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.