{ "name": "Fulbright Travel Grant Info Sessions", "description": "-------- Interested in a meaningful overseas experience?\u00a0 -------------------\n\n.... Consider the U.S. Fulbright Program!\n\n\/With Special Guests\/\n\nThis program is designed to give students, alumni, faculty, artists, and \nother professionals opportunities to pursue independent research, graduate \nstudy or English teaching experience in over 155 nations worldwide. The \napplication cycle for the 2024-2025 U.S. Fulbright competition is now open!\n\u00a0\nJoin us for an info session to learn about the Fulbright Scholar Program or \nthe Fulbright U.S. Student program, how to apply, and begin brainstorming \nhost country and project ideas with NH Fulbright Association members, Faculty \nmentors and Fulbright alumni, and meet \u00a0Anselmian Fulbright Award \nRecipients, who will discuss their experiences with the grant-writing process \nand answer questions!\n\n*Additional Location Info: 3rd Floor Living Learning Commons (LLC)*\n\u00a0\nSession 1: Fulbright Scholar Program\u00a0\n\n*10:30-11:30 a.m. - for Faculty, Staff and Alumni*\n\u00a0\nGuest speaker: Catherine Johnston Matto\n\nApplication and Selection Lead for the Fulbright U.S. Scholar program at the \nInstitute of International Education (IIE). Catherine manages the application \nsystem for applicants and peer reviewers, as well as the peer review and \nselection processes. She joined IIE and the Fulbright Scholar Program in \n2009, and has also served as the Regional Lead for South and Central Asia. \nPreviously, Catherine worked at the George Washington University\u2019s \nTrachtenberg School of Public Policy and Public Administration, where she \nworked closely with faculty and students to recruit for and administer \nprofessional graduate and doctoral degree programs. A native Vermonter, \nCatherine\u2019s interest in international education was sparked by a gap year \nin Mumbai, India as a Rotary International Youth Exchange student. Catherine \nholds a B.A. in international relations from Syracuse University and studied \nabroad in Strasbourg, France. She holds an M.A. in international education \nfrom the George Washington University.\n\/*Catherine will be joining us via zoom from the IIE\/Fulbright Offices in \nWashington, D.C.\/\n\u00a0\n\u00a0\nSession 2: U.S. Student Fulbright Program\n\n*11:30-12:30pm - for Current Students and recently-graduated Alumni*\n\u00a0\nGuest speaker: Willem A deVries\n\nWillem DeVries, emeritus philosophy professor, University of New Hampshire. \nMember of the NH Fulbright Association. Fulbright Distinguished Lecturer \nUniversity Vienna, 2005; Fulbright Doctoral fellow Fulbright Commission \nGermany, 1976-1977, senior research fellow 1982-1983, National Endowment of \nthe Humanities fellow, 1994-1995. Member American Association of University \nProfessors, American Philosophy Association, Society Philosophy and \nPsychology, N. American Kant Society. Author of Hegel\u2019s Theory of Mental \nActivity (Cornell U.P. 1988) and Wilfrid Sellars (Routledge, 2005) Author of \nHegel\u2019s Theory of Mental Activity (Cornell U.P. 1988) and Wilfrid Sellars \n(Routledge, 2005).\u00a0\n\/*Willem will also be joining us via zoom from Hradec Kralove in the Czech \nRepublic where he is currently conducting research.\u00a0\/\n\u00a0\n\n.... What is a U.S. Student Fulbright Grant?\n\n*It allows for individually designed study\/research or an English Teaching \nAssistantship.* You can propose a project and\/or study plan that will take \nplace during one academic year in a country outside the U.S.\n\u00a0\n*It provides support for study\/research\/teaching in a single country.* \n(Limited opportunities exist for traveling to more than one country.) You can \nmeet, work, live with and learn from the people of the host country, sharing \ndaily experiences.\n\u00a0\n*It facilitates cultural exchange.* Through direct interaction on an \nindividual basis in the classroom, field, home, and in daily tasks, you can \ngain an appreciation of others\u2019 viewpoints and beliefs, the way they do \nthings, and the way they think.\n\u00a0\n*\u00a0It promotes mutual understanding.* Through engagement in the community, \nyou can interact with your hosts on a one-to-one basis in an atmosphere of \nopenness, academic integrity, and intellectual freedom.\n\u00a0\nComplete eligibility details are at \nhttp:\/\/us.fulbrightonline.org\/about\/eligibility [1]\n\u00a0\u00a0\n\u00a0\n*See Alumni Fulbright Stories:*\n\u00a0\nRebecca Jordan \u201914,English Major, Fulbright ETA Grant to Germany. [2]\n\u00a0\nMeaghan Wilson \u201920, Spanish and Sociology Major, Fulbright ETA Grant to \nPeru [3]\n\u00a0\n\u00a0\n*For more information, contact:*\n\u00a0\n\/SAC Fulbright Program Advisor\/\nProf. Kimberly Kersey-Asbury [4] (Fine Arts) Fulbright Recipient to Botswana\n\u00a0\n\/SAC Fulbright Campus Committee Members:\/\nProf. Sara Smits-Keeney [5] (Sociology)\nProf. Bede Bidlack [6] (Theology) Fulbright Recipient to Taiwan\nProf. Loretta Brady [7] (Psychology) Fulbright Recipient to Cypress\nProf. Dina Frutos-Bencze [8] (Economics & Business) Fulbright Recipient to \nthe Czech Republic\nProf. Paddy Favazza [9] (Education) Fulbright Recipient to Romania\nJane Bjerklie-Barry [10] (Director, Office of International Programs)\nMelissa DeLury \u201910 (Alumni\/Guest Member) Fulbright Recipient to India\n\n*SAC Fulbright Program Advising:*\nhttps:\/\/www.anselm.edu\/academics\/fulbright-program [11]\n\n\n[1] https:\/\/us.fulbrightonline.org\/about\/eligibility\n[2] https:\/\/criernewsroom.com\/news\/2014\/04\/16\/fulbright-award-recipient-rebecca-jordan-to-teach-english-in-germany-after-graduation\/\n[3] https:\/\/www.anselm.edu\/node\/25741\n[4] https:\/\/www.anselm.edu\/node\/6381\n[5] https:\/\/www.anselm.edu\/node\/6376\n[6] https:\/\/www.anselm.edu\/node\/6666\n[7] https:\/\/www.anselm.edu\/node\/6051\n[8] https:\/\/www.anselm.edu\/node\/6876\n[9] https:\/\/www.anselm.edu\/node\/26561\n[10] https:\/\/www.anselm.edu\/node\/7626\n[11] https:\/\/www.anselm.edu\/node\/4841\n", "startDate": "2023-05-05", "startTime": "10:30", "endDate": "2023-05-05", "endTime": "12:30", "label": "Add to Calendar", "options": [ "Apple", "Google", "iCal", "Microsoft365", "MicrosoftTeams", "Outlook.com", "Yahoo" ], "timeZone": "America\/New_York", "trigger": "click", "listStyle": "modal", "iCalFileName": "anselm-event-9496", "location": "Living-Learning Commons (LLC)" }