Celebrate Fulbright 80 and Freedom 250 in Orlando

Booth 1401 is the place to learn more about Fulbright opportunities for you and your colleagues and students, and how to apply to host a Fulbright Scholar in Residence or Fulbright Foreign Language Teaching Assistant. Take some Fulbright photos, and take part in the Alumni Challenge to win a Fulbright travel coffee cup!

Join us for pretzels and lemonade! Connect with others working to bring the world to their campuses and engage with the Fulbright Program. Fulbright Program Advisers and Fulbright Scholar Liaisons are encouraged to attend.

Meet with Executive Directors from Fulbright Commissions to learn about Fulbright in specific countries and strengthen your international partnerships.

Coffee and snacks will be served! Connect with others working to internationalize their campuses and engage with the Fulbright Program. Fulbright Program Advisers and Fulbright Scholar Liaisons are encouraged to attend.

Meet with Executive Directors from Fulbright Commissions to learn about Fulbright in specific countries and strengthen international partnerships.

Meet with Fulbright Foreign Student Program Advisers to get all of your detailed questions answered about the Fulbright Program and how to support Fulbright Foreign Students and Visiting Scholars on your campus.

The Fulbright Program remains one of the most powerful tools campuses have to advance global learning, institutional reputation, and student and faculty success—yet many institutions underutilize their greatest asset: the Fulbright alumni community.

This session brings together perspectives from the Fulbright Association and the Fulbright Program to share practical, campus-ready strategies for promoting Fulbright opportunities more effectively. Participants will learn how to activate alumni as ambassadors. Designed for international educators at institutions of all sizes, this session will move beyond awareness-raising to offer concrete tactics that can be implemented immediately to strengthen Fulbright pipelines and deepen campus engagement.

Tammy Hettinger, Executive Director, Fulbright Association

Christina Rozek, Specialist, Fulbright Brand Management, Institute of International Education (IIE)

Visit Booth 1401 to learn more about Fulbright opportunities for you and your institution and network with Fulbright contacts. Calling all Fulbright Alumni — come say hello and complete the Fulbright Alumni Challenge to win a Fulbright travel coffee cup.

Exploring how to redesign orientations to reflect expanding communication on global campuses, this session engages staff and faculty in aligning goals for students, hosts, and institutions and support deeper engagement and cultural adjustment.

Carissa McCarthy, MA, Assistant Director for Student Engagement and Special Populations, Rutgers University- Rutgers Global-ISSO

Farah F. Cherif D’Ouezzan, Master’s, Founder & General Director, Center for Cross Cultural Learning (CCCL) Morocco

Carol Kigozi, Advisor, Fulbright Foreign Student Program
Institute of International Education (IIE)

Fulbright Alumni, Fulbright Program Advisors, and Fulbright Scholar Liaisons are welcome to celebrate the 80th anniversary of the Fulbright Program and 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. Please register if you would like to attend.

The Fulbright International Education Administrator (IEA) Awards empower professionals to build strategic global partnerships and advance international engagement. Attendees learn from past awardees to India, South Korea, and Taiwan, as well as discover the Institute of Education’s program insights on how to apply, leverage the experience, and transform institutions.

Maggie Mahoney, EdD, Director of Global Engagement, University of Houston

Whitney Longnecker, M.A., Health and Safety Manager, Texas A&M University

Jen Murray, Assistant Director, Outreach and Recruitment, Fulbright Scholar Program, Institute of International Education (IIE)

Kyle Rausch, EdD, Vice President, Academic Partnerships, CEA CAPA Education Abroad

Study abroad professionals and alumni will explore strategies to build a pipeline from study abroad to fellowships to successful careers. The session covers a variety of practices, including integrated messaging, campus collaboration, alumni engagement and strategic initiative alignment to amplify the long-term impact of global experiences.

Andra Jacques, MA, Assistant Director, Fulbright Outreach and Recruitment, Institute of International Education (IIE)

Samuel Watson, MA, MS , AI Research Assistant | Benjamin A. Gilman Scholarship Alumni Ambassador | East-West Center Affiliate, University of Hawaii at Manoa Laboratory for Advanced Visualization and Applications | US Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs | East-West Center

Tessa Zanoni, M.Ed., Director, PDSO/RO, Office Of International Affairs, North Park University

Jacqueline Quevedo Ledermann, MA Diplomacy and International Relations, Assistant Director, Global Academic Programs and Instructor of Globalization Studies/Honor’s College Affiliated Faculty, University at Albany, SUNY