The Year of Salt and Honey – Nancy Bartley – Bulgaria 2012
As I began my Fulbright in Bulgaria, I carried the weight of grief. My father had unexpectedly died only a month before and I arrived at the airport with no one to greet. I even went to the wrong hotel. I didn’t understand the Cyrillic alphabet, couldn’t read street signs or menus – and ate […]
Bringing Advanced Nursing Practice to Lithuania – Jamesetta A Newland – Lithuania 2018
I spent 3 weeks in Lithuania in 2018 as a Fulbright Specialist. The project was to further develop and evaluate the newly advanced nursing practice program that was started in 2015. I had made a previous visit as a research scholar before the program was initiated. Faculty at New York University Rory Meyers College of […]
Rep. Cole Shares Memories as a Fulbright Fellow – Tom Cole – United Kingdom 1977-1978
Congressman Tom Cole (OK-04) – Fulbright to the United Kingdom 1977-1978
Mistaken Identity – Leslie Burke Barratt – Hungary 1987
When I arrived in Hungary for my first Fulbright, I was introduced to the English Department at the Technical University of Budapest (who I would be teaching) and learned that I would be sharing an office with eight faculty, all of whom were female. They seemed quite surprised to see me and explained that they […]
Many Forms of French Theatre – Felicia Hardison Londré – France 1962
My Fulbright study grant at the Université de Caen in 1962-63 focused on French theatre. Before applying, I knew I had no chance of getting the year in Paris as a fresh graduate. I had written to several French universities to ask about their offerings in drama. I learned that Caen would be preparing to […]
My Year as a Fulbright-Hays Professor At Keele University – Dwight Peltzer – The United Kingdom 1978
My year spent as a Fulbright-Hays visiting professor at Keele University in Staffordshire, England, was exciting because of Keele’s unique American studies program. I was delighted to share my expertise as an American music specialist with their doctoral students. With emphasis placed on research in American contemporary composers, I taught a harmonic analysis course on […]
Norway and Meeting My Husband – Nancy Ortmeyer Kuhn – Norway 1980
I studied in Trondheim, Norway on a Fulbright scholarship as part of my music Masters degree at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis. It was a life-changing experience to live outside the Midwest for a year and learn and enjoy Norwegian customs and Norwegian folk music. I also took every opportunity to travel throughout Europe […]
Welcoming Scholars and Lasting Personal and Professional Connections in Sweden – Theresa Kutasz – Sweden 2015 and 2016
When I arrived in Sweden for my Fulbright year, I found that the scholars I met to be generous, welcoming, and genuinely engaged in helping me to progress my research project. When I herd from a fellow Fulbrighter about a seminar on Queen Christina of Sweden, the subject of my doctoral work, being conducted at […]