Holiday Exchange
Several teachers at MAN Model 1 Manado invited ETA Caroline Kim to join them at a nearby village for the festivities of Maulid, the observance of Islamic prophet Muhammad’s birthday. The men beat drums and sang songs in Arabic, while the women and Caroline sat outside of the mosque and exchanged pastries and gossip. Neighborhoods.. Read More.
International Education Week Celebration
On Saturday, November 17, ETA Brian Miner was joined by over 500 students, teachers, and young professionals from all around Sangatta Utara in an auditorium of one of the local government’s offices. There, along with three other outstanding panelists from East Kalimantan, Brian discussed international opportunities to study, teach, and work abroad. He talked briefly.. Read More.
Connecting Youth in Semarang
As part of her Community Engagement Project, ETA Anisha Tyagi plans to host a seminar at her school, with discussions centering around social engagement. In order to better connect with Indonesian high school students, she recruited all her college-aged friends (made as recently as the week before) to help her brainstorm ideas. The team came.. Read More.
The Student Becomes the Master
It was a hot afternoon at SMA Muhammadiyah 1 Gresik High School, as it often is, when ETA Ryan Ulrich held his English club meeting. The participants in this meeting were different from previous meetings, however, for they were not the teenagers who Ryan currently instructs as an English Teaching Assistant. Instead, the room was.. Read More.
Siap!
When ETA Alexander Lopez-Perez was given a little over two months to prepare for an international martial arts competition, there was little the fledging English-teaching-cultural-ambassador could do but accept the invitation from the earnest audience. Luckily for Alexander, a honed and well-traveled master of SILEK (Silat) offered a space on his team for the ETA.. Read More.
Growing English and Science Skills
Thursday November 22 was the culmination of months of environmental English club at Ketentang, an all-boys seminary on the outskirts of Labuan Bajo where ETA Andrew Shifren has been helping the boys to study English on Thursday nights. Every Thursday since early September the 80 boys, in groups of eight, have measured a single plant’s.. Read More.
A Month of Milestones: Remembering Semester 1
Notably, in November, ETA Catherine Krol was able to exercise her cultural ambassador cloak as a visitor to both a local SMP and SD in Kabupaten Malang. During these exchanges, she offered tips to students for using media as a conduit to learning language and offered her own experience learning Indonesian as a motivator for.. Read More.
Animation, Narration, & Thanks-ation
ETA Alexandra Gwynn spent the month of November with many wonderful activities with her students and co-teachers. On November 10 and November 23, animation students and Ibu Itha asked her to come along on two off-campus film shoots that served as school projects. The first shoot took place on the camping grounds and along the.. Read More.
What Our Readers Say
Thank you to our readers who emailed us their favorite articles from the September 2018 edition. Below are their emails:A note from AMINEF American Program and Communications team: Thank you to Ambassador Donovan for emailing us your comment on one of the Fulbright ETA Monthly Highlights September 2018 articles entitled ‘Everybody Has Secrets’ written by ETA.. Read More.
#PrayForPalu
In October, Central Sulawesi was devastated by an earthquake and tsunami, with a rising death toll. ETA Caroline Kim and the MAN Model 1 Manado community, located in North Sulawesi, came together to fundraise money for relief efforts in Palu, Donggala, and other affected areas. Through a series of Instagram stories, Caroline and the 2018.. Read More.
