Embassy San Jose hosted a orientation program for ten Costa Rican Fulbright Grantees
San Jose, June 26, 2008.
Embassy San Jose hosted a orientation program for ten Costa Rican Fulbright Grantees, who will soon depart to study at universities all over the United States, from California to Massachusetts, in fields as diverse as Anthropology to Electrical Engineering.
Fulbright is the most widely recognized and prestigious international exchange program in the world, supported for more than half a century by the American people through an annual appropriation from the U.S. Congress and by the people of partner nations. The program—working with universities, schools, binational Fulbright commissions, government agencies, nongovernmental organizations and the private sector—actively seeks out individuals of achievement and potential who represent the full diversity of their respective societies and selects nominees through open, merit-based competitions.
From its inception, the Fulbright Program has fostered bilateral relationships in which other countries and governments work with the U.S. to set joint priorities and shape the program to meet shared needs. The world has been transformed in ensuing decades, but the fundamental principles of international partnership and mutual understanding remain at the core of the Fulbright Program’s mission.
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