Fulbright and the Growth of a Professional Teachers’ Organization – Sally La Luzerne-Oi – Ukraine 1995 & 2007
My Fulbright experience in Ukraine during the 1995-1996 academic year provided many special moments and memories, but the most enduring one was helping to organize a professional organization for teachers of English. One of my tasks while teaching English classes for English majors at Vinnytsia Pedagogical Institute (now a university) was to assist faculty there […]
East Meets West: Reflections on Teaching an American Past in the Former East Germany – Stephen Engle – Germany 1995
“The future is certain,” goes the old Soviet joke, “it is only the past that is unpredictable.” For many former East Germans the unpredictability of the past six years has left them searching for a way to blend their culture with that of the West without abandoning their past, Though there are obvious differences, today’s […]
My Fulbright Experience – R. Eugene Harper – Croatia 1995
Dear Fulbright Colleagues, as a long retired 82-year-old Fulbright Alumnus, I am not interested in any active involvement with the Association at this point in my life. Nevertheless, I believe that my experience as a Lecturer in Croatia in 1995-1996 might be of some value to relate for others. I do so not only because […]
Ernest D. Rose – Austria 1972 – Israel 1972 – Czechoslovakia 1989 – Malta 1995
Following service as a Navy pilot during World War II, Ernie Rose attended UCLA and became a member of the first class of film students in that newly established program. Three years later he earned the first MA Degree ever awarded by the University of California for a documentary film he made in lieu of […]