12 Jul
2022

Alum chat: Zoe Goldenberg-Hart and Thomas Pawlowski in discussion

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Join us on Zoom as alums Zoe Goldenberg-Hart and Thomas Pawlowski interview each other.

Our alum chat webinar series continues! 2021–22 US Fulbright combined grantees Zoe Goldenberg-Hart and Thomas Pawlowski interview each other to discuss their work with refugees, COVID-19, and adaptability.

In the 2021–22 program year, Zoe received the Fulbright Combined Grant, and Thomas received the Fulbright Community-Based Combined Grant. Launched in 2016, the community-based grant is one of the first service-learning-focused awards in the Fulbright Program. The grant allows program participants to pursue an internship or service project while working as an English teaching assistant and taking university courses part-time in Austria. Also unique within the global Fulbright Program, the combined grant allows program participants to pursue a research project while working as an English teaching assistant and taking university courses part-time.

There will be a Q&A session with Zoe and Thomas following the interviews.

Zoe Goldenberg-Hart

2021–22 US Fulbright Combined Grantee: Study, Research, and Teaching Assistantship

Zoe graduated from Carleton College in 2021 with a BA in Latin American studies and received the Fulbright Combined Grant for the 2021–22 program year. During her Fulbright grant, she worked with Flüchtlinge Willkommen, a local nonprofit organization that matches refugees to private housing options with local hosts. Flüchtlinge Willkommen belongs to the international network Refugees Welcome International. In addition, she served as an English-language teaching assistant in two Austrian secondary schools. In 2016–17, she completed an exchange year in Germany through the Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange program, an experience that launched her interest in cultural exchange and life abroad.

Headshot of Zoe Goldenberg-Hart

Thomas Pawlowski

2021–22 US Fulbright Community-Based Combined Grantee

Raised in Crown Point, Indiana, Thomas Pawlowski attended his state's public college, Indiana University, where he received a degree in chemistry and worked with disadvantaged children in the Middle Way House, where he was working when he received his Fulbright grant. The goal of his Fulbright project was to help children refugees adjust to the new culture and language of Austria and to build healthy life habits. Following completion of his Fulbright project, Thomas will now attend Rochester Medical School, where he hopes to train in a trauma specialty and continue pursuing a career in international medicine.

Headshot of Thomas Pawlowski

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About the alum chat webinar series: This webinar series is an initiative to feature notable Fulbright Austria alums who continue to make a positive impact beyond their Fulbright Austria experience. In turn, we hope our alums’ accomplishments, accounts, and expertise will inspire other members of our community as they strive to achieve their own aspirations.