Showing posts with label Fulbright. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Fulbright. Show all posts
Thursday, March 16, 2017

Will We See the Elimination of the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs' (ECA) of the U.S. Department of State?

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According to Carol Morello of the Washington Post it appears that an early draft of President Trump's budget proposed the elimination ...
Monday, August 1, 2016

Public Law 79-584 [U.S.] was signed by President Harry S. Truman 70 years ago today

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Tuesday, June 30, 2015

A Former University of Chicago Student I Advised for the Fulbright U.S. Student Program

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Several of our #LGBTI International Exchange Alumni recently participated in a panel at the U.S. Department of State and... Posted by...
Friday, March 15, 2013

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on the Fulbright Program and International Leaders who Studied in the United States

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Full text available on the U.S. State Department of State website .
Friday, February 22, 2013

Secretary of State John Kerry Highlights International Exchange Programs During his First Official Speech

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In his first official speech at the University of Virginia on Wednesday, February 20th, Secretary of State John Kerry highlighted internatio...
Saturday, August 13, 2011

The Austrian-American Fulbright Program, 1950-2010

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Frequent IHEC Blog readers know that I like to research and post about the history of international educational exchanges.  Recently I cam...
Monday, June 13, 2011

To the class of 2011, I wish you all the best and may you all travel to all corners of this world!

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This past weekend I worked the 507th Convocation at The University of Chicago and found it to be a great experience.  As I watched the stud...
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Friday, April 15, 2011

Celebration of the first year of the Consultation on People-to-People Exchange

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This week the United States Department of State celebrated the achievements during the first year of the Consultation on People-to-People Ex...
Monday, March 28, 2011

Calling all Illinois Constituents! Follow-up the Alliance for International Educational and Cultural Exchange meeting with Sen. Kirk's Chicago office with a letter in support of exchanges!

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I was invited to visit  Senator Mark Kirk’s (R-IL) Chicago office last week as part of a small group of Illinois constituents to discuss ...
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Friday, December 10, 2010

Secretary Clinton's remarks to Fulbright Foreign Language Teaching Assistants

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You can also view the video online as well as read the transcript of Secretary Clinton's [December 9, 2010] remarks here .
Friday, November 5, 2010

Impacts: Does Academic Exchange Matter? Cultural Diplomacy, Scholarly Internationalism, and American Studies since World War II

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This free conference, sponsored by the Austrian-American Educational Commission, is scheduled for November 18-19, 2010 at the Amerika Haus, ...
Thursday, August 26, 2010

Always nice to see a past Fulbright recipient's picture on the U.S. Student Program website!

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I'm entering my 11th year as the Fulbright Program Adviser at the University of Chicago.  I LOVE talking to students about their Fulbrig...
Friday, July 30, 2010

Video of the Week - Interview with Fulbrighter Amos Winter about his Leveraged Freedom Chair project in India

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The other day I came across the following video interview (via Twitter I think) with Amos Winter, Ph.D. candidate in Mechanical Engineering ...
Wednesday, July 28, 2010

Thanks for your message. I'm pleased to learn of your interest in the Fulbright program…

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…is how I have started almost every e-mail message I reply to from a prospective Fulbright U.S. Student Program applicant over the past ele...
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Wednesday, May 26, 2010

CAMPUS (Central American Program of Undergraduate Scholarships) 1988-1999

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As I was reading the book The Culture of Freedom: The Small World of Fulbright Scholars (1992) by Leonard R. Sussmann this weekend I came ...
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Thursday, April 22, 2010

What a great way to learn that one of your students was offered a Fulbright U.S. Student Program Grant

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I follow @ConnectStateGov on Twitter (and you should too!) and last Thursday when I opened my Twitter account I was taken by surprise when...
Friday, March 12, 2010

Video of the Week - Fulbright Scholar Discusses making of her documentary “Which Way Home”

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n this video, filmmaker and 2005-2006 Fulbright Scholar Rebecca Cammisa discusses how the Fulbright helped her complete her 2010 Oscar nomi...
Friday, December 18, 2009

Video of the Week – Ms. Harriet Mayor Fulbright at the launch of the Initiative for Global Citizen Diplomacy

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In this second installment of IHEC Blog’s "Video of the Week" I selected this brief speech by Harriet Mayor Fulbright at the nati...
Wednesday, October 7, 2009

IHEC Blog posts will be sporatic this and next week...

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The Fulbright U.S. Student Program 2010-2011 season is in HIGH gear for me right now and I truly look forward to October 20th when I mail t...
Wednesday, August 26, 2009

Quotes by U.S. Presidents on the Importance of International Exchanges and the Fulbright Program

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Recently I posted to IHEC Blog on “National and International Leaders who were Fulbright Alumni” which I found in the abbreviated version...
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