Remembering Dr. Julieta Alvarado-Rieppel
Dr. Julieta Margarita Alvarado-Rieppel passed away on May 2, 2017 at the University of Minnesota Medical Center. Julieta was a loving wife, mother and grandmother, a role she relished and was just growing into with her beautiful new grandchildren. She is survived by her husband, Dr. Daniel Rieppel, and their children, Ingrid Margrit Pederson and […]
Remembering Dr. Maurizio Gianturco
On Monday, March 27, 2017 Dr. Maurizio Gianturco — innovator, leader, husband, father and friend — died peacefully at his beloved lake house with his family at his side. He was 88. Dr. Gianturco was preceded in death by his children’s mother, Rita, and is survived by his wife, Dina Gianturco; sons and daughters-in-law, Giulio […]
Remembering Ralph Greenhouse
On February 20, 2017, Ralph Greenhouse passed away at age 90 in a hospice at Alexandria, Virginia. Ralph Greenhouse had dual accomplishments in life. Nephew of the renowned cellist, Bernard Greenhouse with whom he studied, Mr. Greenhouse aspired as a teenager to become a concert cellist. World War II intervened and his subsequent military experience […]
EnvisionFulbright: Combining Travel and Service for a Meaningful Adventure
I daydream often about where my next travel adventure will be. I read travel blogs, talk to coworkers about their vacations, and browse longingly through friends’ and family’s photos of their journeys around the world. Just a year ago I was living abroad in Mexico on a Fulbright grant, and still I find myself constantly […]
Reflections on my Fulbright Service Trip to Serbia
“You need to ‘sling’ the mortar into the space, not shove it in. Here, let me show you.” Thus began my introduction to historically accurate stone structure repair. As a Fulbright alum (the country of Georgia in 2005), I was used to being flexible and thinking creatively about situations, but this was a great new […]
Danielle Cho Selected for YOA Global Leaders Mission to Argentina in July
The Fulbright Association partners with the Global Leaders Program, a YOA Youth Orchestra of the Americas initiative, to provide scholarships for Fulbright alumni to participate in missions to teach music to underserved youth around the world. Founded by Fulbright Lifetime Achievement Award recipient Hilda Ochoa-Brillembourg, YOA is a world-class symphony orchestra of musicians aged 18-30 […]
Reflections on My Trip to Albania: Interview with Gale Workman
Gale Workman has traveled to over 70 countries but she had never been to Albania. So when she saw that the Fulbright Association had an upcoming Service Corps Project in Albania, she signed up to join fellow alumni in Gjirokastra, a World Heritage Site. Working with Cultural Heritage Without Borders, the team of Fulbright alumni was trained in […]
My Journey as Founder of Grain de Sel Togo: From Receiver to Giver
Grain de Sel Togo (GDS) is a Georgian 501(c)(3) organization I initiated with a group of Togolese Fulbright Scholars. The Fulbright Program has been the foundational inspiration leading to the creation of GDS in Athens, GA, and now established in Togo and very recently in France. I came to the U.S. under the Fulbright Program […]