1. A Lesson in Politics and Compassion

   It’s just amazing to learn how the government works here. I was a legislative page for two weeks in the state legislature and that was something I never imagined.

2. Creating Change for the Disabled

   Yerasyl Toleugazimov, a citizen of Kazakhstan, spent his junior year of high school in Lacey and summarized his experience saying, "I learned new things that changed me."

3. Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Galt’s Remarks on Protecting and Preserving Cultural Heritage in the Middle East - Arab American Day Keynote

   Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Galt’s Keynote Remarks “Protecting and Preserving Cultural Heritage in the Middle East” Organization of American States on Tuesday, December 12, 2017, 6:30 p.m., 3-5 minutes

4. From Professional Fellow to Lifelong Friend

   Leslie Jensen, Vice President and Commercial Banker at First Interstate Bank, has always been interested in learning more about people and places outside of the United States. After hearing about the Professional Fellows Economic Empowerment Program, she felt a strong connection to the goals of the program and decided to host a participant from Burma.

5. Unpublished

   Disability is Diversity: Dr. Christie L. Gilson Shares her Story

   "Just because you have a disability does not mean you can't do an exchange program," says Dr. Christie Gilson. Read more about how an exchange program is an opportunity for anyone.

6. Student Goes Beyond the Call of His Studies; Aids Local Children with Cleft Palates

   Fulbrighter Luke Juran goes beyond is tsunami research to help those affected by cleft lips and palates.

7. Fulbright U.S. Student Connects With At-Risk Youth in Rio de Janeiro Through Boxing

   In Rio de Janeiro, Nicholas studied Sociology at Pontifica Universidad Catholica Do Rio De Janerio (PUC-Río) during the day and spent his evenings at the gym, volunteering with children, learning and experiencing the different cultures in Brazil from the classrooms to the inner city.

8. Photographer in Bangladesh

   Interactive Media teacher Geoffrey Hiller reflects on his time in Bangladesh.

9. Preserving the Culture of Modernizing Villages Through Photography

   Fulbright Scholar Kathleen McLaughlin documents the modernization of Maramures, Romania through pictures.

10. Fulbright Foreign Student Alumna Introduces First Seeing-Eye Dog to Mongolia

    As a student in Mongolia, Uyanga Erdenbold did not have the same opportunity to read books as her fellow students did until she reached college.

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