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Bucharest, February 28, 2011
Volume I, Issue 2
Alumni News
Grant Opportunities
From Alumni
Table of Contents
From Alumni
Alumni News ► Romanian Alumni and Grantees
 Romanian Fulbright Science and Technology
 Alumni Engagement Innovation Fund (AEIF)
Grantee Meets the Romanian Ambassador in the
 Transcript for “Q&A Live: The Alumni Engagement U.S.
Innovation Fund” is Available  Romanian and American Fulbright Scholars in
 Share Articles and Photos on State Alumni the JSRI Editorial Team
 Q&A Live: Role of the American Red Cross  New Publication by Tudor Stanciu, Romanian
 Celebrating 50 years of National Council for Interna- Ron Brown Grantee in 1998-2000
tional Visitors (NCIV) and the 70th Anniversary of  Stories in Jazz by Cezar Ghioca, Fulbright Alum-
the International Visitor Leadership Program nus in 2004-2005
 U.S. Fulbright Grantees Met for the Winter Orienta-  News from Catalin Albu, Romanian Fulbright
tion - February 24, 25 Grantee
Grant Opportunities ► U.S. Alumni and Grantees
 Now open: Junior Fulbright Award 2012-2013  New Volume by Bryan Hall, American Scholar in
 Webinar for Romanian Applicants in the Interna- Romania
tional Fulbright Science and Technology Award  David Weindorf, U.S. Fulbright Scholar Featured
 Webinar for Romanian Candidates in the Fulbright in University of Agricultural Sciences and Veteri-
Junior Award Competition nary Medicine of Cluj-Napoca Newsletter
 Free Access to Grants and Funding Opportunities on  Escape Strategies by Aline Cautis, U.S. Fulbright
State Alumni Grantee in Romania
 Interview with Laura Mattes, U.S. Fulbright
Grantee in Romania
Alumni Information
Alumni Links
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Alumni News
Alumni Engagement Innovation Fund (AEIF)
Alumni Engagement Innovation Fund supports innovative project ideas address-
ing democracy and human rights, economic opportunity and prosperity,
women’s empowerment, promoting a better environment, food security, global
health, and outreach to marginalized communities.
Alumni are invited to submit first-round proposals between February 16 and
March 13, 2011. All alumni and current participants of U.S. government-funded
exchange programs are eligible to participate in AEIF with the condition to be or
to become a verified member of the State Alumni website. U.S. citizens may
participate in project teams, but they may not submit proposals or serve as the
project leader.
Projects may be posted with as little as one initial project participant, but must have a team with at
least 10 people who are members of State Alumni or eligible for membership by the close of Phase
One of the project competition on March 13, 2011. More details about the phases of the competition
at https://alumni.state.gov/aeif-info.
Visit https://alumni.state.gov/aeif2011 to share your project idea,
become team members in projects that are already included on State Alumni by Romanian alumni,
or comment and "like" favorite ideas.
Transcript for “Q&A Live: The Alumni Share Articles and Photos on State Alumni
Engagement Innovation Fund” is Available
If you are a registered State Alumni member you
Dr. Lisa M. Heilbronn, the director of the Office can share articles about your accomplishments,
of Alumni Affairs, addressed questions on AEIF's exchange experience, general interest subjects
purpose, process, rules and regulations on Feb- and academic writing. Visit the Alumni Articles
ruary 23, 2011. To read the transcript, please page at
visit https://alumni.state.gov/aeifwebchat. https://alumni.state.gov/news2/alumni-articles.
Also, for further guidance and clarification, visit Alumni can also post photo albums on
the Frequently Asked Questions page at https://alumni.state.gov/online-resources/photo-
https://alumni.state.gov/landing-page/about- gallery.
us/aeif-faq.
Q&A Live: Role of the American Red Cross
We invite you to join the State Alumni Community for a Q&A Live webchat on the Role
of American Red Cross as Part of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Move-
ment. The webchat will focus on the components of this worldwide movement, differ-
ence between bilateral and multilateral responses, and how changes in the society over
time have brought about changes in the Red Cross.
Kathryn Hop and Alicia Guajardo, former Peace Corps volunteers and senior associates
at the American Red Cross, will join the State Alumni on Wednesday, March 2, 2011at
17.00-18.00 (Europe-Bucharest time) to answer questions on the role of American Red
Cross as Part of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement. To submit a question now or
at any time during the event, please visit: https://alumni.state.gov/news2/qa-live.
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Celebrating 50 years of National Council for International Visitors (NCIV) and the 70th
Anniversary of the International Visitor Leadership Program
On February 17, 2011 the National Council for International Visitors (NCIV) celebrated 50 years. For
the last 50 years, NCIV has built a network of citizen diplomats committed to helping international
visitors participating in International Visitor Leadership Program exchanges. U.S. Secretary of State
Hillary Rodham Clinton, Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs Judith McHale and As-
sistant Secretary for the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs Ann Stock delivered their remarks
during the NCIV annual meeting. Read the remarks made by Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton
at http://www.state.gov/secretary/rm/2011/02/156772.htm and see the NCIV 50th anniversary video
at http://www.youtube.com/CitizenDiplomacy.
Also, in 2011 the International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP) is celebrating 70 years. The IVLP
connects current and emerging foreign leaders with their American counterparts through short-term
programs that foster greater coordination, communication, and collaboration on foreign policy issues.
Nearly 200,000 distinguished individuals have participated in the International Visitor Leadership Pro-
gram, including more than 300 current and former Chiefs of State and Heads of Government, and
thousands of leaders from the public and private sectors. Watch the 70th Anniversary Video and learn
about becoming a Citizen Diplomat on:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iOVIk7cOaIQ&feature=channel
U.S. Fulbright Grantees Met for the Winter Orientation - February 24, 25
The Winter Orientation, organized in honor of the new U.S. Fulbright Grantees to Romania took place
on February 24 and 25.
In the first day, Fulbrighters had the opportunity to meet high officials of the U.S. Embassy, the Minis-
try of Education, Research, Youth and Sports, Fulbright Board members, American and Romanian pro-
fessors and specialists in the field of economics, politics and education, who introduced them to their
new Romanian environment. The day concluded with a reception organized at the Commission head-
quarters, an occasion for the new arrived grantees to meet more Romanian and U.S. alumni. On the
second day of the event the group of American professors and students visited the Cotroceni Palace,
Dimitrie Gusti National Village Museum and Mogosoaia Palace.
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4. Bucharest, February 28, 2011
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Grant Opportunities
Now open: Junior Fulbright Award 2012-2013
A new grant competition has just opened this February for the Romanian
BA, MA, Ph.D. students and young researchers from both public and pri-
vate universities. Fulbright Junior Award is a very generous program for
masters’ study or research in the United States, in any field except clinical
medicine, for academic year 2012-2013. The Romanian applicants are in-
vited to submit applications no later than May 15, 2011. More details at
http://www.fulbright.ro/news/350-the-junior-fulbright-award-to-the-
united-states-2012-2013.html.
Webinar for Romanian Applicants in the International Fulbright Science and Technology
Award
The Romanian-U.S. Fulbright Commission is organizing a webinar for Romanian
applicants at International Fulbright Science and Technology. The webinar will
include a 15 minute presentation of the International Fulbright Science and
Technology Award and a 45 minute Q&A Live webchat. The online seminar will
take place Thursday, March 3, from 4 to 5 p.m. Candidates can register at
office@fulbright.ro.
Webinar for Romanian Candidates in Fulbright Junior Award Competition
The Romanian-U.S. Fulbright Commission is organizing a webinar for Romanian applicants at Junior Ful-
bright Award 2012-2013. The webinar will include a 15 minute presentation of the Fulbright Junior
Award and a 45 minute Q&A Live webchat. The online seminar will take place Wednesday, March 23,
from 4 to 5 p.m. Candidates can register at office@fulbright.ro.
Free Access to Grants and Funding Opportunities on State Alumni
For more grants and funding opportunities please visit https://alumni.state.gov/online-resources/grant-
opportunities. State Alumni subscribes to COS Funding Opportunities™, the largest, most comprehen-
sive database of available funding. It contains more than 25,000 records representing over $33 billion in
grants, fellowships, prizes, and more. Features include:
 Opportunities by sponsors throughout the world for recipients throughout the world.
 Sponsors include private foundations, public agencies, national and local governments, corporations
and more.
 Monies available for work in all disciplines: physical sciences, social sciences, life sciences, health &
medicine, arts & humanities.
 Funding for many purposes, such as research, collaborations, travel, curriculum development, con-
ferences, fellowships, postdoctoral positions, equipment acquisitions, capital or operating expenses.
http://www.facebook.com/
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From Alumni
► Romanian Alumni and Grantees
Romanian Fulbright Science and Technology Grantee Meets the Romanian Ambassador in the
U.S.
Gina Adam, current International Fulbright Science & Technology (S&T) Award Fellow
and an MS/PhD student in Electrical and Computer Engineering at UC Santa Barbara,
has informed us about her recent participation in the Annual Meeting of the American
Association for Advancement in Science held in Washington, D.C. It was an impressive
event which facilitated networking to more than 6000 participants - scientists, science
journalists and people interested in education and research policies in the U.S., E.U.
and Asia.
Moreover, Gina’s presence in Washington, D.C. was an excellent
opportunity for her to meet and discuss with Ms. Karene Grad and
Mr. Vincent Picket, the Fulbright and S&T program officers present at the event as
representatives of the U.S. Department of State. Thanks to Ms. Grad and Mr. Picket,
Gina had also the occasion to personally meet Mr. Adrian Vierita, the Romanian Am-
bassador in the U.S. who was happy to invite them for a dialogue at the headquar-
ters of the Romanian Embassy in Washington.
Romanian and American Fulbright Scholars in the JSRI Editorial Team
We are pleased to announce the latest issue (28/2011) of the Journal for the Study of Religions and Ide-
ologies (www.jsri.ro), a specialized publication which “encourages interdisciplinary approaches of relig-
ions, engaging the following domains: religious studies, philosophy of religions, ethics, political philoso-
phy and political science, anthropology, sociology, interreligious dialogue and communications theory.”
The publication is edited by Dr. Sandu Frunza, 2007-2008 Fulbright Scholar at Boston University, Elie
Wiesel Center for Judaic Studies and a professor of Philosophy at the Political Science Department,
Babes-Bolyai University of Cluj. The current publication also includes an article by Dr. Michael Jones,
U.S. Fulbright alumnus and a professor at Liberty University, Lynchburg, VA, USA.
It is also worth mentioning that the JSRI editorial team and the advisory board include many Romanian
Fulbright Scholars from Babes-Bolyai University of Cluj who, at the same time, are actively supporting
the Fulbright Commission programs. The current JSRI number can be accessed at http://jsri.ro/ojs/
index.php/jsri/issue/current.
http://www.facebook.com/
Romanian.US.Fulbright.Commission
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From Alumni
New Publication by Tudor Stanciu, Romanian Ron Brown Grantee in 1998-2000
Tudor Stanciu, a Ron Brown grantee in 1998-2000 is continuing his re-
search projects in the area of education. He has recently published, in
collaboration with Victor Iliescu, the volume Managementul Proiectelor
Educationale pe Intelesul Tuturor (Management of Educational Projects
Made Easy), a practical guide for beginners and advanced specialists in
this field.
Dr. Stanciu is a professor in the Teacher Training Department at
"Gh.Asachi" Technical University of Iasi. He was awarded a Master’s
Degree in the field of education at Lehigh University, Pennsylvania as a
Ron Brown grantee. The Ron Brown Fellowship was a program dedicated to young graduates and profes-
sionals aiming to continue their studies in the United States, carried out under Fulbright coordination.
Stories in Jazz by Cezar Ghioca, Fulbright Alumnus in 2004-2005
Cezar Ghioca, former Fulbright researcher in musical theatre at Kent State Uni-
versity and presently a Ph.D. and artistic director at "Revue Theatre Constantin
Tanase" in Bucharest, presented his latest project, Stories in Jazz, on February
10, at Artjazzclub, Bucharest. The show was created together with Dan Ardelean,
a musical director at the same Revue Theatre and also a colleague in the McClin-
ton Musical Theatre Arts Foundation. The program is based on a jazz repertoire
which deeply explores the ‘theatricality’ that inherently accompanies the selected
musical numbers.
Here are some more details on the show as given by Cezar: “Each song has its
own story, be it only the story of a mood or of a simple feeling. The integrating theme is love with its
various aspects, relating with the American saying that ‘if you experience a completely new feeling, you
should search, because somebody wrote a song about it’. To make the stories of the songs more engag-
ing to the Romanian audience, Cezar Ghioca has translated most of the lyrics into Romanian, to better
illustrate this “music and poetry evening, a labyrinth journey through love’s ups, downs and blues”.
Congratulations, Cezar!
News from Catalin Albu, Romanian Fulbright Grantee
Dr. Catalin Albu, an associate professor in Accounting at Bucharest Academy of Economic
Studies is a Fulbright Scholar affiliated with the University of Dayton, Ohio at present. In
the Spring semester of 2011 the U.S. university staff invited Dr. Albu, as a Fulbright vis-
iting professor, to teach an Introductory Managerial Accounting course to Business Ma-
jors.
Dr. Albu has sent a note about attending the American Accounting Association's Mid-Year
Meeting (International Accounting Section) in Tampa, Florida, this January. Dr. Albu was
positively impressed by the pleasant and active environment as well as by the interesting
program of the meeting which successfully combined scientific activities with social events. Dr. Albu en-
joyed his participation in the Gasparilla Pirate Festival, celebrating the legend of a supposed Spanish pi-
rate who lived in Florida. It was also an opportunity for Dr. Albu to meet Professor Lee H. Radebaugh of
Brigham Young University, U.S., a recognized scholar and the affiliated editor of the Journal of Interna-
tional Business Studies, an A+ periodical devoted to international inter-disciplinary research. Last but
not least, Dr. Albu was extremely satisfied with the warm feedback he received for the papers presented
during the conference, an aspect that will significantly improve the quality of his research in the future.
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From Alumni
► U.S. Alumni and Grantees
New Volume by Bryan Hall, American Scholar in Romania
Dr. Bryan Hall, Professor in the School of Arts and Letters at Indiana University
and currently Fulbright Scholar teaching at the Departments of Philosophy and
American Studies of the University of Bucharest, has just published his new book
on The Arguments of Kant's ‘Critique of Pure Reason’. Dr. Hall introduces a new
approach to Emmanuel Kant’s monumental work, since the book is primarily di-
rected at students, and has as co-authors two of Bryan’s undergraduate students.
For details on the volume, see more at:
http://lexingtonbooks.com/Catalog/SingleBook.shtml?command=Search&db=^DB/
CATALOG.db&eqSKUdata=0739141651.
David Weindorf, U.S. Fulbright Scholar Featured in University of Agricultural
Sciences and Veterinary Medicine of Cluj‐Napoca Newsletter
David Weindorf, recently arrived U.S. Fulbright Scholar in Romania was featured in
the latest issue of University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine of Cluj-
Napoca (USAMV) Newsletter. The article talks about Dr. Weindorf’s previous collabo-
ration with USAMV and the unique research project that will be carried out during his
Fulbright Grant. To read the entire article, please follow
http://newsletterusamv.wordpress.com/2011/02/10/un-american-la-usamv/.
Escape Strategies by Aline Cautis, U.S. Fulbright Grantee in Romania
On every Saturday starting with February 26, Saturday Cinema, in Chicago
will screen Escape Strategies, two new experimental films by Aline Cautis, U.S.
Fulbright grantee in Romania.
Hand-painted on clear leader and found footage collected by Aline during her
Fulbright Fellowship in Romania, these two films playfully overwhelm photo-
graphic imagery with strobing patterns of saturated color and amorphous ab-
stract shapes. More details at http://saturdaycinema.tumblr.com/.
Interview with Laura Mattes, U.S. Fulbright Grantee in Romania
The link below features an interview about Laura Mattes, a 2010–2011 Fulbright
grantee. The article explains Laura’s decision to come in Romania and describes her
work about gender, sexuality and HIV/AIDS discrimination. Laura’s community blog
(http://dincolodesoapte.blogspot.com/), which encourages youth to share and discuss
experiences and opinions about their own sexuality, gender identity and body image,
is also highlighted in the article.
Read the entire interview at: http://presainblugi.com/laura-iris-mattes-am-schimbat-
america-pentru-a-ramane-in-romania/.
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