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Bucharest, April 30, 2012
Volume II, Issue 3
Alumni News
From Alumni
Table of Contents
Alumni News
► U.S. Alumni and Grantees
 AEIF 2012 Finalists Announced
 Lectures by U.S. Fulbright Scholar Steve
Cutler
 International Congress on Romanian Studies
 New York. Old and New: An American
 Romanian Intellectual Feast at Bloomington
Studies Afternoon at the American Corner,
Timișoara
From Alumni
 News from U.S. Fulbright Alumnus David
► Romanian Alumni and Grantees Weindorf
 Collaboration between Romanian and U.S. Institu-
tions Mediated by Fulbright Alumna Ileana Un-  East-West Cultural Passage Conference
gureanu
 Theater Contribution to Social Communication Alumni Information
 Testimonial by Monica Pomohaci, Romanian TEA
Alumna Alumni Links
 Fulbright Alumnus in the Media
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Alumni News
AEIF 2012 Finalists Announced
Out of nearly 700 project ideas from all over the world, 154 finalists were se-
lected for the Alumni Engagement Innovation Fund. These project ideas are now
available on the State Alumni website at: https://alumni.state.gov/aeif2012/
finalist.
Until May 7, finalist project leaders and teams will have a chance to finalize their
proposals. Once the finalist teams have finalized their proposals, all State Alumni
members will be invited to vote for their five favorite finalist proposals! Voting begins May 8 and ends
May 15.
Congratulations to the all the finalists and good luck.
International Congress on Romanian Studies
On July 2-4, 2012, the Society for Romanian Studies (SRS) is organiz-
ing the 2012 International Congress on Romanian Studies at Lucian
Blaga University, Sibiu. The theme of the congress is “Europeanization
and Globalization: Romanians in Their Region and the World.” As mem-
bers in the national board of SRS, U.S. Fulbrighters Paul Sum, Matthew
Ciscel and Jill Massino are among the organizers of the event.
Romanian and U.S. Fulbrighters Hermina Anghelescu, Gabriel Badescu,
Magda Carneci, Caius Dobrescu, Ronald King, Marin Marian-Balasa,
Olesia Mihai, Mihai Mindra, Mihaela Miroiu, Victor Neumann, Mariana
Nicolae, Domnica Radulescu, Jonathan Stillo, Nicholas Sveholm, Gabriel Troc are also involved in the
event by presenting papers and/or moderating panels.
The program, logistical information, and an online pre-registration system are available on the SRS
website, at http://www.society4romanianstudies.org/conferences.
Romanian Intellectual Feast at Bloomington
On March 30-31, Indiana University hosted the fifth edition of the Ro-
manian Studies Conference. Irina Costache and Ruxandra Pop - current
Fulbright Grantees - and the American Fulbright Alumni Cristina Bejan
and M. Benjamin Thorne presented their work at the conference.
Professor Dennis Deletant, the key note speaker of the conference,
shown his interest on the research conducted by the younger genera-
tion of scholars focused on Romanian issues. “I am glad to see such a
young gathering of post-graduates working in the field of Romanian
studies, who had the opportunity to access the archives in ways in which some of us in the older gen-
eration didn’t have, and the fact that they are using that access to such good effect, opening our eyes
to a more nuanced understanding of Romanian realities which are sometimes glossed over, especially
in the press. The whole series of Romanian studies conferences in Indiana consolidates the view that
Romania is an extremely complex country, one which always offers surprises”.
"Like the past events that we had, this conference was an intellectual feast where scholars had a great
deal to share and offer to each other in terms of making different connections between disciplines, be-
tween topics and of course, between generations, and in terms of the ways in which Romania is a rich
site for research and scholarly endeavors", said professor Maria Bucur-Deckard, John W. Hill Chair of
European History, Department of History and Associate Dean, College of Arts and Sciences, one of the
organizers of the conference.
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Collaboration between Romanian and U.S. Institutions Mediated by Fulbright Alumna Ileana
Ungureanu
Ileana Ungureanu was a Fulbright grantee in the field of Social Psychology at Syracuse University, in
2004-2005. Now she is an assistant professor at Adler School of Professional Psychology in Chicago
(www.adler.edu) and she is also working with the Areopagus Institute of Family Therapy and Systemic
Practice (www.aift.ro). Ileana is one of the coordinators of a collaboration project between the two or-
ganizations. The project entitled the “Adler Global Scholars in Romania inaugural project, Summer
2012” aims to provide support to youngsters coming from placement centres and low-income families,
youngsters with physical and mental disabilities as well as teenagers and young adults infected with
HIV/AIDS. Please find more details here.
Theater Contribution to Social Communication
Ioana Moldovan, Fulbright Alumna has informed us on the international
conference on “Theater and Social Communication” which took place in Bu-
charest, on March 22-26. Ioana was among the organizers of this event
hosted by the “I. L. Caragiale” National University of Theater and Cinemato-
graphic Arts in Bucharest.
The conference was part of a human resources development project, co-
financed by the European Social Fond (2007 -2013). The speakers were
theater professionals and practitioners that use theater for educational pur-
poses and practice Community Theater – an art form that involves particu-
lar communities and cater for those. Guests included: Sylvia Rotten
(Viennese Theater for Children), Professor Chrissie Tiller (Goldsmiths University London, UK), Lynne
Gagliano (Royal Court Theatre, London, UK), Jonathan Peterbridge (London Bubble Theatre Company,
London, UK), Geoff Korf (Cornerstone Theatre Company, Los Angeles, USA). For further details, please
click on: http://www.edutheatre.eu/
Testimonial by Monica Pomohaci, Romanian TEA Alumna
Monica Pomohaci is a teacher at the National College 'I.L.Caragiale' Bucharest. She
spent 6 weeks in the USA as a Teaching Excellent and Achievement Program (TEA)
fellow. Monica talks about the American experience of a Romanian Math teacher in a
testimonial sent after she finished her TEA program.
Read more about her activities in the USA by following the link below:
http://www.fulbright.ro/alumni/70-testimonials/564-monica-pomohaci-the-
american-experience-of-a-romanian-math-teacher.html#content
Fulbright Alumnus in the Media
Ovidiu Cocieru, Fulbright Student Alumnus, has let us know about his most re-
cent presence in the media, that is on Radio Romania 3Net online channel. He
was invited to Intamplator, a broadcast session moderated by actor Adrian Pa-
duraru, where he had the opportunity to speak about his master’s program in
Sports Management, as a Fulbright grantee at the University of Massachusetts,
Amherst. Ovidiu is also one of the team members carrying out Voci pentru Ro-
mania/Voices for Romania a project which tries to promote the Romanian pro-
fessionals in different fields who asserted themselves at national level and
abroad. http://radio3net.ro/dbvideos/categorie/45
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Lectures by U.S. Fulbright Scholar Steve Cutler
On April 5, U.S. Fulbright Scholar Steve Cutler gave a lecture enti-
tled "In the Countries of the Old: Population Aging and the Future of
Social Change" at the University of Oradea, Faculty of Social Human-
istic Science. A summary of the presentation is available at:
http://www.socioumane.ro/downloads/documente%20temporare/
In%20the%20Countries%20of%20the%20Old%20-%20Steve%
20Cutler.pdf
As part of the Fulbright Intercountry Lecturing Program, Dr. Steve Cutler also gave two lectures in Tar-
anto, Italy entitled "Population Aging: The Case of the United States" and "Aging and Ethics: Barriers to
Autonomy and Informed Consent."
New York. Old and New: An American Studies Afternoon at the
American Corner, Timișoara
On March 22, 2012, the American Corner Timișoara hosted an event
which reunited American Studies scholars at the West University of
Timișoara with colleagues teaching at the King Khalid University (Abha,
Saudi Arabia). Guest lecturers Sorin Ciutacu (Associate Professor, PhD)
and Joseph Frank Uddo III (Lecturer, MS) spoke about two different
hypostases of the American metropolis: New Amsterdam. The Dutch
Tradition of 17th Century New York and, respectively, Post 9/11 New
York. Places and People. Romanian Fulbright alumna Cristina
Chevereșan (Assistant Professor, PhD) and American Junior Fulbright Lecturer Jessica Miller used their
own experiences to introduce the Fulbright Awards to the audience and encourage enrolment in this
year’s competition. Their interactive presentation entitled Dreaming of New York? Fulbright Can Make It
Happen proved particularly interesting for the BA and MA students who attended the meeting.
News from U.S. Fulbright Alumnus David Weindorf
David C. Weindorf was a Fulbright grantee in 2010-2011. The topic of his Fulbright pro-
ject was Agriculture and Soil Morphology and he was affiliated with the University of Ag-
ricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine in Cluj-Napoca. He recently published an ar-
ticle in the European Journal of Soil Science, a highly respected, internationally ac-
claimed journal in the field, directly pertaining to his work in Romania. The abstract is
available here.
East-West Cultural Passage Conference
The 2012 edition of the “East-West Cultural Passage Conference: Literature and Music” organized by the
Lucian Blaga University, Sibiu, Romania, Faculty of Letters and Arts and Roehampton University, Lon-
don, UK, Department of English and Creative Writing in association with the Romanian-U.S. Fulbright
Commission will take place in Sibiu on May 10-12, 2012. Romanian and U.S. Fulbright alumni and grant-
ees will participate in different panels of the conference.
Besides the scientific value, the conference will also be an opportunity for the American Fulbrighters to
meet as a group before finishing their scholarship and leaving Romania. Details and pictures will follow
in the next issue.
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