Science and Soccer – Ricardo Almeida Araujo Da Silva – Brazil 1971
Ricardo Almeida Araujo Da Silva – Fulbright to Brazil 1971
A Goodwill Ambassador to Brazil – King Chung – Fulbright Brazil 2019
Hearing is an important sense for learning and communication. Yet many things can go wrong in our auditory system to compromise our ability to hear and to lower our quality of life. Wanting to help vulnerable and underserved populations, I embarked on a trip to work with several like-minded colleagues to examine the hearing status […]
My Experience in Brazil – Barbara Randolph – Brazil 2004
I feel so lucky and grateful to have been chosen to represent the U.S. Principals as an ambassador to Brazil. This opportunity was a life changer, I thought we were going to be teaching our southern neighbors how to be “Distinguished Schools,” when in fact, we learned more from them. From Sao Paulo (richest) to […]
Visiting Professor – Loreley Gomes Garcia – Brazil 2010 & 2019
In 2010, I went to Temple University as a Scholar in Residence. Then in 2019, I was a Visiting Professor at the University of Massachusetts, Chair in Brazilian Studies. Loreley Gomes Garcia – Fulbright to Brazil 2010 and 2019
Bridging a Bureaucratic Gap – Nijole Etzwiler (Niola Semenas) – Brazil 1961
When a political crisis closed Brazilian universities during our studies in 1961, another Fulbrighter and I took the opportunity to travel north and see more of the country. While dining in a restaurant in Rio Grande do Norte, we overheard two American men in worn-out uniforms loudly having trouble understanding the waiter. We offered to […]
Noah Perales-Estoesta – Brazil 2016
Two years after completing a Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship to Brazil, I think back to the question my Fulbright Program Adviser asked me when I was first applying: how is Fulbright the next logical step on your personal and professional journey? Answering that question seemed like a tall order at the time, like it would […]