By Oyundari Ganbaatar, Foreign Fulbright Student, Mongolia When I first received the email inviting me to attend the weeklong Fulbright-Amizade service-learning program in Williamson, West Virginia, I was excited to share the great news…
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By Karen Jimeno, Fulbright Foreign Student, the Philippines The first time I heard about Williamson, West Virginia, I had no clue where it was. Growing up in the Philippines, I had heard about New…
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By Sarah Lightfoot Vidal, Fulbright U.S. Student to Chile (Engineering) In March 2014, I began the biggest adventure of my life to date—a Fulbright research fellowship with el Centro de Investigación de Polímeros Avanzados…
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Written by Mallory Carpenter, Fulbright Program Advisor, Marshall University, Huntington, WV As a West Virginia native and first generation college student, hearing that fellowship applicants from West Virginia are like “unicorns” took me by…
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Written by Steven Tagle, Fulbright US Student to Greece 2016-17 When I describe my year in Greece, I often feel like I’m describing a place I imagined rather than a place that actually exists.…
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By Niecea Freeman, Fulbright ETA to Czech Republic 2018-2019 “How about: It’s quality, not quantity?” my dad proposed, wearing a grin. We were brainstorming city slogans for Loyalton, California, my hometown of 800 people…