| Media Note Office of the Spokesman Washington, DC October 8, 2002 U.S. Department of State to Host Symposium on:The German-American Fulbright Program at Fifty: Legacy, Lessons, LeadershipThe Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) of the U.S. Department of State is hosting a symposium on the occasion of the 50th Anniversary of the German-American Fulbright Program at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars on Thursday, October 10, 2002 from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. The symposium will bring together notable American and German individuals addressing the effects of the Fulbright Program in the fields of politics, business, media, and academia over the past half-century and discussing current and future challenges facing the German-American relationship in those fields. Welcome and introductory remarks will be presented by Patricia S. Harrison, Assistant Secretary for Educational and Cultural Affairs; Lee Hamilton, Director of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars; and Wolfgang Ischinger, Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany to the United States. Among the presenters will be Stefan Kornelius, Chief Editor for Foreign Affairs, Sueddeutsche Zeitung; Michael Haltzel, Staff Director for the Subcommittee on European Affairs, U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations; Ulrich Schroeder, Deutsche Bank Research; Garrick Utley, Journalist; Molly Selvin, Editorial Writer, Los Angeles Times; James Cooney, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard University; and Ilona Senta Kickbusch, Yale University. The flagship international educational program sponsored by the United States Government, the Fulbright Program is designed to "increase mutual understanding between the people of the United States and the people of other countries…" With this goal in mind, the Fulbright Program has provided more than 250,000 participants with the opportunity to study and teach in each other’s countries, exchange ideas, and develop joint solutions to shared concerns. The German-American Fulbright Program is the largest and most varied Fulbright program in the world. It has sponsored over 30,000 Americans and Germans since 1952, when the Federal Republic of Germany became the 25th member to join the Fulbright Program. Each year, approximately 700 grants are awarded through the German-American Fulbright Program based on open competition. Under the auspices of the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, more than 5,000 students, scholars, teachers, professionals, and community leaders a year come to the U.S. to study, conduct research and make linkages in schools, universities, non-governmental organizations, think tanks, federal offices, businesses and other communities. For further information, media representatives may contact Nicole Deaner, phone: (202) 203-7613 or e-mail: ndeaner@pd.state.gov |
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