Synopsis
The Fulbright YearsMy first Fulbright almost wasn’t. I first got a letter saying that I had not gotten the Fulbright and then a few weeks later a phone call came asking me if I would take the Fulbright at Mariano Marcos State University (MMSU) in Northern Luzon, Philippines. Without hesitation I accepted and started making arrangements. First, I ask for a sabbatical, which was denied, and second, deciding how to make the house payments while I was gone. It all worked out in the end. While at MMSU I taught the faculty about instrumentation, including a laboratory, where MMSU faculty learned how to keep instrumentation working, and ran a seminar series featuring Fulbrighters, reviewed all the Faculty research proposals and helped the Chemistry Department obtain needed chemicals and equipment. At this time, as a Fulbrighter, we were paid in Philippine Pesos which we were not supposed to take out of the country. I got around this prohibition by arranging a trip the rest of the way around the world, that is through Thailand, India, Italy, France, Belgium, Germany, England and back to the US., which we did. This started a tradition that we continued for the next two Fulbrights. After this trip, and between Fulbrights, I was fortunate enough to be asked to help farmers in Niger, Tanzania, Kenya and Nicaragua and Cost Rica. These trips were arranged and paid for by various organization and lasted from a couple of weeks to several weeks. The projects were varied but all required my presence.The second Fulbright was in Harare, Zimbabwe at the Department of Soils at the University of Zimbabwe in 1999. During this time, I spent most of my effort developing three environmental science courses, which were well received. I also helped students with their research projects and visited them at their project sites. The third Fulbright was at the Visayas State University (VSU) on the island of Leyte in the town of Baybay. Here I taught chemistry and soils and did research (this is the cite of my Peace Corps Volunteer work, see part one of this series). After the VSU Fulbright, I returned to Wilmington College and I arranged for students to accompany me and to attend the first International Undergraduate Research Symposium (IURS). It was there that we had the first of what would become a long running International Undergraduate Research Symposium activities for undergraduates.
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The Fulbright Years and Between: Part 2
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