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My journey to Providence University in March 2012 began with Dr. Ming Hung, a retired professor and native Taiwanese, from Kent State University, Ohio, where I teach as an adjunct instructor. Dr. Hung’s recommendation to Providence’s President “Augustine” ChuanYi Tang that I might lecture there was immediately seized and acted upon. I was asked to give a series of lectures in both American law and

It is 6 A.M., Saturday, December 21 st as I am settling into my seat on an airplane during the first leg of my return trip from Bangalore International Airport to Heathrow, following an incredible four month Fulbright-Nehru grant entitled “A Scientifically Oriented Cultural Exchange Focused X-ray Crystallography” at the University of Mysore, correlating with a sabbatical semester from Keene State

If you have ever wondered about the geographic reach of the Fulbright Scholar Program , you will find these three maps of great use. They depict participation in the program in 2012-13 from three different angles: institutions abroad that hosted U.S. scholars via the Core and Specialist programs; the home institutions of these same U.S. scholars; and the institutions in the U.S. that hosted

In 2012, the Vietnamese government asked me to organize a seminar in Hanoi on how to support the growth of entrepreneurial ecosystems while I was teaching there as a Fulbright Scholar as a professor at the National Economics University. Vietnam is one of the most entrepreneurial countries I have visited. Every very inch of street in Hanoi is crammed with mom-and-pop vendors selling everything from

This article originally appeared on Research and Reflections , an online journal of Fulbright Taiwan experiences and is being republished courtesy of Fulbright Taiwan. Dr. Yilin Sun provided training and advice for the American English teachers in the Fulbright English Teaching Assistant (ETA) program 2011-12. In this video, she shares her experiences in the TESOL (Teachers of English to Speakers

This article originally appeared on UConn Today and is being republished courtesy of the author, Mark Peczuh, Department of Chemistry, University of Connecticut. I can’t say it plainly enough. My experience as a Fulbright Scholar in Barcelona this past year transformed me, both professionally and personally. I returned to Connecticut not only with a broader perspective on my research but with a

by Edward J. Brantmeier, Ph. D. Assistant Director—Center for Faculty Innovation, Assistant Professor—Learning, Technology, and Leadership Education JMU Fulbright Campus Representative, Fulbright-Nehru Scholar, India 2009 James Madison University The Fulbright Program provides a tremendous vehicle for internationalizing careers and for promoting mutual understanding between/among citizens of the

Tenth Anniversary of Fulbright-Aquitaine Program The 10th anniversary of the F ulbright-Aquitaine program was celebrated in Bordeaux, France, on October 11, 2013. The Fulbright-Aquitaine program is one of three programs begun in 2003 by the Franco-American Commission for Educational Exchange (FACEE) , in which a French regional government provides funding for French and U.S. Fulbright scholars to

This article originally appeared on WKU Public Radio and is being republished courtesy of the author. When you think of bluegrass and country music, places like Kentucky and Tennessee probably come to mind. A scholar and musician who has been studying at WKU has another location for your list: Bulgaria. Lilly Drumeva is a Bulgarian bluegrass and country musician who has been conducting research at

The Campus Spotlight series highlights the innovative ways in which institutions around the country are promoting the Fulbright Scholar Program and offers inspiration for campus representatives to implement new ideas with faculty and administrators. This blog post originally appeared in the Killeen Daily Herald on September 6, 2013 and is republished here courtesy of the author, Chris McGuinness