Fulbright Career Corner: Always Seek to Better Yourself
Looking to start a career or change directions in your work is a process, one that can take several weeks or months. But, you won’t (and shouldn’t!) be devoting every moment to looking for work. In the meantime, life goes on. You might have another job, a family, and other obligations to focus on. It […]
2018 Nominations for Annual Chapter Awards Now Open
The Fulbright Association established a tradition of presenting awards to chapters with outstanding programs, initiatives, and advocacy efforts at the 2016 Annual Conference. The Chapter Awards are intended to honor the hard work, creativity, and time that our volunteer alumni chapter leaders dedicate to achieving the mission of the Fulbright Association. Through the continued generosity […]
Institutional Letter Campaign to Mike Pompeo
The Fulbright Association has always been dedicated to advocating for the Program on Capitol Hill. As part of our mission, we play an important advocacy role in supporting, growing, and saving the Program. We have national reach through our chapters and members who live in every congressional district. We represent a unified voice of Fulbrighters and supporters of […]
2018 Service Corps Trip to Malawi
In July of 2018, the Fulbright Association returned to Malawi for its second Service Corps Trip in the country, following a successful program in 2017. Eleven participants, ranging from age 12 to age 74, met in Lilongwe City to work with nonprofit organization LEAD SEA (Leadership for Environment and Development in Southern and Eastern Africa) […]
Munir Sayegh – Egypt 2011
Munir Sayegh’s collection of specialties is multi-faceted: he is a photographer, artist, designer, researcher, and data guru with professional expertise in marketing and economics. As a Fulbrighter and study abroad alum, he not only has had the chance to build these skills, he now uses his experience to give back to the international exchange community. […]
In Memory of Kofi Annan (1938-2018)
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE The Fulbright community mourns the death of Kofi Annan, the 2001 recipient of the J. William Fulbright Prize for International Understanding. The Fulbright community, represented by the Fulbright Association, mourns the death and celebrates the life of Kofi Annan, former Secretary-General of the United Nations and Fulbright Prize Laureate. Awarded every two […]
Fulbright Career Corner: Take a Break
The month’s piece is not about a new searching or networking strategy. Because it is August – the vacation month – and soon students will be back to school and companies will be looking to hire (summer is always slow), I wanted to remind you: make sure to take a break. Looking for work is […]
2018 Lifetime Achievement Award: Rebecca Macieira-Kaufmann
The Fulbright Association is pleased to announce the 2018 Lifetime Achievement awardee, Ms. Rebecca Macieira-Kaufmann, in recognition of her accomplishments in fostering intercultural relations between Mexico and the United States both within the business sector as well as within the community. The Fulbright Lifetime Achievement Award honors Fulbright alumni whose distinguished careers and civic and […]