Is Mutual Understanding Through Exchange Still Possible? – Margaret McLeod and Bryce Johnston – Spain 2020
Since early 2020, global travel bans have placed educational exchanges on pause. While American students remained at home, the landscape of international education changed dramatically. Hybrid classrooms now allow students from across the globe to connect through digital technology; however, it also created new channels for misinformation to undermine classroom discussion around sensitive topics. As […]
First steps – Jeff Hartman – Belize 2020
We traveled to Belize in 2020 as a family of 5. Mom, dad, and big sis were able to explore independently but the two twin sisters, who were 9 months old, were still crawling on their hands and knees. This was one of the reasons mom and dad were confident enough to take three little […]
Volunteering at the Food Pantry at Columbia University – Adibah Murthado – Indonesia 2020
It’s always rewarding to give back to the community, especially during the pandemic. Volunteering at the Food Pantry at Columbia is also a way to release my stress of online learning because I can go out and meet new people! Adibah Murthado – Fulbright to Indonesia 2020
Closer to My Country Thanks to Fulbright – Carla Cabrera Cuadrado – USA 2018-20
During my Fulbright experience, I truly got immersed in the American culture. I carved pumpkins for Halloween, I cooked s’mores on a fire pit, I went to a Super Bowl and Oscars watch party, I cheered for the Washington Nationals during a baseball game, I celebrated Thanksgiving, and many more American activities. Yet, what I […]
Interruption of face-to-face instruction does not stop collaboration – John Donnellan – Finland 2020
John T Donnellan – Fulbright to Finland 2020 Read More: https://www.tuas.fi/en/articles/389/interruption-of-face-to-face-instruction-does-not-stop-collaboration-shows-fulbright-scholar-john-donnellan/
When the pandemic interrupted my Fulbright at Harvard – Paul David Harpur – Massachusetts, USA 2020
From the inception of the Fulbright scholarships in 1946, those of us who were privileged to be abroad in the first half of 2020 had the most unique of all experiences. We are the only Fulbright cohort to have lived through a global pandemic. COVID-19 cut our projects short and caused us anguish, but it […]
Addison Dlott – Malaysia 2020
One of the first things I remember from my English Teaching Assistantship in Malaysia was jotting down a phrase in my phone: We’re all living the same experiences, just different realities. Someone said it to me in passing, but I knew I had to remember it because I thought it so pointedly reflected what cross-cultural […]
Alia Flanigan – Malaysia 2020
My Fulbright experience is and will always be memorable. From getting that acceptance letter on March 22nd 2019 to coming home unexpectedly on March 18th 2020, I will never forget my time in Malaysia and all the new friends I made. Moving to a small town called Kuala Krau in Temerloh, Pahang was very new […]