Fulbright Thailand: Journey of Caring Friends
The Fulbright Program has been growing stronger and glowing brighter. In Thailand, it even shines as the one and only bilateral education exchange with generous support from both Thai and American Governments.
When we celebrated the Program anniversary, we did celebrate the constructive cooperation and friendship between the two countries which are highlights of this year celebration under the theme “the journey of caring friends”.
To mark the Fulbright Thailand Day, we share a story of the Fulbright Program in Thailand during the past seven decades, capturing its binationality, expansion of grants program and outreach activities, as well as its impacts through alumni in various fields. The background music for this special presentation was “We Learn to Care” composed by Professor Michael Zager, 2006 and 2010 Fulbrighter to Thailand from Florida Atlantic University. The song highlights core values of the Fulbrighters we here cherish. The presentation was posted on Fulbright Thailand YouTube Channel and linked to Fulbright Thailand Facebook page and website.
Unexpectedly, after the celebration poster was released, several alumni started to post their Fulbright memorable moments to join our celebration. We then encouraged everyone to do the same with #Fulbright Program and #Fulbright75. In addition, early morning of the day, the president of Thai Fulbright Alumni Association who hosted a famous radio talk invited the Executive Director to his program sharing the uniqueness of the Fulbright Program in Thailand.
The celebration will continue throughout the whole month of July with series of activities including interviews of the Executive Director and the President of the Thai Fulbright Alumni Association, sharing stories from others in the Fulbright families, and social media posts. We planned to end the month with a promotional VDO with interviews of the Chair and Honorary Chair.
Indeed, July is the special month of Fulbright Thailand and of Thai-U.S. partnership.
