The Fulbright Alumni Community

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• The Fulbright Alumni Community!

www.fulbright.org
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Welcome to the Fulbright Associations 2007
Annual Meeting
The Fulbright Alumni Community!
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2007 Fulbright Annual Meeting of Members

• Welcome-President Marilyn Berg Callander
• Introductions of Board Members, Staff
• 2007 Accomplishments
• Financial Information
• Introduction of New Directors Officers
• Remarks from President-Elect Suzanne Siskel
• Discussion and Q A
• Wrap-Up

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Fulbright Association Mission

• The Fulbright Association is the membership
  organization of Fulbright 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.

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Advocating Increased Support

• The Fulbright Association monitors the status of
  legislation affecting the Fulbright Program and
  mobilizes the Fulbright alumni community to
  support the Fulbright Program.
• This is done through
• Advocacy Plus Project
• Action Alerts
• Web Site
• Snail Mail
• Visit the Fulbright Associations state of the
  art advocacy web site for tools to enable you to
  easily contact your members of Congress.
  www.fulbright.org/advocacy

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www.fulbright.org/advocacy
Current Action Alerts
Enter your ZIP code to find your members of
Congress
Use this feature to find contact information on
all the media outlets in your area. Simply enter
your ZIP code and click GO. (Great feature to
find where to send letters to the editor!)
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Enriching the Fulbright Experience
The Fulbright Association works to enrich the
Fulbright experience of current Fulbrighters in
many ways.

• Visiting Fulbrighters
• Many Chapters offer special educational and
  cultural programs supported by funds from the
  U.S. Department of States Bureau of Educational
  and Cultural Affairs
• Visiting Fulbrighters are invited to Chapter
  events
• Visiting Fulbrighters can find and connect with
  others through the Associations online
  community.

• U.S. Fulbrighters Abroad
• U.S. Fulbrighters are given a free e-Membership
  in the Association and can take advantage of
  features such as the Mentoring Service and Career
  Center (for finding a job upon return to the
  U.S.) at www.FulbrightCareerCenter.org
• U.S. Fulbrighters can find information on
  Fulbright groups around the world at
  www.fulbright.org/gfn
• Fulbrighters can find and connect with other
  current and former Fulbrighters through the
  Associations online community.

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Facilitating Lifelong Interactions

• The Fulbright Association facilitates lifelong
  interaction among Fulbright alumni and current
  participants in a variety of ways using both
  online and offline methods.
• Examples include
• Alumni-run Chapters
• Online Community
• Annual Conference
• Member-run Task Forces

The Fulbright Alumni Community! Online at
www.fulbright.org.
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Online Communitywww.fulbright.org
The Fulbright Associations online community
contains many features designed to facilitate
lifelong connections among Fulbrighters.
Features include Online Directory of
Fulbrighters Find information on a Fulbrighter
in your area or field of study or business. Or
use the directory to locate someone you have lost
touch with. Career Center Post your resume,
search for jobs, and find useful links to other
career resources on the Internet. Mentoring
Service For Fulbrighters by Fulbrighters, this
service is set up to enable Fulbrighters to find
a mentor in a certain area or field and to allow
Fulbrighters to give back by offering to be a
mentor. Alumni Notes Post a note about recent
career moves, books published, awards received,
etc. Chat Connect with Fulbrighters in
real-time using the chat room and engage in
discussions on the topic of your choice.
The Fulbright Associations online community is
password protected and not available to the
general public.
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Chapter Informationwww.fulbright.org/chapters
Chapters are organized locally by Fulbright
Association members to provide opportunities,
through volunteer service, for continued
involvement with the Fulbright program and with
other alumni and visiting Fulbrighters currently
in the U.S. Currently, the Fulbright
Association has 51 affiliated chapters serving 35
states and the District of Columbia.
Find information on the chapter in your area by
clicking on your state. Traveling around the
U.S.? Find out if there is a chapter where you
will be going and connect with the Fulbright
community!
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Calendar of Eventswww.FulbrightEvents.org
The Fulbright Associations Calendar of Events
contains information on events sponsored by the
Association and its chapters. Also listed in the
calendar are events sponsored by Fulbright alumni
organizations in other countries and events of
interest to the Fulbright community. 150
Fulbright-related events were posted in
2006! Traveling? Be sure to check out the
calendar to see if there will be any
Fulbright-related events taking place.
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J. William Fulbright Prize for International
Understandingwww.fulbright.org/prize
Created in 1993 by the Fulbright Association, the
J. William Fulbright Prize for International
Understanding honors individuals who have made
extraordinary contributions toward bringing
peoples, cultures, or nations to greater
understanding of others. The Prize carries a
50,000 award provided by The Coca-Cola
Foundation.
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International Fulbright Alumni Development Project

• Purposes
• support the formation of new Fulbright alumni
  organizations in targeted countries (usually
  countries without Fulbright Commissions/Foundation
  s)
• help existing and forming associations improve
  operations.
• The project increases Fulbright alumni
  organizations capacity to
• 1) support Fulbright Program goals
• 2) serve alumni and current Fulbright grantees
• 3) increase knowledge sharing and relationship
  building among Fulbright alumni organizations
  internationally

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Financial Position
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Fulbright AssociationAsset Allocation
Policy(revised August 2004)
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Be sure to check outwww.fulbright.orgfor more
information.