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2010Recipient's Blog

Katie Farrar: Fulbright 2009 (Italy)

Sep 8, 2022

2nd entry:  On February 12, 2010, I witnessed the first snowfall to blanket Rome since February 1986 (oddly enough, exactly two weeks before I was born).  The city was in an uproar: banks closed, traffic was at a standstill, children ran from their classrooms to...

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Katie Farrar: Fulbright 2009 (Italy)

Sep 8, 2022

1st entry:  It is difficult to put into words the sense of awe I feel daily living in Rome.  The Fulbright scholarship I received for Art History has taken me to parts of the city that few (if any) travelers ever see: national libraries, private collections of rare...

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Valerie Dao: Fulbright 2009 (Vietnam)

Sep 8, 2022

The first night I arrived in Ho Chi Minh City was an experience that I will never forget.  The moment the sliding glass doors opened and I stepped out of the airport, I was completely overwhelmed by the sights and sounds of the city.  Once I managed to get a cab...

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Cristian Martinez: NSEP/Boren Recipient, 2009 (Brazil)

Sep 8, 2022

I have made impressive progress with my language skills and I have definitely met my goal to have colloquial fluency.  There is really no comparison between the language study I have had abroad to the one I had at UC Irvine.  When you study a language overseas, you...

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Long-Co Nguyen: Strauss Recipient – 2009 (Vietnam)

Sep 8, 2022

My name is Long-Co Nguyen and I received the Strauss Scholarship in 2009. As a contributor to the SOP blog, I’ll try to give insight on the process of applying for a scholarship and the experiences the scholarship has offered me. And hopefully, upon hearing about...

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Andy Hoang: Fulbright Recipient – 2009 (Thailand)

Sep 8, 2022

“Sawatdi, khrap!,” bellowed the taxi driver as he waved his hand in my direction, calling for my attention.  A sudden chill shot up my back as I ambled my way toward him.  The chill was distinctive.  It was the sort of chill one feels in the wake of illumination. ...

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Matin Khoshnevis: Merage Recipient – 2009

Sep 8, 2022

Matin at a Merage dinner in Washington D.C. I am the coordinator and manager for Modulation of the Inflammatory Response to Brain Death using Hypertonic Saline in a Porcine Model, In UCIMC for Dr. Malinoski, director of the surgical intensive care unit who is a...

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Maryjane Vennat: Goldwater Recipient – 2009

Sep 8, 2022

My name is Maryjane Vennat, and I am currently a third-year biology major and public health minor here at the University of California, Irvine. Early last year, I was truly shocked and honored to be named a 2009 Goldwater Scholar. In fact, my first exposure to...

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