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Welcome to the Community Colleges Chapter of the Fulbright Association
As president, I'm pleased to welcome you to our chapter! Formed in January, our group's mission is to advance Fulbright opportunities and international education in America's 1,000 community and technical colleges. Many of our board members have been honored by a Fulbright grant. There are a range of Fulbright possibilities available to community colleges including as U.S. scholars, U.S. students, specialists, foreign exchange students and scholars, and Fulbright-Hays grantees.
All are welcome to join our chapter and engage in our efforts. Because our membership and those involved in our work span the U.S. (and the world) we are a virtual chapter. To become of an official member, you must first join the Fulbright Association and designate our chapter as your home chapter (you can designate a geographic chapter as well!). You need not have received a Fulbright grant to join.
Visit our website to read our press release announcing our chapter and goals. If you have questions, email communitycolleges@fulbright.org or davidjsmith@fulbrightmail.org.
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Attend the 47th
Fulbright Association Annual Conference
Washington, DC, October 25-26 + virtual, November 8-9
Please join us for the 47th Annual Fulbright Association Conference both in person in Washington, DC October 25-26 and virtual November 8-9. And community college educators can join the virtual conference at no cost! Email conference@fulbright.org
to register for the free November
virtual conference.
At the October conference, board members Selina LeMay-Klippel and Stephanie Hallock will present on Community Colleges + Fulbright = Global Access and Equity in Higher Education on Saturday.
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Watch Our June Webinar
We held our first virtual event last June: "From a Two-Year College to a Lifetime of Learning: What Fulbright Means to Me."
https://us02web.zoom.us/rec/share/7Rnlj7EpiMfbsp5qwRF2UqLsGkcaeis7abpkHqSgngqSWFw_ovJeIV2InoU1f_uk.QuxLMsOO5ZtmAN6k
Passcode: TFW7Q%1#
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Meet Our Board and Officers | |
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David J. Smith, President, was a Fulbright U.S. Scholar at the University of Tartu in Tartu, Estonia (2003-2004) while teaching at Harford Community College in Bel Air, MD. He has served as a consultant to the Fulbright Association, president of the NCAC Chapter and now president of the Community Colleges Chapter. He has published Peacebuilding in Community Colleges: A Teaching Resource (USIP Press 2013) and Peace Jobs: A Student's Guide to Starting A Career Working for Peace (IAP 2016). He is the president of the Forage Center for Peacebuilding and Humanitarian Education and teaches at the Carter School for Peace and Conflict Resolution at George Mason University. He was formerly a senior program officer and manager at the U.S. Institute of Peace. | |
Laurie Wolfe, Secretary, is a Psychology Professor and Fulbright Scholar who specializes in Positive Psychology and Education. Dr. Wolfe studies the impact of positive psychology and stress reduction techniques on teaching and learning. She teaches classes in stress management, positive, psychology, yoga, and meditation. In addition to her role as a faculty, she has presented workshops both, online and in person across Central Asia and the US. Dr. Wolfe completed her doctorate in Educational Leadership where her research focused on mindfulness and stress among English language students in Uzbekistan.
Board Member Vincent L. Briley has participated in a variety of Fulbright award programs including the Fulbright U.S. – Germany International Education Administrators Program (2012), Fulbright Germany “On the Road” (2019), and Fulbright in the Classroom (2021). He is an alumnus of the American Association of Community Colleges John E. Roueche Future Leaders Institute and serves as a lecturer at Montgomery College in Rockville, MD.
Board member Cheryl J. Fish was a Fulbright U.S. Scholar in Finland. She is professor of English at Borough of Manhattan Community College, CUNY, and has been on the Friends of Fulbright Finland board. She meets regularly with Finnish Fulbright grantees in NYC. Her debut novel Off the Yoga Mat, was published by Livingston Press/UWA. She is the author of The Sauna is Full of Maids, and Crater & Tower, poems, and co-edited A Stranger in the Village: Two Centuries of African-American Travel Writing, and a creative writing editor at Ecocene: Cappadocia Journal of Environmental Humanities.
Sandra Jowers-Barber, Board Member, is the Director of the Division of Humanities and Criminology at the University of the District of Columbia Community College. Sandra is a member of the advisory board of the Center for Black Deaf Studies at Gallaudet University, a life member of the Association of Black Women Historians, a member of the Association for the Study of African American Life and History, and a member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated.
Tabitha A. Morgan, Board member, holds a PhD in American Studies from University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Currently, they are an Assistant Professor in Community College of Philadelphia’s History, Gender, and English departments. Most recently, Dr. Morgan received the US Studies Chair in History as the García-Robles Fulbright awardee at the University of Veracruz, Xalapa, 2021-2022. Their research centers in working class women’s art and aesthetics, indigeneity and ecopoetics, the history of the Americas, and anti-racist radical feminism.
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Toni Holland, Vice President, a Fulbright U.S. Student in 2009-2010, is director of the Honors College at Houston Community College Southeast Campus and serves as the vice president of the recently formed Fulbright Association Community Colleges Chapter. Dr. Holland’s work has been published in Rip Rap, Poetry International (Cinepoetry issue), New Letters, Superpresent,
Solstice Literary Magazine, Potomac Review, and is forthcoming in Blue Unicorn. Dr. Holland has served as president of the Fulbright Alumni Association Southeast/Houston Chapter.
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Stephanie Hallock, Treasurer, is a Professor of Political Science at Harford Community College in Bel Air, MD. She earned her Ph.D. in International Relations from the University of Miami, FL and her MA in Political Science from Virginia Tech. In 25 years of higher education, Stephanie has served in a variety of faculty and administrative capacities, on numerous community engagement projects and on awards selection boards for the American Political Science Association. She was on the leadership team of the League of Women Voters – Harford County MD chapter for many years, and is proud to serve as a Higher Education Ambassador for the Council on Foreign Relations. Her most current projects include serving as a Fulbright Specialist and as a founding member of the newly created Fulbright Association Community College Chapter.
Board member Reza Jafari is the Chairman and CEO and Founder of e-Development International. Mr. Jafari was appointed by the Governor of Maryland and currently serves as the Chair of the Trustees
Board of Chesapeake College. He was also appointed by Governor Moore and currently serves on Maryland Economic Council. He also serves on the Board of Maryland Association of Community Colleges; the State Coordinator of Association of Community College Trustees; the Co-Chairman of Connected Community Forum and Board Advisor of Wireless Broadband Alliance; and a Board member
of the India, China, and America Institute. A successful entrepreneur who has created several innovative companies focusing on digital learning
and workforce development and exited to large corporations.
Selina LeMay-Klippel, Board member, is the Workforce Development Coordinator of Health and Human Service
at North Country Community College. During her 17 years at NCCC, Selina has been a Career
and Technical Education Coordinator serving the rural communities of Essex and Franklin County in New York State, Science Department Chair, Professor of Nursing, and Campus Coordinator. In 2018, as a Professor of Nursing, Dr. LeMay-Klippel served as a Fulbright Scholar to Bashkir State Medical University in Ufa, Russia where she focused on innovative teaching techniques in nursing classrooms. In 2020, Selina was accepted as a Fulbright Specialist and a roundtable presenter at the 2023 Fulbright Annual Conference.
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Check Out Upcoming Events
10/25-26/24
Fulbright Conference (in person) Washington, DC
11/1, 15 & 22/24 Community College Peacebuilding Conference (virtual)
11/8-9/24 Fulbright Conference (virtual)
11/18-24/24 International Education Week
2/14-17/25
CCID Conference (in person) Washington, DC
5/24-27/25 NISOD Conference (in person) Austin, TX
5/27-30/25
NAFSA Conference (in person)
San Diego, CA
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