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2016-17 Americans in the EU

A Brief Reflection on my Fulbright-Schuman Experience

My Fulbright-Schuman research project examines the labor market integration of refugees in select EU Member States. Broadly, my study looks at how private enterprise works with government agencies in facilitating refugees’ job readiness and labor market integration, whether through the direct hiring of refugees or through policy development (e.g., through influencing the development of vocational […]

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2017

Fulbright-Schuman Grantees Promote “Study in Europe” at one of the World’s Largest International Education Events – 2017 NAFSA ANNUAL CONFERENCE

U.S. Fulbright-Schuman grantees Eleanor Woodhouse and Maria Fanou participated in NAFSA’s 2017 Conference and Expo as members of the European Commission’s team (with the Directorate General for Education and Culture) for the promotion of the “Study in Europe” programme. NAFSA (the Association of International Educators) is the world’s largest association dedicated to international education and […]

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2016-17 Americans in the EU

One Less Stranger

Before Fulbright, I avoided long conversations with strangers. I made this choice most consciously on airplanes. After taking my seat, a slight dread often filled me that I a stranger would feel the need to share their thoughts on something like the taste difference between red and white quinoa. I would imagine this hyperbolic scenario […]

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2016-17 Americans in the EU

Looking Back at my Fulbright-Schuman Grant

As my Fulbright comes to an end, I look back at the past nine months of my life abroad with mixed feelings of nostalgia, astonishment and pride at what I have accomplished. My photos and memories of living in Toulouse, traveling to Germany, Spain and Belgium, driving through the Lower Pyrenees, and consuming more than […]