Our Fulbrighters and CSPers have inspired and impressed us throughout the years. These blog posts were written by our program participants and will give you a glimpse into the Fulbright and CSP experience in the United States and the Netherlands.
Rayan Mazouz Received a Fulbright – Netherland-America Foundation grant in 2019 “In America, everything is portrayed in a grand manner. In the Netherlands, we have a more down-to-earth attitude, but I can appreciate that marketing of the American Dream. America has a large-scale entrepreneurial culture and that brings a lot of challenge, inspiration and motivation.…
Anouck Rietveld Almost a year ago, I found myself seated in a plane on my way to New York City, where I would be studying the Master of Science in Data Science at Columbia University. I felt excited and nervous at the same time. I remember gazing through my photo app, I could not help…
“Crossroads of Old and New in the ‘Land of Enchantment’” by Vincent Veerbeek From its origins as a Spanish colonial town to its popularity as a stop along Route 66, the city of Albuquerque in New Mexico might be best known today as the setting for the television show Breaking Bad and the home…
“A Reflection of My Fulbright Year” by Hannah Banks As the first year of my master’s program in Global Health: Research comes to a close at Vrije Universiteit (VU) in Amsterdam, I’m left reflecting on my Fulbright year as it is also ending in just a few short months. Thinking back to the beginning…
Wouter van Bodegraven The opportunity to come to the U.S. and attend an institution like Columbia University for my Master’s degree, focused on Climate Politics and Economics, is something I never personally held possible, or even thought about for that matter. Imagine my surprise when I got the admissions letter, together with the Fulbright acceptance…
“Archived Travels” by Jennifer Motter I will never forget the first class of my senior seminar at the University of Pittsburgh in 2018. The professor posed a simple question to the class, “why did you decide to become History majors?” For me, the answer was easy. I wanted to study history because knowing the past…
Kendra Gordillo’s Fulbright experience Hi all! My name is Kendra, and I’m a 2023-2024 Fulbrighter to the Netherlands. I study Philosophy, Bioethics and Health at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. Before pursuing my Master’s here, I studied Genetics with a minor in Philosophy at Clemson University in South Carolina. My Fulbright experience has been nothing…
‘Onderzoek. Droom. Ontdek.’ In maart 2019 sprong ik een gat in de lucht, toen ik hoorde dat ik de Fulbright beurs gekregen had. Mijn droom werd werkelijkheid: ik kreeg de kans om 3,5 maand onderzoek te doen in de VS naar het Amerikaanse privacyrecht. Als dromen werkelijkheid worden, komt de praktijk om de hoek…
“Unconventional Wisdom”. Met dit motto wekte Rice University mijn nieuwsgierigheid. Het leek mij een uitgelezen plek om mijn eigen onconventionele onderzoek naar Michael Jackson-pelgrims verder te ontwikkelen. Ik werd niet teleurgesteld: Rice, met haar brede beschouwing van religie, bleek goed te passen bij mij en mijn onderwerp. Gedurende het Spring-semester van 2019 ervoer ik Rice…
As my students went on stage and presented their speeches in a school auditorium in Haarlem, I sat in the audience filled with nervous excitement. My second year student gave a witty speech about speeches and my third year student shared a reflective talk about the little things in life. These were their thoughtful responses…
