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Sophie Krenn

Austrian Fulbright student Social sciences Columbia University
It is true: Fulbright offers an inspiring and life-changing experience. Life is different after it.

Gustav Grimm

Austrian Fulbright foreign language teaching assistant Social sciences The Ohio State University
The program did not only have a positive impact on my own professional development; it also enabled me to inspire people in the US, whom I would have…

Donna Dodson

US Fulbright scholar Arts Q21/MuseumsQuartier Wien
The opportunity to be immersed in that experience was inspirational for my own work... My Fulbright experience gave me the confidence to move forwards…
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Katie Farrar

Katie Farrar

US teaching assistant Humanities Social sciences
I still think of my time in Austria as the most important time in my life. The friends I met while in Austria are some of my strongest relationships. And thank goodness for my skills in public speaking that I cultivated in Austria!
Upper Austria
Emily Brancel (Skorupski)

Emily Brancel (Skorupski)

US teaching assistant Humanities Social sciences
The lessons I learned from Fulbright Austria benefit not only me, but also the education of US students through my teaching.
Upper Austria
Megan Higgins

Megan Higgins

US teaching assistant Humanities Social sciences
Moving to Villach was extremely important in shaping who I am today.
Carinthia
Karen Gallagher

Karen Gallagher

US Fulbright student US teaching assistant Humanities Social sciences
"I have made invaluable connections through the Fulbright Program that have affected my life positively, sometimes in unexpected ways."
University of Vienna
Katrin Greisberger

Katrin Greisberger

Austrian Fulbright student Humanities Social sciences
“Fulbright was a truly unique and life-changing experience and it continues to have an impact on my professional and personal opportunities.”
University of Texas at Austin
Caitlin Gura

Caitlin Gura

US teaching assistant Humanities Social sciences
"...the people I met helped open my mind to examine challenges differently and to appreciate different perspectives, not only just to talk, but also how to meaningfully listen."
Vienna
Claudia Loidolt

Claudia Loidolt

Austrian Fulbright foreign language teaching assistant Social sciences Humanities
"My year abroad as Fulbright German language assistant can be best described as a crazy rollercoaster-like adventure that led me on physical and mental paths that I had not even in my wildest dreams thought I would ever walk..."
The College of Wooster
Verena Wappel

Verena Wappel

Austrian Fulbright foreign language teaching assistant Humanities Social sciences
"I have, however, chosen one particular experience to write about regarding leaving my comfort zone. There is a tradition at Bates College called the Puddle Jump. Every year in January, Bates students jump into a frozen lake. This year the temperature was at -6 °C..."
Bates College
Bruce Pauley

Bruce Pauley

US Fulbright student Humanities Social sciences
"The year... was the most memorable and rewarding, one both for my forty-two-year career as a professor, and for my marriage!"
University of Graz
Hildegard Pfanner

Hildegard Pfanner

Austrian Fulbright student Humanities Social sciences
"As I have – incidentally – just finished reading my “American Diary”, written beautifully in shorthand, I have so to speak re-experienced my stay in the States, but now I need a magnifying glass for reading."
University of Michigan
Nikolaus Unger

Nikolaus Unger

US teaching assistant Humanities Social sciences
"This opportunity changed my life in a unique, valuable and positive way."
Vienna
Nancy D. Hargrove

Nancy D. Hargrove

US Fulbright scholar Humanities Social sciences
"The Fulbright has deeply and significantly impacted my life, for which I am unfailingly grateful."
University of Vienna
Vanessa S. Troiano

Vanessa S. Troiano

US teaching assistant Humanities Social sciences
"...I delighted in the opportunity to be a cultural ambassador in Vienna as I shared information about the United States with my Austrian high-school students."
Vienna
Julia Littlefield

Julia Littlefield

US teaching assistant Humanities Social sciences
"I have no doubt that participating in the Austrian-American Fulbright Commission's US Teaching Assistantship Program gave me an enormous leg-up in the job search when I returned to the US, having gained international work experience through a highly reputable and respected program."
Styria
Irene Zavarsky

Irene Zavarsky

Austrian Fulbright foreign language teaching assistant Humanities Social sciences
"The Fulbright year in the US truly changed my life. I met amazing people from all over the world, who I still call friends."
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Randy Sterling Hunter

Randy Sterling Hunter

US Fulbright student US teaching assistant Humanities Social sciences
"It is easy to overlook the necessity of a program like the Fulbright whose effects are not always easily quantifiable in numbers, output or economically. But after my experiences as a grantee there is absolutely no question of the grave importance of the Fulbright program."
University of Vienna
Karl-Heinz Rossbacher

Karl-Heinz Rossbacher

Austrian Fulbright student Austrian Fulbright scholar Social sciences Humanities
"The Fulbright Scholarship of 1963–64 was quite a door opener..."
Emory University
University of Kansas
Joseph Smallhoover

Joseph Smallhoover

US teaching assistant Humanities Social sciences
"My time in Austria was exceptional and I have returned every year..."
Vienna
Gerhard Rettenbacher

Gerhard Rettenbacher

Austrian Fulbright student Humanities Social sciences
"I am now, in private, an ambassador between America and Europe, and I keep sending friends to the US to see for themselves. Fulbright made that possible. Thank you very much!"
University of California San Diego
Lauren Kovacs

Lauren Kovacs

US teaching assistant Humanities Social sciences
"As a teacher assistant my year abroad was indescribable. I traveled to 8 countries in 9 months and feel as if I left a family and second life in Austria."
Carinthia
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