2017 College Report

FULBRIGHT SPOTLIGHT FULBRIGHT SCHOLAR PROGRAM: U.S. faculty members go abroad to lecture and/or conduct research for up to a year. FULBRIGHT SPECIALIST PROGRAM: U.S. faculty go abroad to serve as expert consultants on curriculum, faculty development, and institutional planning at overseas academic institutions for a period of two to six weeks. FULBRIGHT SPECIALIST HANK HEHMSOTH 2013, 2016 Chile “It takes an American sensibility of fresh concept and practical usage to present topics such as Modern Jazz Improvisation, Contemporary Concepts of Composition, and Commercial Arranging to an international audience. Te creativity, the real use of computers and software to express yourself and promote yourself world-wide, and the freedom inherent in American Jazz, all suggest that in America, anything is possible. No students in Chile really know how to create websites with pictures, audio, videos, and links to promote themselves to the world stage. It was my great pleasure to be the person doing this under a grant from the U.S. State Department and the Fulbright Commission. I was a Fulbright Senior Specialist teaching these specialized skills that few international university degree plans ofer to students. As far as I am concerned, I can think of no better way to spread American goodwill across the world, than in this way. I am proud to be an American in this manner. Plus, I get to play jazz everywhere! Tis is why I planned a second visit for the summer of 2016! Also, lastly, while I was there I was invited to join an International Fulbright Arts Selection Council that chose one Chilean student for a full graduate scholarship/grant to the USA.” FULBRIGHT SCHOLAR SANDY RAO 2008 India “Te Fulbright Scholar Award gave me an opportunity to go back to my native India and be part of the exciting new information hub in Asia. During spring 2008 I taught graduate courses in media writing and new media at Manipal University in the West Coast of India in my home state of Karnataka. Te University had thousands of international students from Malaysia and the Middle East but also from about 50 diferent countries. I was also able to create and launch India’s frst academic center for media and marketing communication research at the Manipal Institute of Communication. Te University was located 10 minutes from the Malpe Beach. I took the opportunity to conduct research investigating diferent groups of people (including fshermen) with the help of my students’ mobile phones. I had a furnished apartment in a guesthouse and paid under a dollar for tasty bufets at a cafeteria. Vendors brought imported fruits to our doorstep and a laundryman collected clothes that had to be washed and ironed. Among the highlights of my stay were the many trips I took for work and pleasure, including a trip to Bangalore, my hometown, to stay in my parents’ house where I grew up. A Fulbright experience is a life-changing experience; for me, it was extra special because I was following in my father’s footsteps. Many years ago, he came to the U.S. from India on a Fulbright Award and his educational and cultural experiences served as an inspiration to me.” COLLEGE REPORT 2017 | 15