Bienvenidos/Welcome – Brenda Ellen Kirk – Uruguay 2003
I was one of the first seven Americans selected as Fulbright scholars to Uruguay. I had previously hosted three sets of teachers and principals from Uruguay who had been selected by Fulbright to live with bilingual teachers in the United States for three weeks in February while Uruguayan schools were on summer break. I was […]
Following In My Father’s Footsteps – Sandhya Rao – India 2008
My Fulbright experience in India in spring 2008 allowed me to reconnect and give back to my old country. Since I moved to the United States in 1989, winds of liberalization had blown over India, rapidly changing the economic, social, cultural and mass media scenes. I had seen mere glimpses of these changes during my […]
Ah ha!: Recognizing cultural variability – Ruth Stotter – Thailand 2016
The first night I was at Mahasarakham University in northern Thailand, members of the Western Languages and Linguistics Department faculty took me to a restaurant. We sat around a large table with platters of artfully arranged and delicious looking food in the center. Waiters put food on our plates. No one moved. Everyone was looking at me — and […]
My (Our) Fulbright in Montreal – J. Patrick Biddix – Canada 2015
In fall of 2015, we moved to Montreal, Canada for what was my “research” Fulbright but quickly became our “family” Fulbright. Our time in Montreal is something I don’t want to think of as completed. It happened in the past, but we don’t let it live there. The people we met or simply interacted with […]
The Wonder of a Wordless Mutual Understanding – Karen Peirce – South Korea 1993
As a Fulbrighter to South Korea, my primary responsibility was teaching English to middle school boys. Most of the boys had never met a non-Korean person before and were curious to learn more about me. There was little time during the school day to have informal conversations, but some sent notes to me in the […]
What good happens when two worlds collide? Opportunities for faculty and administrator growth in transformational study abroad partnerships – Celia Ann Evans – Russia 2012
2012 and Fulbright started me on a journey that altered my perceptions, teaching practice, and trajectory. This is a story told by me and some of my Russian Colleagues with whom I have shared a 6-year collaborative partnership through developing and teaching 2 upper division courses in English at Lomonosov MSU Biological Field Stations. How […]
Vivid Memories- Colleen A Kelly – India 1967 & 1984
In 1967, I was a young secondary school teacher, newly awarded an MA in history from St. John’s University. I decided I might try for a Fulbright study opportunity. To my surprise and pleasure I was given a place in the Institute for Indian History and Culture. This Fulbright for educators involved studying throughout the […]
Cultural Connections Across the Years – Richard C. Hoffman IV – Estonia 2013
My Fulbright was spent in Estonia during the spring semester of 2013 at the Faculty of Economics and Business Administration at the University of Tartu. I chose Estonia and Tartu for both professional and personal reasons. My wife and I have strong roots in Europe. My mother was a war bride from France, as a […]