Kimber Guinn, currently a Fulbright ETA in Iasi, led two presentations for 29 students and 3 teachers from "Victor Babes" High School in Cluj-Napoca and Waldorf High School on March 29, 2019 at the American Corner Cluj-Napoca.

The first topic detailed the U.S. Education System. Highlights included public vs. private schooling, K-12 academic year and daily structure, curriculum expectations, legislative bills and policies impacting education such as the National School Lunch Program and Kentucky's HB 205 Bill, and challenges education in the U.S. encounters.

The second topic covered Everyday Leadership and allowed students to develop their own service action plan. Participants were led through the five stages of project development which included identifying relevant issues, creating a mission statement, goal setting. Students left with the knowledge and power to enact change within their community.

On March 26, 2019, Fulbright Researcher Andreea Niță participated to a Fulbright reception at The Ohio State University Faculty Club, where President Michael V. Drake, MD recognized students, faculty and staff members from The Ohio State University who are recent Fulbright and Fulbright-Hays recipients and finalists, as well as visiting Fulbright students and scholars from around the globe.

The reception took place during the 10th Annual Fulbright Week at Ohio State. The Graduate School, the Undergraduate Fellowship Office and the Office of International Affairs combined their efforts to plan a week full of events acknowledging past recipients and hosting workshops, information sessions and open houses designed to inform potential faculty, undergraduate and graduate student applicants about the opportunities available through the Fulbright and Fulbright-Hays programs during the week of March 25 - 29, 2019.

Jenny Keroack, currently a U.S. Fulbright Student Researcher in the field of Public Health at Babeș-Bolyai University in Cluj-Napoca, has recently been in Bucharest for a series of presentations:

„The Romanian anti-vaccine movement is much more complex, organized, and connected than most people realize. Like all counter-scientific movements, it flourishes in public spaces enamoured with the intrigue of conspiracy. That is why it is so important to study and reveal the human networks and ideological infrastructure supporting the anti-vaccine movement in both Romania and the U.S. While in Bucharest, I got to do just that, discussing my findings with students at the Faculty of Sociology and the Center for American Studies, Bucharest University of Economic Studies, as well as with experts and diplomats in the city. These conversations gave me the opportunity to share my findings and further explore the many nuanced layers of the anti-vaccine movement. I was particularly impressed with questions from students who wanted to understand which news sources traffic in conspiracy ideation, not just about vaccines but about GMOs and Soros as well, and how they can improve their media diet. I look forward to continuing to work with researchers in Romania to improve health literacy discourse and achieve our shared goals.”

Date & Location: Thursday, April 4, 17:00-18:00 @ the Romanian-U.S. Fulbright Commission

• James Wilson, Southern Methodist University, Fulbright ETA 2018-2019 at the University of Bucharest

• Ioana Mischie, Fulbright Grantee 2017-2018, USC School of Cinematic Arts

Join us for a new workshop focused on essay writing strategies for graduate applicants this coming Thursday! James and Ioana are joining forces again to offer you guidance and useful tips for drafting effective essays for your application, whether you are considering applying through the Fulbright program or independently. Case studies, skills or qualifications to emphasize, as well as matters of tone, language and style for well-structured essay writing will be discussed and analyzed. It is also a good opportunity for the applicants who have already drafted their essays to ask for feedback or advice.