Fulbright Association
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The Fulbright Association is a U.S.-based membership organization of Fulbright Program
alumni and supporters committed to fostering international awareness and understanding through:
The Fulbright Association, founded in 1977 by a group of Fulbright alumni in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania
, and supported by Senator Fulbright
until his death in 1995, has grown to an organization of more than 9,000 members. The Fulbright Association supports a network of alumni-run chapters across the United States that host alumni activities, educational and cultural programs, and enrichment activities for visiting Fulbrighters.
Fulbright Program
The Fulbright Program, including the Fulbright-Hays Program, is a program of competitive, merit-based grants for international educational exchange for students, scholars, teachers, professionals, scientists and artists, founded by United States Senator J. William Fulbright in 1946. Under the...
alumni and supporters committed to fostering international awareness and understanding through:
- Advocating increased worldwide support for Fulbright exchanges;
- Enriching the Fulbright experience; and
- Facilitating lifelong interaction among alumni and current participants.
The Fulbright Association, founded in 1977 by a group of Fulbright alumni in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania
Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania
Bryn Mawr from Welsh for "big hill") is a census-designated place in Lower Merion Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, just west of Philadelphia along Lancaster Avenue and the border with Delaware County...
, and supported by Senator Fulbright
J. William Fulbright
James William Fulbright was a United States Senator representing Arkansas from 1945 to 1975.Fulbright was a Southern Democrat and a staunch multilateralist who supported the creation of the United Nations and the longest serving chairman in the history of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee...
until his death in 1995, has grown to an organization of more than 9,000 members. The Fulbright Association supports a network of alumni-run chapters across the United States that host alumni activities, educational and cultural programs, and enrichment activities for visiting Fulbrighters.