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After FLEX, ‘There is Absolutely Nothing I Can’t Do’

Future Leaders Exchange (FLEX) program participant Anton Meshkov traveled from a bustling city in Russia to the small, sprawling American city of Shevlin, MN.

Empowering Women and Girls: WNBA Basketball Envoys in Ukraine

The girls basketball team works with Tamika Raymond on drills and skills.

The State Department and NBA worked together to send former WNBA players Tamika Raymond and Nykesha Sales to Ukraine as Sports Envoys from January 28 to February 2, 2013.

Photographing the Color of Hay

Woman throwing hay on top of a pile of hay

Fulbright U.S. Scholar to Romania, Kathleen Laraia McLaughlin shares some of the photos she took in Romania of the changes she witnessed between urban dwellers and those from the rural areas.

Reading Connects Communities in the U.S. and Macedonia

Fulbright English Teaching Assistant Jennifer Birdsall (in red) and U.S. Ambassador to Macedonia Paul Wholers watch at the American Corner in Tetovo as children collect books donated by communities in Nebraska.

Images from Fulbright English Teaching Assistant (ETA), Jennifer Birdsall, during her time in Macedonia.

Reading Connects Communities in the U.S. and Macedonia

As a Fulbrighter Jennifer lived in Macedonia from September 2011 to July 2012-- helping to teach English and American culture in a number of classes at South East European University in Tetovo, as well as developing two of her own courses. In her spare time, Jennifer started an English club, in partnership with Read Across America, at the American Corner in Tetovo for young Macedonians.

Russian Volleyball Players Visit the U.S.

Russian boys train at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Chula Vista, California.

The first sports visitor program brought Russian volleyball players and coaches to Southern California for a beach volleyball.

Ice Skating Success Story with Sports Envoy Evan Lysacek

Sports Envoy and Olympic Ice Skater Evan Lysacek leads a clinic on ice in Belarus.

Olympic gold medalist figure skater Evan Lysacek traveled to Sweden and Belarus as a Sports Envoy.

Milton Glaser Fulbright Student to Italy, 1952

Video still from the Milton Glaser Fulbright Student to Italy, 1952 video

Milton Glaser is the artist most famous for creating the "I ♥ NY" symbol. He went to Bologna, Italy in 1952 on a Fulbright to "learn how to draw". In this video, Mr. Glaser discusses Fulbright - "the most profound experience of your life" - and his career.

Jonathan Franzen - Fulbright Student to Germany, 1981

Video still from the Jonathan Franzen - Fulbright Student to Germany, 1981

American writer and novelist Jonathan Franzen - who received a Fulbright U.S. Student Program award to Germany in 1981 for a project in creative writing - discusses his Fulbright experience and its impact on his career. Mr. Franzen is interviewed by recently-returned Fulbright Alumnus Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, whose Fulbright U.S. Student award to Germany in 2009 was also for a project in creative writing.

Brian Rutenberg - Fulbright Student to Ireland, 1997

Video still of Brian Rutenberg painting from the video, Brian Rutenberg - Fulbright Student to Ireland, 1997

Artist Brian Rutenberg brings us into his studio to discuss the evolution of his art, the Fulbright he received to Ireland, and what he is doing now.

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