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
Seattle: My Second Home – Muditha Dharmasiri – Washington, USA 2016
I was a complete stranger when I knocked on the house that I booked for my stay in Seattle and Julie opened the door and welcomed me. It was the first time I left Sri Lanka and stayed all by myself in a whole different country. Next morning, I sat with Julie, and she told […]
Maria Xenia Wells Zevelechi – USA 1955 & Italy 1991
For my last two years at the University of Pisa, a professor from the University of Texas, Dr. Warren Roberts was a Fulbright Exchange Professor at the University of Pisa. He liked my work and asked me to come back to the University of Texas upon completion of my doctorate. Which I did, even though […]
Celebrating Winter – Audre Kapacinskas – Lithuania 2009
Living in a climate that is cold for the majority of the year opened my eyes to the beauty of the winter season. The solitude of the long, dark nights made one appreciate the delicate grey daylight, warm friendships and utilitarian clothing that enabled one to spend considerable time outside. Cultural traditions that had developed […]
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 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 […]
The Power of Forgiveness – Dr. Kimberly Battle-Walters Denu – South Africa 2002 & Ethiopia 2018-2019
During my Fulbright experience in South Africa I was engaged in research focused on the intersection of race, class, and gender. While there, in an effort to better understand the ability of Black South Africans to forgive the atrocities done to them, I began reading Bishop Desmond Tutu’s book No Future Without Forgiveness. Part way […]
Embedded Classes to Malta – Steve McMillan – Malta 2019
In 2014-2015, I received a Fulbright U.S. Scholar award to travel to Malta, a three-island archipelago in the south Mediterranean Sea. While in Malta, I taught two classes in human resources management, one on the Malta island and one on the sister island of Gozo. In addition, I conducted research with my Maltese host Dr. […]