Fulbright New Zealand uuarterlyarterly ISSN 1177-0376 (print) Volume 17, NumberQ 4 November 2011 ISSN 1177-7885 (online) Inside Page 2: Editorial; Offi ce entrance relocated Page 3: Axford Fellows report their fi ndings; Alumni lectures mark anniversary of 9/11; Supplementary award funds extra study costs Page 4: Alumni Association update; Alumni News Page 5: Alumni Voice: Golden anniversary of a Fulbright exchange Page 6: Awarded; Photo: Josh Haner, The New York Times Arrivals and Departures Author, reporter, and columnist Thomas Friedman will participate in the 2012 New Zealand International Arts Festival’s Writers and Page 7: Grantee Voice: Readers Week in March, as a John F Kennedy Memorial Fellow Engineering a fruitful Fulbright exchange Renowned US writer to visit as Kennedy Fellow Page 8: Awards Internationally renowned American author, reporter, Having returned to the US, Friedman held a number of and columnist Thomas Friedman will lead a top-shelf positions at The New York Times in the early 1990s, literary line-up at the 2012 New Zealand International as Chief Diplomatic Correspondent, Chief White Arts Festival’s Writers and Readers Week in March, as House Correspondent and International Economics a John F Kennedy Memorial Fellow. Correspondent, before settling into his current position as Foreign Affairs Columnist in 1995. His columns One of the planet’s most infl uential public intellectuals, have taken a broad view of foreign affairs, exploring Thomas Friedman is a foreign affairs columnist for the impacts on international relations of fi nance, The New York Times, the recipient of three Pulitzer globalisation, environmentalism, biodiversity and Prizes and the author of six bestselling books. In being technology, as well as covering conventional issues like recognised by Fulbright New Zealand with a John F confl ict, traditional diplomacy, and arms control. His Kennedy Fellowship, he joins a list of eighteen eminent third Pulitzer Prize, in 2002, was for post-9/11 columns American thinkers including Thurgood Marshall, about war, terrorism, and the clash of democratic Harlan Cleveland, Paul Volcker and Joseph Stiglitz, who Western societies with fundamentalist Muslim ones. have visited New Zealand for speaking and teaching engagements in honour of President Kennedy since a Subsequent books have included Longitudes and memorial fund was established in his name following his Attitudes: Exploring the World After September 11 death in 1963. published in 2002, The World Is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-fi rst Century (2005) which has sold more An international exchange alumnus who obtained than four million copies in 37 languages, and Hot, Flat, his PhD from the University of Oxford on a Marshall and Crowded: Why We Need a Green Revolution – And Scholarship, Thomas Friedman has written for The New How it Can Renew America (2008). York Times since 1981. He earned his fi rst Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting two years later as the paper’s In New Zealand, Thomas Friedman will speak on the Beirut Bureau Chief, for his reporting of the Israeli current state of America and challenges facing the invasion of Beirut and its tragic aftermath. His second nation today, themes of his newest book That Used To Pulitzer Prize, also for International Reporting, was in Be Us: How America Fell Behind in the World It Invented 1988 for balanced and informed coverage of events in and How We Can Come Back, which was co-authored Israel. After a decade in the Middle East he was granted by Michael Mandelbaum and published in September a Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship to write his fi rst 2011. He will give the closing address of Writers and book, From Beirut to Jerusalem (1989). The award- Readers Week at the Wellington Town Hall on 14 March winning book was on the New York Times bestseller list 2012. Tickets for the event go on sale to the general for nearly twelve months, has been published in more public from 14 November, but will be available earlier than 25 languages, and is still used today as a basic to season ticket holders and Friends of the Festival. See textbook on the Middle East in many high schools and the New Zealand International Arts Festival website at universities. www.nzfestival.co.nz for further details. 1 Fulbright New Zealand Quarterly Volume 17, Number 4, November 2011 Editorial From the desk of the Chairperson Kia ora and warm Fulbright greetings to you. our core business, strengthen alumni engagement and activities, and develop a broader suite of business In July I took up the role of Chairperson of Fulbright awards, expanding on the Fulbright-Platinum Triangle New Zealand, a position I am delighted to hold. My own Scholarship programme established by former US Fulbright award took me to the University of California, Ambassador Charles Swindells and alumna Suzanne Santa Cruz in 1990 so it is truly an honour to be able Snively. Given the current and future economic climate to play a part in enabling others to have a such a life- in both our countries it is important that we have clarity changing Fulbright experience. of goals and best use of resources so that we are At our most recent board meeting Professor Harlene sustainable long-term. Hayne was elected Deputy Chair. She is also busy in her I continue to draw great satisfaction from my various new role of Vice Chancellor at the University of Otago, involvements with Fulbright activities. It was a pleasure and her experience and commitment to academic to again serve alongside other alumni subject experts excellence fi t well with our Fulbright goals. It is great to and partner agency representatives on selection panels work with such a committed Board and staff at Fulbright for next year’s New Zealand graduate awards. The New Zealand, and to enjoy the tremendous support calibre of the young people we interview is humbling, of both governments and other stakeholders who I and panel members often nervously joke that they have already met with in my time as Chair. The Board doubt whether they would have made the cut. I am recently welcomed as a member the US Embassy’s new confi dent that we really are attracting New Zealand’s Public Affairs Offi cer, David Edginton, and farewelled Helen Anderson, Chairperson future leaders so I really encourage anyone who is Adrian Pratt who made an excellent contribution on asked to jump at the chance of being on a selection the Board over the past year as Deputy Public Affairs interview panel. Offi cer. Lastly I want to thank the Fulbright New Zealand Alumni The Board recently held a very productive session Association for inviting me to speak in Christchurch to review our fi ve year strategic plan. Our emphasis recently, where it was inspiring to see the resilience has changed most signifi cantly in consolidating and and determination among our alumni base in the strengthening existing awards rather than on growth earthquake-struck region. They are clearly keen to and initiating new schemes. We are also very keen to get their alumni programme strengthened and they engage with our alumni better and in doing so reinforce have now made a great start after two initial attempts the importance of the Fulbright ‘brand’ in nurturing and were thwarted by earthquakes. I am also delighted to celebrating thought leadership. see active and enthusiastic membership of the Alumni Our core mission will remain as it has always been Association and it is impressive to see the younger – that is, we want to recruit the best and brightest who alumni taking things in new directions. go on to have a great Fulbright experience. We want Warm regards, Fulbright to be central to the NZ-US relationship and we must also be a fi nancially sustainable organisation. Some immediate priorities for us are to consolidate Fulbright News Offi ce entrance relocated Anyone planning to visit Fulbright New Zealand’s offi ce Featherston Street side of the building to Waring Taylor in Wellington in future should note that as part of Street, around the corner. Our street address remains recent renovations to the ground fl oor of the building 120 Featherston Street, but the building entrance is we occupy, the entrance has been shifted from the signposted on Waring Taylor Street. 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Join us online at: www.facebook.com/fulbrightnz www.twitter.com/fulbrightnz www.fl ickr.com/fulbrightnewzealand www.youtube.com/fulbrightnz 2 Fulbright New Zealand Quarterly Volume 17, Number 4, November 2011 Axford Fellows report their fi ndings Axford News This year’s four Ian Axford (New Zealand) Fellows in integration with other safety education programmes and Public Policy concluded their seven month research a national day for disaster drills in schools. projects in August by launching policy reports at a series of public seminars in Wellington. The four Jonathan Karp from the US Securities and Exchange American fellows had each been based for the Commission in Washington, DC was based at the duration of their exchange at government agencies Securities Commission and the Companies Offi ce. He relevant to their topic of research. researched the New Zealand government’s model for corporate fi nancial disclosure, including registration of Ian Boisvert, a renewable energy attorney from San public corporations and regulation of the publication of Francisco, California was based at the Energy Effi ciency corporate fi nancial reports.