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Dr. David Bruce Joins Fulbright University’s Faculty
July 3, 2019
Dr. Bruce has a passion for technology development with a focus on empowering society through altering perception and perspective. He holds a B.A.Sc. in Environmental Engineering from the University of Waterloo, an M.A.Sc. in Materials Science & Engineering from McMaster University, and a Ph.D. in Chemical and Biological Engineering from the University of British Columbia. […]
Fulbright Students Participated in The United Asian Debating Championship
July 2, 2019
Last week, Thuc Anh, Hoang Dzung, and Phuong Anh from Fulbright University Vietnam participated in the 10th United Asian Debating Championship (UADC 10), the first international debate championship organized in Vietnam. The competition attracted the participation of 63 teams from across Asia including Korea, China, Japan, Singapore, Philippines, Malaysia, Indonesia, Bangladesh, India, Vietnam, etc. The […]
Dr. Kevin Hart joins Fulbright University’s Faculty
June 30, 2019
Dr. Kevin Hart has joined Fulbright University’s undergraduate faculty team. He received his Ph.D. in Comparative Literature at the University of California, San Diego, his M.A. in English Literature at Fordham University, and his B.A. in English Literature at the State University of New York, Plattsburgh. Kevin has taught courses on rhetoric and narrative theory, […]
Fulbright Endgame: “If you want to go far, go together”
June 25, 2019
The Fulbright community including students from the Co-Design Year, faculty and staff took part in the Fulbright Endgame sporting event hosted by the student-led Food and Fitness Club. The event was organized with the aim of building bonds and providing a sporting playground for the campus to let loose on after a hard-working year. All […]
Special Film about the Co-Design Year
June 24, 2019
Vietnam, as a late bloomer, has the right to take the first steps towards envisioning what a university should look like in the future. This is the story about the Co-Design Year at Fulbright University Vietnam. From September 2018, a group of students, faculty and staff started a journey to build a world-class university from […]
Master in Public Policy Program Offers Full Scholarship For 2019 Cohort
June 24, 2019
Fulbright School of Public Policy and Management officially starts new admission cycle to recruit new students for the 2019 cohort in (1) Policy Analysis, and (2) Leadership & Management. Admitted student of the Master in Public Policy with a concentration in Policy Analysis will receive a full scholarship, which is equivalent to VND 508 million. […]
Keep your plan but open your mind to unexpected things
June 20, 2019
“Don’t let uncertainty scares you. It may be your blessing. Just be open and embrace all the unusual twists and turns and I’m sure you will find your calling one day” – President Dam Bich Thuy noted in her keynote Commencement Address at Carthage College. In late May 2019, Fulbright University’s President Dam Bich Thuy […]
Fulbright University must be embedded in Vietnamese society
June 11, 2019
At the Campus groundbreaking ceremony of Fulbright recently, Mr Thomas J. Vallely, new Chairman of Board of Trustee, has addressed key features of Fulbright University Vietnam: This is the second Fulbright groundbreaking ceremony I have attended in Vietnam. The first was in 1994, almost exactly 25 years ago. On that day we celebrated the construction […]
Fulbright Host Groundbreaking Ceremony for Flagship Campus
June 5, 2019
Fulbright University Vietnam (Fulbright), the country’s first independent, not-for-profit institution of higher education broke ground today on the site of its permanent campus in Saigon High Tech Park in District 9. Carrying forward the legacy of its namesake, Senator William Fulbright, the university aspires to serve Vietnamese society through innovative teaching programs and impactful research […]
Fulbright University Vietnam Announces Board Reorganization
June 2, 2019
Fulbright University Vietnam, Vietnam’s first private, nonprofit university, announced a reorganization of its governing board. Effective immediately, the university will be overseen by a unitary board of directors, composed of the board of directors of the Trust for University Innovation in Vietnam (TUIV), and members of Fulbright’s Board of Trustees. The new governing board replaces […]
Fulbright University to Launch Innovation Hub
May 27, 2019
Fulbright is about to launch its Center of Entrepreneurship and Innovation, a place for students to further their technological skills, to learn to be effective entrepreneurs and gain real-world experience, President Dam Bich Thuy told in a recent meeting with a group of senior Singaporean managers at our campus. Dozens of government officials and business […]
Confronting the Challenges of the Liberal Arts in Asia
May 23, 2019
Hundreds of scholars from many countries gathered at Fulbright University later April to discuss new approaches to university education in Asia. Envisioned as Vietnam’s first (and largest) international education conference, it focused on the changing landscape of higher education locally, regionally, and globally. Dr. Trisha Craig, Vice President of Yale-NUS College was among prominent keynote […]
Video: Co-Design students enjoyed an open town-hall discussion with U.S. Senators
May 23, 2019
54 Co-Design students, who have been experiencing a year working with 16 founding faculty to create an undergraduate program, enjoyed an open town-hall discussion with the U.S. Senators. They were eager to address questions from the Senators about their unique journey with Fulbright and their planned mission once leaving the institution.
Learning about the past from Vietnam’s best-known author
May 21, 2019
Fulbright students eagerly joined an intriguing talk with Bao Ninh, the author of the internationally acclaimed war novel “The Sorrow of War”. Having been silent for decades, Hanoi-based famous writer agreed to fly to Ho Chi Minh City and host an open discussion with Fulbright students. Although from different nations and generations, those who have […]
FSPPM advisors work with HFIC to make HCMC into an International Financial Center
May 19, 2019
On 9th May 2019, Fulbright School of Public Policy and Management, Fulbright University Vietnam signed contract with Ho Chi Minh City Finance and Investment stated-owned Company (HFIC). Within Vietnam, HCMC is always identified as a leading economic driver and a national financial center. However, HCMC is yet deemed as an international financial center (regionally or […]
FSPPM Dean attended workshop on Trans-boundary Resource Management in Greater Mekong Basin
May 19, 2019
Few of the world’s transboundary river systems are managed well, or sustainably, and the Greater Mekong Basin (GMB) is an example. Cooperation among the six countries that are home to the Mekong River—China (Yunnan province), Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, and Vietnam—is dampened by long histories of colonialism, conquest and distrust. Structural upstream-downstream […]
Returning Home: Road against societal norms
May 15, 2019
At first, her parents chuckled at the idea of coming back to Vietnam — they thought it might have been a joke. His parents, too, were at first skeptical about making this decision of leaving a university education in the United States for a brand-new university in Vietnam. These conversations against prevailing societal norms took […]
Learning to spread Empathy and Compassion
May 13, 2019
In the Ethics in Context class, Fulbright students learnt about harmony, empathy and compassion from Buddhism and Confucianism. But ethical principles and values, no matter how noble they are, will be meaningless without being practiced every day. That’s why Co-Design students created a project called Service Learning, asking all students to spend at least 10 […]
Video: Senator Leahy: So proud to see how far Fulbright could go
May 9, 2019
Nine U.S Senators enjoyed an open town-hall discussion with 54 Fulbright’s Co-Design Students. They were all excited to learn about Fulbright’s extraordinary journey where students have been given once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to co-create their learning experience with Fulbright faculty. In a two-hour meeting with the most influential U.S Senators, our Co-Designers passionately shared their vision and […]
Workshop “A free and open Indo-Pacific”
May 6, 2019
At the invitation of Pacific Forum, from 15-18 April 2019, Dr. Huynh The Du, Lecturer of Fulbright School of Public Policy and Management attended the seminar “A Free and Open Indo-Pacific: Approaches to Investment and Infrastructure”. The seminar took place in Tokyo under the sponsorship of the US Embassy in Japan. The idea of a […]
