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Visiting Scholars Meet in DC at Opening Gathering for Visiting Scholars

VS8 Visiting Scholars gathered at the Fulbright Enrichment Program opening gathering hosted at the Council for International Exchange of Scholars. The Visiting Scholars were able to meet Department of State and CIES staff members.

VS1 Harriet Fulbright joined Visiting Scholars at the opening gathering held in October.

VS2 Patti McGill Peterson (right), executive director of CIES, and Nancy Santos Gainer, director of external relations at CIES, speak with Fulbight Visiting Scholar Nickolas Makharashvili from Georgia.


VS7 Huiping Chen (center), Visiting Scholar from China, enjoys a conversation with fellow scholars.

VS3 Jean McPeek (right), senior program officer, speaks with Visiting Scholars from the Netherlands.


VS5 Visiting Scholar Kyung-Hwa Lee (right) from Korea met and spoke with Jessica Wagner, senior program coordinator at CIES and administrator of the Fulbirght Visiting Program from Korea.

VS4 Lety Elvir Lazo, Scholar-in-Residence from Honduras, brought her daughter, Claudia, along while on her grant to Delaware State University.


VS4 In Ho Kim, Visiting Scholar from Korea, speaks with Hilary Izatt, CIES program associate.

VS4 Visiting Scholars took advantage of the opportunity to meet other Fulbright Visiting Scholars in the Washington, DC area.

The Fulbright Program is sponsored by the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the U.S. Department of State.