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Fulbright Alumni From Around the World to Gather in Athens for Global Fulbright Conference
Athens (October 6, 2004) – Fulbright alumni from every region of the world will gather in Athens Oct. 7 to 10, to discuss pressing global issues and to build networks among the Fulbright alumni organizations around the world. Over the span of four days, Fulbrighters will discuss more than 30 topics ranging from “Europe and Transatlantic Relationships Beyond” to “Fostering Mutual Understanding on Global Science and Environmental Issues” to “the Politics of the East and the West.”
Prominent alumni speakers include U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Academic Programs Thomas A. Farrell; Harriet Mayor Fulbright; P. Nikiforos Diamandouros, European Ombudsman; Géza Jeszenszky, former Hungarian foreign minister and former ambassador of Hungary to the United States; and Mark Ellis, executive director of the International Bar Association. Other featured speakers include John Edwin Mroz, President and Founder, EastWest Institute, and Selma Jeanne Cohen Fund International Scholarship on Dance Lecturer Millicent Hodson.
The conference results from collaboration between the U.S. Fulbright Association and the Hellenic Association of Fulbright Scholars. It is the first global Fulbright alumni conference since 1996. Co-sponsors are the Arcadia University Center for Education Abroad and the Arcadia Center for Hellenic, Balkan and Mediterranean Studies and Research; Austin Peay State University, Clarksville, Tennessee; the Fulbright Institute of International Relations, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville; and the U.S. Educational Foundation in Greece (Fulbright Foundation).
The conference will take place in downtown Athens at the Royal Olympic Hotel, University of Athens and the Hellenic American Union. Details on the conference program can be found online at www.fulbright.org/conference.
The Fulbright program was established in 1946 by legislation introduced by the late Sen. J. William Fulbright of Arkansas and is the flagship international education program of the United States government. The Fulbright program currently operates in 140 countries providing grants to graduate students, scholars, professionals, and teachers and administrators in the U.S. and other nations to study and teach in each other’s countries, exchange ideas, and develop joint solutions to address shared concerns. Since its inception, the Fulbright program has awarded approximately 255,000 grants to 96,400 U.S. citizens and 158,600 citizens of other countries.
The Fulbright Foundation acknowledges the following companies/organizations for their support: Apivita, Athens Town Hall, Ellinika Grammata Publications, Intracom, Hellenic American Union, Silver & Baryte Ores Mining Co. S.A., the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, and the U.S. Embassy.