{"id":3440,"date":"2019-08-06T21:41:01","date_gmt":"2019-08-06T21:41:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fulbridge.org\/w\/?page_id=3440"},"modified":"2020-07-08T23:56:28","modified_gmt":"2020-07-08T23:56:28","slug":"our-story","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/fulbridge.org\/w\/our-story\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Story"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Fulbridge builds bridges between Fulbrighters to expand their knowledge and understanding and to empower them to serve the world.<\/em><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Mission:\u00a0<\/strong> <\/em><\/p>

To further the mission of the Fulbright program through life-long cultural ambassadorship, mutual understanding, and meaningful relationships with fellow Fulbrighters.<\/em><\/p>

To foster Fulbrighters\u2019 active engagement and collaboration, inspire purposeful action, and promote cultural exchange.<\/em><\/p>

To facilitate Fulbrighters\u2019 continuing personal growth and academic and professional development.\u00a0<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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Fulbridge was started by a group of grantees in 2015 who wanted to connect with other Fulbrighters to learn about countries and grantee experiences beyond their own.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\n\t\t\t\tThe Idea\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

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Traveling in Southeast Asia over her winter break, South Korea ETA Zo\u00eb Gioja wondered why there wasn’t a global Fulbright network that would enable Fulbright grantees to connect with and learn from one another.  <\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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Zo\u00eb started by gathering other ETAs in her cohort. Soon the Fulbridge team grew to include Fulbrighters placed in countries all over Europe, Asia, and Latin America.    <\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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\n\t\t\t\tThe Map\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

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Fulbridge launched its site, with the Fulbridge Map, to enable grantees to find and connect with one another.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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\n\t\t\t\tThe Lesson Catalog\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

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Fulbridge began publishing Lessons of the Week, while gathering lessons from around the world for its global database of ETAs’ lessons.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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\n\t\t\t\tTeaching Exchanges\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

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One year after Zo\u00eb got the idea for Fulbridge, two South Korea ETAs used the Fulbridge map to visit ETAs in Taiwan, visiting their classrooms and starting pen pal exchanges. Soon other ETAs around the world followed suit, using the map to connect and to meet up while traveling.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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The Fulbridge blog began publishing pieces in earnest. The blog team collaborated with Indonesiaful, a publication managed by Indonesia ETAs, to publish\u00a0ETA Spotlights and a quarterly theme on diversity in Fulbright ETAs’ experiences.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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Though Fulbridge focused on ETAs originally, as Fulbridge launched its revamped map, more researchers created pins on the site, allowing ETAs and researchers to connect with one another as well.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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\n\t\t\t\tAround the World\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

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Fulbridge currently has users in 48 countries worldwide, and continues to grow.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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Launching a similarly global network for Fulbrighters, Fulbrighter (fulbrighternetwork.com) and Fulbridge are now joining forces to connect Fulbright grantees worldwide.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\t\t\t<\/section>\n\n\t\t\t\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Fulbridge builds bridges between Fulbrighters to expand their knowledge and understanding and to empower them to serve the world. Mission:\u00a0 To further the mission of the Fulbright program through life-long cultural ambassadorship, mutual understanding, and meaningful relationships with fellow Fulbrighters. To foster Fulbrighters\u2019 active engagement and collaboration, inspire purposeful action, and promote cultural exchange. To facilitate Fulbrighters\u2019 continuing personal growth and academic and professional development.\u00a0 Fulbridge was started by a group of grantees in 2015 who wanted to connect with other Fulbrighters to learn about countries and grantee experiences beyond their own.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fulbridge.org\/w\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3440"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fulbridge.org\/w\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fulbridge.org\/w\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fulbridge.org\/w\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fulbridge.org\/w\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3440"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/fulbridge.org\/w\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3440\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4378,"href":"https:\/\/fulbridge.org\/w\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3440\/revisions\/4378"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fulbridge.org\/w\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3440"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}