1. Fulbright Grants and
other options after
college
Multimedia by
Kim Judkins

2. What is Fulbright
 And international educational exchange
program
 Sponsored by the U.S. government
 Allows students to study, teach, or conduct
research abroad

3. A little history:
 1945: J. William Fulbright
proposes bill to promote
international relations
through students
 1946 President
Harry S. Truman
signs bill into a
law
 Congress created the J.
William Fulbright foreign
scholarship board
 12-member board
 Works with Bureau of
Educational and Cultural
Affairs and foreign
embassies to administer
the program
 More than 47,000 U.S.
students have received
grants
Picture taken from the AP image
database

4. The
Application
-Statement of grant purpose
-Personal Statement
-Proof of contact person in
proposed country
-Letter of recommendation
*For foreign countries, all items
must be completed in English
and native language of
proposed country
*For art students, a
supplementary portfolio must
be submitted
PicturetakenfromtheAPimagedatabase

5. The following screens are descriptions
and profiles of 3 people involved some
way in the Fulbright program.
The first is a girl currently in the application process, the
second is a girl in Spain currently doing her Fulbright
research program, and the third is a professor who has
already participated in 2 Fulbright scholarships

6. About Cait Miller
 Senior photojournalism major at the Rhode Island
School of Design (RISD)
 Proposed program to go to Fiji to create a photo
history of traditional villages
 “I don’t have any way to fund it out of college.
This just sort of fell into my lap last year.”
The following 4 photographs are taken from Cait’s supplement
portfolio from her Fulbright application

7. CaitMillerPhotography

8. Cait Miller
Photography

9. Cait Miller Photography

10. ASHLEY MARCHENA
-Ashley Marchena is currently in Madrid on a Fulbright grant doing
research in clinical psychology
--She is working with autistic kids ages 6-12
-“I study autism, and the social disorder, and people who have
trouble with social interaction, Spain has a different way of social
interaction. It’ll be interesting to see what autism is like in a different
culture.”
- She is using the grant to further her graduate studies through the
University of Connecticut
Picture taken from the AP image

11. About Steven Wisensale
 Professor of Human Development and Family
studies at University of Connecticut
 Received 2 Fulbright grants
 3-week learning seminar in Germany about
changing demographics and becoming an aging
society. (Social policies in Germany) (2003)
 Also semester long grant in Prague teaching
comparative family policy (2006)

12. Other Scholarships and their
requirements
Marshall Scholarship
 For post-graduate degrees
 Only study in United
Kingdom
 Requires undergrad GPA
of 3.7
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13. Rhodes Scholarship
 For post-graduate degrees
 Only Study in United Kingdom
 Certain athletic abilities required (pass a physical
education class)
 Language proficiency relative to proposed
program

14. Teach For America
 Minimum 2 year
requirement
 Places recent graduates
in low-income school for
experience
 Helps repay student loans
 Offers heath insurance
and retirement benefits

15. Other options students are
taking to manage the recession
include:
 Increase in graduate school applications
 Unpaid internships
 Starting own businesses
 Moving home to avoid extra expenses
 Taking jobs outside their field

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United States unemployment rates

19. The upside is
that
The National Association of
Colleges and Employers
conducted a survey to predict
next year’s job market. Many
of the employers surveyed said
in 2011 they intend to hire as
many as 13.5 percent more
college graduates than in
2010.
Picture taken from the AP image database

20. Famous Grant Scholars
 John Lithgow (actor) – Fulbright
 J. William Fulbright – Rhodes
 Bill Clinton – Rhodes
 Sylvia Plath – Fulbright
 Thomas Friedman (journalist) - Marshall