English Teaching Seminar in Japan – Mitzi Asai Loftus – Japan 1958
A highly successful English Teaching Seminar, planned and set up by Miss Mitzi Asai, for Japanese teachers in the Shizuoka Prefecture was held at Miss Asai host institution on March 1. Assisting Miss Asai, in the well- organized one-day session, were Mr. and Mrs. William E. Norris, Miss Isabel D. Phisterer and Mrs. Edward Kirk. […]
Public Diplomacy and Cultural Festivals in Syria – Evelyn A Early – Syria 1982
The trust and friendships cultivated during my 1982 Fulbright in Syria continued through my return in 1996 as a diplomat at the U.S. Embassy in Damascus. In 1982, I was one of a few American researchers in Syria. I aimed to understand Syrian society via Syrian popular culture. One day, while my “minder-friend” Haider and […]
Divine Fulbright – Debra Cheverino – Italy 2004
I am a conductor and Fulbright Alumna. As Fulbright grantee in 2004, I had the opportunity to study with renowned conductor Zubin Metha in Florence. Ever since I was six years old I dreamt of coming to Italy to study and perform music. In 2001, I was given that opportunity when I was invited to the International Conducting Competition […]
A Fulbright Legacy – John Rosenwald – Germany 1965 and China 1996, 1997, 2001
The Fulbright Commission has provided me with extraordinary opportunities to explore the world beyond the United States and to attempt to build bridges between other countries and our own. As a graduate student at the Universität Tübingen in Germany in 1965-6, I learned much from seeing the intensity of activism against the Vietnam War even […]
My Fulbright Experience – R. Eugene Harper – Croatia 1995
Dear Fulbright Colleagues, as a long retired 82-year-old Fulbright Alumnus, I am not interested in any active involvement with the Association at this point in my life. Nevertheless, I believe that my experience as a Lecturer in Croatia in 1995-1996 might be of some value to relate for others. I do so not only because […]
Australian Fulbright and the Environmental Genome – Michael Overcash – Australia 1966
My Australian Fulbright experience came as a fresh BSc graduate in Chemical Engineering and took me to the creative Chemical Engineering Department of the University of New South Wales and Professor Joe Norman. Entering the research world, the Fulbright experience taught me to work at the outer reaches of engineering knowledge, because this is where […]
The Most Wonderful Person: Lynne – Aissata Ba – USA 2016
When I left home for Albany (NY), I was excited but my fear overpowered my joy of pursuing an MA in Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at SUNY Albany. This is because I was a mummy’s girl. However, upon my arrival in Albany, I met a wonderful woman whose kindness and open mindedness changed my […]
Italy, Architecture, and The Vietnam Veterans Memorial – Paul Spreiregen – Italy 1954
Italy is an encyclopedia of architecture and urban design, the reason I wanted to live there and experience first hand those works that stand as living testimony to its many centuries of creativity. Its then contemporary works of architecture – this was the 1950s – were no less instructive and they, along with the treasures […]