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Science or no science, that is the question
November 16, 2018
During the Co-Design Year, students are engaged in the process of designing Core Courses. Specifically, the Co-Designers will participate in these prototype courses and provide feedbacks to further refine the courses. Thus, I was surprised to learn that we would be chosen randomly instead of only participating in courses we are interested in. I thought […]
24/7 in Fulbright
November 15, 2018
The school year began with an Orientation Week. The topics were about mental health, how to live together in the dorms, personal boundaries, and respect for other people’s privacy… It was only two months ago that we started our Fulbright journey. Yet, we felt as though it has been ages. Overcoming our fears On our […]
Behind the Classroom Curtain: Learning to Co-Learn
November 15, 2018
After this first module, both the students and the faculty started to have a more tangible understanding of Fulbright’s co-learning environment.
Experience a Demo Class with Dr. Naoko Ellis
November 13, 2018
Demo classes are a signature aspect of Fulbright University Vietnam’s outreach events. Led by our undergraduate faculty, classes are in English and open to students who are curious about Fulbright’s academics. These classes provide students the opportunity to see the liberal arts in practice. Dr. Naoko Ellis, a professor of chemical engineering, focused on chemistry […]
Fulbright Appoints Director of Strategy and Innovation
November 12, 2018
Andrew Maguire has been appointed the Director of Strategy and Innovation at Fulbright University Vietnam. Andrew is an international development practitioner driven to create more inclusive and effective education systems globally. He began his career at World Learning, an international NGO dedicated to empowering young leaders through education, exchange and civil society programming. During his four […]
Can I study at Fulbright even if my English is not good?
November 10, 2018
During our school visits across Vietnam to recruit applicants for the Academic year 2019-2020, Fulbright received lots of questions from students. One question was by far the most popular: “My English is not good, can I still study at Fulbright?” On his Facebook, Khang A Tua, one of Fulbright’s 54 Co-Design Year students, shared his […]
Success is a journey, not a destination
November 5, 2018
Though I got a scholarship worth a billion of VND, to me, the success is not passing the application or the interview process. Success lies in the journey in which I learned to conquer my fear and to grow up. About the author Le Doan Phuong Nhi majored in Literature in 12th grade at the […]
Nguyen Trung Hieu on Fulbright’s Community
November 5, 2018
Nguyen Trung Hieu, one of our fifty-four Co-Designers, reflects on the experience at Fulbright so far and welcoming potential classmates to campus. Welcoming New Students Fulbright’s Open House in Saigon was a totally different experience comparing with my previous event in Hanoi. I felt overwhelmed the first time I entered Fulbright’s campus. For the first […]
Fulbright Simulations Invite Real World Practitioners
November 5, 2018
One of the defining features of the Master of Public Policy Program (MPP) at Fulbright’s School of Public Policy and Management is that its practicality and knowledge is not limited to formal lectures or textbooks. Students can interact with external experts and practitioners to explore and debate widely discussed topics. To realize this ambition, lecturers […]
From a Broadway ticket to a university
November 5, 2018
Education was one of the topics that the Vietnam Ambassador to the U.S Pham Quang Vinh and the U.S Ambassador to Vietnam Ted Osius mentioned during their discussion with the scholars at CSIS(*) in March 2015 in celebrating the 20-year relationship between Vietnam and the U.S. This was also the first time the two ambassadors […]
First Halloween night: Bloody Crescent
November 1, 2018
The event was started from some jokes about impossible ideas, created by all the kids with their fear of doing something had never been done before, together we made a night of memories to remember. The ideas were popped up by the excitement of a newborn club, of all the members trying to have the […]
Reimagine the University
October 31, 2018
Fulbright University Vietnam is Vietnam’s first independent, non-profit, liberal arts university. Fulbright emerged from a two-decades long initiative of the Harvard Kennedy School to create Vietnam’s first center of public policy teaching and research, the Fulbright Economics Teaching Program. Globally integrated but deeply embedded in Vietnamese society, Fulbright is dedicated to providing a world-class education, […]
Appointment of Fulbright Facilities and Campus Development Director
October 25, 2018
Jesse Boone joins Fulbright University Vietnam with a long career in Facilities Management, University campus development as well as hospitality sector in Vietnam in several senior positions. He was the General Director of Indochina Capital where he managed the $150 million Indochina Plaza Hanoi complex. He then became the General Director of British University Vietnam […]
Negotiation Class at FSPPM
October 22, 2018
From 22th October, MPP students started Negotiation class with Prof. Christopher Balding, Lecturer at Fulbright School of Public Policy and Management. Professor Balding’s teaching philosophy in Negotiation class is that good negotiators can only be trained through negotiating, i.e. practising negotiation skills in different contexts. During class lectures, students approach negotiation skills through two different […]
Find the gems in the rough
October 22, 2018
We were waiting for the first Convocation when we started our journey to find our first undergraduates about a year ago. Traveling across Vietnam’s provinces and cities, we searched for students at different schools, each time asking, “How do we find the gems in the rough?” “The Co-Design Year will lay the foundation for Fulbright […]
Why live the life of a chicken when you are born an eagle?
October 21, 2018
“As time evolves and technology changes the way we operate, it is easy for a chicken to fly as high as an eagle because knowledge can be accessed easily and widely no matter where you are from. Yet, in reality, some choose to live the life of a chicken when they are born an eagle […]
Where you expand your horizon
October 21, 2018
Minh Ha confessed: “To be honest, the decision to study at Fulbright is one of the most suitable decision I’ve made for myself. Many told me that choosing the best school is more important; but for me, the most important thing is to find a place where I can truly feel belonged. I love social […]
New Masters Concentration Launched with New Academic Year
October 14, 2018
On October 15th, the Fulbright School of Public Policy and Management (FSPPM) held its Opening Ceremony for the 2020 Master in Public Policy cohort. At the ceremony, faculty and staff welcomed fifty-eight new students, comprising thirty students in the Policy Analysis concentration and twenty-eight students in the new Leadership and Management concentration. This is the […]
Cultivate Your Passion
October 13, 2018
Ms. Nguyen Thi Thuy Nga, CEO of Elite Vietnam, and Mr. Henri Hubert, Creative Director of Le Nom and Men & Life Magazine and trainer and coach of The Face and Vietnam Next Top Model, visited Fulbright to talk to Co-Designers. Students tapped into local resources and looked at the fashion industry from the inside. […]
FSPPM, NAPA sign MoU
October 10, 2018
On 9th October 2018, a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between Fulbright School of Public Policy and Management (FSPPM) and National Academy of Public Administration (NAPA) was signed in Washington D.C., U.S. This MOU with NAPA is an effort in the Fulbright School’s overall strategy to become an internationally recognized school of public policy and administration. […]
