First Impressions – Cheryl Lochner-Wright – Germany 1986
When I moved into the apartment my host school had arranged for me, my flatmate, a German university student, was still on summer vacation. Upon opening the refrigerator, I found a bottle of Heinz ketchup and couple of cans of Budweiser. I winced, thinking to myself that here I was, wanting to immerse myself in […]
Lasting Friendships – Diane Quantic – Bulgaria 1986
Maria Mitreva, daughter of my colleague in Bulgaria, came to live with us when she was 16. She graduated from Friends University where my husband Bruce was a professor. She stayed in Wichita, married and began a career with CCH, a company that writes tax software. Her mother joins her a part of each year. […]
Celebrating the coming spring in the vineyard – Diane Quantic – Bulgaria 1986
On February 14, 1987, we joined the other foreign professors from the Veliko Turnovo University at a cooperative farm and school, a young girl in traditional dress bringing a ceremonial offering of bread to the vineyard, ceremoniously pruning the vines, spreading feasts in the snow for all, then watching a parade of decorated tractors and […]
Collaborative Learning and Fun – Hayal Köksal – Turkey 1986
During the summer months of 1986, Fulbright held a six-week-communicative approach seminar for ELT lecturers working at various Turkish universities. Nearly a hundred participants, under the dynamic leadership of 15 professors, had wonderful days and nights at the dreamlike venue -Robert College- by the Bosphorus. The seminar leaders, Mrs. Julia Burks and Mrs. Nevin İnal, […]
Developing Taiwan’s National Symphony for Chiang Kai Shek Hall – Dr. Edward P. Sandor – Taiwan 1985-86
I was brought to Taipei to help form a new national (Western) symphony orchestra, to teach the most promising Chinese brass instrumentalists in preparation for the orchestra, to “coach” the existing professional brass players, and to serve on an advisory board for the new national concert venue in Taipei, Chiang Kai Shek Memorial Hall. Others […]
Gennady Filimonov – England 1986
My Fulbright journey began in the summer of 1985, a year before I received my grant, when I was a scholarship student at Conservatoire Américain de Fontainebleau where I met the eminent Prof. Neaman. He was an enormous inspiration. The summer experience of private lessons, solo performances as well as chamber music performances with great […]