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One U.S. Fulbright grantee, Mr. Jeffrey Lugowe,participated in the 2008 Seminar on the EuropeanUnion and NATO held in Luxembourg and Brusselsfrom March 12 – 20, 2008.US Grantee Jeff Lugowe meets up with fellowFulbrighter’s at the 2008 NATO seminar.Follow-up and other ActivitiesThe American Studies Association of Norway(ASANOR) and NACS (Nordic Association ofCanadian Studies) held a joint conference inDrammen, Norway, from October 26 – 28, 2007. Theconference theme was "North American Contexts:"North-American Contexts: Studying the U.S.A.,Canada and Latin America" 2008-09 grantee EricBrown and Fulbright Senior Specialist Steven Shullattended and contributed to the conference. ProgramOfficer/Student Adviser Tove Lain Knudsenrepresented the Fulbright office.FF/N selected four grantees to be sponsored toattend the <strong>Annual</strong> Berlin Seminar for FulbrightScholars. Unfortunately, two of the four candidateshad to withdraw from the seminar for personalreasons. This year’s sponsored participants wereLaura Gerber and Allison Bailey. In addition, Fulbrightgrantee Linda Stromei attended as a self-payingguest. The Berlin Seminar provides an opportunity forFulbrighters from all over Europe to get together,share experiences and discuss achievements andproblems as well as to experience Berlin itself.In celebration of the May 17th NorwegianConstitution Day, the Foundation informed the U.S.grantees and Norwegian alumni that tickets wereavailable for special guests to watch the parade infront of the Royal Palace in Oslo.As a means of keeping in touch with former granteesoutside the Oslo area, receptions were held inBergen, Trondheim, and Tromsø in connection withthe October/November 2007 visits by the ExecutiveDirector to these cities. A member of the Boardaccompanied her on each of these trips. During thesevisits, FF/N also arranged for the U.S. grantees tomeet with the Rectors, Directors, and the Heads ofthe International Offices of the universities as well asCenters of Excellence.FF/N obtained tickets for five U.S. Fulbright granteesto attend the Nobel Peace Prize award ceremony atthe Oslo City Hall on December 10, 2007. Thegrantees whose names were drawn were JonathanSilverman, Abbey Schneider, Lauren Osen, KristinHoelting, and Eric C. Brown. The 2007 Nobel PeacePrize was shared between the IntergovernmentalPanel on Climate Change (IPCC) and Al Gore Jr.US Grantee Linda Stromei in Berlin for the <strong>Annual</strong>Berlin Seminar.page 10
Program Officer Tove Knudsen gives students advice atthe 2008 Education & Employment Student Fair.AdvisingThe Fulbright office is designated by the U.S.Department of State as the official Advising Center inNorway. The Advising Center is open to all studentsregardless of whether or not they are applying for aFulbright grant. The library features a large collectionof reference books, U.S. university catalogs, testinginformation and general information regardingNorway.Educational FairsThe Fulbright office would like to thank the U.S.Embassy for its generous contribution of NOK66,242.00 or about USD 12,740.00, which enabledthe advisers to participate in the “Education &Employment” fair in Oslo in January 2008.The 2008 Education & Employment Student Fair tookplace in Oslo Spektrum from January 7 to 9, 2008.For a second time, Fulbright collaborated with theU.S. Embassy in Oslo and invited the Norway-America Association and the American College inMoss to join forces in order to boost a collectiveAmerican presence at the Fair. Assembling these keyU.S. actors into one large booth of 36 m2 provided afocal point for students and administrators who wereinterested in requesting information regardingstudying in the U.S. In the course of the fair, theAmerican College of Norway, the Norway-AmericaAssociation, and the Fulbright Foundation recordedmore than 1,000 visits to the stand. Many studentstook the opportunity to visit all three organizationsrepresented there. All three organizations noted anincreased interest in and enthusiasm about studies inthe U.S. compared to previous years. A significantnumber of students also seemed well informed aboutstudy opportunities in the U.S.SeminarsOctober 17, 2007. “Workshop: How to apply toGraduate School.” This seminar, which focused on thechallenging task of applying to U.S. graduate schools,was a great success. Ms. Sonja Steinbrech, AssistantDirector, Graduate Admissions and Marketing atAmerican University – School of InternationalService, gave a presentation from the view of agraduate admissions office. ANSA and the Norway-America Association were also included. The 25attendees included applicants both for Fulbrightgrants or Norway-America Association grants. TheFulbright office was represented by Program Officer/Student Adviser Tove Lain Knudsen.October 31, 2007. “ANSA Temakveld” in Stavanger.54 students attended. Tove Knudsen represented theFulbright office in this ANSA theme night inStavanger.Advising statistics October 2007 - September 2008October-December 2007 January-March 2008 April-June 2008 July – Sept. 2008 TotalE-mail 38 42 25Phone 39 16 6Walk-ins 13 8 6Student Fairs/Outreach 86 1,039 28Website 4,816 5,626 5,190page 11
Page 1 and 2: U.S.-Norway Fulbright FoundationAnn
Page 3 and 4: Executive SummaryThe Annual Program
Page 5 and 6: Highlights from the Program Year 20
Page 7 and 8: The 2007-08 US Grantees to Norway.
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Page 11: Orientation for Norwegian grantees,
Page 15 and 16: from May 25 - 30, 2008, attracting
Page 17 and 18: Left to Right: Kristen Bauer, Kevin
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Page 23 and 24: Breakdown of grants for 2007/2008:U
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