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 […]
Fulbright Experiences in South America – J. Patrice McSherry – Argentina 1992, Uruguay 2005, Chile 2011
I was fortunate to benefit from three Fulbright grants: as a grad student (Argentina, 1992), an associate professor (Uruguay, 2005), and a full professor (Chile, 2011). All three of these experiences were life-altering. In Argentina, where I lived for one academic year, my frame of reference changed. As I passed the magnificent buildings surrounding Plaza […]