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 Romanian Alumni Community
                                       Monthly Newsletter
                                                                  Bucharest, November 30, 2011
                                                                              Volume I, Issue 11

 Alumni News

 From Alumni




                                 Table of Contents

Alumni News

    Romanian Alumni Community Celebrating Thanks-
      giving                                             ► U.S. Alumni and Grantees

                                                            News from Yudit Kornberg Greenberg,
From Alumni
                                                              U.S. Fulbright Scholar
► Romanian Alumni and Grantees
                                                            News from Dr. Mohsen Razzaghi, U.S. Ful-
    Interwoven American and Romanian Schools in             bright Scholar
      Teaching Excellence and Achievement Program
      (TEA)                                                 Conference Organized by Cornel Marian,
                                                              U.S. Fulbright Alumnus
    Fulbright Alumni at the 12th National RATE Con-
      ference (Timişoara 2011)
    Romanian Fulbright Alumnus Virgil-Florin Duma at
      World Science Forum                                Alumni Information
    Testimonial from Diana Melian, Romanian TEA
      Alumna                                             Alumni Links
    Fulbright Alumnus to be Named the First KPMG
      Fellow in Romania
    New Book Translated by Romanian Fulbright
      Alumna Cristina Chevereșan


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Alumni News


Romanian Alumni Community Celebrating Thanksgiving

On November 23, the Romanian Alumni Community met to celebrate Thanksgiving Day. The event
brought together over 100 Romanian alumni of U.S. Government-sponsored exchange programs to
the United States such as Fulbright, IVLP, Hubert H. Humphrey, Ron Brown, New Century Scholars,
Benjamin Franklin Summer Institute, Young Leaders Dialogue with America and Study of the U.S. In-
stitutes, but also U.S. Fulbright grantees and alumni who are currently in Romania.

The event started with welcome speeches from Dr. Remus Pricopie, President of the Romanian Ful-
bright Board of Directors, Ms. Patricia Guy, Counselor for Public Affairs at the U.S. Embassy and Ms.
Edwina Sagitto, Cultural Officer at the U.S. Embassy. After welcoming the guests, U.S. Fulbright grant-
ees Katelyn Arlene Browher and Nicole Kay Wells introduced us to the Thanksgiving history, customs &
traditions.

Besides the essential aspect of networking between alumni, becoming reacquainted, meeting new
alumni, sharing experiences and increasing the visibility of the U.S. Government sponsored exchange
programs brand overall, the event was an occasion to meet for a celebration of Thanksgiving, an
American tradition which tried to recreate the atmosphere lived by the Romanian alumni during their
grants in U.S. and made the U.S. grantees in Romania feel more like home, in an open and relaxed
atmosphere.

We are grateful to all the Romanian and U.S. alumni and grantees who have joined us for the event
and we take this opportunity to thank our guest speakers. More pictures are available here.




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From Alumni


                                  ► Romanian Alumni and Grantees


Interwoven American and Romanian Schools in Teaching Excellence and Achievement Pro-
gram (TEA)

For three weeks, the Romanian TEA participant Mihaela Fodor, from “Petru Rares” National College,
Suceava, had the chance to co-work with American teachers, in Mount Logan Middle School, Utah and to
visit classes in St. John’s school, Houston, Texas. “A fruitful and challenging exchange of teaching meth-
ods, cultural elements and the use of technology in class made this experience rich and worthy. Stu-
dents in American schools are respectful, disciplined and relaxed, all these due to a variety of teaching
approaches used by their teachers, i.e., TPR, pair/group work, games and simulations, case study/
projects, story-based teaching, debates, experiments, and extensive use of technology, such as video
projector, ppt. presentations, smart board, computer- based lessons, authentic video and audio materi-
als. Either it is about state school (Logan Middle) or private school (St. John’s) a pleasant working at-
mosphere floats in the air.” Mihaela Fodor




 Jennie Brasfield, Mount Middle School, Logan,      Michael Seckman, St. John’s School,
 Utah (partner teacher in TEA program)              Houston, Texas (former teacher exchange grantee)


Fulbright Alumni at the 12th National RATE Conference (Timişoara 2011)

                                     “ELT – Skill, Art and Motivation”, the 12th National RATE (Romanian
                                     Association of Teachers of English) Conference, took place in Timi-
                                     şoara at the end of last month. For three full days (October 28-30),
                                     Romanian and foreign teachers, mentors, textbook authors and edi-
                                     tors shared their professional knowledge and experience with their
                                     peers, in an impressive array of plenary lectures, workshops, talks
                                     and group activities. Among the participants, two Fulbright alumni
                                     took the opportunity to introduce the program and its indisputable
                                     benefits to all those interested. Robert Manning (Quincy University,
                                     USA) and Cristina Chevereşan (University of Timişoara, Romania)
                                     used their own examples to encourage future applications, empha-
                                     sizing both the academic and the personal gains of living, traveling,
teaching and doing research in different, yet fascinating, environments. In an interactive presentation
entitled Transatlantic Exchanges: The Fulbright Experience from Both Sides, the two speakers captured
the essence of the Fulbright spirit, giving the audience insight into a unique way of establishing lasting
connections between people(s) and cultures.

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From Alumni

Romanian Fulbright Alumnus Virgil-Florin Duma at World Science Forum

FAST (Fulbright Academy of Science and Technology) has formed a
group of over 30 Fulbright Alumni from around the world to partici-
pate in a dedicated Fulbright Alumni delegation at the World Sci-
ence Forum (http://www.sciforum.hu/) that has been held on Nov.
17-19, 2011 in Budapest. The Fulbright delegation has been in-
vited by the Hungarian Academy of Science which is fully support-
ing its participation to this prestigious international event, focused
on latest scientific development, but also on policy issues in Re-
search and Higher Education. Global issues are addressed at the
WSF by UNESCO, AAAS, Royal Society and other international or-
ganizations, while the Forum has benefited from the participation
of several Nobel laureates and prestigious academia. Dr. Virgil-
Florin Duma, Fulbright Alumnus at The Institute of Optics of the University of Rochester, NY (2009-
2010) has been selected by FAST to represent Romania at the WSF as part of the Fulbright delegation.

Testimonial from Diana Melian, Romanian TEA Alumna

                         “Everybody wonders about the American dream. I had the chance to live the
                         dream, due to the Teaching Excellence and Achievement Program. Interna-
                         tional teachers had the opportunity to develop their expertise, to learn and
                         teach. (….) Words are not enough to express my gratitude to the Fulbright
                         Commission, United States Department of State, IREX and Claremont Graduate
                         University for ones in a life time chance. The story will not end here. This is
                         only the turning point for my professional life.” Diana Ioana Melian—History
                         teacher, Technical High School of Comunication “N.V.Karpen”, Bacau, Romania.
To read the entire testimonial please click here.


Fulbright Alumnus to be Named the First KPMG Fellow in Romania

Dr. Catalin Albu, currently Associate Professor of Accounting at the Bucha-
rest Academy of Economic Studies (ASE), Romania, has been named the
first KPMG Fellow in Romania. Catalin is Fulbright Senior Fellow 2011 at the
University of Dayton, where he taught and conducted research with Ameri-
can colleagues. The KPMG Foundation has initiated professorships at the US
level since 1974 , to acknowledge the central role faculty play in the aca-
demic process. Wanting to be the first to contribute to the development of
local faculty in our country, KPMG Romania has initiated KPMG Professor-
ships for deserving local academics within the cooperation agreement with
ASE. Considering his Fulbright experience, KPMG awarded Catalin the first
title of KPMG Fellow, wanting to encourage excellence in teaching and re-
search by local faculty. KPMG Romania and Catalin are committed to engage
in a process of bringing ever closer the accounting academic and business environments, in the mutual
benefit, and especially, of ASE's students.

              New Book Translated by Romanian Fulbright Alumna Cristina Chevereșan

              Cristina Cheveresan, Romanian Fulbright Alumna in 2010-2011 translated into Romanian
              a book by entitled “The Memory Chalet” by Tony Judt. Cristina was a Visiting Fulbright
              Scholar at Harvard University.

              More details about the book at: http://www.polirom.ro/catalog/carte/cabana-memoriei-
              4306/



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From Alumni

                                    ► U.S. Alumni and Grantees

News from Yudit Kornberg Greenberg, U.S. Fulbright Scholar

                 “After about a month of teaching at the University of Bucharest, I was pleased to re-
                 ceive an invitation to lecture at Lucian Blaga University in Sibiu. As much as I am enjoy-
                 ing the rich cultural and intellectual life in Bucharest, i also appreciated the opportunity
                 to travel to another city in Romania, especially one as beautiful as Sibiu. My lecture was
                 titled: “Love in the Bible: the Original Reality show.” It was attended by approximately
                 100 students, faculty and staff. In the course of the presentation, I
                 also referred to my recently published Encyclopedia of Love in World
                 Religions (cover photo attached) and explained its genealogy, scope,
                 and my on-going scholarship on love and religion. One of the profes-
                 sors in attendance invited me to his class in Comparative Literature
                 which met immediately after my lecture. There were approximately
twenty students in his class and we continued to discuss issues pertaining to love in
Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. After both presentations, I enjoyed my conversation
with Dr. Alexandra Mitrea, Dean and Professor of American Studies, and two other
Fulbrighters who are teaching and conducting research in Sibiu. I am grateful for the
Fulbright Program for enabling and encouraging such deep and profound cross-
cultural dialogue.”


News from Dr. Mohsen Razzaghi, U.S. Fulbright Scholar

                                    Dr. Mohsen Razzaghi, a Fulbright scholar at the Department of
                                    Mathematics and Computer Science, Technical University of Civil En-
                                    gineering, Bucharest was invited by Professor Constantin Popovici,
                                    head of the Mathematics and Computer Science Department of the
                                    Technical University "Gheorghe Asachi" Iasi to visit the University
                                    and present a seminar on his research at the University. Iasi is the
                                    most important political, economic and cultural centre of the prov-
                                    ince of Moldavia as well as one of the oldest cities in Romania. The
                                    city prides itself with publishing the first Romanian newspaper and
                                    establishing the first Romanian university. Today, Iasi is home to
                                    five universities. On November 17, Dr. Razzaghi presented a re-
                                    search talk entitled "Orthogonal and Hybrid Functions in Dynamical
Systems." During his visit he met with Professor Ion Giurma, the Rector of "Gheorghe Asachi" University
who gave Dr. Razzaghi a very nice book about Iasi and University Catalog. Dr. Razzaghi also met with
several faculty members in the Faculty of Automatic Control and Computer Engineering, and in particu-
lar he met with Professor Corneliu Botan who signed and gave him his book on Optimal Control.

Also, an article about Dr. Razzaghi’s Fulbright experience was published in in Starkville Daily News
paper, a local newspaper in his hometown in USA: http://www.starkvilledailynews.com/node/7932.


Conference Organized by Cornel Marian, U.S. Fulbright Alumnus

On January 19, 2012 U.S. Fulbright alumnus Cornel Marian is organizing a conference entitle Freezing
Those Costs: A Swedish-Romanian Dialogue on Controlling Arbitration Costs. The event is created under
the auspices of Stockholm Chamber of Commerce and Stockholm Arbitration & Litigation Center and will
take place at Athenee Hilton Palace, Bucharest, Romania. More details and the program of the event are
available at http://www.chamber.se/?id=42012.


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Romanian Alumni Community Newsletter - Volume I, Issue 11

  • 1. Welcome to Romanian Alumni Community Romanian Alumni Community Monthly Newsletter Bucharest, November 30, 2011 Volume I, Issue 11 Alumni News From Alumni Table of Contents Alumni News  Romanian Alumni Community Celebrating Thanks- giving ► U.S. Alumni and Grantees  News from Yudit Kornberg Greenberg, From Alumni U.S. Fulbright Scholar ► Romanian Alumni and Grantees  News from Dr. Mohsen Razzaghi, U.S. Ful-  Interwoven American and Romanian Schools in bright Scholar Teaching Excellence and Achievement Program (TEA)  Conference Organized by Cornel Marian, U.S. Fulbright Alumnus  Fulbright Alumni at the 12th National RATE Con- ference (Timişoara 2011)  Romanian Fulbright Alumnus Virgil-Florin Duma at World Science Forum Alumni Information  Testimonial from Diana Melian, Romanian TEA Alumna Alumni Links  Fulbright Alumnus to be Named the First KPMG Fellow in Romania  New Book Translated by Romanian Fulbright Alumna Cristina Chevereșan http://www.facebook.com/ Romanian.US.Fulbright.Commission https://alumni.state.gov/romania www.fulbright.ro 1
  • 2. Bucharest, November 30, 2011 Volume I, Issue 11 Alumni News Romanian Alumni Community Celebrating Thanksgiving On November 23, the Romanian Alumni Community met to celebrate Thanksgiving Day. The event brought together over 100 Romanian alumni of U.S. Government-sponsored exchange programs to the United States such as Fulbright, IVLP, Hubert H. Humphrey, Ron Brown, New Century Scholars, Benjamin Franklin Summer Institute, Young Leaders Dialogue with America and Study of the U.S. In- stitutes, but also U.S. Fulbright grantees and alumni who are currently in Romania. The event started with welcome speeches from Dr. Remus Pricopie, President of the Romanian Ful- bright Board of Directors, Ms. Patricia Guy, Counselor for Public Affairs at the U.S. Embassy and Ms. Edwina Sagitto, Cultural Officer at the U.S. Embassy. After welcoming the guests, U.S. Fulbright grant- ees Katelyn Arlene Browher and Nicole Kay Wells introduced us to the Thanksgiving history, customs & traditions. Besides the essential aspect of networking between alumni, becoming reacquainted, meeting new alumni, sharing experiences and increasing the visibility of the U.S. Government sponsored exchange programs brand overall, the event was an occasion to meet for a celebration of Thanksgiving, an American tradition which tried to recreate the atmosphere lived by the Romanian alumni during their grants in U.S. and made the U.S. grantees in Romania feel more like home, in an open and relaxed atmosphere. We are grateful to all the Romanian and U.S. alumni and grantees who have joined us for the event and we take this opportunity to thank our guest speakers. More pictures are available here. https://alumni.state.gov/romania www.fulbright.ro 2
  • 3. Bucharest, November 30, 2011 Volume I, Issue 11 From Alumni ► Romanian Alumni and Grantees Interwoven American and Romanian Schools in Teaching Excellence and Achievement Pro- gram (TEA) For three weeks, the Romanian TEA participant Mihaela Fodor, from “Petru Rares” National College, Suceava, had the chance to co-work with American teachers, in Mount Logan Middle School, Utah and to visit classes in St. John’s school, Houston, Texas. “A fruitful and challenging exchange of teaching meth- ods, cultural elements and the use of technology in class made this experience rich and worthy. Stu- dents in American schools are respectful, disciplined and relaxed, all these due to a variety of teaching approaches used by their teachers, i.e., TPR, pair/group work, games and simulations, case study/ projects, story-based teaching, debates, experiments, and extensive use of technology, such as video projector, ppt. presentations, smart board, computer- based lessons, authentic video and audio materi- als. Either it is about state school (Logan Middle) or private school (St. John’s) a pleasant working at- mosphere floats in the air.” Mihaela Fodor Jennie Brasfield, Mount Middle School, Logan, Michael Seckman, St. John’s School, Utah (partner teacher in TEA program) Houston, Texas (former teacher exchange grantee) Fulbright Alumni at the 12th National RATE Conference (Timişoara 2011) “ELT – Skill, Art and Motivation”, the 12th National RATE (Romanian Association of Teachers of English) Conference, took place in Timi- şoara at the end of last month. For three full days (October 28-30), Romanian and foreign teachers, mentors, textbook authors and edi- tors shared their professional knowledge and experience with their peers, in an impressive array of plenary lectures, workshops, talks and group activities. Among the participants, two Fulbright alumni took the opportunity to introduce the program and its indisputable benefits to all those interested. Robert Manning (Quincy University, USA) and Cristina Chevereşan (University of Timişoara, Romania) used their own examples to encourage future applications, empha- sizing both the academic and the personal gains of living, traveling, teaching and doing research in different, yet fascinating, environments. In an interactive presentation entitled Transatlantic Exchanges: The Fulbright Experience from Both Sides, the two speakers captured the essence of the Fulbright spirit, giving the audience insight into a unique way of establishing lasting connections between people(s) and cultures. http://www.facebook.com/ Romanian.US.Fulbright.Commission https://alumni.state.gov/romania www.fulbright.ro 3
  • 4. Bucharest, November 30, 2011 Volume I, Issue 11 From Alumni Romanian Fulbright Alumnus Virgil-Florin Duma at World Science Forum FAST (Fulbright Academy of Science and Technology) has formed a group of over 30 Fulbright Alumni from around the world to partici- pate in a dedicated Fulbright Alumni delegation at the World Sci- ence Forum (http://www.sciforum.hu/) that has been held on Nov. 17-19, 2011 in Budapest. The Fulbright delegation has been in- vited by the Hungarian Academy of Science which is fully support- ing its participation to this prestigious international event, focused on latest scientific development, but also on policy issues in Re- search and Higher Education. Global issues are addressed at the WSF by UNESCO, AAAS, Royal Society and other international or- ganizations, while the Forum has benefited from the participation of several Nobel laureates and prestigious academia. Dr. Virgil- Florin Duma, Fulbright Alumnus at The Institute of Optics of the University of Rochester, NY (2009- 2010) has been selected by FAST to represent Romania at the WSF as part of the Fulbright delegation. Testimonial from Diana Melian, Romanian TEA Alumna “Everybody wonders about the American dream. I had the chance to live the dream, due to the Teaching Excellence and Achievement Program. Interna- tional teachers had the opportunity to develop their expertise, to learn and teach. (….) Words are not enough to express my gratitude to the Fulbright Commission, United States Department of State, IREX and Claremont Graduate University for ones in a life time chance. The story will not end here. This is only the turning point for my professional life.” Diana Ioana Melian—History teacher, Technical High School of Comunication “N.V.Karpen”, Bacau, Romania. To read the entire testimonial please click here. Fulbright Alumnus to be Named the First KPMG Fellow in Romania Dr. Catalin Albu, currently Associate Professor of Accounting at the Bucha- rest Academy of Economic Studies (ASE), Romania, has been named the first KPMG Fellow in Romania. Catalin is Fulbright Senior Fellow 2011 at the University of Dayton, where he taught and conducted research with Ameri- can colleagues. The KPMG Foundation has initiated professorships at the US level since 1974 , to acknowledge the central role faculty play in the aca- demic process. Wanting to be the first to contribute to the development of local faculty in our country, KPMG Romania has initiated KPMG Professor- ships for deserving local academics within the cooperation agreement with ASE. Considering his Fulbright experience, KPMG awarded Catalin the first title of KPMG Fellow, wanting to encourage excellence in teaching and re- search by local faculty. KPMG Romania and Catalin are committed to engage in a process of bringing ever closer the accounting academic and business environments, in the mutual benefit, and especially, of ASE's students. New Book Translated by Romanian Fulbright Alumna Cristina Chevereșan Cristina Cheveresan, Romanian Fulbright Alumna in 2010-2011 translated into Romanian a book by entitled “The Memory Chalet” by Tony Judt. Cristina was a Visiting Fulbright Scholar at Harvard University. More details about the book at: http://www.polirom.ro/catalog/carte/cabana-memoriei- 4306/ https://alumni.state.gov/romania www.fulbright.ro 4
  • 5. Bucharest, November 30, 2011 Volume I, Issue 11 From Alumni ► U.S. Alumni and Grantees News from Yudit Kornberg Greenberg, U.S. Fulbright Scholar “After about a month of teaching at the University of Bucharest, I was pleased to re- ceive an invitation to lecture at Lucian Blaga University in Sibiu. As much as I am enjoy- ing the rich cultural and intellectual life in Bucharest, i also appreciated the opportunity to travel to another city in Romania, especially one as beautiful as Sibiu. My lecture was titled: “Love in the Bible: the Original Reality show.” It was attended by approximately 100 students, faculty and staff. In the course of the presentation, I also referred to my recently published Encyclopedia of Love in World Religions (cover photo attached) and explained its genealogy, scope, and my on-going scholarship on love and religion. One of the profes- sors in attendance invited me to his class in Comparative Literature which met immediately after my lecture. There were approximately twenty students in his class and we continued to discuss issues pertaining to love in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. After both presentations, I enjoyed my conversation with Dr. Alexandra Mitrea, Dean and Professor of American Studies, and two other Fulbrighters who are teaching and conducting research in Sibiu. I am grateful for the Fulbright Program for enabling and encouraging such deep and profound cross- cultural dialogue.” News from Dr. Mohsen Razzaghi, U.S. Fulbright Scholar Dr. Mohsen Razzaghi, a Fulbright scholar at the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Technical University of Civil En- gineering, Bucharest was invited by Professor Constantin Popovici, head of the Mathematics and Computer Science Department of the Technical University "Gheorghe Asachi" Iasi to visit the University and present a seminar on his research at the University. Iasi is the most important political, economic and cultural centre of the prov- ince of Moldavia as well as one of the oldest cities in Romania. The city prides itself with publishing the first Romanian newspaper and establishing the first Romanian university. Today, Iasi is home to five universities. On November 17, Dr. Razzaghi presented a re- search talk entitled "Orthogonal and Hybrid Functions in Dynamical Systems." During his visit he met with Professor Ion Giurma, the Rector of "Gheorghe Asachi" University who gave Dr. Razzaghi a very nice book about Iasi and University Catalog. Dr. Razzaghi also met with several faculty members in the Faculty of Automatic Control and Computer Engineering, and in particu- lar he met with Professor Corneliu Botan who signed and gave him his book on Optimal Control. Also, an article about Dr. Razzaghi’s Fulbright experience was published in in Starkville Daily News paper, a local newspaper in his hometown in USA: http://www.starkvilledailynews.com/node/7932. Conference Organized by Cornel Marian, U.S. Fulbright Alumnus On January 19, 2012 U.S. Fulbright alumnus Cornel Marian is organizing a conference entitle Freezing Those Costs: A Swedish-Romanian Dialogue on Controlling Arbitration Costs. The event is created under the auspices of Stockholm Chamber of Commerce and Stockholm Arbitration & Litigation Center and will take place at Athenee Hilton Palace, Bucharest, Romania. More details and the program of the event are available at http://www.chamber.se/?id=42012. http://www.facebook.com/ Romanian.US.Fulbright.Commission https://alumni.state.gov/romania www.fulbright.ro 5
  • 6. Bucharest, November 30, 2011 Volume I, Issue 11 Alumni Information Join STATE ALUMNI Romanian Alumni Community The State Alumni website is a dynamic, Help to build the Romanian Alumni Community interactive secure community for more than by sending articles, news, sharing ideas, pictures 1,000,000 alumni of exchange programs. and professional opportunities. Find out about upcoming local events, stay connected with fel- ►Network with other alumni from around the globe low alumni, find information about alumni-related ► Share information about exchange programs and programs and research funding opportunities. alumni activities with a global audience ►Participate in Q&A Live discussions with experts If you would like to submit an article, announce- ►Access resources such as grants, jobs and research ment of an event, testimonial, job or grant op- databases portunity, please contact the alumni coordinator ►Access more than 20,000 free periodicals, newspa- at: loredana.bucuroaia@fulbright.ro. pers and more. Visit the Romanian Alumni Community on In order to enroll, visit the site https:// https://alumni.state.gov/romania alumni.state.gov and click on “Join Now” or “Click here to register”. Please wait for verification and confirmation of your account by the administrative team of the State Alumni website. Alumni Links United States Government Alumni U.S. Embassy in Bucharest Community Romanian-U.S. Romanian-U.S. Fulbright Fulbright Commission Commission Facebook Page Romanian Alumni Community If you wish to cancel your subscription to this newsletter contact loredana.bucuroaia@fulbright.ro This Newsletter is produced by the Romanian Alumni Coordinator 6