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2 July 2020
Maryellen Zbrozek
I've made so many great connections with people in my community, people at my university and those connections have really made my experience worthwhile.
25 June 2020
Katherine Tyrlik
For people who are applying, I would start early. I started looking for my affiliation in March of 2018 and then got the Fulbright in March of 2019 so the whole application took me one year. Start early and talk to people from the city.
11 June 2020
Jamon Thomas
The particular area of research that I do which is bacteriophage research was founded here in Europe, specifically in Poland. It’s kind of monumental to come back to the same place where this type of research originated. I really enjoy the applicable nature of bacteriophage therapy and that was something that I was only able to get here in Poland.
4 June 2020
Elanta Slowek
I chose Poland because I recently studied business and I am aware of the new government initiative to introduce innovation into this country and I was very interested in discovering more about what that means.
28 May 2020
Natalia Ochman
There's so many wonderful things about Poland. I've learned so much about the political, the healthcare system, the child care system, the educational system, things that I can bring back to the United States and teach others about how it is in Europe.
21 May 2020
Eri Nox
I'm researching the Polish avant-garde playwright Stanisław Witkiewicz. I became very interested in bringing his plays that are not well-known in America to American audiences. I'm doing an adaptation of his 1920 play "Oni" into a modern English adaptation. My project is writing a show for a very traditional theater in Kraków and they love what I’m doing.
14 May 2020
Caitlin Mello
I had a different expectation of what education would look like. There are some differences between the United States and Poland. I came from a bigger school and now I'm in a very small school in Chełm so it's just a very different kind of teaching and learning environment.
7 May 2020
Frankee Lyons
I study modern Eastern Europe and Poland. I chose Poland because of its unique history. It is a unique place, this crossroads of Europe, and a really amazing key study for a lot of the modern issues that people face today, such as migration and nation-building.
30 April 2020
Michael LoPiano
In Poland, not only is hospitality in general at a very high level but there's also a very welcoming environment especially for a foreign American who is interested in Polish history, who is learning Polish and speaks Polish. It's really a unique experience in the world to have someone say: ‘We're so glad you're here, whatever we can do to help, please let us know.'
23 April 2020
Chelsea Loew
I tried to just leave myself a lot of flexibility in what I wanted to do here so that I could just let things kind of happen organically. And it ended up working out because I'm working with a couple ensembles that I wasn't sure I would be writing for before coming here.