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Coperta_Fulbright_Ripple_Effect.qxd 27.01.2011 11:36 Page 1 EDITORS EDITORS Remus Pricopie Remus Pricopie Dorina Guþu Dorina Guþu Mihai Moroiu Mihai Moroiu Editors Dorina Guþu Mihai Moroiu Remus Pricopie Fulbright Program Fulbright Ripple Effect on International Education in Romania – Landmarks Looking ahead from a Romanian & American Perspective 1960 First document signed by the Government of Romania and the Government of the United States of America setting the bases of This volume is the third in the series celebrating 50 years of Fulbright presence in Romania, the Fulbright Program in Romania; as part of the initiative to present a broad practical and theoretical image of the Fulbright ripple effect on education and society as a whole, its capacity to break down barriers, to connect and set up networks, to create and deepen ties in learning, in science and research. 1960 First U.S. Fulbright grantees in Romania; It is our hope that, putting the spotlight on some of the Fulbright experiences, we will better 1962 First Romanian grantees in the U.S.; understand not just how this great program has changed paths of life and contributed to the progress of at least some aspects of life around us, but also the responsibility we have today 1993 Establishment of the Romanian-U.S. Fulbright Commission; for building future generations. It is our duty to keep the Fulbright spirit at least at the same level of effervescence as before, to make this anniversary mark just the first 50 years of a much longer endeavor, and give our children the possibility to attend, 50 years from now, the 2000 The two Governments decide to renew their agreement and extend 100th celebration of the Fulbright Program in Romania, and to conclude, at the end of THAT cooperation; DAY, acknowledging the fact that we have done all in our power and contributed to it. This is the only way we can live up to our predecessors. 2010 50th Anniversary of the Fulbright Program in Romania. Fulbright Ripple Effect on International Education Fulbright Ripple Effect ISBN 978-973-711-289-7 Multimedia DVD Editors on International Education Ion Stavre Andrei Gãitãnaru Looking ahead from a Romanian & American Perspective Loredana Bucuroaia Coperta_Fulbright_Ripple_Effect.qxd 27.01.2011 11:36 Page 1 EDITORS EDITORS Remus Pricopie Remus Pricopie Dorina Guþu Dorina Guþu Mihai Moroiu Mihai Moroiu Editors Dorina Guþu Mihai Moroiu Remus Pricopie Fulbright Program Fulbright Ripple Effect on International Education in Romania – Landmarks Looking ahead from a Romanian & American Perspective 1960 First document signed by the Government of Romania and the Government of the United States of America setting the bases of This volume is the third in the series celebrating 50 years of Fulbright presence in Romania, the Fulbright Program in Romania; as part of the initiative to present a broad practical and theoretical image of the Fulbright ripple effect on education and society as a whole, its capacity to break down barriers, to connect and set up networks, to create and deepen ties in learning, in science and research. 1960 First U.S. Fulbright grantees in Romania; It is our hope that, putting the spotlight on some of the Fulbright experiences, we will better 1962 First Romanian grantees in the U.S.; understand not just how this great program has changed paths of life and contributed to the progress of at least some aspects of life around us, but also the responsibility we have today 1993 Establishment of the Romanian-U.S. Fulbright Commission; for building future generations. It is our duty to keep the Fulbright spirit at least at the same level of effervescence as before, to make this anniversary mark just the first 50 years of a much longer endeavor, and give our children the possibility to attend, 50 years from now, the 2000 The two Governments decide to renew their agreement and extend 100th celebration of the Fulbright Program in Romania, and to conclude, at the end of THAT cooperation; DAY, acknowledging the fact that we have done all in our power and contributed to it. This is the only way we can live up to our predecessors. 2010 50th Anniversary of the Fulbright Program in Romania. Fulbright Ripple Effect on International Education Fulbright Ripple Effect ISBN 978-973-711-289-7 Multimedia DVD Editors on International Education Ion Stavre Andrei Gãitãnaru Looking ahead from a Romanian & American Perspective Loredana Bucuroaia Fulbright_Album_Final.qxd 27.01.2011 11:15 Page 1 Fulbright Ripple Effect on International Education Looking ahead from a Romanian & American Perspective Editors Remus Pricopie Dorina Guþu Mihai Moroiu Fulbright_Album_Final.qxd 27.01.2011 11:15 Page 2 Multimedia DVD editors: Ion Stavre Andrei Gãitãnaru Loredana Bucuroaia Layout: Cristian Lupeanu Cover photo: Lauren Hermele’s “A Fish in the Sky” exhibition Photo by Lucian Tudose Published by arrangement with the Romanian-U.S. Fulbright Commission © 2010 Romanian-U.S. Fulbright Commission & Comunicare.ro Publishing House All the rights of this version belong to the Romanian-U.S. Fulbright Commission and Comunicare.ro Publishing House NSPAS, Faculty of Communication and Public Relations 6 Povernei Street, Bucharest Tel./fax: (40-21) 313 58 95 www.editura.comunicare.ro Descrierea CIP a Bibliotecii Naþionale a României PRICOPIE, REMUS Fulbright Ripple Effect on International Education: Looking ahead from a Romanian & American Perspective / Remus Pricopie, Dorina Guþu, Mihai Moroiu. – Bucureºti: Comunicare.ro, 2010 Index. ISBN 978-973-711-289-7 I. Guþu, Dorina II. Moroiu, Mihai 37(498+73) Fulbright_Album_Final.qxd 27.01.2011 11:15 Page 3 Fulbright Ripple Effect on International Education Looking ahead from a Romanian & American Perspective Editors Remus Pricopie Dorina Guþu Mihai Moroiu Fulbright_Album_Final.qxd 27.01.2011 11:15 Page 4 Fulbright_Album_Final.qxd 27.01.2011 11:15 Page 5 Contents Acknowledgments /7 A Tribute to the Fulbright Community. Note from Editors /9 Speeches during the Anniversary Conference – 50th Anniversary of the Fulbright Program in Romania, June 3, 2010 /29 Remus Pricopie / 31 Anita McBride / 34 Anton Niculescu / 36 Jeri Guthrie-Corn / 38 Daniel Funeriu / 41 Maria Berza / 44 Anca Harasim / 45 Oana Popa / 46 Barbara Nelson / 47 Ioana Ieronim / 48 Manuela Brusalis / 49 Keith Hitchins / 50 Frederick Kellogg / 53 Ionel Haiduc / 57 Vasile Puºcaº / 62 Duncan McDougall / 68 Rodica Mihãilã / 71 Radu Florescu Sr. / 75 Dorina Guþu / 79 Fulbright in Romania – a Concise History /81 Corina Dãnãilã, Mihai Moroiu / 83 The Academic Fulbright Experience: A Viewpoint of American and Romanian Alumni /89 Constantin Brãtianu, Thinking Patterns /91 Adina Ciugureanu, The Nevada Experience and Popular Culture / 105 Fulbright_Album_Final.qxd 27.01.2011 11:15 Page 6 Nicoleta Corbu, Being a Fulbrighter. The Beginning of the Journey / 114 Daniel Glaser-Segura, My Fulbright Experience: From Expectation to Fulfillment / 125 Keith Hitchins, A Fulbright to Romania, 1960–1962 / 139 James K. McCollum, The Accidental Fulbright / 150 Mircea Maniu, Prepared for the Present Day Crisis, Almost Two Decades in Advance (a Post-Keynesian Experience) / 162 Mihaela Miroiu, The Road to Autonomy is Crossing Indiana University / 173 Bruce O’Neill, Placing Homelessness in Bucharest / 184 John M. Polimeni, It's Always Sunny in Romania / 196 Levente Salat, Diversity, Democracy and Social Capital / 205 Victoria Seitz, Romania: A Journey of Growth / 220 Jonathan J. Stillo, The Romanian Tuberculosis Epidemic, the Sanatoria System and a Fulbright Year / 230 Matei Stîrcea-Crãciun, A Pioneering Hermeneutic Approach to Brâncuºi’s Sculpture / 248 Paul E. Sum, Locke meets Rousseau: Reflections on Public Diplomacy and Cultural Exchange as a Fulbright Scholar in Romania / 264 50th Anniversary of the Fulbright Program in Romania. Book launch / 281 Adrian Curaj / 283 Julie O’Reagan / 285 50th Anniversary of the Fulbright Program in Romania. Photo Exhibition “A Fish in the Sky” by Lauren Hermele / 287 Patricia H. H. Guy / 289 Appendix / 293 About the Contributors / 295 Fulbright Program in Romania – Landmarks / 301 Index / 303 50th Anniversary Fulbright Program in Romania. Program of Events / 308 50th Anniversary Fulbright Program in Romania. Anniversary Poster / 309 Fulbright_Album_Final.qxd 27.01.2011 11:15 Page 7 Acknowledgments 2010 was a time of celebration for the Fulbright Program in Romania, but also a time to analyze its effects and results, after 50 long and fruitful years of for- mal educational and cultural exchanges between the U.S. and Romania, as well as a time to assess its longer-term perspectives. The landmarks, achieve- ments and activities of the Fulbright Program in Romania have been presented in a series of three volumes. The first two volumes were publicly launched dur- ing the anniversary events on June 3, 2010. In the present, third volume, we decided once more that the best way to offer wide perspectives on this mar- velously beneficial instrument is to let some of the main actors in the program to give an account of their Fulbright experience. The limited number of pages of this book could only offer this opportunity to just a few Romanian and American Fulbright grantees – we avoid here to term them here “former” or even “alumni”, as a Fulbrighter remains always a Fulbrighter – to represent the almost 3,000 participants in the program who, from 1960 to today, had the chance to register outstanding professional achievements and life-changing experiences, who ultimately built unbreakable links between the Romanian and American peoples. An impressive number, while the visible as well as the more subtle outcomes of their involvement in the program are by far more impressive: thanks to them, Fulbright exchanges and relationships expanded and played an important role in assisting the democratic and econom- ic transition in Romania. If Romania is today a member both of NATO and the European Union, this program has certainly contributed to prepare the ground for it, by giving people and institutions confidence in pursuing their endeavors.