Fulbright Grants

and other options

after college

Multimedia by Kim Judkins

What is Fulbright

And international educational exchange program

Sponsored by the U.S. government

Allows students to study, teach, or conduct research abroad

A little history:

1945: J. William Fulbright proposes bill to promote international relations through students

1946 President Harry S. Truman signs bill into a law

Congress created the J. William Fulbright foreign scholarship board 12-member board Works with Bureau of

Educational and Cultural Affairs and foreign embassies to administer the program

More than 47,000 U.S. students have received grants

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The Application-Statement of grant purpose-Personal Statement-Proof of contact person in proposed country-Letter of recommendation

*For foreign countries, all items must be completed in English and native language of proposed country

*For art students, a supplementary portfolio must be submitted

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The following screens are descriptions and profiles of 3 people involved some way in the Fulbright program.

The first is a girl currently in the application process, the second is a girl in Spain currently doing her Fulbright research program, and the third is a professor who has already participated in 2 Fulbright scholarships

About Cait Miller

Senior photojournalism major at the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD)

Proposed program to go to Fiji to create a photo history of traditional villages

“I don’t have any way to fund it out of college. This just sort of fell into my lap last year.”

The following 4 photographs are taken from Cait’s supplement portfolio from her Fulbright application

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ASHLEY MARCHENA

-Ashley Marchena is currently in Madrid on a Fulbright grant doing research in clinical psychology

--She is working with autistic kids ages 6-12

-“I study autism, and the social disorder, and people who have trouble with social interaction, Spain has a different way of social interaction. It’ll be interesting to see what autism is like in a different culture.”

- She is using the grant to further her graduate studies through the University of Connecticut

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About Steven Wisensale

Professor of Human Development and Family studies at University of Connecticut

Received 2 Fulbright grants 3-week learning seminar in Germany about

changing demographics and becoming an aging society. (Social policies in Germany) (2003)

Also semester long grant in Prague teaching comparative family policy (2006)

Other Scholarships and their requirements

Marshall Scholarship

For post-graduate degrees

Only study in United Kingdom

Requires undergrad GPA of 3.7

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Rhodes Scholarship

For post-graduate degrees

Only Study in United Kingdom

Certain athletic abilities required (pass a physical education class)

Language proficiency relative to proposed program

Teach For America

Minimum 2 year requirement

Places recent graduates in low-income school for experience

Helps repay student loans

Offers heath insurance and retirement benefits

Other options students are taking to manage the recession include:

Increase in graduate school applications

Unpaid internships

Starting own businesses

Moving home to avoid extra expenses

Taking jobs outside their field

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WHY THE STIFF COMPETITION?

“Some of this year's graduates may very well

compete with some of last year's graduates for

positions. They will also be competing with

other young people, who received their

diplomas within the last five years, had jobs,

and found themselves back in the labor pool

once the recession hit,”

(John Challenger, reporter for The Record.)

“It’s the age of globalization, if

you can get anything on your

resume, that’s a positive.”

-Steven

Wisensale“The practical benefits are

really good. Also it looks really

good on your resume,” -Ashley Marchena

The upside is that

The National Association of Colleges and Employers conducted a survey to predict next year’s job market. Many of the employers surveyed said in 2011 they intend to hire as many as 13.5 percent more college graduates than in 2010.

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Famous Grant Scholars

John Lithgow (actor) – Fulbright

J. William Fulbright – Rhodes

Bill Clinton – Rhodes

Sylvia Plath – Fulbright

Thomas Friedman (journalist) - Marshall