Are you currently a junior, senior, graduate or professional student or a recent bachelor's, master's or JD graduate looking for a fully-funded abroad experience during the 2016-17 academic year? Consider the Fulbright U.S. Student Program (http://us.fulbrightonline.org/home.html). This program is designed to give students, artists, and other professionals opportunities to pursue research, graduate study, creative projects or English teaching experience in over 155 nations worldwide. The application cycle for the 2016-2017 Fulbright U.S. Student competition is open now. The UW deadline for applications is September 9, 2015. WHAT IS A U.S. STUDENT FULBRIGHT GRANT? -- It allows for individually designed study/research or an English Teaching Assistantship. You can propose a project and/or study plan that will take place during one academic year in a country outside the U.S. -- It provides support for study/research/teaching in a single country. (Limited opportunities exist for traveling to more than one country.) You can meet, work, live with and learn from the people of the host country, sharing daily experiences. -- It facilitates cultural exchange. Through direct interaction on an individual basis in the classroom, field, home, and in daily tasks, you can gain an appreciation of others' viewpoints and beliefs, the way they do things, and the way they think. -- It promotes mutual understanding. Through engagement in the community, you can interact with your hosts on a one-to-one basis in an atmosphere of openness, academic integrity, and intellectual freedom. INFORMATION SESSIONS Attend an upcoming information session to learn more about the Fulbright U.S. Student program and how to apply. Please RSVP for any of these sessions, and register your interest in applying for Fulbright at http://catalysttools.washington.edu/survey/scholarq/36305: Online sessions: Wednesday, April 22, 2015, 6:30pm Tuesday, May 5, 2015, 6:00pm Friday, May 15, 2015, 1:00pm Thursday, June 25, 2015, 12:00pm Friday, July 24, 2015, 10:00am UW Seattle sessions: Wednesday, April 15, 2015, 3:30pm, MGH 171 Thursday, May 7, 2015, 4:30pm, MGH 171 Wednesday, May 20, 2015, 10:30am, MGH 171 UW Bothell session: Thursday, May 7, 2015, 4:30pm, UW1-103 UW Tacoma sessions: Tues, April 7, 2015, 5:30pm, CP 331 Mon, April 27, 2015, 12:30pm, CP 331 Thu, May 14, 2015, 3:30pm, CP 331 Wed, May 20, 2015, 12:30pm, CP 103 Complete eligibility details are at http://us.fulbrightonline.org/about/eligibility. PROGRAM DETAILS -- Awards grants in all fields of study. -- Awards approximately 1,500 grants for travel to over 155 countries worldwide. -- Offers one academic year of study, research, or teaching assistantship experience. Projects may include university course work, independent library or field research, or professional training in the arts. -- Preference is given to candidates who have not had extensive recent experience abroad (excluding undergraduate study abroad) in the country of application. Please let me know if you attend any of the info sessions to receive credit! ***Please write a one paragraph reflection about what you learned at the event and send it to yuenlingtsui@gmail.com within two weeks to receive leadership credit***