Found in Translation: Investigating and Comparing the Japanese and American...
People in Japan are polite. The traditions and history are rich. Efficiency is high. The bright lights of Tokyo cast a glow on the serene rock gardens and trickling streams that highlight the beautiful...
View ArticleThe Diplomacy of Mutual Inspiration: Combining Service and Creativity in a...
As the Fourmile Fire rages in the canyons west of Boulder and smoke covers the city, the autumnal light has taken on a hazy, golden quality, like the lighting in a painting by one of the Old Masters....
View ArticleGood Karma: Volunteering While on a Fulbright Grant in Nepal, By Franz...
When I visited the Naxal School for the Deaf on my first day in Kathmandu, the students crowded around me asking questions. “What’s your name?” they asked. “Where are you from? Are you Deaf?” I touched...
View ArticleSpectrums of Development: Developmental Disabilities and Mutual Understanding...
The impetus for me to begin my Fulbright U.S. Student Program application came during the summer of 2010, as a U.S. Department of State Critical Language Scholar. That summer, I tested my intermediate...
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Fulbright: An Inspirational and Inclusive Community
Are you a U.S. citizen with a disability interested in applying for a Fulbright grant? Attend the webinar for applicants with disabilities on Friday, June 12, 3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. ET. To learn more,...
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Being There: A Conversation on Collaboration in Barbados
Katherine Cloutier is a 2012-2013 Fulbright-mtvU alumna, currently finishing her PhD in ecological-community psychology. Her Fulbright-mtvU grant was a participatory research project that was done in...
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Celebrating the ADA’s 30th Anniversary: Q&A with Alumni Ambassador Alyssa Meyer
Thirty years ago, the United States became the first country in the world to adopt national civil rights legislation banning discrimination against disabled people. Since that time, the Americans with...
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Exploring the Extraordinary in Your Ordinary
By Emi Koch, Fulbright-National Geographic Storytelling Fellow to Vietnam, 2019-2020 My dad almost spit out his morning coffee. Puzzled, he cleared his throat. “Em, are you… sure?” It was June of last...
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Learning to See Beyond What Meets the Eyes
By Uyanga Erdenebold, 2007 Fulbright Foreign Student from Mongolia It stands clear and vivid in my memory as if it were yesterday. It was the clear, sunny morning of August 20, 2007 when I stood at...
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