ThankYouFulbright

This page has been pretty quiet for a while.
Senator Fulbright was born 115 years ago -- on April 9, 1905. While we missed the actual date (because of Covid), perhaps it would still be nice to share how a Fulbright scholarship changed your life.

Senator Fulbright was born on April 9, 1905. For the last few years, Fulbright grantees and alumni have gathered together on the anniversary of his birth to celebrate Fulbright's idea, to share how a Fulbright scholarship changed lives, and to meet potential partners for current or future projects. What are your plans for Saturday, April 9?

Reminder that the anniversary of the Birthday of Senator Fulbright is coming up in a few months. As in past years, individual alums and alumni groups are invited to host an event on April 9 in celebration of his birthday.

Here is an article on Dr. Zorica Pantic, the president of Wentworth Institute of Technology who came to the United States in 1984 as a Fulbrighter shortly after getting her doctorate in engineering. Her Fulbright took her to the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign for postdoctoral research in applied electromagnetics.

www.bostonglobe.com

Fulbrighters are meeting in Washington on April 4 (Saturday) for the third TEDxFulbright program. It may not on his birthday, but it's still a wonderful way to have fellowship. www.tedxfulbright.org

TEDxFulbright | x = Independently organized TED event

The Fulbrighters in Tunisia are meeting for Lunch at the Mediterranean School of Business on Wednesday, April 9 to celebrate Fulbright's birthday. Who will you be having lunch with that Wednesday?

Several Fulbrighters are meeting at the Draper Labs in Cambridge, Mass, for Lunch on Wednesday, April 9 to celebrate Fulbright's birthday. Who will you be having lunch with on Wednesday?

Our website for collecting letters for the 2014 campaign is up and running. It's a simple site to meet a basic goal - to make it easy for you and others to send a thank you letter to an Ambassador in Washington.
www.thankyoufulbright.org

http://www.thankyoufulbright.org/

A 173-page collection of public Thank You Fulbright letters written by Fulbrighters in 2013 is available for download by clicking the link below.

2013 Public Collection of Thank You Fulbright Letters.pdf - Google Drive

This two page PDF file has sample Thank You Fulbright letters from 2013

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5Fm9xFh1BAMYTVHVlNkV2x2ZFk/edit?usp=sharing

2013 TYF Collection - sample.pdf - Google Drive

Finishing up the report on Thank You Fulbright 2013 and activities done in various parts of the world. Outreach by people from Argentina to Iceland. Programs in Honduras to Singapore. Total participation: over 800 people.

To Ambassador of Peru to the United States:

Your Excellency:

I write as a former Fulbright Scholar in Peru during 1974-75 during which I had the great pleasure of conducting research on the and fiscal and equity implications of migration to Lima in cooperation with the Consejo Provincial de Lima.

My year in Lima was among the most formative and productive of my life. With my wife and two young children, we experienced everyday the warmth and cordiality of the Limenos as well as Peru's cultural richness and extraordinary physical beauty. These experiences helped shape my passion of international affairs and global studies that continues to this day at both a professional and personal level. For that, I am eternally grateful to the Fulbright program which made it all possible.

Cordially,
Allen L. White, Ph.D.