Playing for the Archbishop of Polynesia – Kent R. Burnham – Fiji 1978
All Fulbrighters will agree that unexpected and serendipitous experiences often stand out far beyond our initial Fulbright job assignment. One such eye-opening experience has stayed with me for decades. Here is what happened: I had the privilege of being a Fulbright Scholar at The University of the South Pacific in Suva, Fiji, in 1978. I […]
Fulbright IEA – Amanda Yusko – South Korea 2016
Amanda Yusko – Fulbright to South Korea 2016
Starring Savannakhet No – Michael Bayyouk – Laos 2014
Short Lao Romantic Comedy in Savannakhet. It was written, directed, and acted by Lao students at Savannakhet University with equipment provided by the U.S. Embassy in Vientiane. Michael Bayyouk – Fulbright to Laos 2014
My Fabulous Fulbright to Malaysia – Edmund Kellerman – Malaysia 2015
Along with teaching and research at the University Tenaga National, the US Embassy asked me to do workshops and presentations to literary groups on intercultural communication, non profit leadership, and teaching methods. I even opened a Speech Anxiety lab for students who were overly nervous to speak in public. Edmund Kellerman – Fulbright to Malaysia […]
Storytelling in Borneo – Eric Trules – Malaysia 2002
Storytelling goes back to the dawn of mankind. One of the things that distinguishes humans from the “lower” species is their ability to think, conceptualize, remember, write, collect and organize information, and consequently remember, create, and tell stories. My field of expertise, both as an artist and as an academic, is as an autobiographic storyteller. […]
A New Perspective: Exchange Administrator to Exchange Visitor – Leeza Fernand – Japan 2018
I thought that finding out that I got the Fulbright at the same time that I found out that I was pregnant was going to be the most exciting portion of my Fulbright experience. As an immigrant and someone who has been working with study abroad and academic and cultural exchange programs in community colleges […]
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 […]
Using My Malaysia Fulbright Experience to Travel Around the World – William Wilen – Malaysia 1994
My first Fulbright Scholar teaching experience was to Malaysia and its Ministry of Education with the assignment of designing and teaching a four-day workshop to be delivered to university English language faculties in five locations around the country. Malaysia was going through a major educational change. The Ministry of Education wanted schools and teachers to […]