{"id":1465,"date":"2019-04-18T10:18:52","date_gmt":"2019-04-18T10:18:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fulbright.nl\/stories\/"},"modified":"2019-05-21T10:04:04","modified_gmt":"2019-05-21T10:04:04","slug":"stories","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/fulbright.nl\/en\/stories\/","title":{"rendered":"Stories"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row full_width=&#8221;stretch_row_content_no_spaces&#8221; el_class=&#8221;.zijbar-vervolg&#8221;][vc_column offset=&#8221;vc_hidden-lg vc_hidden-md vc_hidden-sm&#8221;][vc_widget_sidebar show_bg=&#8221;false&#8221; sidebar_id=&#8221;sidebar_4&#8243;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h4>Stories<\/h4>\n<p>Our <a href=\"http:\/\/fulbright.nl\/fulbright-u-s-student-program\/\">Fulbrighters<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/fulbright.nl\/csp\/\">CSPers<\/a> have inspired and impressed us throughout the years. 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}\n}<\/style><div class=\"articles-list blog-shortcode mode-list blog-list-shortcode-id-7ac14ea5d94bfcced39b438ec1fe4077 classic-layout-list content-bg-on jquery-filter scale-img dt-icon-bg-off loading-effect-fade-in\" data-cur-page=\"1\" data-post-limit=\"-1\" data-pagination-mode=\"none\"><article class=\"post project-odd visible post-10577 type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-nederlandse-fulbrighters-en category-108 description-off\" data-name=\"Ilyaas Sherally\" data-date=\"2025-12-12T15:11:24+00:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-thumbnail-wrap\">\n\t<div class=\"post-thumbnail\">\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/fulbright.nl\/en\/10577\/\" class=\"post-thumbnail-rollover layzr-bg layzr-bg\" ><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"blog-thumb-lazy-load preload-me lazy-load aspect\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D&#39;http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg&#39;%20viewBox%3D&#39;0%200%20768%20512&#39;%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/fulbright.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Ilyaas-Sherally-scaled-768x512.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/fulbright.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Ilyaas-Sherally-scaled-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/fulbright.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Ilyaas-Sherally-scaled-1306x870.jpg 1306w\" loading=\"eager\" style=\"--ratio: 768 \/ 512\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" alt=\"\" title=\"Ilyaas Sherally\" width=\"768\" height=\"512\"  \/><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/fulbright.nl\/en\/10577\/\" title=\"Ilyaas Sherally\" rel=\"bookmark\">Ilyaas Sherally<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t<div class=\"entry-meta\"><span class=\"category-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fulbright.nl\/en\/category\/nederlandse-fulbrighters-en\/\" >Nederlandse Fulbrighters<\/a><\/span><a class=\"author vcard\" href=\"https:\/\/fulbright.nl\/en\/author\/manon\/\" title=\"View all posts by Fulbright Netherlands\" rel=\"author\">By <span class=\"fn\">Fulbright Netherlands<\/span><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/fulbright.nl\/en\/2025\/12\/12\/\" title=\"15:11\" class=\"data-link\" rel=\"bookmark\"><time class=\"entry-date updated\" datetime=\"2025-12-12T15:11:24+00:00\">12 December 2025<\/time><\/a><\/div>\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Fulbright alumni spotlight: Ilyaas Sherally For the October edition of Fulbright Netherlands\u2019 alumni newsletter, we interviewed Dutch Fulbright alum Ilyaas Sherally (Fulbright-NAF graduate student, Columbia University, 2018-2019), currently deputy Ambassador to Zimbabwe for the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs, about the field he works in, his projects, and how his Fulbright grant impacted his life&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/fulbright.nl\/en\/10577\/\" class=\"post-details details-type-link\" aria-label=\"Read more about Ilyaas Sherally\">Read more<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post project-odd visible post-10580 type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-uncategorized category-2 description-off\" data-name=\"Bas Overvelde\" data-date=\"2025-12-12T15:06:49+00:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-thumbnail-wrap\">\n\t<div class=\"post-thumbnail\">\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/fulbright.nl\/en\/bas-overvelde\/\" class=\"post-thumbnail-rollover layzr-bg layzr-bg\" ><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"blog-thumb-lazy-load preload-me lazy-load aspect\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D&#39;http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg&#39;%20viewBox%3D&#39;0%200%20768%20512&#39;%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/fulbright.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/480af61e60c29d924e1ef9ff9cf5b8b8-768x512.jpeg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/fulbright.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/480af61e60c29d924e1ef9ff9cf5b8b8-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/fulbright.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/480af61e60c29d924e1ef9ff9cf5b8b8-1280x852.jpeg 1280w\" loading=\"eager\" style=\"--ratio: 768 \/ 512\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" alt=\"\"  width=\"768\" height=\"512\"  \/><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/fulbright.nl\/en\/bas-overvelde\/\" title=\"Bas Overvelde\" rel=\"bookmark\">Bas Overvelde<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t<div class=\"entry-meta\"><span class=\"category-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fulbright.nl\/en\/category\/uncategorized\/\" >Uncategorized<\/a><\/span><a class=\"author vcard\" href=\"https:\/\/fulbright.nl\/en\/author\/manon\/\" title=\"View all posts by Fulbright Netherlands\" rel=\"author\">By <span class=\"fn\">Fulbright Netherlands<\/span><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/fulbright.nl\/en\/2025\/12\/12\/\" title=\"15:06\" class=\"data-link\" rel=\"bookmark\"><time class=\"entry-date updated\" datetime=\"2025-12-12T15:06:49+00:00\">12 December 2025<\/time><\/a><\/div>\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Fulbright Alumni Spotlight: Bas Overvelde For the March edition of Fulbright Netherlands\u2019 alumni newsletter, we interviewed Dutch Fulbright alum Johannes (Bas) Overvelde (Fulbright NL Graduate Student, \u00a0Harvard University, 2012) \u2013 an engineer working in the field of soft robotics (explained simply in this video made for the children\u2019s program Het Klokhuis) \u2013\u00a0about the field he&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/fulbright.nl\/en\/bas-overvelde\/\" class=\"post-details details-type-link\" aria-label=\"Read more about Bas Overvelde\">Read more<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post project-odd visible post-8769 type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-blogs-en category-dutch-fulbrighters-2-en category-92 category-73 description-off\" data-name=\"Rayan Mazouz\" data-date=\"2024-07-29T08:11:21+00:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-thumbnail-wrap\">\n\t<div class=\"post-thumbnail\">\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/fulbright.nl\/en\/rayan-mazouz\/\" class=\"post-thumbnail-rollover layzr-bg layzr-bg\" ><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"blog-thumb-lazy-load preload-me lazy-load aspect\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D&#39;http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg&#39;%20viewBox%3D&#39;0%200%20768%20512&#39;%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/fulbright.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Picture-1-Rayan-768x512.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/fulbright.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Picture-1-Rayan-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/fulbright.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Picture-1-Rayan-1306x870.jpg 1306w\" loading=\"eager\" style=\"--ratio: 768 \/ 512\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" alt=\"\" title=\"Picture-1-Rayan\" width=\"768\" height=\"512\"  \/><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/fulbright.nl\/en\/rayan-mazouz\/\" title=\"Rayan Mazouz\" rel=\"bookmark\">Rayan Mazouz<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t<div class=\"entry-meta\"><span class=\"category-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fulbright.nl\/en\/category\/blogs-en\/\" >Blogs<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fulbright.nl\/en\/category\/dutch-fulbrighters-2-en\/\" >Dutch Fulbrighters<\/a><\/span><a class=\"author vcard\" href=\"https:\/\/fulbright.nl\/en\/author\/floris\/\" title=\"View all posts by Floris Borghouts\" rel=\"author\">By <span class=\"fn\">Floris Borghouts<\/span><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/fulbright.nl\/en\/2024\/07\/29\/\" title=\"08:11\" class=\"data-link\" rel=\"bookmark\"><time class=\"entry-date updated\" datetime=\"2024-07-29T08:11:21+00:00\">29 July 2024<\/time><\/a><\/div>\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Rayan Mazouz Received a Fulbright &#8211; Netherland-America Foundation grant in 2019 &#8220;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.&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/fulbright.nl\/en\/rayan-mazouz\/\" class=\"post-details details-type-link\" aria-label=\"Read more about Rayan Mazouz\">Read more<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post project-odd visible post-8561 type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-blogs-en category-dutch-fulbrighters-2-en category-nederlandse-fulbrighters-en category-92 category-73 category-108 description-off\" data-name=\"Anouck Rietveld\" data-date=\"2024-06-14T12:21:24+00:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-thumbnail-wrap\">\n\t<div class=\"post-thumbnail\">\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/fulbright.nl\/en\/anouck-rietveld\/\" class=\"post-thumbnail-rollover layzr-bg layzr-bg\" ><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"blog-thumb-lazy-load preload-me lazy-load aspect\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D&#39;http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg&#39;%20viewBox%3D&#39;0%200%20768%20512&#39;%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/fulbright.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/IMG_7612-768x512.jpeg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/fulbright.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/IMG_7612-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/fulbright.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/IMG_7612-1306x870.jpeg 1306w\" loading=\"eager\" style=\"--ratio: 768 \/ 512\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" alt=\"\" title=\"IMG_7612\" width=\"768\" height=\"512\"  \/><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/fulbright.nl\/en\/anouck-rietveld\/\" title=\"Anouck Rietveld\" rel=\"bookmark\">Anouck Rietveld<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t<div class=\"entry-meta\"><span class=\"category-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fulbright.nl\/en\/category\/blogs-en\/\" >Blogs<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fulbright.nl\/en\/category\/dutch-fulbrighters-2-en\/\" >Dutch Fulbrighters<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fulbright.nl\/en\/category\/nederlandse-fulbrighters-en\/\" >Nederlandse Fulbrighters<\/a><\/span><a class=\"author vcard\" href=\"https:\/\/fulbright.nl\/en\/author\/floris\/\" title=\"View all posts by Floris Borghouts\" rel=\"author\">By <span class=\"fn\">Floris Borghouts<\/span><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/fulbright.nl\/en\/2024\/06\/14\/\" title=\"12:21\" class=\"data-link\" rel=\"bookmark\"><time class=\"entry-date updated\" datetime=\"2024-06-14T12:21:24+00:00\">14 June 2024<\/time><\/a><\/div>\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>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&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/fulbright.nl\/en\/anouck-rietveld\/\" class=\"post-details details-type-link\" aria-label=\"Read more about Anouck Rietveld\">Read more<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post project-odd visible post-8597 type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-blogs-en category-dutch-fulbrighters category-92 category-53 description-off\" data-name=\"Vincent Veerbeek\" data-date=\"2024-05-29T09:27:56+00:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-thumbnail-wrap\">\n\t<div class=\"post-thumbnail\">\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/fulbright.nl\/en\/vincent-veerbeek\/\" class=\"post-thumbnail-rollover layzr-bg layzr-bg\" ><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"blog-thumb-lazy-load preload-me lazy-load aspect\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D&#39;http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg&#39;%20viewBox%3D&#39;0%200%20768%20512&#39;%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/fulbright.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/vv7-768x512.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/fulbright.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/vv7-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/fulbright.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/vv7-1306x870.jpg 1306w\" loading=\"eager\" style=\"--ratio: 768 \/ 512\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" alt=\"\" title=\"vv7\" width=\"768\" height=\"512\"  \/><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/fulbright.nl\/en\/vincent-veerbeek\/\" title=\"Vincent Veerbeek\" rel=\"bookmark\">Vincent Veerbeek<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t<div class=\"entry-meta\"><span class=\"category-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fulbright.nl\/en\/category\/blogs-en\/\" >Blogs<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fulbright.nl\/en\/category\/dutch-fulbrighters\/\" >Dutch Fulbrighters<\/a><\/span><a class=\"author vcard\" href=\"https:\/\/fulbright.nl\/en\/author\/floris\/\" title=\"View all posts by Floris Borghouts\" rel=\"author\">By <span class=\"fn\">Floris Borghouts<\/span><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/fulbright.nl\/en\/2024\/05\/29\/\" title=\"09:27\" class=\"data-link\" rel=\"bookmark\"><time class=\"entry-date updated\" datetime=\"2024-05-29T09:27:56+00:00\">29 May 2024<\/time><\/a><\/div>\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>&#8220;Crossroads of Old and New in the &#8216;Land of Enchantment&#8217;&#8221; by Vincent Veerbeek &nbsp; 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&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/fulbright.nl\/en\/vincent-veerbeek\/\" class=\"post-details details-type-link\" aria-label=\"Read more about Vincent Veerbeek\">Read more<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post project-odd visible post-8537 type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-american-fulbrighters-en category-blogs-en category-61 category-92 description-off\" data-name=\"Hannah Banks\" data-date=\"2024-05-21T08:57:59+00:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-thumbnail-wrap\">\n\t<div class=\"post-thumbnail\">\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/fulbright.nl\/en\/hannah-banks\/\" class=\"post-thumbnail-rollover layzr-bg layzr-bg\" ><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"blog-thumb-lazy-load preload-me lazy-load aspect\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D&#39;http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg&#39;%20viewBox%3D&#39;0%200%20614%20409&#39;%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/fulbright.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/hb2-614x409.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/fulbright.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/hb2-614x409.jpg 614w\" loading=\"eager\" style=\"--ratio: 614 \/ 409\" sizes=\"(max-width: 614px) 100vw, 614px\" alt=\"\" title=\"hb2\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\"  \/><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/fulbright.nl\/en\/hannah-banks\/\" title=\"Hannah Banks\" rel=\"bookmark\">Hannah Banks<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t<div class=\"entry-meta\"><span class=\"category-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fulbright.nl\/en\/category\/american-fulbrighters-en\/\" >American Fulbrighters<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fulbright.nl\/en\/category\/blogs-en\/\" >Blogs<\/a><\/span><a class=\"author vcard\" href=\"https:\/\/fulbright.nl\/en\/author\/floris\/\" title=\"View all posts by Floris Borghouts\" rel=\"author\">By <span class=\"fn\">Floris Borghouts<\/span><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/fulbright.nl\/en\/2024\/05\/21\/\" title=\"08:57\" class=\"data-link\" rel=\"bookmark\"><time class=\"entry-date updated\" datetime=\"2024-05-21T08:57:59+00:00\">21 May 2024<\/time><\/a><\/div>\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>&#8220;A Reflection of My Fulbright Year&#8221; by Hannah Banks &nbsp; As the first year of my master\u2019s program in Global Health: Research comes to a close at Vrije Universiteit (VU) in Amsterdam, I\u2019m left reflecting on my Fulbright year as it is also ending in just a few short months. Thinking back to the beginning&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/fulbright.nl\/en\/hannah-banks\/\" class=\"post-details details-type-link\" aria-label=\"Read more about Hannah Banks\">Read more<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post project-odd visible post-8133 type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-blogs-en category-dutch-fulbrighters-2-en category-nederlandse-fulbrighters-en category-92 category-73 category-108 description-off\" data-name=\"Wouter van Bodegraven\" data-date=\"2024-05-13T12:36:46+00:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-thumbnail-wrap\">\n\t<div class=\"post-thumbnail\">\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/fulbright.nl\/en\/wouter-bodegraven\/\" class=\"post-thumbnail-rollover layzr-bg layzr-bg\" ><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"blog-thumb-lazy-load preload-me lazy-load aspect\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D&#39;http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg&#39;%20viewBox%3D&#39;0%200%20768%20512&#39;%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/fulbright.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/wb4-1-768x512.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/fulbright.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/wb4-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/fulbright.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/wb4-1-1306x870.jpg 1306w\" loading=\"eager\" style=\"--ratio: 768 \/ 512\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" alt=\"\" title=\"wb4\" width=\"768\" height=\"512\"  \/><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/fulbright.nl\/en\/wouter-bodegraven\/\" title=\"Wouter van Bodegraven\" rel=\"bookmark\">Wouter van Bodegraven<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t<div class=\"entry-meta\"><span class=\"category-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fulbright.nl\/en\/category\/blogs-en\/\" >Blogs<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fulbright.nl\/en\/category\/dutch-fulbrighters-2-en\/\" >Dutch Fulbrighters<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fulbright.nl\/en\/category\/nederlandse-fulbrighters-en\/\" >Nederlandse Fulbrighters<\/a><\/span><a class=\"author vcard\" href=\"https:\/\/fulbright.nl\/en\/author\/floris\/\" title=\"View all posts by Floris Borghouts\" rel=\"author\">By <span class=\"fn\">Floris Borghouts<\/span><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/fulbright.nl\/en\/2024\/05\/13\/\" title=\"12:36\" class=\"data-link\" rel=\"bookmark\"><time class=\"entry-date updated\" datetime=\"2024-05-13T12:36:46+00:00\">13 May 2024<\/time><\/a><\/div>\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Wouter van Bodegraven The opportunity to come to the U.S. and attend an institution like Columbia University for my Master\u2019s 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&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/fulbright.nl\/en\/wouter-bodegraven\/\" class=\"post-details details-type-link\" aria-label=\"Read more about Wouter van Bodegraven\">Read more<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post project-odd visible post-8108 type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-american-fulbrighters-en category-blogs-en category-61 category-92 description-off\" data-name=\"Jennifer Motter\" data-date=\"2024-04-30T10:01:17+00:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-thumbnail-wrap\">\n\t<div class=\"post-thumbnail\">\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/fulbright.nl\/en\/jennifer-motter\/\" class=\"post-thumbnail-rollover layzr-bg layzr-bg\" ><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"blog-thumb-lazy-load preload-me lazy-load aspect\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D&#39;http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg&#39;%20viewBox%3D&#39;0%200%20768%20512&#39;%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/fulbright.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/motter-jen3-scaled-768x512.jpeg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/fulbright.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/motter-jen3-scaled-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/fulbright.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/motter-jen3-scaled-1306x870.jpeg 1306w\" loading=\"eager\" style=\"--ratio: 768 \/ 512\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" alt=\"\" title=\"motter jen3\" width=\"768\" height=\"512\"  \/><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/fulbright.nl\/en\/jennifer-motter\/\" title=\"Jennifer Motter\" rel=\"bookmark\">Jennifer Motter<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t<div class=\"entry-meta\"><span class=\"category-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fulbright.nl\/en\/category\/american-fulbrighters-en\/\" >American Fulbrighters<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fulbright.nl\/en\/category\/blogs-en\/\" >Blogs<\/a><\/span><a class=\"author vcard\" href=\"https:\/\/fulbright.nl\/en\/author\/floris\/\" title=\"View all posts by Floris Borghouts\" rel=\"author\">By <span class=\"fn\">Floris Borghouts<\/span><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/fulbright.nl\/en\/2024\/04\/30\/\" title=\"10:01\" class=\"data-link\" rel=\"bookmark\"><time class=\"entry-date updated\" datetime=\"2024-04-30T10:01:17+00:00\">30 April 2024<\/time><\/a><\/div>\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>&#8220;Archived Travels&#8221; 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, \u201cwhy did you decide to become History majors?\u201d For me, the answer was easy. I wanted to study history because knowing the past&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/fulbright.nl\/en\/jennifer-motter\/\" class=\"post-details details-type-link\" aria-label=\"Read more about Jennifer Motter\">Read more<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post project-odd visible post-8067 type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-american-fulbrighters-en category-blogs-en category-61 category-92 description-off\" data-name=\"Kendra Gordillo\" data-date=\"2024-04-25T14:36:26+00:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-thumbnail-wrap\">\n\t<div class=\"post-thumbnail\">\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/fulbright.nl\/en\/kendra-gordillo\/\" class=\"post-thumbnail-rollover layzr-bg layzr-bg\" ><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"blog-thumb-lazy-load preload-me lazy-load aspect\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D&#39;http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg&#39;%20viewBox%3D&#39;0%200%20240%20160&#39;%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/fulbright.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_9039-240x160.jpeg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/fulbright.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_9039-240x160.jpeg 240w, https:\/\/fulbright.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_9039-240x159.jpeg 240w\" loading=\"eager\" style=\"--ratio: 240 \/ 160\" sizes=\"(max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" alt=\"\" title=\"IMG_9039\" width=\"240\" height=\"160\"  \/><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/fulbright.nl\/en\/kendra-gordillo\/\" title=\"Kendra Gordillo\" rel=\"bookmark\">Kendra Gordillo<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t<div class=\"entry-meta\"><span class=\"category-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fulbright.nl\/en\/category\/american-fulbrighters-en\/\" >American Fulbrighters<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fulbright.nl\/en\/category\/blogs-en\/\" >Blogs<\/a><\/span><a class=\"author vcard\" href=\"https:\/\/fulbright.nl\/en\/author\/floris\/\" title=\"View all posts by Floris Borghouts\" rel=\"author\">By <span class=\"fn\">Floris Borghouts<\/span><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/fulbright.nl\/en\/2024\/04\/25\/\" title=\"14:36\" class=\"data-link\" rel=\"bookmark\"><time class=\"entry-date updated\" datetime=\"2024-04-25T14:36:26+00:00\">25 April 2024<\/time><\/a><\/div>\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Kendra Gordillo&#8217;s Fulbright experience &nbsp; Hi all! My name is Kendra, and I\u2019m a 2023-2024 Fulbrighter to the Netherlands. I study Philosophy, Bioethics and Health at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. Before pursuing my Master\u2019s here, I studied Genetics with a minor in Philosophy at Clemson University in South Carolina. &nbsp; My Fulbright experience has been nothing&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/fulbright.nl\/en\/kendra-gordillo\/\" class=\"post-details details-type-link\" aria-label=\"Read more about Kendra Gordillo\">Read more<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post project-odd visible post-2775 type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-blogs-en category-92 description-off\" data-name=\"\u2018Onderzoek. Droom. Ontdek.\u2019 &#8211; Trix Mulder\" data-date=\"2019-09-06T09:11:16+00:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-thumbnail-wrap\">\n\t<div class=\"post-thumbnail\">\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/fulbright.nl\/en\/onderzoek-droom-ontdek-trix-mulder\/\" class=\"post-thumbnail-rollover layzr-bg layzr-bg\" ><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"blog-thumb-lazy-load preload-me lazy-load aspect\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D&#39;http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg&#39;%20viewBox%3D&#39;0%200%20768%20512&#39;%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/fulbright.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/IMG_4801-768x512.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/fulbright.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/IMG_4801-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/fulbright.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/IMG_4801-1306x870.jpg 1306w\" loading=\"eager\" style=\"--ratio: 768 \/ 512\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" alt=\"\" title=\"IMG_4801\" width=\"768\" height=\"512\"  \/><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/fulbright.nl\/en\/onderzoek-droom-ontdek-trix-mulder\/\" title=\"\u2018Onderzoek. Droom. Ontdek.\u2019 &#8211; Trix Mulder\" rel=\"bookmark\">\u2018Onderzoek. Droom. Ontdek.\u2019 &#8211; Trix Mulder<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t<div class=\"entry-meta\"><span class=\"category-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fulbright.nl\/en\/category\/blogs-en\/\" >Blogs<\/a><\/span><a class=\"author vcard\" href=\"https:\/\/fulbright.nl\/en\/author\/fulbright-netherlands\/\" title=\"View all posts by Fulbright Netherlands\" rel=\"author\">By <span class=\"fn\">Fulbright Netherlands<\/span><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/fulbright.nl\/en\/2019\/09\/06\/\" title=\"09:11\" class=\"data-link\" rel=\"bookmark\"><time class=\"entry-date updated\" datetime=\"2019-09-06T09:11:16+00:00\">6 September 2019<\/time><\/a><\/div>\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>\u2018Onderzoek. Droom. Ontdek.\u2019 &nbsp; 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&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/fulbright.nl\/en\/onderzoek-droom-ontdek-trix-mulder\/\" class=\"post-details details-type-link\" aria-label=\"Read more about \u2018Onderzoek. Droom. Ontdek.\u2019 &#8211; Trix Mulder\">Read more<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post project-odd visible post-2081 type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-dutch-fulbrighters category-fulbright-2 category-53 category-52 description-off\" data-name=\"Unconventional Wisdom &#8211; Fardo Eringa\" data-date=\"2019-05-24T14:00:15+00:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-thumbnail-wrap\">\n\t<div class=\"post-thumbnail\">\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/fulbright.nl\/en\/unconventional-wisdom-fardo-eringa\/\" class=\"post-thumbnail-rollover layzr-bg layzr-bg\" ><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"blog-thumb-lazy-load preload-me lazy-load aspect\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D&#39;http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg&#39;%20viewBox%3D&#39;0%200%20540%20360&#39;%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/fulbright.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Fardo-tijdens-Rodeo-540x360.jpeg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/fulbright.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Fardo-tijdens-Rodeo-540x360.jpeg 540w\" loading=\"eager\" style=\"--ratio: 540 \/ 360\" sizes=\"(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" alt=\"\" title=\"Fardo tijdens Rodeo\" width=\"540\" height=\"360\"  \/><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/fulbright.nl\/en\/unconventional-wisdom-fardo-eringa\/\" title=\"Unconventional Wisdom &#8211; Fardo Eringa\" rel=\"bookmark\">Unconventional Wisdom &#8211; Fardo Eringa<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t<div class=\"entry-meta\"><span class=\"category-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fulbright.nl\/en\/category\/dutch-fulbrighters\/\" >Dutch Fulbrighters<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fulbright.nl\/en\/category\/fulbright-2\/\" >Fulbright<\/a><\/span><a class=\"author vcard\" href=\"https:\/\/fulbright.nl\/en\/author\/fulbright-netherlands\/\" title=\"View all posts by Fulbright Netherlands\" rel=\"author\">By <span class=\"fn\">Fulbright Netherlands<\/span><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/fulbright.nl\/en\/2019\/05\/24\/\" title=\"14:00\" class=\"data-link\" rel=\"bookmark\"><time class=\"entry-date updated\" datetime=\"2019-05-24T14:00:15+00:00\">24 May 2019<\/time><\/a><\/div>\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>\u201cUnconventional Wisdom\u201d. 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&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/fulbright.nl\/en\/unconventional-wisdom-fardo-eringa\/\" class=\"post-details details-type-link\" aria-label=\"Read more about Unconventional Wisdom &#8211; Fardo Eringa\">Read more<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post project-odd visible post-2025 type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-blogs-en category-92 description-off\" data-name=\"What Makes the World Go &#8216;Round? &#8211; Kaitlin Biagiotti\" data-date=\"2019-05-10T09:31:42+00:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-thumbnail-wrap\">\n\t<div class=\"post-thumbnail\">\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/fulbright.nl\/en\/what-makes-the-world-go-round\/\" class=\"post-thumbnail-rollover layzr-bg layzr-bg\" ><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"blog-thumb-lazy-load preload-me lazy-load aspect\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D&#39;http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg&#39;%20viewBox%3D&#39;0%200%20768%20512&#39;%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/fulbright.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/bf86f778-ce1b-43e1-8095-7354f0e49779-e1558433128623-768x512.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/fulbright.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/bf86f778-ce1b-43e1-8095-7354f0e49779-e1558433128623-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/fulbright.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/bf86f778-ce1b-43e1-8095-7354f0e49779-e1558433128623-1100x732.jpg 1100w\" loading=\"eager\" style=\"--ratio: 768 \/ 512\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" alt=\"\" title=\"bf86f778-ce1b-43e1-8095-7354f0e49779\" width=\"768\" height=\"512\"  \/><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/fulbright.nl\/en\/what-makes-the-world-go-round\/\" title=\"What Makes the World Go &#8216;Round? &#8211; Kaitlin Biagiotti\" rel=\"bookmark\">What Makes the World Go &#8216;Round? &#8211; Kaitlin Biagiotti<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t<div class=\"entry-meta\"><span class=\"category-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fulbright.nl\/en\/category\/blogs-en\/\" >Blogs<\/a><\/span><a class=\"author vcard\" href=\"https:\/\/fulbright.nl\/en\/author\/fulbright-netherlands\/\" title=\"View all posts by Fulbright Netherlands\" rel=\"author\">By <span class=\"fn\">Fulbright Netherlands<\/span><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/fulbright.nl\/en\/2019\/05\/10\/\" title=\"09:31\" class=\"data-link\" rel=\"bookmark\"><time class=\"entry-date updated\" datetime=\"2019-05-10T09:31:42+00:00\">10 May 2019<\/time><\/a><\/div>\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>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. 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