Blood Diamonds: Before and After Sierra Leone’s Civil War – Susan Ruel – Sierra Leone 1978
My Fulbright year in Sierra Leone made an incalculably significant impact on my life. When I left in 1979, I saw no hint that a vicious civil war would break out there just over a decade later. On arrival in 1978 as one of a tiny group of “pothos” (whites) in country, I felt such […]
Forging Lifelong Friendships – Cynthia A Baldwin – Zimbabwe 1994
My Fulbright was in Zimbabwe in 1994 where I taught Constitutional Law among other subjects at the University of Zimbabwe in Harare. I also assisted the court with research as they wrote several landmark human rights cases. The Zimbabwean Supreme Court was only 14 years old. I have attached two photos- the top photo shows […]
Five Institutions in Nigeria Benefit from U.S. Fulbright Scholar – Joseph Orban – Nigeria 2018
Dr. Joseph Orban, a Distinguished Professor of Biomedical Sciences at Southern University at Shreveport served as a U.S. Fulbright Scholar to Nigeria from September 3, 2018 to September 3, 2019. During this period, Dr. Orban provided services to four Universities and a Scientific Equipment Development Institute. Among the Universities served by Dr. Orban were Benue […]
Life Changing Experience – Brian M. Walton – Ghana 2007
In 2007, I was fortunate enough to be selected for the Fulbright-Hays Study Abroad program heading to Ghana, West Africa. As one of 12 professional educators selected for the opportunity, I could not have imagined then how much of an impact the nearly 30-day trip would have on my life and on my professional trajectory. […]
Western Carolina University Fulbright Hays Group in Botswana – Amy Rose and Karena Cooper-Duffy – Botswana 2018
The College of Health and Human Sciences and the College of Education and Allied Professions at Western Carolina University (WCU), in collaboration with the Ministry of Education in Botswana, Africa carried out a four-week Fulbright-Hays Group Project Abroad (GPA) in Botswana, Africa for 6 WCU graduate students in Special Education and Communication Sciences and Disorders, […]
Birding Never Goes Out of Style – Laura A. Macaluso – Eswatini (Swaziland) 2008
The pandemic of 2020-2021 brought renewed attention to amateur birding across the world. I had forgotten, until this call for 75th anniversary memories, that the birding I do here at my house in Alexandria, Virginia was preceded by a birding pamphlet project done around 2008-2009 when I was a Fulbright Scholar at the Swaziland National […]
Fulbright Taught Me Service – Josephine Shikongo – Namibia 2015
Josephine Shikongo – Fulbright to Namibia 2015
A Year of Sharing Knowledge and Broadening Cultural Understanding – Dr. Joseph Jones Jr – Ghana 1973
My wife and two daughters shared my Fulbright year with me in Ghana. Upon arrival in Accra, Ghana, we were met at the airport by Bill Lawrence, United States Information Service and a representative from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) located in Kumasi. We were taken to the University’s guest house […]