Recipient’s Blog
Christina Zdenek, Fulbright, Australia
After completing my 3-yr-long master and getting it accepted by The Australian National University, I took 4 months to top up my funds and climb some trees. I was an installation manager for Mobile Illumination, Inc., wrapping big trees with Christmas lights for,...
Mark Sueyoshi, Indonesia, Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship
Nearly a year has passed since I returned from my Fulbright Teaching Assistantship in Indonesia. Currently, I am taking pre-medical courses at City University of New York, Hunter College in New York City to eventually pursue a medical degree, one day. The shift in...
Liane Grant, France, English Teaching Assistantship
Hello! My name is Liane; I graduated from UCI in 2011 with a bachelor’s degree in French and I’m in France through the TAPIF (Teaching Assistant Program in France). This means that the French Government hired me to be an English Teaching Assistant for 7 months...
Michelle Tsai: Fulbright, Mexico, English Teaching Assistantship
Last post: Nine months is not enough to truly enjoy all that Mexico, or any other country, has to offer. One of the greatest aspects of the Fulbright ETA is that your schedule mirrors your students’ schedule so you get a lot of free time to explore your interests...
Megan Braun: Rhodes Scholar, Oxford, England
First post: Oxford is a series of contradictions- both ancient and modern, charming and exasperating, intimate and aloof, egalitarian and hierarchical. The system of exams and tutorials dates back centuries and yet Oxford is in the grips of the modern higher...
Mark Sueyoshi, Indonesia, Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship
Here are Mark’s final thoughts on his time in Indonesia: Two years ago I found myself overlooking the United Nations’ New York headquarters listening to past recipients and some Fulbright admission staff. Students tuned in via video conference from across the...
Alex Colavin, Strauss applicant who funded his project without winning
Sometimes not winning a scholarship is not the end of the world, or the end of a proposed project. Strauss applicant Alex Colavin, who proposed a community garden at UCI, did not win a Strauss Scholarship. But with tenacity and vision, he ended up getting the...
Michelle Tsai: Fulbright, Mexico, Teaching Assistantship
Hola from Mexico! I have been in Queretaro, Mexico for about 2 months now on a Fulbright teaching assistantship. Aside from teaching four days a week, I have been trying to absorb as much culture as I can. I recently started to take a class on how to make Mexican...
Jason Molina: Fulbright, Mexico
I am currently working at Rothschild, Mexico and taking MBA courses at the Autonomous Technological Institute of Mexico through my Fulbright binational business scholarship. It has been three months since embarking on my experience and I have not been...
Mark Sueyoshi: Fulbright, Indonesia, English Teaching Assistantship
The 4:30 AM call to prayer has become a part of my daily soundtrack to life in Indonesia. Torrential rains are often a signal to the end of my day. Each teaching day I hear the chorus of “Hello Mr. Mark” as numerous students either give me an oddly familiar...
