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Newsletter December 2017

We're wrapping up a busy and exciting year at Fulbright Austria! Take a look at our last newsletter of 2017 to scroll through our Year in Review and read about our latest LLM fair, this year's Fulbright Prize and new staff.

New Fulbright Austria Staff Member: Mag. Irina Pichler

New Fulbright Austria Staff Member: Mag. Irina Pichler

Irina Pichler is a native of Vienna, where she grew up and has lived nearly all of her life with her family. After her university education in humanities (which was a long time ago) she worked as a librarian in Vienna. After maternity leave, she spent several years working in business management and in the field of university, education and science institutions.

Thanksgiving - Thank Fulbright, November 28, 2017

Fulbright Austria and the Austrian Fulbright Alumni Association are pleased to invite donors to a traditional Thanksgiving dinner in an elegant atmosphere at the “Pfarrwirt” at Pfarrplatz. Bring your family, and partners!

Invitation: NAWI Graz: Connecting with...", November 8 - December 13

Reuben Hudson, currently Fulbright-Visiting Professor at NAWI Graz, has created an event series dedicated to Green Chemistry topics. NAWI Graz cordially invites interested students, scholars, and experts from the public sector and industry to these four “NAWI Graz: Connecting with…” talks with scientists from Canada, who share their expertise on various aspects of Green Chemistry on November 8, November 22, December 6, and December 13.

Fulbright Austria Newsletter October 2017

Fulbright Austria Newsletter October 2017

With successful orientations, receptions, and workshops behind us and program deadlines, fairs and Thanksgiving dinner ahead of us, it's a busy fall at Fulbright Austria!

Five New Fulbright – Austrian Marshall Plan Foundation Awards for STEM

Five New Fulbright – Austrian Marshall Plan Foundation Awards for STEM

We're pleased to present five new Fulbright – Austrian Marshall Plan Foundation Awards for full-time research and/or study. These awards are generously funded by the Austrian Marshall Plan Foundation and intended for PhD candidates and post-bachelor students in STEM disciplines and related fields.

Fundraising Newsletter

The Fulbright program is at a critical juncture in its history, and we need your support. Learn about the new engagement and fundraising initiatives of Fulbright Austria in this special edition newsletter!

Invitation: Talk US Scholar Joseph Malherek "Victor Gruen, Austrian Emigration to the United States after World War II, and the Creation of the Shopping Mall", October 13, 2017

US Fulbright Scholar Joseph Malherek will be giving a talk on "Victor Gruen, Austrian Emigration to the United States after World War II, and the Creation of the Shopping Mall" at the 70th Anniversary of the Austro-American Society for Styria, on October 13, 2017.

USTA Second-Year Kick-Off, October 5, 2017

Fulbright Austria hosted an afternoon of brainstorming, discussion, and fun for the second-year teaching assistants to start the new school year off with enthusiasm. The afternoon was followed by a reception where first-year teaching assistant mingled with second-year teaching assistants and asked them for advice.

In Memoriam: Eva (Jorda) Schussek (1931-2017)

In Memoriam: Eva (Jorda) Schussek (1931-2017)

Fulbright Austria is saddened to announce the passing of Eva (Jorda) Schussek, the legendary American Program Assistant of the Austrian Fulbright Commission, on September 18, 2017. “Frau Schussek” – as she was known to the some 1,400 U.S. Fulbrighters she assisted in the course of her thirty-five years of service from 1954 until 1989 – was instrumental helping generations of American Fulbright grantees get to Austria and get settled in Austria. Throughout the years, she advised them with great patience, concern, and good humor on the peculiarities of Austrian manners, mores, and institutions: before and after their arrivals and during their stays.

Fulbright: Now - More Than Ever

For the first time Fulbright Austria is reaching out to its alumni and the Austrian business community with an annual call for support.

Join the Alumni Advisory Panel

Are you looking for an opportunity to give back with your knowledge and expertise? Become a member of the alumni advisory panel and advise Fulbright Austria on current alumni fundraising initiatives, discussions and projects.

New Fulbright Austria Staff Member: Mag.(FH) Ruth Gabler, MPA

New Fulbright Austria Staff Member: Mag.(FH) Ruth Gabler, MPA

In June, Mag.(FH) Ruth Gabler joined the Fulbright Austria team as Fundraising and Development Officer. As a Fulbright alumna she is looking forward to the opportunity of engaging the community and the more than 9,000 alumni of all of Fulbright Austria’s programs on both sides of the Atlantic.

New Agreement of Cooperation and Exchange between the University of Arkansas and TU Graz

New Agreement of Cooperation and Exchange between the University of Arkansas and TU Graz

Prof. Andy Proctor from the Department of Food Science at University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, spent the fall semester of the 2015-16 program year as the Fulbright-NAWI Graz Visiting Professor in the Natural Sciences. This Fulbright award is jointly sponsored by the Technical University Graz and the Karl Franzens University Graz to enhance collaboration between these two institutions in the natural sciences (Naturwissenschaften, hence the acronym NAWI). Professor Proctor and his combined teaching and research project, "Integrating Basic and Applied Food Chemistry," were well received in Graz and led to fruitful discussions between the TU Graz and the University of Arkansas about institutionalizing more extensive collaboration and cooperation in the future. One of the outcomes of Prof. Proctor’s Fulbright award is a collaborative agreement between the University of Arkansas and TU Graz to promote joint research and bilateral student mobility in the food sciences that was signed in Graz on June 22. Fulbright Austria is proud to be associated with these partners and this outcome! Another outcome of this agreement was a summer program, in which, according to a press release, "Food science students from the U of A's Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences, as well as students from other countries, participated in an innovative two-week short course, Food Science and Culinary Arts to Maximize Food Quality, at the Technical University of Graz in Austria for U.S. and European students during the summer.

USTA Orientations September, 25-29 September, 2017

Two orientations for the incoming USTAs and Fubright Combined Grantees will be held in Saalbach-Hinterglemm for USTAs living and teaching in western Austria and in Hollabrunn for USTAs living and teaching in eastern Austria. During this week USTAs will work in small groups with actual Austrian secondary school teachers to learn about the Austrian education system and what to expect in the coming year. By invitation only.

Fulbright Reception, September 21, 2017

Chargé d'Affaires a.i. Eugene S. Young hosted a Fulbright reception that proved to be a highlight of US Orientation Week. More than 80 US Fulbright grantees, “homecoming” Austrian grantees, members of the Fulbright Austria board, representatives of institutions that collaborate with Fulbright Austria, and other friends and associates of the Fulbright Program in Austria met for an evening of networking and socializing.

Fulbright Orientation in Vienna, September 19-22, 2017

Eighteen new US Fulbright student grantees and five scholars participated in the Fall 2017 US Fulbright orientation.

Newsletter July 2017

Newsletter July 2017

The deadlines for the Austrian and US Fulbright Scholars Programs are approaching fast! Learn about exciting talks scholars gave this semester, look at pictures from the annual pre-departure orientation and going-away heurigen, and get ready to stand for Fulbright in this summer edition of the Fulbright Austria Newsletter.

Michaela Hoenicke-Moore at the Whitsun Dialogue at Seggau Castle

Michaela Hoenicke-Moore at the Whitsun Dialogue at Seggau Castle

Michaela Hoenicke-Moore (University of Iowa), this year’s US Scholar Fulbright Lecturer in American Studies, was invited to participate in this year's biannual Whitsun Dialogue at Seggau Castle. The event was dedicated to the topic “Europe. USA. 3.0 – Values. Interests. Perspectives” and inspired by the 70th anniversary of the Marshall Plan.

Fulbright Pre-Departure Orientation and Heurigen 2017

The 2017-18 Austrian Fulbright students, Scholars and FLTAs spent the afternoon in pre-departure orientation sessions, then met up with the homeward-bound 2016-17 US Fulbright Students and Scholars for a going-away party at a traditional Viennese Heurigen (wine tavern).

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Editorial: Celebrating a vibrant season of learning and cultural exchange

Hermann Agis talks about summer and Fulbright Austria's community activities.