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Alumni Projects
Alumni grant projects are as creative as the people who apply for them! Below are descriptions of just a few projects funded by alumni grants. Alumni projects have been in the arts, computer science, student exchanges, curriculum development, intercultural communication between classrooms in the U.S. and abroad, community service and many other areas. All projects were devised and carried out by committed alumni who submitted a proposal for a Fulbright Teacher Exchange Alumni Grant...
The overarching goal of a Fulbright alumni grant is to maintain educational and cultural relationships after the Fulbright Teacher or Administrator Exchange has concluded. Currently, all teachers and administrators who have completed a Fulbright exchange are eligible to apply. We encourage joint projects between U.S. and international partners. Grant proposals are reviewed periodically. Criteria include basic eligibility, maintaining a connection with the host school, creativity, value of project in light of the funding amount, and a focused project agenda that can be completed in a realistic period of time. Grants are funded by the Teacher Exchange Branch, U.S. Department of State, and are administered by the Graduate School, USDA. To apply, see Alumni Grants.
- Creative Projects for Intercultural Communication.
- Student Exchanges.
- Staff development.
- Welcoming international grantees to the United States and assisting them adjust.
- Provide new teaching methodologies.
- Technology-sharing to enhance learning and communication.
- Alumni Outreach.
Creative Projects for Intercultural Communication.
Martin Van Opdorp (Argentina, 2002) and his Argentine counterpart followed up their cross-cultural exchange by documenting student achievements and creativity in a videotaped collage format. While on exchange, the two had shared student ideas and brief autobiographies in two publications. They then deepened this connection between their two communities by compiling video vignettes of students living and learning in their respective towns and schools. In their alumni grant project, "Armagentinica: A Video Anthology of Voices, Vistas, and Verse," they built a showcase portfolio of student-centered activities, which were tied to student writing projects about school activities and current events. Partial shipping, editing and copying costs were supported with Fulbright alumni grant funds. The final product, a video, was reproduced and distributed to participating teachers (in compatible video formats), each of the participating schools, the local Rotary Club, the Fulbright Teacher Exchange Program, and local access television.
Kathleen Velo of Tucson, Arizona (United Kingdom, 2003) conceived the idea of an exchange exhibition during her exchange year at Northampton College in the United Kingdom, when she discussed similarities and differences between the two cities and cultures with students and other teaching staff. The teaching artists at Northampton College, as well as those in the Tucson Artist Group, enthusiastically embraced the idea of an exhibition. Both groups quickly secured venues to make such a project possible. Each artist created work that responded to the theme of "Bridges." The main objectives of this exchange exhibit were to create an intercultural dialogue that would bridge stereotypes and perceptions that artists and students in each country might have about their counterparts "across the pond"; create artistic, educational, cultural, and personal connections between two communities on an international scale; examine contrasts of light, color, texture and form, as well as environmental contrasts (art from the desert of the Southwestern United States as contrasted with art from the lush Midlands of England); and challenge participating artists to create work with the intention of linking cultures. The project also provided artistic and professional growth to artists and the students of the artists involved, coordinated and strengthened a group of artists within each community, enhancing their understanding of a global network, and offered support on an international level to artists from diverse political, intellectual and cultural backgrounds. There were numerous gallery talks and workshops held during both phases of the project. Five Tucson artists traveled to England for the exhibition in August 2005, and at least three British artists will attend the exhibition in Tucson in February 2006.
Armando Frias (Chile, 2000, Mexico, 2003), while a Fulbrighter in Chile, observed and enjoyed the many puppet theaters in the parks during the weekends. 
It was then that he decided to start a professional puppet theater as part of his classroom teaching. He saw it as a fine extracurricular activity for students that would promote both the educational programs of his school and the goals of the Fulbright program. Following some research on the Internet, he realized that the art of puppeteering is truly international, widely used and profoundly cultural. After constructing a portable canvas, theater structure and original scripts, decorations and puppets, Mr. Frias sponsored a Puppeteer Club in his school. He identified, encouraged and trained a dozen students who became committed puppeteers. An alumni grant supported sound-equipment rental for seven puppet shows at his Indianapolis school and at schools in the surrounding area. In the next few years, he plans to expand the project to include children's hospitals and cultural festivals. Drug-Free Marion County and Total Commitment of Indianapolis, two non-profit student-advocate organizations, were co-sponsors.
Student Exchanges.
Kathleen Swanson (France, 1995) wanted to continue contact with her colleagues at the Lycee Amiral Ronarc'h in Brest, France and also develop opportunities for her students in French and English classes to use their language skills. During the 1996-1997 school year, correspondence between classes and individual students was initiated. In spring 1998, a group of students from Summit High School in Colorado traveled to Brest, where students from the Lycee Amiral Ronarc'h hosted them. In the spring of 1999 and 2001, students from Brest came to Colorado, and once again in the spring of 2000 and 2002 students from Colorado went to Brest. Thirty-one students from Brest came to Colorado in April 2003. Alumni grant funds assisted with partial funding for ground transportation, educational, recreational and cultural student activities. The principal goal of the continuing exchange was to strengthen students' verbal and written communication skills in the languages that they were studying in school, i.e. English and French. Both prior to and following their travel, the students corresponded via letter/e-mail. Once in the host country, staying with host families provided an excellent opportunity to improve their language skills. Although the French students visited during a time of strained relations between the United States and France, all students were warmly welcomed into the Colorado community. In summer 2003, three students traveled to France to visit the students they had recently hosted.
David Morgan (Romania, 2002), along with his exchange partner from Romania, Elvira Palffy, initiated a project called Expanding Horizons: Bringing the Cultural Exchange to the Student Level. 
David and Nancy Morgan hosted the 2 first students, who lived with them and attended Puyallup High School in Puyallup, Washington for a year. The first step in this grant program was to spread the academic and cultural exchange from the teacher level to the student level. Ms. Palffy, from the Romanian side, assisted two students in completing required forms, advised the students and their families, prepared the students for the visa interview, discussed with them cultural and academic differences that might occur during the exchange, obtained permission from the Romanian school inspectorate for the exchanges and helped coordinate obtaining airline tickets, transportation, and consulate appointments. Future plans include expanding the program to include students from Puyallup traveling on a cultural exchange to their sister school in Romania. One student plans to visit Transylvania and live with a host family during the summer of 2006 and two other students have made plans to visit Romania in the coming year. In Washington, two families have agreed to host a student during the 2006-07 school year.
Staff Development.
Audra Kasparian (Argentina, 2002) was awarded grant funds for the La Sal Connection Guest Teacher Program 
to give pre-teachers of English from Argentina the opportunity to teach and observe in a U.S. classroom. The La Sal (the salt) Connection was designed to continue the Fulbright spirit between Salt Lake City, Utah and Salta, Argentina. Ms. Kasparian and her exchange partner Mrs. Pilar Vinuales de Seppi and their students participated. This program gave one of Mrs. Seppi's students, who is a pre-teacher of English, an opportunity to come to the U.S. for one month. The pre-teacher had the opportunity to observe and teach ESOL and Spanish classes in the U.S., improve language skills and share inter-cultural understanding.
Steve Weissburg (South Africa, 2002), after completing his teacher exchange in math, realized that an administrative exchange would help to strengthen ties between his home community of Ithaca, New York and his host community of Oukasie, South Africa. Mr. Simon Malebye, Deputy Principal from Botlhabelo High School, spent six weeks in Ithica work-shadowing administrators and observing middle and high school classes. He visited other schools in the region, including primary schools. Mr. Malebye also met with school psychologists, social workers and guidance counselors, and observed their work with students. He met with school and local health officials to discuss efforts to fight HIV/AIDS and to reduce teenage pregnancy. Mr. Malebye participated in conferences and seminars held at Ithaca College and Cornell University on improving communication between university teacher education programs and local school districts. He also was involved in a two-day U.S. Department of Justice-sponsored retreat with students, where staff members focused on race issues in the high school. He spoke to the local school board meeting, to parents at the high school's "Parents Night", and to students attending classes. The local media and school newspaper interviewed him and he took part in a student video project, which recorded his impressions of the United States. Mr. Weissburg and Mr. Malebye continue to collaborate on two projects: First, to raise money for scholarships for South African students, and second, to send computers to South African schools. Mr. Malebye was looking forward to providing local support in South Africa for another U.S. teacher exchanging to his home area in January 2005.
Welcoming international grantees to the United States and assisting them in their adjustment to teaching in the U.S.
Carol Schmidt (Germany, 1998), Sally Kelso (France, 2000), Tom Oliver (Estonia, 2000), Cheryl Oliver (Estonia, 2000), Bob Connell (South Africa, 2000) and Sue Connell (South Africa, 2000) were awarded alumni grant funds to host a Western Washington alumni dinner following the Fulbright Fall Regional Workshop in Seattle, a workshop to assist international teachers on exchange in the United States for a semester or year. The Western Washington alumni felt this was a great opportunity for international teachers to meet Fulbright alumni and 
to build a sense of community with people who have been in a similar position of living and teaching abroad. The dinner also provided an opportunity for American teachers and families, who had just returned from their exchange, to share their experiences with those who participated in previous years. Forty-three people attended this successful event. Several of the foreign teachers spent two nights in the Seattle area as guests of former Fulbrighters. Another get-together was planned for 2004. A former Fulbright family generously offered its home to host the event. With the leadership of Tom and Cheryl Oliver, the Western Washington alumni group continued its new tradition into 2005, when it hosted a third alumni dinner.
The Colorado International Teachers' Exchange League (CITEL) received an alumni grant for a special alumni event in the Colorado Springs area. The goal was to bring area alumni and new grantees together for discussion and activity in an informal setting. The grant was used prior to the Mountain States Fall Regional Workshop, a meeting of international grantees on exchange for a year or semester to the United States. On the day of the event, forty people gathered in a park in Manitou Springs, Colorado. All the current international Fulbright exchangees and some of their families, their host school administrators, workshop advisors and their families, as well as Fulbright alumni and their family members participated in the event.
Provide new teaching methodologies.
Farah Ghani (UK to Virginia, 2003) and Christine LaMarca (United Kingdom, 2003) created a multi-sensory room for Centreville, Virginia, High School's program for students with severe mental retardation and autism. The room is similar to those regularly used in the United Kingdom to assist special education students. Because many of these students have sensory integration dysfunction, they rely upon sensory stimulation to achieve their learning goals. With alumni grant funding, the multi-sensory room was equipped with special lighting and sound effects used to support learning experiences and promote increased awareness and positive behaviors. Multi-sensory rooms can enhance skills such as sensory development (hearing, sight, taste, smell and touch), hand-eye coordination, cause and effect, language development, control over one's environment and relaxation. For students with self-injurious behavior (such as Autism Syndrome Disorder), the gentle stimulation has a soothing effect and helps to relieve agitation by promoting relaxation. With higher functioning students, the room can be used as a tool to achieve specific measurable goals. The multi-sensory room is long term addition to Centreville High School's infrastructure and has become an integral part of this school's program for students and teachers.
Camille Wright (Argentina, 2002) and her administrative exchange partner, Silvana Massola of Manfredi, Argentina, became good friends and realized that the exchange opened people's minds about each other's country. They developed an interactive CD/E-book to highlight their experiences in the Fulbright Administrative Exchange Program and to provide educational and cultural information through links to related web-sites. This CD/E-book, entitled Opening Doors for Inside to Outside, is a tool to promote the Fulbright program, the benefits of cultural exchange, and the general understanding of the U.S. and Argentine cultures. It is written in both English and Spanish and may be viewed on the Internet or compact disc. The CD/E-book also features video and audio footage of interviews of parents, students, and others involved in some way with the exchange. Teachers may use the e-book to teach about people from the other country, their customs and their culture. Students have the opportunity to learn about government, geography, and climate. Each page of the CD/E-book links the viewer to interactive information, including maps, educational web-sites, cultural web-sites, and government sites, including the Fulbright Teacher Exchange Program.
David Conarroe (United Kingdom, 2001) received an alumni grant to defray costs for the Aspen High School Girls Basketball Team Study/Tournament tour of Northern Ireland. In June 2005, the team was invited to participate in the Cooperation Ireland Cross-Community Friendship Basketball tournament at the University of Ulster in Jordanstown, outside Belfast. Aspen High School was invited to serve as the first American high school team ever to participate in this sort of international basketball tournament in Belfast. One of the opponents was the All Ireland girls basketball secondary school champion. The other teams were selected as representatives from both "sides" of the community in the on-going sectarian conflict that has divided Belfast and Northern Ireland. In addition to basketball games, participants also attended workshops designed to enhance leadership, conflict resolution, communication, and cooperation skills. The tour provided an intimate look at the scars of conflict, as well as the hopes for peace for the people of Northern Ireland.
Technology-sharing to enhance learning and communication.
Joanne Denning (United Kingdom, 2004) initiated a project to strengthen connections between Southborough (UK) and Stafford schools through curriculum and technology. Her plan included team-teaching with her exchange partner Dawn Hughes. They planned many curriculum topics for their students, such as writing and math projects, as well as ecological studies, including the study of rivers and the water cycle. To strengthen the technology used on both sides for the projects, good communications were established between the computer departments at both Southborough and Stafford to identify the kind of technology and systems needed to make a curriculum linkage successful. The plan was met with support and encouragement from the head teacher and the board of governors at the Southborough School in the UK and at the Stafford School in the U.S. Funds helped support the establishment of video-conferencing between the two schools to instruct in their respective classrooms and create more communication among students. Through the project, Ms. Denning and Ms. Hughes learned how to send each other movies (via the computer) of student activities and of their own teaching, including exchanging lesson plans. E-mail pen pals have also been established between two classes of students.
Dana Ramey (Mexico, 2003) continued his exchange connection between Middletown High School 
in Rhode Island and the Secundaria Tecnica Numero 40, a foreign language secondary school, in Cuautla, Morelos, Mexico. Through a special grant sponsored by The U.S.-Mexico Commission for Educational and Cultural Exchange, the school in Mexico purchased computers and an online connection was added. Students in Cuautla and Middletown were able to communicate by e-mail and chat on a listserv administered by Mr. Ramey and his colleague Luis Oliveira. To address concerns about tampering, virus protection and training, the Fulbright alumni grant supported transportation for two technology trainers. The trainers provided a weeklong training session for teachers at the Secundaria Tecnica Numero 40 in the use of computer technology for teaching/learning and managing of grades for teachers. Software training on the use of Word, PowerPoint and Excel were highlighted. Time was dedicated to provide administrative training to lock-down the computers, make necessary repairs, provide a site license for virus protection and internet security including Internet filtering control, spam blockers, intrusion detection and firewall. The completed training for teachers and administrators ensures a continued connection between students at Secundaria Tecnica Numero 40 and Middletown High School.
Alumni Outreach.
In the past few years, many alumni have assisted the Fulbright Teacher Exchange Program's outreach efforts by setting up a booth at educational conferences across the country. In most cases, grant funds paid for booth rental fees. The following is an honor roll of those individuals and groups of alumni who have received grants between 2003 and 2006 to conduct outreach on behalf of Fulbright at conferences.
| 2003 | |
|---|---|
| Debbie Maclin-Schmeckpepper (Argentina, 2001) | South Carolina Foreign Language Teacher Association |
| Margie Roberts (Colombia, 1993) | South Carolina Foreign Language Teacher Association |
| Mary Wall (Senegal, 1998) | South Carolina Foreign Language Teacher Association |
| Mary Ann Wahl | South Carolina Foreign Language Teacher Association |
| Cate Hagarty (Colombia, 2001) | Foreign Language Association of North Carolina |
| Laurie Coker (United Kingdom, 1994) | Texas Council of Teachers of English |
| John Ahne (United Kingdom, 1995) | Texas Council of Teachers of English |
| Krista Hudson (France, 2002) | Washington Association for Language Teaching |
| Stephen Smith (Colombia, 1987) | Washington Association for Language Teaching |
| Cami Devereux (Mexico, 2002) | Washington Association for Language Teaching |
| Linda Jones (Spain, 2001) | Montana Education Association |
| Marianne Llewellyn (Mexico, 2002) | Montana Education Association |
| Lucinda Coombs (Norway, 1999) | Northeast Two-Year College English Association |
| Patti Spiegel (Mexico, 2000) | Ohio Foreign Language Association Conference |
| Winifred Cairns (Morocco, 1992) | Ohio Foreign Language Association Conference |
| Trisha Merchant (France, 2001) | Ohio Foreign Language Association Conference |
| Marda Rose (Colombia, 1999) | Ohio Foreign Language Association Conference |
| Andrea Bradd | Ohio Foreign Language Association Conference |
| Diane Utter (France, 1994) | Louisiana Foreign Language Conference |
| Jane Ellen Juchnicki (United Kingdom, 1987) | North East Regional Conference for the Social Studies |
| Frank Reilly (United Kingdom, 1986) | North East Regional Conference for the Social Studies |
| Robert Friel (Russia, 1992) | North East Regional Conference for the Social Studies |
| Maureen Tisei | North East Regional Conference for the Social Studies |
| Jeannie Loving (Mexico, 1997) | Texas Foreign Language Association |
| Michael Hydak (Mexico, 1990, 1993) | Texas Foreign Language Association |
| Christin Blees (Colombia, 1999) | Texas Foreign Language Association |
| Marda Rose (Colombia, 1999) | Texas Foreign Language Association |
| Elizabeth Stafford (France, 2000) | Texas Foreign Language Association |
| Hugh Meredith (Germany, 1987, 1990, 1994) | Texas Foreign Language Association |
| Marilyn Turner (United Kingdom, 1981) | Colorado Council of the International Reading Association |
| Richard Barcus | Colorado Council of the International Reading Association |
| Sue Cantrall | Colorado Council of the International Reading Association |
| Pamela Ellis (France, 1997) | California Language Teachers Association |
| Tracey Moss (United Kingdom, 1996) | California Language Teachers Association |
| Kris Harvey (France, 2000) | California Language Teachers Association |
| 2004 | |
|---|---|
| Sheryl Jones (United Kingdom, 2000) | Burbank Social Studies Conference |
| Jennifer Grey (United Kingdom, 1994) | Burbank Social Studies Conference |
| Bernard Proch (Italy, 1995) | Burbank Social Studies Conference |
| Edward Lavelle (Turkey, 2001) | Burbank Social Studies Conference |
| Richard Drake (United Kingdom, 1979) (President, Greater Los Angeles Area Fulbright Association Chapter) | Burbank Social Studies Conference |
| Jane Juchnicki (United Kingdom, 1987) | North East Regional Conference for the Social Studies |
| Zsuzsa Nemeth (Estonia, 2002) | Oregon Language Association |
| Molly VonAppen (Mexico, 2002) | Oregon Language Association |
| Brent Nichols (Colombia, 2000) | Oregon Language Association |
| Kirk Fowler (Latvia, 2001) | Oregon Language Association |
| Rick Swenson (Argentina, 2003) | Washington Education Association |
| David Morgan (Romania, 2002) | Washington Association of Foreign Language Teachers |
| Jim Terlizzi (United Kingdom, 1990) | Massachusetts Teacher Association |
| Regina Doyle Sternlicht (France, 2000) | Massachusetts Teacher Association |
| Shirley Mills (United Kingdom, 1988) | Michigan Federation of Teachers Quest Conference |
| Jeff Fosnaugh (United Kingdom, 2000) | Michigan Alternative Education Organization |
| Julia Norvell (France 2003) | Texas Foreign Language Conference |
| Sheila Applegate (Italy, 2003) | Pennsylvania Modern Language Association |
| Rosemary Pecht (United Kingdom, 2003) | New Jersey Education Association |
| Kristen Freeh (United Kingdom, 2003) | New Jersey Education Association |
| Linda Jones (Spain, 2001) | Montana Education Association |
| Jerald Loveless (Germany, 1993, 2001) | Oklahoma Foreign Language Teacher's Association/ TESOL Conference |
| Mary Weller (France, 1989) | Minnesota Association of Secondary School Principals Conference |
| Marilyn Turner (United Kindom, 1981) | Colorado Council of the International Reading Association |
| Kathryn Bepler (France, 1988) | Wyoming Foreign Language Teachers Association |
| Sylvie Caplier (France, 1990, 1994, 1998, 2003) | Foreign Language Teachers Association of Northern California |
| Gail Hartman (United Kindom, 1990) | American Association of Physics Teachers |
| Margie Roberts (Colombia, 1993) | South Carolina Foreign Language Teacher Association |
| Julia Stork (Finland, 1998) | Alabama Association of Foreign Language Teachers |
| 2005 | |
|---|---|
| Susan Laws (France 2002) | National Catholic Educational Association |
| Cherie Pettersen (Romania, 1976, France, 1985) | MN/ND Science, Geography, Environmental Conference |
| Caroline Richards (Romania, 1977) | MN/ND Science, Geography, Environmental Conference |
| Sheila Applegate (Italy, 2003) | National Council for History Education |
| Andrea Gray (United Kingdom, 1997) | The Core Knowledge Foundation Conference |
| Martha Beveridge (United Kingdom, 1998) | Louisiana Foreign Language Teachers Association |
| Peter Kelley (United Kingdom, 2002) | American Association of Colleges of Teacher Education |
| Jay Hoggard (Colombia, 2003) | Georgia TESOL Conference |
| Annemarie Stohl (Germany, 2001) | Illinois TESOL Conference |
| Brian Pfaff (United Kingdom, 2003) | Illinois TESOL Conference |
| Jeff Kelly Lowenstein (South Africa, 1995) | Illinois TESOL Conference |
| Vincent Recalde (Mexico, 2002) | California TESOL Conference |
| Ryan Shervington (United Kingdom, 2003) | California TESOL Conference |
| Ann Cohen (United Kingdom, 2001) | Conference of the Foreign Language Association of Maine |
| Debora Martin (United Kingdom, 2003) | Alabama-Mississippi TESOL Conference |
| John Pahl (Germany, 1998) | Michigan Indian Education Council Conference |
| Gail Hartman (United Kingdom, 1990) | Mathematical Association of American Summer Fest |
| Marilyn Turner (United Kingdom, 1981) | Colorado Conference of Foreign Language Teachers |
| Jane Juchnicki (United Kingdom, 1987) | North East Regional Conference for the Social Studies |
| Fanny Kravit (United Kingdom, 1990) | California Association of Bilingual Education |
| Elizabeth Mata (Argentina, 2001) | Southern Conference on Language Training |
| Nora Cummane (Mexico, 2003) | Massachusetts TESOL & Bilingual Conference |
| Elizabeth Stafford Smith (France, 2000) | Southwest Conference on Language Teaching |
| Patti Edwards (United Kingdom, 2003) | Great Lakes Regional Social Studies Conference |
| Camille Wright (Argentina, 2003) | Alabama Education Association |
| Jim Terlizzi (United Kingdom, 1990) | Massachusetts Teacher Association |
| Jeff Maddox (Germany, 2003) | National Board of Professional Teaching Standards Conference |
| Lillian McCammon (Canada, 1989) | Montana Council of Mathematics |
| Richard Lawrence (Canada, 1988) | Maine Council for Social Studies |
| Tiana Toumayan Smilow (France, 1995) | American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese |
| David Simmons (Morocco, 2002) | Washington Education Association Conference |
| Jeff Fosnaugh (United Kingdom, 2000) | Michigan Alternative Education Association Conference |
| Susan Schamay (United Kingdom, 1990) | Kappa Delta Pi - International Honor Society Conference |
| Margaret Boyle (United Kingdom, 1988) | New Jersey Teacher Expo |
| Dori Gerber (United Kingdom, 1997) | New Jersey Teacher Expo |
| David Strife (United Kingdom, 1985) | New Jersey Teacher Expo |
| James Hoggard (Colombia, 2003) | National Association for Multicultural Education Conference |
| John Wheaton (South Africa, 2000) | Kentucky World Language Association Conference |
| Marilyn Turner (United Kingdom, 1981) | Colorado TESOL Conference |
| Karen Rutkowski (France 1991, 1995) | New York Association of Foreign Language Teachers Conference |
| Marcus Hogan (Norway, 2002) | Virginia Independent Schools Conference |
| Jeanne Pellegrino (Turkey, 1999) | Broward County New Teacher Orientation |
| Marilyn Turner (United Kingdom, 1981) | Colorado Conference of the International Reading Association |
| Linda Green (Argentina, 2001 | Minnesota TESOL Conference |
| Martha Hart (United Kingdom, 1973) | California Teachers of English as a Second Language Conference |
| Jim Terlizzi (United Kingdom, 1990) | Massachusetts Foreign Language Teachers Association |
| Judith Starr (Mexico, 2004) | Oklahoma Foreign Language Teachers Association |
| Alice Ennis Simonson (Senegal, 2000) | New Jersey Education Association Convention |
| Jeff Bale (Mexico, 2001) | Southwest Conference on Language Teaching |
| Dennis Oulahan (Mexico, 1997) | Wisconsin Education Association Council Convention |
| Leila Ben-Nasr (Morocco, 2003) | Pennsylvania State Modern Language Association |
| Elizabeth Stafford Smith (France, 2000) | Texas Foreign Language Association Conference |
| 2006 | |
|---|---|
| Denise Brock (United Kingdom, 2004) | CTA Region 2 Conference |
| Constance Gardner (Ghana, 2004) | Great Lakes Social Studies Conference |
| Marya Innis (Chile, 1998) | California Language Teachers Association |
| Jay Hoggard (Colombia, 2003) | Georgia TESOL Conference |
| Jane Juchnicki (United Kingdom, 1987) | North East Regional Conference for the Social Studies |
| Michael Blair (Mexico, 2003) | Iowa Culture and Language Conference |
| Sandee Mewhinney Johns (Canada, 1987) | Core Knowledge Conference |
| Marisa Bevington (Argentina, 1989, Peru, 2004) | Oregon Conference of Teachers of Foreign Languages |
| Marilyn Turner (United Kingdom, 1981) | Colorado Congress of Foreign Language Teachers |
| Annette Boucher (Colombia, 2003) | Pennsylvania TESOL-EAST Spring Conference |
| Robert Sorensen (United Kingdom, 1976, 1989) | Western New York Foreign Language Educators Council Conference |
| Martha Hart (United Kingdom, 1973) | California Council for Social Studies |
| Rogene Kohler (Germany, 1989) | Ohio Foreign Language Association |
| Lily Baumil (France, 1995) | South Carolina Foreign Language Teacher Association |
Many other alumni of the Fulbright Teacher Exchange Program have assisted Fulbright staff at conferences and sessions across the country. Fulbright Alumni have attended additional conferences on their own and spoken about the Fulbright Teacher Exchange Program or distributed materials there and in their community. Also, countless alumni have helped answer questions from prospective and current applicants. Alumni involvement has played an essential part in continuing the awareness and support for the Fulbright Teacher and Administrator Exchange Program. Thank you!