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Romanian Alumni Community
Monthly Newsletter
Bucharest, March 31, 2011
Volume I, Issue 3
Welcome to
Romanian Alumni
Community
www.fulbright.rohttps://alumni.state.gov/romania
► U.S. Alumni and Grantees
 New article by Stephen J. Cutler, U.S. Fulbright
alumnus to Romania in 2004
 News from Ruth Blidar, Fulbright ETA in Roma-
nia
 News from Sherban Lupu, U.S. Fulbright Alum-
nus to Romania in 2009-2010
 Photography Book by Kathleen Laraia McLaugh-
lin, U.S. Fulbright Alumna
 Fulbright Senior Scholar Contributes to Social
Enterprise Conference
 Interview in Romanian Media with David Wein-
dorf, U.S. Fulbright Scholar
 Fundraising Project by Jake Shulman-Ment, U.S.
Fulbright Grantee
Alumni Information
Alumni Links
Alumni News
 Book Launch of the Third Fulbright 50th
Anniversary
Volume
 Q&A Live on Secretary’s Strategic Dialogue with Civil
Society
 Q&A Live: Parasites and Global Health
 Alumni Engagement Innovation Fund (AEIF)
From Alumni
► Romanian Alumni and Grantees
 Anamaria Vrabie, Romanian Fulbright Grantee,
awarded the India-China Institute Fellowship from
the New School New York
 Interview with Ioana Moldovan, Romanian Fulbright
Grantee in U.S.
 Romanian Participation in NALS 2011
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Alumni News
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Book Launch of the Third Fulbright 50th
Anniversary Volume
On Saturday, April 16, 13:00 pm, the Romanian-U.S. Fulbright Commission is invit-
ing all alumni at the book launch of the third Fulbright anniversary volume. The
event will take place at Sala Palatului, Bucharest.
The volume - Fulbright Ripple Effect on International Education. Looking Ahead from
a Romanian & American Perspective - offers wide perspectives on the Fulbright pro-
gram by inviting some of the main actors in the program to give an account of their
Fulbright experience in Romania and U.S.
Thank you to all the alumni and contributors of the volume!
Alumni Engagement Innovation Fund (AEIF)
The submission period for AEIF project ideas has ended. State Alumni received nearly
700 innovative ideas and 12 of the projects were sent by Romanian alumni. Finalists
projects will be announced on April 4 at https://alumni.state.gov.
Congratulations to all alumni involved in the competition and lots of success!
Q&A Live: Parasites and Global Health
On April 20, 2011 at 17:00 (Bucharest Time), Dr. David Bruce Conn, a 2010 Jef-
ferson Science Fellow at U.S. Department of State in the Office of International
Health and Biodefense, will participate in a Q&A Live webchat on Parasites and
Global Health.
Dr. Conn will take questions about the scientific aspects of disease transmission
and the spread of influenzas and pandemics. He also welcomes questions on the
U.S. Department of State's policies and interagency efforts to promote global
health.
To participate, follow the link https://alumni.state.gov/news2/qa-live
Q&A Live on Secretary’s Strategic Dialogue with Civil Society
On Tuesday April 12, 2011 at 17:00 (Bucharest Time), Dr. Tomicah Tillemann,
a senior advisor for Civil Society and Emerging Democracies at the U.S. De-
partment of State, will participate in a Q&A Live webchat on the Strategic Dia-
logue with Civil Society.
This Strategic Dialogue was launched on February 16, 2011, by Secretary of
State Hillary Clinton. The main themes of the Strategic Dialogue are democ-
racy and human rights; governance and accountability (anti-corruption); and
empowering women. Other topics include religion in global affairs, the envi-
ronment, development, global health, and refugee protection. The Strategic Dialogue is expected to
run for 18 months. Dr. Tillemann welcomes your questions about the Secretary’s Strategic Dialogue
with Civil Society.
To participate, follow the link: https://alumni.state.gov/news2/qa-live

3. ► Romanian Alumni and Grantees
Interview with Ioana Moldovan, Romanian Fulbright Grantee in U.S.
Ioana Moldovan, currently a Junior Fulbright researcher at University of Southern
California, Los Angeles was recently interviewed in a monthly publication edited
in Colorado for the Romanian community in USA. During the interview, Ioana
talks about her recent activities, the experience in U.S., the Fulbright program
and, of course, about her field of research – theatre/film.
To read the entire article, please follow:
http://www.gandaculdecolorado.com/interviu/8-interviu/1943-interviu-cu-ioana-
moldovan
Also, Ioana is publishing monthly articles to a well-known magazine in Romania
“Revista 22”. The most recent article is about a US representation of Anton Chek-
hov’s play “Three sisters” and it is available at:
http://www.revista22.ro/articol-10161.html.
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Anamaria Vrabie, Romanian Fulbright Grantee, awarded the India-China Institute Fellowship
from the New School New York
Anamaria, currently a Fulbright Grantee at The New School New York is one of the
six recipients of the Student Travel/Research Fellowship offered by the India-China
Institute at the New School with the support of the Starr Foundation. She is prepar-
ing for her first trip to India this summer, where she is going to start her research
on how arts and crafts are engaged in the expanding urban context of Mumbai and
Ahmedabad.
Anamaria Vrabie is a Master’s candidate in International Affairs at the New School
with a concentration in Cities and Urbanization.
More information at:
http://www.indiachinainstitute.org/blog/2010/12/14/2011-student-travelresearch-
grant-recipients/
Romanian Participation in NALS 2011
Ludmila Martanovschi (Ovidius University - Constanta), Postdoctoral Fulbright Grantee at the Graduate
Center, City University of New York, attended the Native American Literature Symposium at the Isleta
Hotel and Convention Center, Albuquerque, New Mexico between March 17th
and 19th
, 2011. She pre-
sented the paper “Many Voices, One Play: Performing Tribalography in Indian Radio Days by LeAnne
Howe and Roxy Gordon” as part of the session entitled “Pushing the Boundaries in Dramatic Perform-
ance”. The conference comprised panels on service learning courses, on current developments in Na-
tive film and art as well as on the issues of gender, trauma and storytelling in American Indian litera-
tures. The keynote speakers Heid Erdrich and Linda LeGarde Grover offered enlightening talks/
readings for the participants. The last day included a walking tour of Isleta Pueblo and the Santa Fe
Indian School Spoken Word team’s performance, which concluded the twelfth edition of this successful
symposium organized by a group of Indigenous scholars and directed by Prof. Dr. Gwen N. Westerman
(Minnesota State University).

4. News from Ruth Blidar, Fulbright ETA in Romania
"I was fortunate to attend the Berlin Fulbright Seminar of 2011. It was
quite the experience! The seminar took place over a period of four
days in the beautiful and historically rich city of Berlin. There were
over 300 attendees which included the U.S. Ambassador to Germany,
U.S. Fulbright grantees from over 20 European countries, German Ful-
bright grantees, and other Fulbright alumni.
The seminar was not only rewarding
from a networking perspective, but
also informative, interactive, and en-
tertaining. A few of the 2010-2011 music grantees performed for us
and they were phenomenal! We also had the pleasure of hearing for-
mer US Ambassador to Germany, John Kornblum speak about his per-
spective on the future of international politics. All in all, it was a once
in a lifetime experience I am grateful I had the opportunity to partici-
pate in!"
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New article by Stephen J. Cutler, U.S. Fulbright alumnus to Romania in 2004
Stephen J. Cutler, professor at University of Vermont and U.S. Fulbright alumnus in
Romania announced the publication of an article written with Lynne G. Hodgson
and entitled “Genetics, Family Dynamics and Well-Being” in Social Work Review, a
journal edited by the Sociology and Social Work Faculty - University of Bucharest,
Romania. To read the abstract of the article please follow the link below.
http://www.revistadeasistentasociala.ro/index.pl/
genetics_family_dynamics_and_well-being.
Stephen J. Cutler is also a member of the journal's editorial board. His long-lasting
collaboration with the University of Bucharest started six years ago while he was a
U.S. Fulbright Scholar in Romania. More details about his work at:
http://www.revistadeasistentasociala.ro/index.pl/stephen_cutler_ro
News from Sherban Lupu, U.S. Fulbright Alumnus to Romania in 2009-2010
Sherban Lupu’s latest project “ERNST” was reviewed in Gramophone, one of the
most important magazines of classic music. To read the entire review, please fol-
low the link below.
http://www.gramophone.co.uk/review/ernst-complete-music-for-violin-and-
piano-volume-1
Also, you can see Sherban Lupu performing "The Fiddler" by George Enescu at
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ONBkBVInypY&feature=youtu.be. The re-
cording was a part of an event organized by TEDx at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Read
more about the event in the description of the video.

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Interview in Romanian Media with David Weindorf, U.S. Fulbright Scholar
David Weindorf, recently arrived U.S. Fulbright Scholar in Romania, at Uni-
versity of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine in Cluj was inter-
viewed in “Ziua de Cluj”, an online Romanian newspaper. During the inter-
view, David talks about his Fulbright project related to Agriculture and Soil
Morphology, but also about his personal experience in Romania.
Read the entire article at:
http://www.ziuadecj.ro/eveniment/studiu-american-la-cluj-cum-se-
schimba-clima-tansilvaniei--63124.html.
Fulbright Senior Scholar Contributes to Social Enterprise Conference
Dr. Dan Ratliff, currently a Fulbright Senior Scholar at Babes-Bolyai University in Cluj, participated in the
Social Enterprise Conference organized by the American Cultural Center in Bucharest, on March 28,
2011. The event was opened by U.S. Ambassador Mark H. Gitenstein in the presence of a large number
of Romanian NGO community members. Dr. Ratliff, an expert on social services for children and fami-
lies, delivered a presentation on Marketing and Communication, as part of the development of social en-
terprises, stressing the role of the entrepreneurial approach in providing more momentum to this essen-
tial sector of a democratic society.
Photography Book by Kathleen Laraia McLaughlin, U.S. Fulbright Alumna
Kathleen Laraia McLaughlin, photographer and U.S. Fulbright alumna in
2002-2003 is publishing her first book entitled The Color of Hay: The Peas-
ants of Maramures. The book is available starting with March, 2011 and in-
cludes photos made during her Fulbright grant in Romania.
More details about her work at www.colorofhay.com. Kathleen also launched
a Kickstarter project for people interested in supporting her book:
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1949423456/transylvania-photo-book-
of-europes-last-peasants?
Fundraising Project by Jake Shulman-Ment, U.S. Fulbright Grantee
Jake Shulman-Ment, U.S. Fulbright grantee and violinist just launched a
Kickstarter fundraiser for a new musical collaboration between Jewish
American and Romanian musicians, exploring our similar roots on a con-
cert tour of Romania. The project includes a tour of free concerts in Roma-
nia with Benjy Fox-Rosen (a fabulous Yiddish singer and bassist also based
in NYC), Adrian Receanu (one of the top clarinetists in Europe playing tra-
ditional Romanian music, from Moldova), and others! More details about
the project and a video with Jake’s music on
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/jakeshulmanment/jake-shulman-
ment-and-friends-romanian-klezmer-tou?ref=email.

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