This week, the newly selected 2011 Fulbright U.S. Student Program Alumni Ambassadors will meet in Washington, DC to receive training and tips on how they can help promote and recruit for the Fulbright U.S. Student Program. Staff members from the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs and the Institute of International Education (IIE), along with Fulbright Alumni Ambassadors from the 2010 cohort, will share the basics on what to include in a Fulbright presentation and emphasize the unique, important role that they will play this year in inspiring American students, Fulbright Program Advisers, college administrators – and anyone interested in the program – to learn more about it and the power of cultural exchange.
The Fulbright U.S. Student Alumni Ambassador Program was established in 2008 to identify, train and engage a select group of approximately 15 Fulbright U.S. Student Program alumni to serve as representatives, recruiters, and spokespeople for the Fulbright Program. They are selected annually through recommendations from Fulbright Commissions and U.S. Embassy staff, area managers, the Fulbright Student Program Outreach Division, and approved by the sponsor of the Fulbright Program, the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. Fulbright Alumni Ambassadors come from an array of different ethnic and socio-economic backgrounds, states, fields of study, institutions and have participated in the Fulbright U.S. Student Program in all world areas.
Fulbright Alumni Ambassadors represent the program’s rich diversity and play a key role in increasing knowledge about Fulbright opportunities. They provide testimonials about their Fulbright experiences at conferences and campus presentations and offer application tips in written articles, video and podcast interviews, Webinars, and at special events throughout the United States. The Fulbright U.S. Student Program relies on the Fulbright Alumni Ambassadors to mentor potential applicants, sharing what a Fulbright grant is really like, along with how to successfully address the challenges of living abroad, and how to best meet the Fulbright Program’s ultimate goal – to increase mutual understanding between the people of the U.S. and the people of other countries.
Here’s a preview of the 2011 group:
- Ryan Alaniz
Current City: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Undergraduate Institution: California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
Fulbright U.S. Student Fellow in Sociology – Honduras, 2009-2010
Email: RAlaniz.AlumniAmbassador@fulbrightmail.org - Angela Koi Bacon
Current City: Dallas, Texas
Undergraduate Institution: Howard University
Fulbright English Teaching Assistant – Thailand, 2007-2008
Email: ABacon.AlumniAmbassador@fulbrightmail.org - Hillel Bavli
Current City: Cambridge, Massachusetts
Undergraduate Institution: Boston University
Fulbright U.S. Student Fellow in Economics – Israel, 2008-2009
Email: HBavli.AlumniAmbassador@fulbrightmail.org - William H. Bridges IV
Current City: Princeton, New Jersey
Undergraduate Institution: The University of Texas, Austin
Fulbright U.S. Student Fellow in Literature – Japan, 2009-2010
Email: WBridges.AlumniAmbassador@fulbrightmail.org - Keith Buzby
Current City: Washington, DC
Undergraduate Institution: St. Mary’s College of Maryland
Fulbright English Teaching Assistant – Vietnam, 2008-2009
Email: KBuzby.AlumniAmbassador@fulbrightmail.org - Regina Carter
Current City: Urbana, Illinois
Undergraduate Institution: University of South Carolina-Columbia
Fulbright English Teaching Assistant – Indonesia, 2008-2009
Email: RCarter.AlumniAmbassador@fulbrightmail.org - Emily Hagemeister
Current City: Fargo, North Dakota
Undergraduate Institution: North Dakota State University
Fulbright English Teaching Assistant – Jordan, 2009-2010
Email: EHagemeister.AlumniAmbassador@fulbrightmail.org - Nicole Harper
Current City: Cleveland, Ohio
Undergraduate Institution: Eastern Michigan University
Fulbright U.S. Student Fellow in Education – Slovenia, 2007-2008
E-mail: NHarper.AlumniAmbassador@fulbrightmail.org - Justin L. Hill
Current City: Southaven, Mississippi
Undergraduate Institution: University of Chicago
Fulbright U.S. Student Fellow in Law – Barbados, 2009-2010
Email: JHill.AlumniAmbassador@fulbrightmail.org - Hannah Kay
Current City: St. Louis, Missouri
Undergraduate Institution: Truman State University
Fulbright English Teaching Assistant – Russia, 2008-2009
Email: HKay.AlumniAmbassador@fulbrightmail.org - Aparna Kumar
Current City: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Undergraduate Institution: University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign
Fulbright U.S. Student Fellow in Public Health – Mozambique, 2007-2008
Email: AKumar.AlumniAmbassador@fulbrightmail.org - Liz Lance
Current City: Columbia, Missouri
Undergraduate Institution: University of Wisconsin-Madison
Fulbright U.S. Student Fellow in Journalism – Nepal, 2008-09
Email: LLance.AlumniAmbassador@fulbrightmail.org - Kathya Maria Landeros
Current City: Boston, Massachusetts
Undergraduate Institution: Vassar College
Fulbright U.S. Student Fellow in Photography – Mexico, 2007-2008
Email: KLanderos.AlumniAmbassador@fulbrightmail.org - Anna Makowski
Current City: Eugene, Oregon
Undergraduate Institution: University of Idaho
Fulbright English Teaching Assistant – Colombia, 2008-2009
Email: AMakowski.AlumniAmbassador@fulbrightmail.org - Mohsin Mohi-Ud-Din
Current City: New York, New York
Undergraduate Institution: Fordham University
Fulbright U.S Student Fellow in Education – Morocco, 2009-2010
Email: MMohi-Ud-Din.AlumniAmbassador@fulbrightmail.org - Cris Ramon
Current City: Washington, DC
Undergraduate Institution: Macalester College
Fulbright U.S. Student Fellow in Law – Spain, 2008-2009
Email: CRamon.AlumniAmbassador@fulbrightmail.org - Dahlia Gratia Setiyawan
Current City: Los Angeles, California
Undergraduate Institution: University of Pennsylvania
Fulbright U.S. Student Fellow in History – Indonesia, 2008 – 2009
Email: DSetiyawan.AlumniAmbassador@fulbrightmail.org - Kerri Shadid
Current City: New York, New York
Undergraduate Institution: The University of Oklahoma
Fulbright U.S. Student Fellow in International Relations – Canada, 2007-2008
Email: KShadid.AlumniAmbassador@fulbrightmail.org - Terrell Jermaine Starr
Current City: New York, New York
Undergraduate Institution: Philander Smith College
Fulbright U.S. Student Fellow in Journalism – Ukraine, 2009-2010
Email: TStarr.AlumniAmbassador@fulbrightmail.org
We encourage you to check the Fulbright U.S. Student Program website in the coming weeks to read their full bios and see their photos.
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