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Meet the Fulbright Amizade Participants!

March 11, 2016

top_banner_emailIn March 2016, the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs will sponsor six Fulbright Foreign Student Program students, along with six Fulbright U.S. Student Program alumni to participate in a week-long service-learning program in Williamson, WV led by Amizade Global Service-Learning which empowers individuals and communities through worldwide volunteering.

During their week-long program in Williamson, Fulbrighters will participate in service activities and learning about the town and its history. Williamson is a small rural coal-mining town in Mingo County (WV) that once was home to 10,000 residents and a thriving coal economy in the mid-20th century. However, in recent years, Williamson has experienced a collapsed coal mining industry, a series of devastating floods, and de-population. Now a population of 3,000, community members have joined together to create Sustainable Williamson, the local organization with whom Fulbright students and alumni will be working. Sustainable Williamson is a small team of community organizations that work together to increase access to fresh foods, initiate active living programs, and teach healthy living styles. Throughout the week, the Fulbrighters will be sharing in, and learning how, community members are pioneering and engaging in thoughtful work in order to maintain their cultural framework while also creating a realm of new opportunities.

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Fulbright in Motion

It’s a #FulbrightThanksgiving!

December 1, 2014

Our Fulbright Program recap for last week highlights all the festive Fulbright Thanksgiving meals that occurred around the world! Thanks for sharing your #FulbrightThanksgiving moments with us!

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Fulbright is at the African Studies Association’s 54th Annual Meeting!

November 18, 2011

Come hear Sarah Ilchman, Fulbright Foreign Student Program Assistant Director for Africa, South and Central Asia at the Institute of International Education, and Fulbright U.S. Student Program Alumni Ambassador Michael Stanton (2005-2006, Senegal) present at the 54th Annual African Studies Association Meeting, November 17-19, at the The Marriott Wardman Park Hotel in Washington, DC

For more information about the African Studies Association’s Annual Meeting , click here; to learn more about Michael Stanton’s Fulbright project, click here.