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2019 Pre-Departure Orientation
U.S. Grantee Orientation 2018
Last week the Fulbright Commission welcomed twenty-two 2018-2019 American Fulbright grantees to Belgium and Luxembourg to the Royal Library for U.S. Grantee Orientation. This annual event brings together newly-arrived Fulbrighters for a logistical and cultural introduction to life in Belgium…
Fulbright Alum Co-Publishes WWI Book
Fulbright Belgium is proud to announce the upcoming revised and adapted translation of a book written by August Thiry and co-published by alum Wim Coudenys. King Albert’s Heroes recounts the thrilling history of the Belgian army’s first unit of armored…
Flanders Inspires Tour
The Fulbright Commission and the Flemish Foreign Ministry welcomed seven representatives from U.S. universities for a capacity-building tour of Flemish institutions of higher education on 25-27 June 2018. According to one participant, the Flanders Inspires International Visitors Program “provided a…
2018 Pre-Departure Orientation
On 12 June 2018, the U.S. Embassy to Belgium hosted the annual Fulbright Pre-Departure Orientation. The annual event is attended by outgoing Belgian, Luxembourgish, and European Fulbright grantees who are preparing to leave for the United States in the coming…
EU-NATO Seminar 2018
How did one seminar participant describe the 2018 EU-NATO Seminar? “Rich in opportunities, new connections, and good humor, to say nothing of the waffles and chocolate!”
…U.S. Grantee Orientation 2017
The twenty-three attendees at this year’s U.S. Grantee Orientation included twelve study and research grantees to Belgium and Luxembourg, ten English Teaching Assistants to Belgium and Luxembourg, and a Brussels-based Fulbright-Schuman student researcher. The Fulbright Commission will welcome three additional…
2017 ETA Training Day
How would you describe an average day in the life of a Fulbright English Teaching Assistant? It’s difficult to say. As the 2017-2018 grantees to Belgium and Luxembourg learned last week, little about life as an ETA in these small…
ETA Training Day
Belgium and Luxembourg may not be the world’s largest countries, but in proportion to their small size, they may well be among the most linguistically diverse! By the time they begin studying English, most students already speak at least two…