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SMA Negeri 10 Bengkulu Dapat Program Fulbright, Hana Marisa dari AS 8 Bulan Bergabung sebagai Guru

SMA Negeri 10 Bengkulu Dapat Program Fulbright, Hana Marisa dari AS 8 Bulan Bergabung sebagai Guru KANTOR-BERITA.COM, BENGKULU|| Hana Marisa Semes seorang pendidik dari Amerika Serikat, telah ditunjuk sebagai guru di SMA Negeri 10 Kota Bengkulu selama delapan bulan. Kehadiran Hana sebagai pengajar merupakan bagian dari program kerjasama antara Kedutaan Besar Republik Indonesia (KBRI) dengan…

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Eleven from MIT awarded 2024 Fulbright fellowships

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Eleven from MIT awarded 2024 Fulbright fellowships

Eleven MIT undergraduates, graduate students, and alumni have won Fulbright grants to embark on projects overseas in the 2024-25 grant cycle. Two other students were offered awards but declined them to pursue other opportunities.

Funded by the U.S. Department of State, the Fulbright U.S. Student Program offers year-long opportunities for American citizen students and recent alumni to conduct independent research, pursue graduate studies, or teach English in over 140 countries.

MIT has been a Fulbright Top-Producing Institution for five years in a row. MIT students and alumni interested in applying to the Fulbright U.S. Student Program should contact Julia Mongo, MIT Fulbright program advisor, in the Office of Distinguished Fellowships in Career Advising and Professional Development.

April Cheng is a junior studying physics with a minor in mathematics and is fast-tracked to graduate this spring. They will take their Fulbright research grant to the Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics in Potsdam, Germany, where they will study different statistical techniques to infer the expansion rate of the universe from gravitational waves. They first developed an interest in gravitational waves and black holes at the MIT LIGO and Caltech LIGO labs, but their research spans a wide range of topics in astrophysics, including cosmology and fast radio bursts. Cheng is passionate about physics education and is heavily involved in developing educational materials for high school Science Olympiads. At MIT, they are a member of the Physics Values Committee, the physics mentorship program, and the MIT Lion Dance team. After Fulbright, Cheng will pursue a PhD in astrophysics at Princeton University, where they have received the President’s Fellowship.

Grace McMillan is a senior majoring in literature and mechanical engineering with a concentration in Russian language. As a Fulbright English Teaching Assistant Award recipient, she will teach at a university in Kazakhstan. McMillan’s interest in Central Asia was sparked by a Russian language immersion program she participated in during her sophomore summer in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, funded by MIT International Science and Technology Initiatives (MISTI). She is excited to help her students learn English to foster integration into the global academic community. During her time at MIT, McMillan has conducted research with faculty in nuclear science; earth, atmospheric, and planetary sciences; and the Digital Humanities Lab. Outside of academics, she has been an active member of her sorority, Sigma Kappa, and has served on the MIT Health Consumers’ Advisory Council for two years. After Fulbright, McMillan hopes to attend law school, focusing on education reform.

Ryan McTigue will graduate this spring with a BS in physics and mathematics and a concentration in Spanish. With a Fulbright award to Spain, he will do research at the University of Valencia’s Institute of Molecular Science focusing on the physics of two-dimensional multiferroic nanodevices. He is looking forward to improving his Spanish and getting the opportunity to live abroad. At MIT, McTigue became interested in condensed matter physics research with the Checkelsky group, where he focused on engineering materials with flat bands that exhibited correlated electron effects. Outside of research, McTigue has been a mentor in the physics department’s mentoring program and a member of the heavyweight men’s crew team. After his Fulbright grant, McTigue will begin a PhD in physics at Princeton University.

Keith Murray ’22 graduated from MIT with a BS in computation and cognition and linguistics and philosophy. He will receive his MEng degree in computation and cognition this spring. As a Fulbright Hungary research grantee at the HUN-REN Wigner Research Centre for Physics, Murray will design generative AI models inspired by the primary visual cortex with the goal of making AI models more interpretable. At MIT, Murray’s research experiences spanned from training mice to perform navigation tasks in virtual reality to theorizing about how neurons might compute modular arithmetic. He was also a member of the men’s heavyweight crew team and the Phi Delta Theta fraternity. After Fulbright, Murray will pursue a PhD in neuroscience at Princeton University.

Maaya Prasad ’22 completed her undergraduate education at MIT with degrees in both electrical engineering and creative writing and will graduate this month with an MS in mechanical and ocean engineering. Her thesis research focuses on microplastic detection using optical sensing. Prasad’s Fulbright fellowship will take her to Mauritius, an East African island country located in the Indian Ocean. Here, she will continue her master’s research at the University of Mauritius and will work with local researchers to implement a microplastic survey system. While at MIT, Prasad joined the varsity sailing team with no prior experience. Her time spent on the water led her to pursue marine research at MIT Sea Grant, and she eventually earned an honorable mention to the 2023 All-American Sailing Team. After Fulbright, Prasad hopes to pursue a PhD in applied ocean engineering.

Anusha Puri is a senior majoring in biological engineering. Her Fulbright award will take her to Lausanne, Switzerland, where she will conduct cancer immunology research at the Swiss Institute for Experimental Cancer Research. At MIT, Puri’s work in the Weinberg Lab focused on understanding mechanisms that drive resistance of breast cancer to immunotherapy. On campus, she founded and serves as president of MIT’s premiere stand-up comedy group, Stand-Up CoMITy, leads MIT’s Bhangra dance team, and is the editor-in-chief of the MIT Undergraduate Research Journal. She looks forward to engaging with teaching outreach and practicing her French in Switzerland. After her Fulbright grant, she plans to pursue a PhD in biomedical science.

Olivia Rosenstein will graduate this spring with a BS in physics and a minor in French. Her Fulbright will take her to ENS Paris-Saclay in Palaiseau, France, where she’ll deepen her education in atomic, molecular, and optical (AMO) physics. At MIT, Rosenstein has worked in Professor Mark Vogelsberger’s group researching models of galaxy formation and the early universe, and in Professor Richard Fletcher’s group on an erbium-lithium experiment to investigate quantum many-body dynamics in a degenerate mixture. In France, she will expand on the skills she developed in Fletcher’s lab by contributing to a project using optical tweezer arrays to study dipolar interactions. After Fulbright, Rosenstein plans to return to the United States to pursue a PhD in experimental AMO at Caltech.

Jennifer Schug will receive this spring an MEng degree in the Climate, Environment, and Sustainability track within the MIT Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. During her Fulbright year in Italy, she will conduct research on carbon storage in the Venice lagoon at the University of Padua. Schug is excited to build upon her research with the Terrer Lab at MIT, where she is currently investigating the effectiveness of forestation as a carbon sequestration strategy. She also looks forward to improving her Italian language skills and learning about Italian history and culture. Before beginning Fulbright this fall, Schug will study ecological preservation in Sicily this summer through an MIT-Italy collaboration with the University of Catania. After Fulbright, she hopes to continue researching nature-based solutions as climate change mitigation strategies.

Vaibhavi Shah ’21 earned a BS in biological engineering and in science, technology, and society at MIT, where she was named a Goldwater Scholar. She is now a medical student at Stanford University. As a Fulbright-Fogarty Fellow in Public Health, Shah will use both her computational and humanities backgrounds to investigate sociocultural factors underlying traumatic surgical injuries in Nepal. While at MIT, she was on the executive board of GlobeMed and the Society of Women Engineers, and she hopes to use those experiences to amplify diverse voices in medicine while on her journey to becoming a neurosurgeon-scientist. After Fulbright, Shah will complete her final year of medical school.

Charvi Sharma is a senior studying computer science and molecular biology with a minor in theater arts. As a Fulbright English teaching assistant in Spain, she is excited to engage in cross-cultural exchange while furthering her skills as a teacher and as a leader. In addition to teaching, Sharma looks forward to immersing herself in the country’s vibrant traditions, improving her Spanish proficiency, and delving into the local arts and dance scene. At MIT, through Global Teaching Labs Spain and her roles as a dynaMIT mentor, an associate advisor, and a captain and president of her dance teams Mirchi and Nritya, Sharma has served as a teacher of both STEM and dance. Her passion for making a difference in her community is also evident through her work with Boston Medical Center’s Autism Program through the PKG Public Service Center and as an undergraduate cancer researcher in the Yaffe Lab. After Fulbright, Sharma plans to pursue an MD and, ultimately, a career as a clinician-scientist.

Isabella Witham is a senior majoring in biological engineering. As a recipient of the Fulbright U.S.-Korea Presidential STEM Initiative Award, she will conduct research at Seoul National University’s Biomimetic Materials and Stem Cell Engineering Lab. Her work will involve creating biomimetic scaffolds for pancreatic cell transplantation to treat type I diabetes. While in South Korea, Witham aims to improve her language skills and explore cultural sites and cities. At MIT, she worked in the Belcher Lab on nanoparticle formulations, was a tutor for MIT’s Women’s Technology Program, and volunteered as a Medlink. After her Fulbright fellowship, she plans to pursue a PhD in biological engineering.

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Eleven from MIT awarded 2024 Fulbright fellowships

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Eleven from MIT awarded 2024 Fulbright fellowships

Eleven MIT undergraduates, graduate students, and alumni have won Fulbright grants to embark on projects overseas in the 2024-25 grant cycle. Two other students were offered awards but declined them to pursue other opportunities.

Funded by the U.S. Department of State, the Fulbright U.S. Student Program offers year-long opportunities for American citizen students and recent alumni to conduct independent research, pursue graduate studies, or teach English in over 140 countries.

MIT has been a Fulbright Top-Producing Institution for five years in a row. MIT students and alumni interested in applying to the Fulbright U.S. Student Program should contact Julia Mongo, MIT Fulbright program advisor, in the Office of Distinguished Fellowships in Career Advising and Professional Development.

April Cheng is a junior studying physics with a minor in mathematics and is fast-tracked to graduate this spring. They will take their Fulbright research grant to the Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics in Potsdam, Germany, where they will study different statistical techniques to infer the expansion rate of the universe from gravitational waves. They first developed an interest in gravitational waves and black holes at the MIT LIGO and Caltech LIGO labs, but their research spans a wide range of topics in astrophysics, including cosmology and fast radio bursts. Cheng is passionate about physics education and is heavily involved in developing educational materials for high school Science Olympiads. At MIT, they are a member of the Physics Values Committee, the physics mentorship program, and the MIT Lion Dance team. After Fulbright, Cheng will pursue a PhD in astrophysics at Princeton University, where they have received the President’s Fellowship.

Grace McMillan is a senior majoring in literature and mechanical engineering with a concentration in Russian language. As a Fulbright English Teaching Assistant Award recipient, she will teach at a university in Kazakhstan. McMillan’s interest in Central Asia was sparked by a Russian language immersion program she participated in during her sophomore summer in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, funded by MIT International Science and Technology Initiatives (MISTI). She is excited to help her students learn English to foster integration into the global academic community. During her time at MIT, McMillan has conducted research with faculty in nuclear science; earth, atmospheric, and planetary sciences; and the Digital Humanities Lab. Outside of academics, she has been an active member of her sorority, Sigma Kappa, and has served on the MIT Health Consumers’ Advisory Council for two years. After Fulbright, McMillan hopes to attend law school, focusing on education reform.

Ryan McTigue will graduate this spring with a BS in physics and mathematics and a concentration in Spanish. With a Fulbright award to Spain, he will do research at the University of Valencia’s Institute of Molecular Science focusing on the physics of two-dimensional multiferroic nanodevices. He is looking forward to improving his Spanish and getting the opportunity to live abroad. At MIT, McTigue became interested in condensed matter physics research with the Checkelsky group, where he focused on engineering materials with flat bands that exhibited correlated electron effects. Outside of research, McTigue has been a mentor in the physics department’s mentoring program and a member of the heavyweight men’s crew team. After his Fulbright grant, McTigue will begin a PhD in physics at Princeton University.

Keith Murray ’22 graduated from MIT with a BS in computation and cognition and linguistics and philosophy. He will receive his MEng degree in computation and cognition this spring. As a Fulbright Hungary research grantee at the HUN-REN Wigner Research Centre for Physics, Murray will design generative AI models inspired by the primary visual cortex with the goal of making AI models more interpretable. At MIT, Murray’s research experiences spanned from training mice to perform navigation tasks in virtual reality to theorizing about how neurons might compute modular arithmetic. He was also a member of the men’s heavyweight crew team and the Phi Delta Theta fraternity. After Fulbright, Murray will pursue a PhD in neuroscience at Princeton University.

Maaya Prasad ’22 completed her undergraduate education at MIT with degrees in both electrical engineering and creative writing and will graduate this month with an MS in mechanical and ocean engineering. Her thesis research focuses on microplastic detection using optical sensing. Prasad’s Fulbright fellowship will take her to Mauritius, an East African island country located in the Indian Ocean. Here, she will continue her master’s research at the University of Mauritius and will work with local researchers to implement a microplastic survey system. While at MIT, Prasad joined the varsity sailing team with no prior experience. Her time spent on the water led her to pursue marine research at MIT Sea Grant, and she eventually earned an honorable mention to the 2023 All-American Sailing Team. After Fulbright, Prasad hopes to pursue a PhD in applied ocean engineering.

Anusha Puri is a senior majoring in biological engineering. Her Fulbright award will take her to Lausanne, Switzerland, where she will conduct cancer immunology research at the Swiss Institute for Experimental Cancer Research. At MIT, Puri’s work in the Weinberg Lab focused on understanding mechanisms that drive resistance of breast cancer to immunotherapy. On campus, she founded and serves as president of MIT’s premiere stand-up comedy group, Stand-Up CoMITy, leads MIT’s Bhangra dance team, and is the editor-in-chief of the MIT Undergraduate Research Journal. She looks forward to engaging with teaching outreach and practicing her French in Switzerland. After her Fulbright grant, she plans to pursue a PhD in biomedical science.

Olivia Rosenstein will graduate this spring with a BS in physics and a minor in French. Her Fulbright will take her to ENS Paris-Saclay in Palaiseau, France, where she’ll deepen her education in atomic, molecular, and optical (AMO) physics. At MIT, Rosenstein has worked in Professor Mark Vogelsberger’s group researching models of galaxy formation and the early universe, and in Professor Richard Fletcher’s group on an erbium-lithium experiment to investigate quantum many-body dynamics in a degenerate mixture. In France, she will expand on the skills she developed in Fletcher’s lab by contributing to a project using optical tweezer arrays to study dipolar interactions. After Fulbright, Rosenstein plans to return to the United States to pursue a PhD in experimental AMO at Caltech.

Jennifer Schug will receive this spring an MEng degree in the Climate, Environment, and Sustainability track within the MIT Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. During her Fulbright year in Italy, she will conduct research on carbon storage in the Venice lagoon at the University of Padua. Schug is excited to build upon her research with the Terrer Lab at MIT, where she is currently investigating the effectiveness of forestation as a carbon sequestration strategy. She also looks forward to improving her Italian language skills and learning about Italian history and culture. Before beginning Fulbright this fall, Schug will study ecological preservation in Sicily this summer through an MIT-Italy collaboration with the University of Catania. After Fulbright, she hopes to continue researching nature-based solutions as climate change mitigation strategies.

Vaibhavi Shah ’21 earned a BS in biological engineering and in science, technology, and society at MIT, where she was named a Goldwater Scholar. She is now a medical student at Stanford University. As a Fulbright-Fogarty Fellow in Public Health, Shah will use both her computational and humanities backgrounds to investigate sociocultural factors underlying traumatic surgical injuries in Nepal. While at MIT, she was on the executive board of GlobeMed and the Society of Women Engineers, and she hopes to use those experiences to amplify diverse voices in medicine while on her journey to becoming a neurosurgeon-scientist. After Fulbright, Shah will complete her final year of medical school.

Charvi Sharma is a senior studying computer science and molecular biology with a minor in theater arts. As a Fulbright English teaching assistant in Spain, she is excited to engage in cross-cultural exchange while furthering her skills as a teacher and as a leader. In addition to teaching, Sharma looks forward to immersing herself in the country’s vibrant traditions, improving her Spanish proficiency, and delving into the local arts and dance scene. At MIT, through Global Teaching Labs Spain and her roles as a dynaMIT mentor, an associate advisor, and a captain and president of her dance teams Mirchi and Nritya, Sharma has served as a teacher of both STEM and dance. Her passion for making a difference in her community is also evident through her work with Boston Medical Center’s Autism Program through the PKG Public Service Center and as an undergraduate cancer researcher in the Yaffe Lab. After Fulbright, Sharma plans to pursue an MD and, ultimately, a career as a clinician-scientist.

Isabella Witham is a senior majoring in biological engineering. As a recipient of the Fulbright U.S.-Korea Presidential STEM Initiative Award, she will conduct research at Seoul National University’s Biomimetic Materials and Stem Cell Engineering Lab. Her work will involve creating biomimetic scaffolds for pancreatic cell transplantation to treat type I diabetes. While in South Korea, Witham aims to improve her language skills and explore cultural sites and cities. At MIT, she worked in the Belcher Lab on nanoparticle formulations, was a tutor for MIT’s Women’s Technology Program, and volunteered as a Medlink. After her Fulbright fellowship, she plans to pursue a PhD in biological engineering.

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Create to Communicate: Art Activities for the EFL Classroom

This book is intended for English language teachers who would like to reap the benefits that the visual arts provide, but are unsure of where or how to begin. By providing language objectives matched with art ideas and guidelines, this book seeks to use the arts as a tool to build and strengthen English reading, writing, listening, and speaking skills and develop the confidence students need to take risks and explore within a new language. Designed to supplement regular coursework, the purpose of this book is not to provide art lessons, but rather to provide ideas of how to incorporate the arts into the language classroom to make English accessible and understandable to students. This book is ideal for Access English Microscholarship Teachers, primary and secondary school EFL teachers worldwide, American Spaces, English language tutors, and English Teaching Assistants (Fulbright)

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Pieces by Dr. Vandana Pathak

About the Book

The title is a reflection of the style as well as the substance of the words contained in the book. They are pieces of verse, but also that of the writer's experiences and emotions. They are snapshots in verse, some in English, others in Hindi. Because experiences go beyond language.

The pieces in the book come in various flavours. They are bleak, they are hopeful, they are dark, they are also sublime. The poems vary in tone and texture, but there's no doubt that they all bear the mark of their writer.

It’s a canvas on which are splattered different colours with no symmetry. An abstract piece, much like life. In a world where we all live our lives in compartments, these pieces will feel like homecoming to many, and a balm to others.

About the Author

Dr. Vandana Pathak identifies herself primarily as a nomad and a logophile. A language trainer and academician by profession, she is an avid reader and a bigger horder. A doctorate in English Literature, she is a Gold Medalist in M.Phil. Her work experience extends from UNICEF projects to working as a trainer for EFL in NGOs to training university students. She is NET and two state SET qualified and in that capacity, has taught Communication Skills to Under-graduate and graduate students. As a recipient of the Fulbright scholarship, Foreign Language Teaching Assistant, she has taught students at the University of Utah, U.S.A while doing her graduate courses. She has also presented and published research papers on a wide spectrum of topics in National and International conferences. Her debut story Untold, published by Immortal Publications won her the Best Debut Story Award and motivated her to write more. This is her first creative project in verse and she looks forward to her next creative stint, especially for her newborn daughter Vaanya Mridul Jatana.

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“헐...영어 진짜 힘들잖아...”

I haven’t posted as much this semester because my teaching life has taken a complete 180 turn from my last two and a half years. For the first time in my ESL life, I’m teaching a textbook and designing tests and creating (and then executing) a curriculum in tandem with another teacher at my school. It’s really great and insanely rewarding but also pretty grueling at times. Currently, I’m about 1/3 through English speaking tests... which means I have to talk with each student individually for a few minutes in English. It’s an AWESOME opportunity to talk with my kids and to get to know them better but also it means I’m booked solidly between 8:40 a.m. and 10:30 p.m. My goal is to finish all of my speaking tests in two weeks... which is an ambitious feat to say the least. My breaks, meal times, and the entirety of night study is booked because of these tests. Yesterday, during my last test of the day, during the last question, my student was answering perfectly and mid-way through a sentence she just burst into tears. It was like something from a movie, almost. One second, answering with perfect grammar, and the next sentence absolutely weeping. Of course, I freaked out and started going “OMG! What happened?! Are you okay?!” The only thing she can choke out is “영어 못해서 미안해요 쌤...” (I’m sorry because I can’t speak English). And because I am who I am, I start crying too. So both of us are there just crying and hugging each other in the middle of a huge classroom when the super-strict old-school head teacher pokes his head in, sees us and goes “헐 영어 진짜 힘들잖아...” (Wow.... English is really difficult). Womp womp. Life is hard and speaking tests are hard and teaching is hard but it’s really easy to love the people in my life. It was a low moment but it’s also really funny thinking about it now. (And I feel a lot less stressed after crying about it, actually). tldr: I think teaching is hard, my students think english is hard, and my head teacher (possibly) thinks I’m crazy.

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Interested in what my apartment looks like in Malta?  Here is a quick tour of the place! https://youtu.be/W8hAwYAGBBk

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Duane Smith launches new event to recognize students efforts in applying for fellowships and scholarships

Duane Smith launches new event to recognize students efforts in applying for fellowships and scholarships

Dr. Duane Smith was hired in February 2020 for scholarship and fellowship advising for the Center of Career Engagement and Opportunity (CEO). There were plans for a luncheon last year for students who applied but those were cut short by the COVID-19 pandemic. This year, Smith organized the Annual Scholarship Recognition on Wednesday, April 14, via a virtual platform, Remo, to mimic a conference…

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New Beginnings⛅️

Hello and thank you to anyone and everyone who has come across my blog! 💙🧿

In case you aren’t up to speed I moved to Bogotá, Colombia 🇨🇴 a few weeks ago to start my Fulbright English Teaching Assistant fellowship. Many of you that personally know me are probably wondering why I didn’t share this sooner... but honestly I packed my bags the night before and hopped on my flight without much preparation. I knew the day was approaching but with all the uncertainty in my life this past year, I didn’t wanna get my hopes up in case for whatever reason my program was canceled. In addition, for those of you who may not already know, I lost my father very unexpectedly in March of this year, that has left me with this incredibly heavy feeling I carry along everyday. All this trauma has ultimately cost me some of my friendships, made me feel so BITTER and, quite frankly made me dread having to start each day all over again. However, I’m hoping to change this and not allow myself to remain in the mindset of being a victim to all the loss and tragedies I’ve experienced in the past year. Because I believe that if my dad could see me right now, he’d be so proud and brought to tears to know all the love,support, and hard work my mom and him showed me has paid off. And finally understanding that, I know that I will be okay. (I totally cried while typing that 😅)

Anyways- now that I’ve prefaced this with all my emotional baggage 😌 I’ll tell you a little more about me in general.  I’m originally from Houston,Texas and Mexican-American however, I never really spoke Spanish growing up because it was kinda seen taboo in the 90s to do so. So once I began high school I really started gaining more interest in learning more about my culture and the language. Then, I moved to Cedar Rapids,Iowa to begin college where I decided to minor in Spanish. Going to Coe was such a beautiful experience where I had the opportunity to meet some amazing people from all over the world. It also allowed me to go to Spain (my biggest dream at the time come true!), which made me realize “like wow.... I really need to improve my Spanish speaking skills” because 1. it’ll allow me to have a greater connection with my culture  2. it’s super vital if I want to return to the US and begin a career. and 3. I couldn’t communicate with my host brother who was 3 years old at the time (yikes 🙃)

After this experience in Spain, I knew I had to return to a Spanish-speaking country to fully learn the language. This is when I started the application process for Fulbright Colombia and in April of 2020 I got the news that I was a finalist! In May of 2020, I “graduated” from Coe College with my B.A. in Biology & Neuroscience however, my Fulbright was deferred for a full year.  Which now knowing what I know about how 2020/2021 played out was probably a blessing in disguise. 

I’ve now been living in Colombia for a few weeks now, and wow has it been so chaotic! The culture shock is very much a real thing and I can truly say moving here has been one of the most challenging decisions I’ve ever made considering the timing. I have my good days and bad days, especially when I’m less anxious and able to engage in conversations when doing things as simple as ordering food or an Uber. (which are both pretty essential when living here) We also have to remember we are in the middle of a pandemic so doing things like establishing cell phone service or getting a bus card is a huge headache because you need an appointment to do pretty much anything. In addition, safety here is on a decline due to the desperation of many Colombians and Venezuelans trying to figure out where their next meal is coming from amid the economic decline. Thankfully I am safe and living in a great neighborhood known as Chapinero Alto! Yet, there is still lots for me to learn when it comes to navigating life here in Bogotá. 

This is where I’ll end my blog today, thanks again for reading! Hopefully my next post will be more insightful of my day to day life.

Besitos, Leslie ❤️

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wishing I had money to travel

I miss japan bc my host sister contacted me and we talked about the new international school she’s founding, and damn the longing that slammed into me. my year studying in tokyo while living in saitama was a wild fucking ride. I was the second-worst japanese speaker out of 20 people in my program, and the gal with worse japanese than mine hadn’t studied the language at all. the nakama textbooks are trash, btw. my host mother and sister are thankfully fluent in english (and korean) but the rest of my family spoke only japanese. 

naturally, I scored low in the japanese assessment pre-school entry. my writing has always been far better than my reading, bc it was easier to study ahead for. I shit you not, in the 2 years I studied with my US sensei, she got us through fewer kanji characters than a japanese first grader would learn. 

it’s fine, my hostfam was freaking awesome; I got closest to my host mother and oldest sister (the one now starting a school), and we laugh together bc I used the word 父上 instead of ちち for my dad. my host sister told me i sounded like a samurai.

over all awesome shit: the prevalence of new experiences, how often I got to do things I’d never even thought of before. the winter is a lot gentler on my EDS-fibromyalgic body. honestly, for the innumerable ups and downs, it was an overall positive experience. thailand, on the other hand....

between study abroad and a fulbright, I’ve lived in thailand for a total of one year and four months. besides being about 30 baht to 1 us dollar, I could get a whole meal for 30 baht, and the food was amazing. I often had to beg older ladies to downgrade me from five chilies in my somtam to one, but I learned to like things I’d never would try before: fried morning glories, frog laab, bull-penis soup (you read that right), goat bbq, and a soup containing unnamed pig organs™.

downside: rural thailand, just over 100k people with intermingled farmland. 740 students divided over 18 classes a week, I have to have my own curriculum, and no one tells me over a third of them have learning disabilities and/or adhd until 3 months in. I live in a studio apartment where I can’t get into my kitchen without being eaten by mosquitoes bc thai people don’t believe in window screens. I make a few friends from my program but never feel quite like I belong there. there’s a slight creeping misery of being made to wear a skirt everyday, before I realized I was genderqueer on top of being upset by the sexism. my thai does improve, but not as much as I want it to bc I have no energy after teaching classes.  I am often invited out by coworkers at my school but especially one who is very misleading about what these outings will entail. among other things, this leads to me attending not one, but two funerals for people I’d never met. struggling with self-image issues bc it’s part of thai culture to comment a lot on appearance and weight. 

for all that, it was the same thing as japan where I always had more to learn. I loved talking to my students and learning about their lives. the thai approach to timekeeping is quite relaxed, which helped a lot with my anxiety about being late anywhere. I had the absolute time of my life for the internship month followed by a month of vacation in chiang mai, the old northern capital. I wrote articles and took photos for an english language magazine, assisting the thai-english translator in editing her translations. if I could do that kind of work for the rest of my life I would. 

damn but I want to retire there at least

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Abbie Hebein

Abbie Hebein is apexart’s Director of Fellowships and Public Programs. She joined apexart in September 2018 and has since coordinated 16 Fellowships. Prior to apexart, Abbie worked Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum as a program assistant for Curatorial and Education Departments. She participated in Community Word Project’s Teaching Artist Training and co-curated Remix Rememory in Jamaica, Queens with No Longer Empty’s Curatorial Lab. In 2014, she received a Fulbright Grant to teach English at a High School in San Martín Texmelucan, Puebla, Mexico where she launched an afterschool art, language and storytelling project with her students which culminated in a final exhibition at a historic train station. She holds a BA in Art History from Lewis and Clark College, Portland, OR and is from Boulder, CO.

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Emma Ellis ’18 Awarded Fulbright Assistantship in Germany

Emma Ellis '18, an art history major, has been awarded a Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship in Hamburg, Germany.

I’m going #AllinforOberlin today to continue paying it forward for future Obies! http://go.oberlin.edu/allin

At age 13, Ellis began studying German language and culture. After a positive study abroad experience in the country, she began exploring how she might return for longer. When she learned about the Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship, it seemed an ideal opportunity.

“Even though I have never taught a foreign language, the Fulbright teaching assistantship seemed like a perfect way to marry my interest in education with my wish to travel back to Germany,” says Ellis. “I have been working with children of many ages and backgrounds in educational settings since I was 14 years old, and I’ve found using language to make connections incredibly valuable when abroad.”

During her assistantship, Ellis hopes to gain a better understanding of German culture and language. She also hopes to hone her skills as an educator to prepare for a possible career in the field.

“Working in the German school system will be incredibly eye-opening and professionally enriching. For me, one of the most rewarding experiences is helping others develop skills that make them more emotionally aware or affirm their self-confidence in their own intelligence and abilities. I see instructing German students in English as fulfilling both of these aspects of why I wish to pursue education professionally.”

While at Oberlin, the Boston native was involved in the education department at the Allen Memorial Art Museum, where she’s worked both as a docent and as assistant to the curator of education. She endeavors to apply her experience translating complex artistic concepts to her work teaching English.

“As someone interested in art education, I'm used to people finding subject matter confusing or inaccessible, and I try to help them work through this to engage productively with new or strange material. I see language instruction as similar and the [teaching assistantship] as a way to deepen my professional education experience while simultaneously interacting with a country whose culture has been the focus of my academic career for close to a decade.”

Prior to her assistantship, Ellis will intern with the education department of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. She also has been awarded a student travel grant to attend a conference about Ernst Ludwig Kirchner in Davos, Switzerland.

Upon her return to the United States, she is considering attending graduate school to continue her studies in art history, museum education, or general education.

Article by Hillary Hempstead; Photo by Jennifer Manna; Found at:  https://www.oberlin.edu/news/emma-ellis-18-awarded-fulbright-assistantship-germany

[travelsofabrokegirl]

1. Thank you, thank you, thank you :) It still amazes me that people follow me. And doubly thank you for you posi vibes on my grad school application <3

2. Congratulations on going to Italy as an au pair!! I hope you have a blast (and eat EVERYTHING you see)! 

3. My Russian is mediocre. I barely use it these days, so I’m slowly losing it, which is a damn shame; however, I do try to continue to practice by reading or playing vocab apps because I have a feeling it will come back into my life full force as it often does. 

4. First off, follow your gut. If you want to study abroad in Morocco and you feel like you have a connection-- go! Germany will always be there! In fact, you can apply to be a Fulbright ETA (English Teaching Assistant) in Germany after you graduate college. Basically the US Gov will pay you to teach Conversational English for 10 months in Germany (also the money is good and flights are paid for). They have over 140 positions available and require you to take about 2 years of German in college, so those classes will not go to waste! Also if you mention your arabic experience in your app, I think it will help you since Germany has a growing arabic-speaking population! 

4.5. If that program doesn’t interest you, you could always work at a summer camp in Germany or work as an au pair for a summer or year after you graduate college. OR do it the old fashioned way and work really hard, save money, and spend a couple weeks traveling around the country.  

5. Also, who says you have to stop studying German in Morocco? You can totally enrol in classes if they are offered in your area orrr get a tutor/language partner orrr you can self study! The possibilities are endless. Therefore, when you return to school, you can keep on with your German studies. 

6. From my experience, your passions always find a way back to you. So if you are truly passionate about Arabic and/or German, you will find a way to make a home for both of them in your life. 

It seems like you have an exciting life ahead of you. Good luck!! And let me know if I can help with anything else :)

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Michelle B. Goldhaber, MDiv ’05, HDS Alumni/Alumnae Council Chairperson

“It's hard to be afar and to be distant. I feel a lot of passion for doing whatever I can to help even if I'm far away. If I can't be there to give out blankets or to administer first aid or simply be with my friends in the bomb shelters, I want to do everything I can from here.”

Michelle Goldhaber is chairperson of the HDS Alumni/Alumnae Council and is a rabbinical student at Hebrew College in Newton, Massachusetts. While a student at HDS, she started traveling to Ukraine, eventually living there for 12 years. In April 2022, she partnered with the HDS Office of the Chaplain and Religious and Spiritual Life to collect donations for those displaced because of the Russian invasion.

Finding Footing in Ukraine

I first started going to Ukraine in 2002. I was a student here at Harvard Divinity School at the time, focusing on religion and peacebuilding. I was also a competitive ballroom dancer, and my partner was Ukrainian American.  I had a huge crush on him, so when I had the opportunity to focus on an ethnic community in the Boston area for my “Religion, Health and Healing” class, I chose the Ukrainian community. I got a grant to continue my research in Ukraine later that summer, and then went back in 2003 to study the language.   

In 2004, I served as an election observer during the Orange Revolution, and after I graduated from HDS I went to live there on a Fulbright scholarship. I never really left after that. I extended the grant as long as I could, and when the money ran out, I just stayed on my own. Over the next several years I had various jobs, including leading experiential programs for people of different religious, ethnic and racial backgrounds, and teaching advanced English classes. Most recently, I was assisting in the development of a Jewish Studies Program at the Catholic University in Lviv, with hopes of building an exchange program with Hebrew College in Newton.  So from about 2006 until 2018 I was living there in some capacity. 

Peacebuilding 

My first trip to Ukraine in the summertime of 2002 was pivotal because I really felt like I had a calling while I was there—a really deep experience. I felt like I was traveling through the echoes of history, including my own family history. There’s a really complicated history with Jews and Ukrainians and I'm Jewish. 

My grandmother fled from there when she was a baby with my great-grandparents. They never talked about their lives there because it was so painful, so I never even knew they were from what is now Ukraine (back then it was part of the Russian Empire). At that time there were terrible pogroms in which whole villages were burned and destroyed, not unlike what is happening now.   

There were also stories of how the Jews poisoned the wells in some Ukrainian villages, or took advantage of Ukrainians who were working for them on farms or in shops.  

Despite those negative reverberations, as a peacebuilder, I was perhaps naively determined to try my best to ease any tensions between Jews and Ukrainians that I could, and had the audacity to think I could apologize on behalf of the Jews for some of the negative things we were thought to have done. 

I had a particularly moving moment with an elderly Ukrainian man after one such apology, during which I also forgave him and all Ukrainians for the atrocities they committed, but shortly after felt appalled at myself—who was I to forgive and apologize on behalf of people I didn’t even know, especially when I never experienced the traumas and injuries they endured. I wondered what my relatives and rabbis would’ve thought. 

After lots of difficult reflection and discernment, I eventually came to terms not just with my hubris and folly, but also what I’ve come to see as my role in this whole messy history and present: as an ambassador of sorts, simply being myself as a Jew in Ukraine, bringing a bit of Ukraine back to my Jewish communities in America, and hopefully in the process, dispelling some of the myths and fear in our respective narratives. 

During my time in Ukraine I expanded the work I did beyond Jewish-Ukrainian relations to diversity issues in general. I organized experiential programs for people to spend time together in the wilderness helping people get to know each other as human beings and helping each other cross rivers, pitch tents, ride out an infection or a thunderstorm or whatever was going on. 

At the Ukrainian Catholic University, we had the hope of developing an exchange program with the rabbinical school where I'm currently studying. We had a trip planned for July 2020, which went out the window with the pandemic. Some classmates from my school are really eager to go volunteer now. They’re brave and unafraid, and more importantly, deeply affected by the scope of human suffering and feel compelled to help however they can, and so I've been looking into if that's a good idea or not. We don’t want to be a burden on anybody or contribute to the chaos. 

Marathon, Not a Sprint 

I still have a lot of really close friends in Ukraine. We’re in touch regularly. Many of them have visited me here too. I had a boyfriend there for many years and we're still really close friends. I have people there who are like family with whom I lived with at times when I was there. 

Luckily, most of them are in Lviv, but some were in other parts of the country that experienced much more violence and have since fled or are internally displaced. Some have gone to Poland and a couple are in Germany. Almost everybody is hoping to go back there. They’re expecting it to be temporary—an unknown temporary. 

They’re getting used to this being a marathon and not a sprint and trying to figure out how to live their lives as much as they can. Many of them are volunteering, which helps them as well. 

There are so many people displaced right now and so many people who have been severely traumatized. If the war were to magically stop and there was a secure peace, we wouldn’t need tourniquets or blood clotting bandages anymore, but I think we would need a lot of infrastructural support. I really don’t even know what people will do who have been refugees from places like Mariupol or Bucha or places that have been leveled, but I know they need a lot of psychological support and help rebuilding. 

Helping from Afar 

It's hard to be afar and to be distant. I feel a lot of passion for doing whatever I can to help even if I'm far away. If I can't be there to give out blankets or to administer first aid or simply be with my friends in the bomb shelters, I want to do everything I can from here. 

Certain foods and medications are in short supply. Things like Advil and Tylenol can be hard to find. When someone donated to the boxes here at HDS, we collected them then dropped them off at a collection site. People there take the items to a sorting area—often one of the Ukrainian churches or sometimes someone’s basement or office space—and they’ll sort and pack everything. The items then get flown to Poland where they’ll be transported over the border and taken into Ukraine. 

I know people in Lviv who are sorting through the items and distributing them to other parts of Ukraine where they’re most needed. They get as close as they can to the besieged cities. These are often individuals or small groups of people. It’s really a very grassroots mobilization. 

People in Boston, and at Harvard specifically, are in a good position to help local Ukrainians, of which there are many. The Divinity School is just a block away from the Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute. There are two Ukrainian churches in Jamaica Plain that are having a lot of drives and volunteer opportunities. Staying informed is also really important. Learning some basic history and being on guard for fake news and messaging, much of which is quite subtle, are key.

HDS is in a special position not just as a religious and spiritual institution, but also as an institution actively engaged in the world. I think it’s a great opportunity to partner with Ukrainians who are going to be looking to rebuild and reform, and co-create a better future. A safer place, a more peaceful place, a stronger democracy. At this stage it could simply be developing networks or conversation partners. 

The outpouring right now is so real and genuine. Eventually I expect it will diminish once the news cycle shifts and moves on, but there will definitely be continued need. 

Long term some of the help is political and at the national level, working on immigration policies, not just for Ukrainians, but also on our southern border, for Afghans, for Syrians, for others, simplifying and accelerating the process. 

—Interview conducted and edited by Michael Naughton; top image courtesy of Michelle Goldhaber

[hellohaleyteacher]

Me: Okay! Final section... please ask me a question.

Chiseob: If we were the power couple of CWHS, what would we do on our first date?

Me: Um... we would break up because you're 16... but we can still be friends.

Chiseob: Omg! Teacher! That is too much. Why?

Me: You are too young for me and I only have eyes for Kim Ungseok Teacher (the 50 year old, super strict head teacher).

Chiseob: Ah. I understand *puts fist out for a sullen fist bump* Let's be ride-or-dies.