By Morgan Keller, Director of the Office of International Student Affairs (OISA) This past June, I had the wonderful opportunity to spend two weeks in South Korea as a recipient of a Fulbright International Education Administrators (IEA) Award. Over the course of the trip, I visited 14 Korean universities across the country with a cohort…
By Anita Deeg-Carlin, Director of Intercultural Learning Konnichiwa and thank you for your interest in my Fulbright experience in Japan! It was my first time to visit the Asian continent and I am so grateful for the opportunity. After supporting student Fulbright applicants for many years, I decided to pursue an “adult” Fulbright opportunity myself,…
By Jack Noble ‘25 Hey Fries Center fans, fanatics, and followers of all kinds, Just under two weeks ago, I arrived back in the States from a ten-month stint in Nepal. I was working an independent research project through the Buddhist Studies wing of Kathmandu University, studying, through interviews and surveys, how Tibetan Buddhist monks…
By Erica Kowsz, Associate Director of Fellowships This year, Wesleyan had its highest yet number of applicants for the Fulbright US Student Program. 11 members of the Class of ’26 and 6 alumni from earlier graduation years were awarded grants through the Fulbright US Student Program, the nation’s largest exchange program, awarding more than 1800…
By Natasha Karageorgos, Associate Professor of Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies I am deeply honored to receive the Fulbright U.S. Scholar Ukraine Beyond Borders Award. This fellowship will allow me to go to Greece in 2027 for four months to work on the project, “The Legacy of the Mariupol Greeks.” The Fulbright program, “Ukraine…
By Anita Deeg-Carlin, Director of Intercultural Learning I’m honored to share that I’ve been selected for an IEA Fulbright Award to Japan! This June, I’ll travel to Tokyo, Hiroshima, and possibly Kyoto to deepen my understanding of Japan’s higher education system, society and culture while building relationships that will further Wesleyan University’s engagement in the…
By Morgan Keller The award I applied for and received is the U.S.-Korea Fulbright International Education Administrators (IEA) Award for 2026-2027. Through this amazing experience, I am learning about the Korean higher education system and how they approach aspects of international education related to my work and areas of interest as an international educator. Specifically,…
By Cecilia Briana Foldessy-Stiegemeier ‘26 Last Friday, the Office of Fellowships hosted an alumni panel during the 2026 Power of Language Week. The event featured Teva Corwin (’25) and Czarina Yuffa (’25), both currently serving as Fulbright English Teaching Assistants, with Corwin in Mexico and Yuffa in Uzbekistan. Students were able to hear first-hand about…
The Fries Center for Global Studies is delighted to announce that for the seventh consecutive year, Wesleyan University has been recognized as one of the top-producing academic institutions for the Fulbright U.S. Student Program, by the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. Each year, Fulbright sends hundreds of Americans abroad to…
The Fulbright US Student Program is the United States’ premier international cultural exchange program for US citizens and nationals. Through Fulbright, Wesleyan graduates can teach, research, or study in one of 140+ countries for an academic year. Wesleyan has been a Top Producing Institution with the Fulbright program for 6 years running. On March 29,…
