Animated China – Tom Gasek – China 2018
I was awarded a five and a half week Fulbright grant to teach animation in northeastern China in the city of Changchun. I was hosted by the Jilin Animation Institute (JAI), one of the very few private institutions that concentrate on the arts in China. As an animator, director, author and teacher, I was excited […]
Startup Project – Out of Scratch / AUSicily.it – Sami Basha – Italy 2014
Establishing the American University of Sicily as a Laboratory for Innovation. I have been leading an effort to establish the American University of Sicily out of scratch. What can be differently? AUSI is not a commercial enterprise. It is first and foremost, an institution of higher learning and research. As a private nonprofit university association, […]
Directions from World: Famous Comparatist on Spending Year in London – Theodore J St Antoine – England 1957
Because I received a Fulbright grant to study law and economics at the London School of Economics, I was released early from my service as a U.S. Army lawyer. I was still very much under the influence of military discipline, however, when I first went to see my faculty advisor at LSE, he was Otto […]
Learning and Teaching in Germany – Larry Chasteen – Germany 2006
There were many great memories from my Fulbright experience to Munich, Germany in 2006. I had worked in Germany before but I learned much more by being part of a university faculty. I had great discussion with German professors about the German university system during our office hours. My wife and I were also “adopted” […]
Twice the Fulbright Pride – Evelyn Aguilar-Murillo – Costa Rica 1990
“Who do you think is the better candidate for the Fulbright Scholarship: you or your twin sister Hellen?” This is the question that one member of the Fulbright Selection Committee asked one of us over two decades ago during the interview stage of the selection process in our country, Costa Rica. The answer: “Well, I […]
Opening Our eyes to a New Culture – Raymond Young – Greece 1989
I was thrilled to receive a Fulbright award to the Aristotelian University in Thessaloniki, Greece, in 1989 and knew very little about the city, the people nor the culture. The Fulbright experience opened my eyes to, not only the native Greek culture and the dominate religion of Orthodoxy, but also that of Turkish Muslim and […]
A Life Changing Experience – Ala Fathi Khalifeh – Jordan 2005
The Fulbright experience was a life-changing experience for me and has made me a strong believer in cultural exchange programs, where people from different countries and backgrounds meet and work together as one team, sharing their knowledge and experiences in working together towards achieving remarkable goals. In fact, my participation in an exchange program with […]
My Father and Senator Fulbright – Thomas Lundmark – Germany 1976, 1991, 1992, and 1993
My father was the one who introduced me to the Fulbright program. Upon being discharged from the US Navy at the close of World War II, he was employed by the federal administration that sold war surplus materiel. At Senator Fulbright’s urging, the funds raised by these sales were put to use for educational foreign […]