Every smartphone, laptop, and artificial intelligence system depends on tiny semiconductor chips – many of which are manufactured in Taiwan. Yet during my two weeks in Taiwan as part of the
I wanted to input my perspective of my Fulbright IEA experience as a first-generation student alum. A first-generation student refers to a student where neither of their parents have a bachelor’s degree.
When I learned that I had been selected to participate in the Fulbright International Education Administrators (IEA) Program in Taiwan, I felt both excitement and a deep sense of responsibility. As a leader at a U.S. community college,.
During my time in Taiwan as part of the Fulbright International Education Administrators Program, I encountered a phrase etched into the windows on the 101st floor of Taipei 101: “Stay rooted but aim high.”
Nearly 35 years ago, a young man fresh out of college enrolled in a summer Mandarin course and bought a one-way ticket to Taipei, hoping to land a job teaching English.
I arrived in New York as a Fulbright scholar with a suitcase full of notebooks and a naïve ambition: to decode the “secret sauce” behind this global cultural capital. I assumed there must be a formula—a replicable,
When I received notification that I was selected as a grantee of the International Education Administrator Fulbright Tawain award, my emotions were met with overwhelming joy and gratitude, but also anxiety.
The three years I spent in Taiwan can only be described as alchemy: a seemingly magical process of transformation, creation, or combination. That is not to say the journey was without hiccups or growing pains;
How did I get here? Am I in the right place? After a bad day at work, I decided to apply for the IEA Fulbright award in Taiwan. I had recently partnered with other international universities to develop 3+1s, and
I wasn’t sure what to expect when I arrived in Taiwan. Aside from a few short visits in the past, I knew little about the pragmatics of everyday life here. Taiwan was also a new field site for me, where I was beginning a (relatively) new research project on care and breast cancer.
