Special Events and Receptions

  • International Fulbrighters & Alumni Holiday Event

    Please MARK YOUR CALENDAR for Sunday Dec 6 at 12 noon for our annual Holiday Party, Symposium and Brunch.  The Connecticut Chapter of the Fulbright Association invites you to join our social gathering, presentation, good food and a chance to meet your fellow Fulbrighters (international and US alumni) at Yale's OISS <link> in New Haven. 

    This year we offer some truly LOCAL CULTURE: Connecticut’s State Historian and Robert Frost Scholar, Dr. Walter Woodward and his musical colleagues "The Band of Steady Habits."  They will ensure you come away with an appreciation of our New England history and culture!

    WHAT: An afternoon of informal Fun, Food and Socializing, Fulbright-style! 

    WHEN: Sunday Dec 6, 2015 from 12:00 - 3:30 pm

    Agenda:
             12:00 noon Buffet Luncheon starts

              1:30 pm presentation and New England music (approx.)

              3:30 pm wrap-up

    WHERE: Yale OISS (Office of International Students and Scholars) at 421 Temple Street in New Haven <link>. 

    WHO: Visiting international Fulbrighters and Alumni.

    COST: Free for Fulbrighters!�

    TRANSPORTATION: VOLUNTEER DRIVERS NEEDED: If you're willing to pick up a visiting Fulbrighter from a nearby campus or any region in CT, PLEASE indicate so in your RSVP to Tom Agoston.  Getting to know an international visitor helps you recapture your own Fulbright experience.

    Please participate in YOUR Fulbright community, and keep your Fulbright Association membership up to date.

    Please RSVP to tom.agoston@gmail.com    


     

    For more information, contact: LuAnn Saunders-Kanabay, Assistant Director, ONS&F at luann.saunders-kanabay@uconn.edu