Interested in a meaningful overseas experience?
Consider the U.S. Fulbright Program!
With Special Guests
This program is designed to give students, alumni, faculty, artists, and other professionals opportunities to pursue independent research, graduate study or English teaching experience in over 155 nations worldwide. The application cycle for the 2024-2025 U.S. Fulbright competition is now open!
Join us for an info session to learn about the Fulbright Scholar Program or the Fulbright U.S. Student program, how to apply, and begin brainstorming host country and project ideas with NH Fulbright Association members, Faculty mentors and Fulbright alumni, and meet Anselmian Fulbright Award Recipients, who will discuss their experiences with the grant-writing process and answer questions!
Additional Location Info: 3rd Floor Living Learning Commons (LLC)
Session 1: Fulbright Scholar Program
10:30-11:30 a.m. - for Faculty, Staff and Alumni
Guest speaker: Catherine Johnston Matto
Application and Selection Lead for the Fulbright U.S. Scholar program at the Institute of International Education (IIE). Catherine manages the application system for applicants and peer reviewers, as well as the peer review and selection processes. She joined IIE and the Fulbright Scholar Program in 2009, and has also served as the Regional Lead for South and Central Asia. Previously, Catherine worked at the George Washington University’s Trachtenberg School of Public Policy and Public Administration, where she worked closely with faculty and students to recruit for and administer professional graduate and doctoral degree programs. A native Vermonter, Catherine’s interest in international education was sparked by a gap year in Mumbai, India as a Rotary International Youth Exchange student. Catherine holds a B.A. in international relations from Syracuse University and studied abroad in Strasbourg, France. She holds an M.A. in international education from the George Washington University.
*Catherine will be joining us via zoom from the IIE/Fulbright Offices in Washington, D.C.
Session 2: U.S. Student Fulbright Program
11:30-12:30pm - for Current Students and recently-graduated Alumni
Guest speaker: Willem A deVries
Willem DeVries, emeritus philosophy professor, University of New Hampshire. Member of the NH Fulbright Association. Fulbright Distinguished Lecturer University Vienna, 2005; Fulbright Doctoral fellow Fulbright Commission Germany, 1976-1977, senior research fellow 1982-1983, National Endowment of the Humanities fellow, 1994-1995. Member American Association of University Professors, American Philosophy Association, Society Philosophy and Psychology, N. American Kant Society. Author of Hegel’s Theory of Mental Activity (Cornell U.P. 1988) and Wilfrid Sellars (Routledge, 2005) Author of Hegel’s Theory of Mental Activity (Cornell U.P. 1988) and Wilfrid Sellars (Routledge, 2005).
*Willem will also be joining us via zoom from Hradec Kralove in the Czech Republic where he is currently conducting research.
What is a U.S. Student Fulbright Grant?
It allows for individually designed study/research or an English Teaching Assistantship. You can propose a project and/or study plan that will take place during one academic year in a country outside the U.S.
It provides support for study/research/teaching in a single country. (Limited opportunities exist for traveling to more than one country.) You can meet, work, live with and learn from the people of the host country, sharing daily experiences.
It facilitates cultural exchange. Through direct interaction on an individual basis in the classroom, field, home, and in daily tasks, you can gain an appreciation of others’ viewpoints and beliefs, the way they do things, and the way they think.
It promotes mutual understanding. Through engagement in the community, you can interact with your hosts on a one-to-one basis in an atmosphere of openness, academic integrity, and intellectual freedom.
Complete eligibility details are at http://us.fulbrightonline.org/about/eligibility
See Alumni Fulbright Stories:
Rebecca Jordan ’14,English Major, Fulbright ETA Grant to Germany.
Meaghan Wilson ’20, Spanish and Sociology Major, Fulbright ETA Grant to Peru
For more information, contact:
SAC Fulbright Program Advisor
Prof. Kimberly Kersey-Asbury (Fine Arts) Fulbright Recipient to Botswana
SAC Fulbright Campus Committee Members:
Prof. Sara Smits-Keeney (Sociology)
Prof. Bede Bidlack (Theology) Fulbright Recipient to Taiwan
Prof. Loretta Brady (Psychology) Fulbright Recipient to Cypress
Prof. Dina Frutos-Bencze (Economics & Business) Fulbright Recipient to the Czech Republic
Prof. Paddy Favazza (Education) Fulbright Recipient to Romania
Jane Bjerklie-Barry (Director, Office of International Programs)
Melissa DeLury ’10 (Alumni/Guest Member) Fulbright Recipient to India
SAC Fulbright Program Advising:
https://www.anselm.edu/academics/fulbright-program
