Coffee Diplomacy The Fulbright Program

Have you heard about the Fulbright program? It offers scholarships for graduate study and research in the U.S. There are different kinds of Fulbrights—programs for students and scholars, scientists, mid-level professionals. But the Fulbright is about much more than academic education. Its a chance to live in the United States, to get to know a city or town inside and out, and to talk to people—really talk to them. The Fulbright was founded in 1946 through legislation written by J. William Fulbright, a US Senator, who thought that it was only through this talk, through mutual understanding, that we could avoid nuclear war. So far, about 285,000 people have participated in the program, which operates in more than 155 countries. More Fulbright alumni have won the Nobel prize than those of any other academic program. Fulbrighters are citizen-diplomats, or as we like to say in our office, coffee diplomats.
For more information, please see these sites:http://fulbright.state.gov/ | http://macedonia.usembassy.gov/

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