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Cristiana Grigore - Seven Steps to Fulbright |
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Cristiana Grigore - Romanian Fulbright Grantee 2009-2010, Vanderbilt University, Peabody College of Education & Human Development, TN
Man in the Mirror: if there is one thing that I would say about the Fulbright selection process…it is mostly about attitude. After the initial selection, I had an interview. Diana Constantinescu wanted to be there for me and we arrived just 2 minutes before the scheduled time. It was only nine in the morning when the commission kindly asked whether I was nervous about being the first interviewee. I responded that actually I had been looking forward to talking to them for a long time. Then I started discussing non-formal education, multidisciplinarity etc. For me it was a discussion; I didn’t even feel like it was an interview. Afterwords, I went out for a tea with Diana, and I had the feeling that (ful)bright days were dawning.
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Darius Brubeck - Mid-term report from jazzman in Cluj |
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U.S. Fulbright Grantee 2009-2010, affiliated at Academy of Music G.Dima, Cluj
My Fulbright commitment to the Gheorghe Dima Academy of Music in Cluj-Napoca is more than half completed, but some more good things are on the way.
Members of my band will arrive from the UK and South Africa to play a concert with Romanian vocalist Teodora Enache at the Atheneum on May 5th as part of the Spring Jazz Festival, then we all go up to Cluj for a similar concert at the Teatrul Maghiara on May 7th, a ‘jam session’ later that night at the famous Diesel Club and, of course, a workshop for students at the Academy and the House of Student Culture late at night on the 6th. Organizing this relatively modest tour under ever-changing circumstances (e.g. the sudden closure of Cluj airport May 6th – 10th) was challenging. However, my wife and manager, Catherine with help from the US Consulate and American Cultural Center, who are celebrating a 100th anniversary of their relationship with Romania, made sure the show goes on. Mike Rossi (an ex Fulbright Specialist), Teodora Enache and I are happy to play at the Embassy at a special event on May 4th.
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Virgil Florin Duma |
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Senior Fulbright Grantee 2009-2010, Optical Engineering University of Rochester, The Institute of Optics
The US universities experience is a must – I think – in the life of any established or young researcher. It means the contact with a highly professional and competitive academic environment. I have to say that I was pretty amazed (and delighted) myself about the amount of work and the commitment encountered in the top university I am as a Fulbright Senior Researcher, for this academic year (Oct. 2009-June 2010). University of Rochester (UoR) is rated 77 in the international ranking of universities (Shanghai criterion), but #1 in Optics in the USA. Its Institute of Optics, where I am a Visiting Professor for my Fulbright Fellowship really demonstrates that place.
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Jennifer Gable and the American Culture Club at Transilvania University in Brasov |
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Jennifer Gable - US Fulbright Grantee 2009-2010, Transilvania University in Brasov
“The American Culture Club at Transilvania University aims to inform and inspire the Brasov community about everything American! We hold one or two events every month. Most of our larger events revolve around famous American holidays, including Halloween, Thanksgiving, and Martin Luther King Day. We threw a great Halloween costume party and held a historical re-enactment of the "real" Thanksgiving (a story not often told). We also screen films, hold presentations and debates, and invite guest speakers from around the country.
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Anca Topliceanu |
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Junior Fulbright Grantee 2008-2009, Public Relations, Ball State University
Dear Fulbright Applicants,
The first days of December remind me of the feelings I had last year, while waiting for Fulbright Commission’s answer on my application, and of all the questions I had in mind. Above all, there was always the “What it would be like” question.
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