Pre-Departure Meeting for Graduate Students

Fulbright Graduate Students AY2010/2011 begin their programs in the US

On July 2nd, the Fulbright Commission gathered the 2010/2011 Portuguese Fulbright Graduate Students for their pre-departure orientation meeting.

The meeting brought together the Executive Director of the Fulbright Commission, the Program Coordinator and the Program Assistant and two Fulbrighters, who provided priceless counseling to those who are now embarking on the Fulbright adventure. The Commission would like to thank the highly experienced Fulbrighters Tiago Castela and André Alves for their precious assistance to their new Fulbright colleagues.

The students were briefed on bureaucratic and practical issues regarding their departure and future life in the USA. They were also informed about the academic environment in the US and the natural cultural shock they may face overseas.

AY 2010/2011 Portuguese Fulbright Graduate Students now starting their programs are as follows:

Internacional Fulbright Science and Technology Award

Nuno Filipe, PhD in Aerospace Eng - Flight Mechanics and Control, Georgia Institute of Technology

Fulbright / FLAD Grant for PhD

Diana Soller, PhD in International Relations, University of Miami

Patricia Alexandre, PhD in Forestry, University of Wisconsin, Madison

Patricia Baltasar, PhD in Biomedical and Veterinary Sciences, Virginia Tech

Tiago Caliço, PhD in Measurement Statistics and Evaluation: Foreign Language Assessment, University of Maryland

Fulbright Grant for Master

Ana Rita Pineu, EdM/MA in Hearing Impairment: Childhood Education, Columbia University

Diogo Amarante, MFA in Film Production, New York University

Pedro Letria, MFA in Photography, Rhode Island School of Design

Rui Dias, LLM Program: Corporation Law, New York University

Fulbright Grant for Master in Public Health, with the support of Sanofi Pasteur MSD

Hanna Guimarães, Master in Public Health, Harvard University

Fulbright Student Research Grant

Liliana Sousa, Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley

Iola Campos, Communications / Journalism, The University of Texas, Austin

Tatiana Santos, Medical Sciences- Neuroscience, Stanford University

Dário Jesus, Biology, Harvard Medical School

Paulo Faria Carvalho, Psychology, Indiana University

The Fulbright Commission wishes all of them a most wonderful, fruitful and unforgettable experience!