Romanian Alumni Stories
"This cultural exchange is a story about our universal values unfolding from acts of random kindness and generosity to rich and thoughtful conversations with my academic peers. Each day I have the opportunity to learn about the broader meaning of the word education."
"As my U.S. experience is coming to an end, I started to wrap things up and to think about all the amazing adventures that I have encountered in the past couple of months. Beside finishing my doctoral thesis and writing research papers with colleagues from the University, I had the opportunity to meet extremely intelligent people and to make new connections. [...] Tasting the American student life would not have been possible without the Fulbright program and without the people that helped me to evolve both personally and professionally."
“The Fulbright experience meant a lot to me. I had the chance to learn what true music teaching means and, through research, to broaden my musical understanding getting to realize limitless perspectives of new music techniques.”
"I did not get to give Columbia a proper farewell last Spring, but I will do it now as a new year begins, and as I continue to unpack lessons from my time here. I arrived at Columbia full of curiosity and academic naiveté. Now I’m leaving with a collection of lessons yet to be fully revealed and distilled."
"I was amazed by the culture of networking that brought together students, alumni, local businesses, non-profit organizations and investors. All the stakeholders with an interest in entrepreneurship united in a common effort to bridging opportunities for the entrepreneurial activities."
"My time as Fulbright grantee happily combined the research activities with cultural exchanges, U.S. academic life experiences and development of the professional networking within the vibrant New York City."
"Universities are key players in communities. A university is a leader and an example in the local community. The role of the university doesn’t stop at providing education, instead it involves active implication into many problems and strategies at the local, state or country level."
"The Fulbright-RAF scholarship has been one of the most rewarding experiences of my life and I am looking forward to sharing it in my home institution, ‘Ștefan cel Mare’ University of Suceava, together with my newly acquired entrepreneurial approach."
"The Fulbright RAF experience at the Ain Center for Entrepreneurship, University of Rochester gave me an excellent opportunity to shift my perspective and find new ways of teaching. Basically my degree of understanding of the development and potential of the entrepreneurial ecosystem has been greatly upgraded to a bigger overall picture."
"To sum up, as a Fulbright-RAF visiting scholar I have been given the possibility to learn and develop myself not only in the entrepreneurial field, but also in my specialization field – computer engineering."