Grantee Stories Edition
Fulbright changed my life. Without the scholarship, I would not have been where I am right now. For me it was the gate to the world, which stretched from life-long individual friendship to professional collaboration and institutional networking. Through its multiplying effect, I believe the Fulbright program has brought about social transformation. In another, more.. Read More.
The Fulbright program was a ‘precious’ experience that facilitated not only my professional development but also my whole being as an individual. The program opened up my horizon as a scholar and as a human being. I could not have been more glad to have the opportunity to participate in the program. Luciana 2007 Fulbright.. Read More.
Having the experience as a Fulbrighter was truly an unforgettable one for me. America turned to be a different story afterward. I was there right on the 9/11 tragedy. I was a Moslem with the same name as the primary suspect of the attack–Mohammed Atta. Yet I was surprised there was no negative impact on.. Read More.
At a personal level, obviously it gives me the opportunity to pursue a higher education degree which opened to an extraordinary door of opportunities. But beyond that, what is more important to me is the network of many people from different background, races, religions, countries which really shift my paradigm to really get that, in.. Read More.
The experience of studying and living in the US had been for me an invaluable part of my life. What makes this experience invaluable is the opportunity that were opened to me to not only study many new academic perspectives at school where I formally enrolled for the last two years but to learn many.. Read More.
I found the Fulbright program to be very enriching, not only intellectually but also culturally. The experience provided me with a greater understanding of the true meaning of life as well as deeper appreciation for all things different. I treasure my years as a Fulbright scholar, and enjoy every minute revisiting the U.S., which I.. Read More.
Fulbright Foreign Language Teaching Assistant is the program that I would keep in my mind and heart for good. Being here in America and teaching Indonesian. Being exposed to American culture changes most of my perception about Americans. In addition, I have the chance to taste international life, meeting with people from all around the world,.. Read More.
Not only to learn but how to learn, not only to succeed but how to be successful. The opportunity given by the Fulbright Program is not only to learn science, knowledge and technology in the U.S., but more also to provide me with character building and life values achievement journey. As a Fulbrighter in 2002,.. Read More.
We don’t understand peace until we lost it. A major evidence that disrupted social, economic, and humanity balance is the terrorist attacks in many countries. We lost peace, we are uprooted from our very existence. Foundation of peace is not love but equality, respect and acceptance. Chrisma Albandjar 2001 Fulbright student to San Francisco State University.. Read More.
The Fulbright program has been so meaningful to me. It has opened my eyes to see the world from which I build my pluralistic world view, to see different cultures from which I build my humanitarian “ideology,” to see the other as part of “us” (our well-beings could only be attained through guaranteeing the well-beings.. Read More.
