership and her strong commitment to mutual […]
Career Corner: Starting Off the New Year
The new year provides an opportunity to “reboot” and launch new strategies for career exploration. Though I’m not always a big advocate of New Year’s Resolutions, provided you have done some reflection on what was accomplished in 2018, it is not a bad thing to develop some reasonable and achievable goals for 2019. A critical […]
Emily Paxson – Bulgaria 2016
I had two professors of German who were both Bulgarians and I was always intrigued when they spoke about their native country. In the Fall of 2015, I returned to Miami University for my senior year. I was eager to apply for a Fulbright following a summer internship in Thailand where I was introduced to […]
Chapter Spotlight: Minnesota
On September 23, the Minnesota chapter of the Fulbright Association hosted a commemorative musical recital for Julieta Alvarado-Rieppel, former chapter president and wife of current board member Dr. Daniel Rieppel. Dr. Julieta Margarita Alvarado-Rieppel passed away on May 2, 2017 at the University of Minnesota Medical Center. To read more about Julieta’s life and accomplishments, […]
Advocacy Update
I am glad to report that our community’s many efforts to advocate for the Fulbright Program in the face of threatened cuts–47% in 2017 and 71% this year–have been effective and successful. This spring, we relaunched “Stand for Fulbright,” a coordinated effort at the national and grassroots levels. More than 8,000 of you signed petitions. […]
2018 Insight Trip to Mexico
The Fulbright Association’s first Insight Trip to Mexico brought together thirty Fulbrighters and friends of international education for four days of cultural exploration, engagement, and networking. Starting directly after the end of the Association’s annual conference in Puebla, the trip gave participants the opportunity to forge a stronger connection with Mexico outside of the conference […]
Noah Perales-Estoesta – Brazil 2016
Two years after completing a Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship to Brazil, I think back to the question my Fulbright Program Adviser asked me when I was first applying: how is Fulbright the next logical step on your personal and professional journey? Answering that question seemed like a tall order at the time, like it would […]
2018 Annual Conference Highlights
This month, the Fulbright Association’s 41st annual conference themed “Un Mundo, Muchas Voces,” gathered over 350 Fulbright alumni and friends of international education, in Puebla, Mexico. After several years of hosting the conference in the Washington, DC, the Association hosted an international conference, reigniting a bi-annual tradition of holding conferences outside of the United States. […]