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Carla Harold

Austrian Fulbright Foreign Language Teaching Assistant Social Sciences Dartmouth College
I am truly grateful for the experiences I have been able to have. Joining the Fulbright Program can be a once-in-a-lifetime experience, but it can…

Jack Flesch

US Teaching AssistantVienna
Wherever I find myself later this year, next year, or more down the road, I will remember this story and the many my year as a USTA has provided.

Daisy Garner

US Teaching AssistantLower Austria
I have been able to volunteer with refugees from around the world through several organizations ... I am grateful that serving as a US teaching…
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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
Ashley Steel

Ashley Steel

US Fulbright Scholar STEM
"Working on this puzzle, how landscapes influence rivers and fish, together in Seattle built bonds not only between scientists but also across our families..."
University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Vienna (BOKU)
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 high-school aged Austrian 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
Gregory L. Florant

Gregory L. Florant

US Fulbright Scholar STEM
"On my second Fulbright, I was fortunate enough to go to Vienna, Austria, and work with wonderful people at the Research Institute of Wildlife Ecology. Again, the scientific research opportunities were wonderful, and I developed several great collaborations, but I was also fortunate enough to make friends with many people who also were interested in science, good food, and wine/beer!"
University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna
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
Ari Frankel

Ari Frankel

US Teaching Assistant Humanities Social Sciences
"This has allowed me to experiment with different styles and formats of materials and content delivery as well as observe a number of experienced practitioners with varied styles, which has accelerated the development of my own personal voice and style as a novice educator. This has been invaluable as I begin the lifelong process of developing as a foreign language educator."
Lower Austria
Rachel Olson

Rachel Olson

US Teaching Assistant Social Sciences Humanities
"Through my experiences, I have been able to bring my international experiences into my classroom and show my students the many possibilities that exist outside of school. My teaching skills improved as well, having worked with non-native English speakers."
Salzburg
Nile P. Norton

Nile P. Norton

US Fulbright Student Arts
"As a direct result of my Vienna study, I completed my Stanford University dissertation on, and performed five of Mozart’s Concert Arias..."
University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna
Thomas Mölg

Thomas Mölg

Austrian Fulbright Scholar STEM
"First of all, my stay was exceptionally enjoyable both from a professional and private viewpoint while I was in the United States."
University of California Berkley
Walter Hölbling

Walter Hölbling

Austrian Fulbright Scholar Social Sciences Humanities
"Altogether, the whole family profited enormously from our year abroad, and we returned home with wonderful memories - in short, a highly educational experience in a very comprehensive sense."
University of Michigan
University of Albany
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