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Patrons OF FULBRIGHT TABLE OF CONTENTS: BENEFACTORS OF FULBRIGHT John & Gigi Vogel Nancy Neill and Dr. H. Andrea Neves DIRECTOR’S LETTER / EVENT MAP 1-2 Mr. & Mrs. Jean-Marie Eveillard Anthony and Margo Viscusi POSTER MAP 4 “INTERSECTIONS” PHOTO EXHIBIT 6 Mary Ellen Heian Schmider John and Maureen Ausura Embassy of the State of Qatar SCHEDULE 7 FRIENDS OF FULBRIGHT EXTENDED SCHEDULE 8-14 Fred P. Hochberg and Tom Healy BIOS 15-25 Elio Leturia Marilyn & Robert Callander DIRECTORY 27 PARTNERS OF FULBRIGHT SUPPORTERS OF FULBRIGHT Event Guide Design by Students from St. Edward’s University, Austin, TX QUT - Institute for Future Environments Pivotal 2015 Spatial Edge Master Class Liason Fulbright Alumnus Joseph Vitone Professor, Photocommunications US Dept. of State’s Bureau of Education & Cultural Affairs (ECA) Lead Designer Megan Colwell ’14 Design Assistants Laurel Kemper ’15 & Tuan Phan Assistant Professor Cover/Icon Designs Travis Ford ’16 Color Design Kelley Herran ’16 DIRECTOR’S LETTER WELCOME RECEPTION PRIZE & CEREMONY GALA House of Sweden Ronald Reagan & International Trade Building As the Executive Director of the Fulbright Association, and on behalf of the Board of Directors and our staff, it a 2900 K Street NW 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW pleasure to welcome you to Washington, DC for our 38th annual conference and Fulbright Prize ceremony and gala, Washington, DC 20007 Washington,DC 20004 which we have brought together again for the first time in more than a decade for one amazing Fulbright weekend. LEXINGTON B This year’s “—— to Act!” theme, carried forward from our April TEDxFulbright event “——— —— ———”, C PENNSYLVANIA AVE NW A intends to showcase the power of Fulbright and how Senator Fulbright’s vision and passion for the program is alive WHITEHURST FWY NW - 29 CONCORD COLUMBIA and well since it’s inception 68 years ago. FOYER As a Fulbright alumnus (Sweden 1998–1999), I am a direct beneficiary of this life-changing program and EVENT MAP have witnessed its power to transform perspectives, building mutual understanding between people of all ages and cultures across the globe. With over 325,000 alumni of the program from 155 countries, the Fulbright program lives BALLROOM LEVEL 30TH STREET NW up to its status as the Department of State’s flagship academic exchange program. 14TH STREET NW Fulbright alumni are thought leaders across all academic disciplines and professional fields, many of whom have risen to the top of their field of study or vocation. As alumni we are part of a community unlike any other the world has known, including more than 50 Nobel Prize winners, 80 Pulitzers, 30 heads of State, university professors, ROCK entrepreneurs, artists, and many other visionary agents of change. I am in awe of the accomplishments and ambition CREEK of our fellow alumni. Fulbrighters continue to make significant contributions to improving our world and inspiring future generations to action. This conference is in part a tribute to those who dare to act and who motivate others to do the same. You will be inspired by the content and speakers while also having the opportunity to engage directly on issues relating to advocacy and helping to shape our alumni community moving into the future. Our FA staff, Board of Directors, and a host of volunteers have worked hard to put on a great conference and Prize gala. We are trying some new and exciting formats and sessions for this year’s conference and hope you will enjoy the experience. It is my great honor to be here and spend time with all of you. CONFERENCE All my best for a great weekend, Hyatt Regency on Capitol Hill ATRIUM 400 New Jersey Avenue NW Executive Director Washington, DC 20007 Steve Reilly 14TH STREET ENTRANCE FULBRIGHT ASSOCIatION DIRECTORS E STREET NW BOARD OF DIRECTORS NEW JERWSEY AVE NW Lori Ann Alspaugh, OK FIRST STREET NW President Jerome M. Cooper, CA John H. Vogel, DC M. Gail Derrick, GA Kim David Eger, VA Vice President Pauline M. Eveillard, NY Mary Ellen H. Schmider, wi Robert W. Helm, MA LEXINGTON B Stanley N. Katz, NJ C Treasurer Christopher Kelley, AR A John F. Ausura, nc Mushtaq Memon, WA CONCORD COLUMBIA Judy A. Meredith, MS FOYER Secretary Tom Moga, DC Philip Rakita, nc Keisuke Nakagawa, CA Nancy Neill, GA Executive Director H. Andrea Neves, CA D STREET NW Stephen Reilly Ramesh Ramakrishnan, CA BALLROOM LEVEL Dir. Outreach & Development Robert Ruminski, PL Founding Honorary ChairmanJennifer Oxley John Sargent, CH J. William Fulbright Herma Williams, MA Office Coordinator Gwendolyn Willis-Darpoh, DC Kamilla Hassen 1 Finance Consultant 2 Norma Floriza Intern Alexandra Blumhorst Special Projects Alice Adams PR Consultant Jennifer Brand ATRIUM 14TH STREET ENTRANCE COLUMBIA COLUMBIA C 11 12 13 14 15 FOYER 11 12 13 14 15 10 9 8 7 3 4 5 6 10 9 8 7 3 4 5 6 23 22 21 20 23 22 21 20 POSTER MAP 1 2 1 2 16 17 18 19 16 17 18 19 1 – DR. REBECCA ANDERSON (Penn. State 10 – LELAND M. LAZARUS 17 – U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STAte’s BU- Univ.) (The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at REAU OF EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL Rhetoric & Composition for Global Citizens: Tufts Uni.) AFFAIRS (ECA) A Fulbright-Influenced Model for Revising The Dream Scholarship, an student exchange Today’s General partnership between the U.S. Embassy Pana- EducationCourses to Prepare Tomorrow’s ma and the Fulbright Association Panama. 18 – STEPHEN R. SMITH Global Citizens Entrepreneurs as Social Architects 11 – DR. ALICE R. MARTINEZ-ACABAL 2 – DR. RICK A. BREAULT (Missouri State (Visayas State Univ.) 19 – DR. CHRISTINA L. TURCZYN & Univ.) Isolation, Purification & Structure: Elucidation LAURA PETROVICH-CHENEY A 360 Experience: Enhancing the Scholar’s of the Bioactive Component Against Haemon- Artists in Education: Agents of Inclusion and Work chus contortus from the Ethanolic Extract of Change Global Experiences congratulates through Community Engagement Mimosa pudica L. Leaves 20 – MARGARET WEIDNER Dr Hans Blix as the 2014 Fulbright Prize 3 – JETHRO CESSANT & THOMAS 12 – DANIELLE MASCARENAS & RIANA Bridging the Divide: A Participatory Approach OWENS WURZBURGER to Water Access in the Garhwal Himalayas winner and shares the Fulbright mission of (Univ. Miami, Howard Univ. School Medicine) (Univ. New Mexico School of Medicine & Dep. Bridging Cultural Gaps Through Mentoring Family/Comm. Medicine, Univ. Nairobi School of global peace and understanding through Public Health) 21 – DR. MARY KONYA WEISHAAR & Neonatal Home Visitation by Community DR. PHILLIP M. WEISHAAR 4 – (Univ. North Florida) international education. VANESSA B. CRUZ Health Workers in Rural Kenya (Southern Illinois Univ., Edwardsville Sch. of Dare to Break Out! Creating Outside the Box Education) 13 – DOROTHY S. MCCLELLAN & Dare to Act: Inclusion of Students with NIKOLA KNEZ 5 – DR. DARLENE DEMARIE (Univ. South Disabilities in Remote Northwest China and (TX A&M Univ.-Corpus Christi, iFilms llc) Florida) Teacher Training Rape as an Instrument of Terror in the Balkan After Fulbright, Then What? The Journey War: Continues Seeking Justice for Victims 22 – DR. ANDREA WYMAN (Edinboro Univ. Penn., Baron-Forness Library) Get Out There and Do It! Mining Your Exper- 6 – HILDA DEMSKY 14 – DR. DAVID A. MCTIER (Sam Houston Conserving & Protecting our Global Waters tise! St. Univ.) Dare to Act…Literally! Theatre to Transform 7 – SEAN DOLBOW 23 – NADIA YAKOOB-SWAY (SW Law Tokelau Drought Relief Group) 15 – DR. JAY NATHAN (St. John’s Univ.) Helping People Move Across Borders: Visa Mongolia: Leadership Mistakes in Uneven Options for Working, 8 – MICHAEL J. GALLAGHER Development Launching a Business, and Living in the U.S. Turkey’s Education Model in a Secular State Populated by Muslims 16 – MICHAEL P. O’Malley (Texas State Univ.) GLOBAL INTERNSHIP PROGRAMS 9 – JOHN GAUDET Rebeldes y Ciudadanos: Youth Participatory If Africa Saves its Wetlands, the Wetlands will Educational WWW.GLOBALEXPERIENCES.COM save Africa! Leadership in Chilean Social Movements 4 23 FULBRIGHT Photographers EXPLORE THEIR WORLDS INTERSECTIONS, a photography exhibit by U.S. Fulbright Program alumni — many of them professional photog- INTERSECTIONS raphers — will be shown in Washington, D.C. from Oct. 13 to Nov. 10, 2014. The exhibit in the Atrium Gallery of the Ronald Reagan Building (1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW) includes 32 documentary and fine art photographs shot in 20 different countries. The Fulbright Program is often transformative. Cultures intersect, and Fulbright grantees return home seeing the world — and themselves — with new eyes. Fulbrighters get deeply immersed in their host countries. As a result, these photos reveal elements of local cultures invisible to the casual traveler. ©Haven/istockphoto Fodor’s proudly supports the Fulbright Association’s commitment to building cultural understanding across the globe. EXHIBIT EVENTS: FEATURED PHOTOGRAPHERS The photographers featured in the exhibit OCT 13 (and the country where they did their Fulbright) are: 8am: Exhibit opens. M–F 8am–6 pm, Sat 12–6pm, Sun Travel the World with Fodor’s closed. Jennifer Boles – Mexico With over 75 years of travel experience and local correspondents across the globe, Fodor’s offers Elizabeth Brooks – Tanzania OCT 17 advice and recommendations you can trust. From guidebooks and ebooks to mobile apps and Claudio Cambon – Bangladesh 5:30pm: Exhibit opening reception and Fulbright Gala Francois Deschamps – Mali an award-winning website, Fodor’s is your reliable source for travel inspiration, trip planning, Dennis Drenner – Cambodia and navigating once you reach your destination. Let your next adventure begin with Fodor’s. NOV 8 – Fotoweek DC photo festival begins. Michael Forster Rothbart – Ukraine 1–4:30pm: Panel discussion, then small group conversa- Colette Fu – China tions w/ exhibit photographers, Andrew Garn – Russia exhibit curator Michael Forster Rothbart & judge Stephen Nancy Goldring – Sri Lanka Frailey. Muriel Hasbun – El Salvador 5–7pm: Gallery talks. Five Fulbright photographers discuss Geoffrey Hiller – Pakistan & show their work, followed by Q&A.