Comment dit-on “Team Player”?
In my application for a Fulbright ETA position to Belgium, I wrote that, “Outside the classroom, I will join a volleyball league in order…
Americans in Belgium
Hack 4 Diamonds
On May 4th 2018, I officially became a hacker. Yet no laws were broken and no secure data leaked. Even Antwerp’s government officials colluded…
The Sound Barrier
I came to Belgium to study fluid dynamics. Surprisingly, the fluid I chose to study wasn’t Belgian Trappist beer (don’t worry, I studied plenty…
The Rules of Baseball
Going into this whole Fulbright thing with rose colored blinders, I somewhat listened to my predecessor. Classes will be easy-peasy she said, an occasional…
Archive Access for Student Researchers in Belgium
Calix O’Hara is a 2017-2018 American Fulbright student researcher to Ghent University. A recent graduate of Loyola University Maryland, Calix has spent the year…
Reflections on Berlin
Hava Rosenberg is a 2017-2018 American Fulbright English Teaching Assistant to Belgium. A recent graduate of the University of British Columbia, she is spending…
I was expecting hot dogs…
I came to Belgium as an ETA, but, as my previous Fulbright posts have attested, that role has developed greatly. This event was the…
International “Peace Day” Colloquium in Leuven
When I arrived at the Catholic University of Leuven as a Fulbright Scholar grantee, one event I was looking forward to was the international…
Hidden Figures
Last week, in honor of International Women’s Day, the Belgian chapter of Soroptimist International held a screening of Hidden Figures. The 2016 movie, based…
A trip back in time – Leuven edition!
Cassandra Roose is a 2017-2018 American Fulbright English Teaching Assistant to Belgium. A recent graduate of Arizona State University, she is spending the academic…