Archive for April, 2014

Showcase Concert

Written by Fulbright on 04/29/2014. Posted in News

Showcase Concert

The Showcase Concert on May 10, 2014 at Rajkó-Talentum Dance and Music School is organized by Micah Huang (’13 Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music). This FREE concert aims to showcase this wonderful school and to cultivate friendship between the Hungarian Roma and International Communities.

Prezi visit

Written by Fulbright on 04/28/2014. Posted in News

Prezi Budapest Headquarters

The Commission organized a visit for U.S. Fulbright grantees to Prezi Budapest Headquarters guided by Drew Banks, Head of International. Prezi recently joined President Obama’s ConnectED Tech Initiative for U.S. classrooms committing $100 million in Edu Pro licenses to hundreds of thousands of high schools and educators

American Grace

Written by Fulbright on 04/23/2014. Posted in News

American Grace

Solo debut album of Charity Sunshine Tillemann Dick (’07 Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music) American Grace is available for pre-sale.

Sándor Palace

Written by Fulbright on 04/18/2014. Posted in News

Sándor Palace

The Fulbright Alumni Association organized a visit to the Hungarian President’s Office at Sándor Palace for U.S. grantees on April 10, 2014.

U.S. Student Conference AY 2013-2014

Written by Fulbright on 04/15/2014. Posted in Events, News

U.S. Student Conference AY 2013-2014

Please find the detailed program here.

The Sculpture of David Smith in Europe and America

Written by Fulbright on 04/11/2014. Posted in Events, News

The Sculpture of David Smith in Europe and America

Guest speaker next Tuesday at American Corner Debrecen: Esther T. Thyssen (’06 University of Debrecen)

University of West Hungary

Written by Fulbright on 04/10/2014. Posted in News

University of West Hungary

The Commission organized a 2-day trip to the University of West Hungary, Győr and Mosonmagyaróvár campuses for US grantees. The group also visited the first Lipóti Bakery in Lipót and the Futura Interactive Science Adventure Centre

Hungarian Cultural Association Inaugural Conference

Written by Fulbright on 04/07/2014. Posted in News

Inaugural Conference of the Hungarian Cultural Association of Indiana University

The Hungarian Cultural Association and Department of Central Eurasian Studies of Indiana University hosted an inaugural & interdisciplinary conference on topics related to Hungary on April 5-6, 2014. Economist and Visiting Fulbright Professor István Benczes (’13 Indiana University, Bloomington) delivered the keynote address: From goulash communism to goulash populism: Path-dependence in Hungarian economic transformation.

The Contemporary Hungary: Cultural and Linguistic Issues session was chaired by László Borhi (’12 Indiana University, Bloomington). Katalin Parti (’13 Bridgewater State University) talked on Stories of My Grandfather: Historical Milestones of Life in Hungary during the 20th Century while Tamás Csapó (’13 Indiana University, Bloomington) on Comparison of tongue contour extraction methods from ultrasound images for use in text-to-speech synthesis. The Hungarian Legacies and Hungarian Identity session was chaired by Lynn Hooker (’95 & ’11 Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Institute for Musicology).

The conference complemented the Russian and East European Institute’s Roundtable on Post-Communism: Cyberlink in the Post Communist Era: The International Politics of the Internet, Cyberspace, and Cybersecurity. Anna Péczeli (’13 Federation of American Scientists) gave a talk entitled The Central Asian Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone and Other Regional Treaties and Models for the Middle East.

Jesuit Roma College visit

Written by Fulbright on 04/03/2014. Posted in News

Jesuit Roma College visit

The following is a translation of an article in Hungarian from the website of the Jesuit Roma Residential College: America, A dream for many

On the 20th of March, as tradition has it, at the Jesuit Roma College the customary Thursday night community dinner took place with a special presentation from representatives of the Hungarian American Fulbright Commission.

We had a chance to familiarize ourselves with the Fulbright program through the joint presentation of Agnes Raboczki, Fulbright EducationUSA Adviser, and Andrew Gatti, Fulbright ETA (whom many of our students may recognize as one of the college’s English language instructors). Using a Prezi presentation, Agnes explained the brief history of the Fulbright program, the importance of bringing together Hungarian and American cultural relations, and the main conditions of the scholarship.

Hungary joined the Fulbright Program in 1978 and established the Fulbright Commission in Hungary in the year 1992. As students, we were presented with an incredible opportunity to study at any higher education institution of our desire. Undoubtedly, this can only be achieved with excellent grades, English language knowledge (i.e. a sufficient TOEFL exam score), a Bachelor’s degree at minimum, and the submission of the Fulbright application form. The latter is followed by the institutional TOEFL language test (if the applicant does not already have a TOEFL score) and an interview which will take place in June-July. The application process takes a time period of approximately one year. Sounds complicated, right? We felt a little intimidated as well, but it turns out that the Fulbright application process is easily understandable and through hard work and perseverance we may become one of the Fulbright program’s student grantees. Therefore, it is exceptionally important that we concentrate even harder on our studies.

To experience America is a dream for many, and with this scholarship we have a chance to do so. The college was buzzing with excitement after the presentation. We discovered that we have the possibility to study at highly esteemed institutions such as Harvard or Yale University. To help turn our dreams into realities our college is ready to offer a wide variety of assistance to its students in accordance with the support of the Fulbright Commission.
Afterwards, a cheerful dinner followed the presentation at which most of my college mates for already thinking of which university they would like to attend, what field of research to pick, and how they would be able to utilize the results of their research in Hungary.

Consequently, our Thursday night was once again spent usefully. Our presenters shed light on new paths, as well as making us realize that our dreams are just an arm’s length away and it is never too late to start working towards them. All in all, it is clear to many of us that the compensation for pouring our time and energy into our studies will be innumerable.