Fulbright-Hays Scholarship Recipient Profile: Patrick Fox
Note: The Spring 2020 semester was interrupted by the global COVID-19 pandemic. Participants returned home in the middle of the semester and continued their studies remotely. Patrick Fox reflects on his experience while on the Eurasian Regional Language Program in Dushanbe, Tajikistan as a Fulbright-Hays Group Projects Abroad scholarship recipient. This story was originally shared […]
Dan Davidson Fellowship Essay: Samuel McKnight
This story was originally shared on February 10, 2020. “Russia and U.S.-Russia relations are what get me out of bed in the morning.” That’s what I told a political science class at Roanoke College, my home institution. The professor, after having heard about my experience and read some of my written work, had invited me […]
Fulbright-Hays Scholarship Recipient Profile: Hannah Shipman
Hannah Shipman reflects on the value of study abroad and lessons learned while living abroad on the Advanced Russian Language and Area Studies Program in Moscow as a Fulbright-Hays Group Projects Abroad scholarship recipient. This story was originally shared on November 17, 2019. This summer I took one of the most wild rides of my […]
Fulbright-Hays Scholarship Recipient Profile: Alexi Kim
This story was originally shared on September 12, 2019. In this video, Alexi Kim shares her daily routine (all in Russian!) while on the Advanced Russian Language and Area Studies Program in Moscow as a Fulbright-Hays Group Projects Abroad scholarship recipient. To view the video, please click here! Before studying in Moscow, my main fears were: […]
Fulbright-Hays Scholarship Recipient Profile: Christian Witman
This story was originally shared on April 9, 2019. Thinking back on my study abroad experience isn’t something that requires much effort. After living almost four months in Russia, that experience has become part of who I am. What is studying abroad anyway? It can be scary, fun, awarding, essentially what it comes down to […]
Fulbright-Hays Scholarship Recipient Profile: Sean Heyneman
Sean Heyneman reflects on his semester on the Eurasian Regional Language Program in Dushanbe as a Fulbright-Hays Group Projects Abroad scholarship recipient. This story was originally shared on April 1, 2019. In Fall 2018, I had the distinct pleasure to take part in the Eurasian Regional Language Program in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, where I studied Farsi, […]
Dan Davidson Fellowship Essay: Emili Yiu
This story was originally shared on February 11, 2020. This past summer I had the honor of receiving the Dan E. Davidson Fellowship, which allowed me to further my Chinese studies at National Cheng Kung University in Tainan, Taiwan. Throughout my time in the program, I found myself gravitating to the locals in Tainan and […]
Fulbright-Hays Scholarship Recipient Profile: Reid Harrison
Fulbright-Hays Group Projects Abroad scholarship recipient Reid Harrison discusses his experiences leading up to and during his participation on the Advanced Russian Language and Area Studies Program in Moscow. This story was originally shared on July 21, 2017. When I began learning Russian during my first semester of college, I was unsure of whether I […]
Fulbright-Hays Scholarship Recipient Profile: Laura Howells
After two semesters studying Russian language at Bowdoin College, I set out for the unseasonably warm Russian capital city. Lacking confidence in simple phrases and grammatical structures, I was unsure, even, of what I knew and didn’t know. The night before leaving I was a nervous wreck. I jotted down a few frenetic notes in […]
A Postcard From Aspindza
Hospitality in the Caucasus is deservedly legendary, and I have had the good fortune of experiencing it firsthand while visiting Georgia over the years. Even short taxi rides were often memorable encounters.