Life is coming full circle.
It's time to "pay back" so I decided to run for the Board of Directors of the Minnesota Chapter of the Fulbright Association - the group you join after you return from a Fulbright experience. And I won. So now, I go to my first meeting - the hand-off from last year's Board to all of us. I'm excited but also a bit nervous given how busy things have gotten.
And I am working on another Fulbright application - this time for a Global Scholar grant. I'm buried in it right now, but will share what it's about after it's submitted. It's due August 1 but I'm hoping I can get it in early because I'm going to be so busy near that time.
Writing the application for the Fulbright in Panama was really a peak experience for me. I reveled in the language and ideas - and, importantly, I had people around me to bounce ideas off of. That's different this time, but I have been trying to hone the arguments - and too the writing - with David and anyone else who steps in my direction. It's getting clearer, too, as the people I'd be working with are chiming in and offering their suggestions on how to do this work together. I'm REALLY excited about it - but I also realize that it's a very long shot because there are many people interested in the award. I did talk with Caitlin in the program office on Friday and she said that the project I'm proposing sounded like something that would be interesting to the reviewers. We shall see!
Monday, June 27, 2016
Full Circle
Life is coming full circle.
It's time to "pay back" so I decided to run for the Board of Directors of the Minnesota Chapter of the Fulbright Association - the group you join after you return from a Fulbright experience. And I won. So now, I go to my first meeting - the hand-off from last year's Board to all of us. I'm excited but also a bit nervous given how busy things have gotten.
And I am working on another Fulbright application - this time for a Global Scholar grant. I'm buried in it right now, but will share what it's about after it's submitted. It's due August 1 but I'm hoping I can get it in early because I'm going to be so busy near that time.
Writing the application for the Fulbright in Panama was really a peak experience for me. I reveled in the language and ideas - and, importantly, I had people around me to bounce ideas off of. That's different this time, but I have been trying to hone the arguments - and too the writing - with David and anyone else who steps in my direction. It's getting clearer, too, as the people I'd be working with are chiming in and offering their suggestions on how to do this work together. I'm REALLY excited about it - but I also realize that it's a very long shot because there are many people interested in the award. I did talk with Caitlin in the program office on Friday and she said that the project I'm proposing sounded like something that would be interesting to the reviewers. We shall see!
It's time to "pay back" so I decided to run for the Board of Directors of the Minnesota Chapter of the Fulbright Association - the group you join after you return from a Fulbright experience. And I won. So now, I go to my first meeting - the hand-off from last year's Board to all of us. I'm excited but also a bit nervous given how busy things have gotten.
And I am working on another Fulbright application - this time for a Global Scholar grant. I'm buried in it right now, but will share what it's about after it's submitted. It's due August 1 but I'm hoping I can get it in early because I'm going to be so busy near that time.
Writing the application for the Fulbright in Panama was really a peak experience for me. I reveled in the language and ideas - and, importantly, I had people around me to bounce ideas off of. That's different this time, but I have been trying to hone the arguments - and too the writing - with David and anyone else who steps in my direction. It's getting clearer, too, as the people I'd be working with are chiming in and offering their suggestions on how to do this work together. I'm REALLY excited about it - but I also realize that it's a very long shot because there are many people interested in the award. I did talk with Caitlin in the program office on Friday and she said that the project I'm proposing sounded like something that would be interesting to the reviewers. We shall see!
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