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2007 Annual ReportOctober 1, 2006 - September 30, 2007

We must generate experiences ofpeace as powerful and self-generatingas the expectancy of war.

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4) The Fulbright Program

5) Biographical Sketch o Senator Fulbright

6) Fulbright in Colombia7) Board Chairmans Report8) Minister o Foreign Relations Report9) Executive Directors Report

11) Fulbright Colombia Board Members & Sta

12) Grant Programs or Colombians

13) Graduate Program13) Fulbright-Mincultura Program or the Arts14) Fulbright-Colciencias-DNP Grant14) Sciences & Technology Program or Outstanding

International Students15) Faculty Development Program15) Fulbright-Suramericana Program16) Hubert H. Humphrey16) Foreign Visiting Scholar Program

17) Grant Programs or U.S. Citizens

18) U.S. Scholar Program

19) U.S. Student Program19) Fulbright-Hays Program20) Senior Specialists21) Teacher Exchange Program21) Teachers Sharing Ideas

22) Educational Advising23) Special Initiatives & Highlights25) Fulbright Colombia: 50th Year Anniversary28) Outstanding Grantee Achievements31) New Alliances or 2007

33) Institutional Partners36) Audit Report37) Financial Report38) Facts & Figures

Content2007 AnnualReport

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Muhammad Yunus, Fulbrighter rom

Bangladesh, Nobel Peace Prize 2006

Joseph Stiglitz, Fulbrighter rom the U.S. ,

Nobel Laureate in Economics ,2001

Carlo Rubbia, Fulbrighter rom Italy, Nobel

Laureate in Physics, 1984

A legislative initiative o Senator J. William Fulbright, the FulbrightProgram was established in 1946 to promote educational andcultural exchange between the United States and other countries.

Today, the Fulbright Program is one o the largest and mostdiversied international exchange programs in the world, providingopportunities or postgraduate study and research in the U.S. tocitizens o 144 countries. At the same time, Americans receiveFulbright Grants to engage in scholarly and cultural activitiesaround the world. Each year, approximately 6,000 Fulbright Grantsare awarded in open competitions.

The Fulbright Program is administered by the Bureau o Educationaland Cultural Aairs o the U.S. State Department. Financial supportcomes rom congressional appropriations and rom annual

contributions by governments and other entities o the countriesin which Fulbright Commissions are established. The Program isoverseen by the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board, whosemembers are appointed by the President o the United States.

The Fulbright Programs impact has been extraordinary. Many othe more than 300,000 educators, scientists, political and socialleaders, artists, and even 36 Nobel Prize winners who have receiveda Fulbright Grant, have made signicant contributions withintheir countries as well as to the overall goal o advancing mutualunderstanding, tolerance and international cooperation.

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Born in 1905, J. William Fulbright received a B.A. in Political Science rom the University o Arkansas, andlater attended Oxord University as a Rhodes Scholar where he earned his M.A. degree.

Ater studying Law at George Washington University and working at the Justice Department, in 1939 he

was named President o the University o Arkansas, at the time the youngest university president in theUnited States.

Ater being elected to the U.S. House o Representatives in 1942, Congress adopted the FulbrightResolution supporting an international peace-keeping mechanism that helped shape U.S. participationin what became the United Nations. This catapulted Fulbright to the national political stage, gaining aseat in the U.S. Senate in 1944.

During his 30 years o public service, Fulbright was one o the most inuential and respected senators.Legislation establishing the Fulbright Program was passed in 1946. Its rst participants went overseas in1948, unded by war reparations and oreign loan repayments to the United States.

Ater leaving the Senate, he continued his eorts to help the Program that still bears his name. SenatorFulbright received numerous recognitions by governments, universities and educational organizationsaround the world or his work on behal o education and international understanding. In 1993 he wasawarded the Presidential Medal o Liberty by President Clinton.

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ulbright inColombia

The Fulbright Commission in Colombia was established by aninternational treaty between the U.S. and Colombian governmentson January 8, 1957. It is governed by a binational Board o Directorscomposed o three U.S. citizens living in Colombia and three Colombiancitizens. Board members are jointly appointed or two-year terms bythe Colombian Minister o Foreign Relations and the U.S. Ambassadorin Colombia, who also serves as Fulbrights Honorary Chairman o theBoard. The Board oversees the Fulbright Commissions operations,

appoints its Executive Director, approves both Colombian and U.S.grantees, and ensures compliance with the Program Directivesestablished by the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board.

The mission o Fulbright Colombia is to urther mutual understandingbetween the peoples o the United States and Colombia througheducational and cultural exchange. This is achieved through itsgrant programs oered to both U.S. and Colombian citizens.Approximately 45 Colombians receive Fulbright Grants eachyear to conduct postgraduate studies, engage in research, teach

in universities and secondary schools, and participate in otherproessional and academic activities. At the same time, 25 Americanscholars, students, researchers, teachers and artists come toColombia yearly as Fulbright grantees.

Since the inception o the Fulbright Program in Colombia,approximately 2,200 Colombians and 1,100 U.S. citizens havereceived grants through the Fulbright Commission.

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Minister of ForeignRelations Report

The Colombian Government, through its Ministryo Foreign Relations, would like to highlight theexcellent work achieved by all who have been

a part o the team o the Fulbright Commissionin Colombia. The members o the Board, thedirectors and sta o this outstanding institutionhave managed to consolidate a solid relationshipo cooperation between the United States andColombia. Thanks to their persistent eorts,Senator Fulbrights vision o promoting mutualunderstanding between the people o the UnitedStates and the other countries o the world hasbeen ullled.

The Fulbright Program achieved its rst 50 years inColombia in 2007 thanks to the agreement signedbetween the parties in 1957. During this time, theCommission has become an invaluable sourceo cooperation and education. We currently havesome 2,200 Colombian grantees who have returnedhome ater a most important academic trainingexperience in the United States.

Thanks to this important exchange program,

Colombia has reaped the benets o a communityo highly trained proessionals who are leadingthe country to meet its economic, political,technological and cultural development challenges.The Fulbright Commission has distinguisheditsel by its contributions to the national pool ohuman capital through the 50 yearly grants orpostgraduate studies, advanced research andproessional activities in prestigious universities inthe United States.

By the same token, the Commission has givenour education system a vote o condence byoering 25 grants every year to American citizenswho have worked as teachers and researchers inuniversities, high schools and research institutesthroughout Colombia.

These institutions have enjoyed the presenceo the more than 1,000 American proessorsand scientists who have contributed to the

production o knowledge and competencies instrategic areas or social development.

I would like to congratulate you especially or thenew programs developed during 2007, whichwill lead to many opportunities or graduatestudies or teachers, researchers, artists andproessionals rom all regions o the country.Special mention should be made o the Grants orUniversity proessors in Antioquia, Cultural Studiesor Indigenous and Arocolombian Descendants,the Program targeting Arocolombian Leadersand the Fulbright-Cerrejn Grant or La Guajira,which will no doubt be an essential tool or thedevelopment o ethnic minorities in Colombia.

I herewith reiterate my determination to continueto work together in this remarkable programo cooperation, which has already resulted inagreements with the Ministry o Education,the Ministry o Culture, the National Planning

Department and Colciencias. Together we willwork toward creating new opportunities or thetraining o highly qualied proessionals or thepurpose o helping to achieve progress or ourcountry.

Sincerely,Fernando Arajo PerdomoMinister o Foreign Relations


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ExecutiveDirectors Report

2007 marked the culmination o the rst 50 years in the lie o the

Fulbright Commission. It was a very busy anniversary year, ullo activities to celebrate this important milestone in the historyo the Fulbright Program in Colombia. From the well-attendedphotography exposition by ormer grantee Santiago Harker in theMuseum o Modern Art in late January, where the Commissionsagreement with the Culture Ministry or Grants in the Arts was alsorenewed or another ve years, to the close o the estivities witha gala reception hosted by Ambassador William R. Browneld inNovember, Fulbright Colombia was celebrating. All the anniversaryyears events had the dual purpose o commemorating theCommissions achievements during the past 50 years, and to paytribute to the more than 3,300 current and ormer grantees romboth countries who represent the Fulbright Programs legacy toColombia and to U.S.-Colombian mutual understanding.

Fulbrights successes in Colombia are due in large measure to theleadership o the Commissions ve distinguished ormer Directors:Ramn de Zubira, Joaqun Pieros Corpas, Germn Garca,Francisco Gnecco, and Agustn Lombana. I want to especially thankCarmen de Zubira, widow o the rst Executive Director Ramnde Zubira, Francisco Gnecco, Director rom 1973 to 1988, and

Agustn Lombana, Director rom 1989 to 2005, or their supportand presence at the various commemorative events throughoutthe year.

2007 was a time not only to take stock o the Commissions priorachievements, but also to look to the uture and the new challengesthat the Fulbright Program in Colombia will ace. Last year wetook some important rst steps toward achieving objectives inour strategic areas: 1) to increase the number o grants we wentrom an historical average o 70 total grants per year to 100 grantsdeveloped in 2007 or the 2008 period, with a projection o 125

grants or 2009; 2) to broaden regional participation through theNew Regions Program, the Commission awarded 56% o its 2007grants to Colombians rom cities other than Bogot; 3) to achievegreater diversity two new initiatives in partnership with theColombian Government, through the Ministry o Education, theMinistry o Culture and Icetex, will designate 12 new grants or theArocolombian and Indigenous Communities starting in 2008; and4) to increase private sector contributions one o the most eectiveways or the private sector to enhance Colombias competitiveness,

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innovation and development is to invest in advanced studies andresearch capacity. Fulbright Colombia concluded new agreements withSuramericana and El Cerrejn in 2007, both o which are models o thesynergies between corporate social responsibility and Fulbrights agenda.

Meeting these new challenges depends on the commitment,

cooperation and hard work on various strategic ronts. First are ourinstitutional alliances with both the public and private sector, whichwe hope to keep expanding in the years to come. Our partners in theUnited States and Colombia are key to the quality and innovationthat are the hallmarks o the Fulbright Program. Fulbrights continuedsuccess in Colombia also depends on our community o ormergrantees. In 2007, rst steps were taken toward recreating an alumniorganization, through which current and ormer grantees rom bothcountries will contribute to the strengthening o the Program and theshared development o academic and social projects.

Last, but not least, is the group o individuals dedicated to theFulbright mission and operations. A six-member Board o Directorsprovides expert guidance and oversight, while a team o devotedindividuals are in charge o the Commissions day-to-day operationsthat are the basis o the new programs, initiatives and changes thatwe have begun to implement in 2007. Our most heartelt thanks andbest wishes to Consuelo Valdivieso, an extraordinary person who ornearly 35 years was at the oreront o the Commissions successesas Director o Programs or U.S. Citizens; and to Consuelo Ramrez,who began her career at the Commission working with the Alumni

Association and later worked in the area o Programs or Colombians.At the same time, 4 new proessionals joined the Commission sta in2007: Alexandra Moreno as Junior Ofcer or U.S. Programs, CatalinaAhumada and Sylvia Castrilln as Program Advisors, and CarolinaSantacruz, the new Coordinator o Special Projects.

With help rom our institutional partners, our alumni community, andthe Commission board and sta, I hope to keep building on the work o5 decades o eorts toward contributing to Colombias development,and to U.S.-Colombian mutual understanding.

Regards,Ann C. MasonExecutive Director


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Ann Mason Executive Director

Marcela Garca Colombian Program Of

Susana Casallas Financial and AdministDirector

Alexandra Moreno U.S. Junior Program Of

Olga Luca Snchez Educational Advisor

Sandra Len Communications Ofce

Carolina Santacruz Special Projects Coordi

Catalina Ahumada Program Assistant

Sylvia Castrilln Program Assistant

Juan C.Rodrguez Systems

Piedad Valero Receptionist

Roco Molina Ofce Assistant

Staff de la Comisin FulbrightHonorary Chairman of the Board

William R. Brownfeld U.S. Ambassador to Colombia

American Members

Mark Wentworth Public Aairs Ofcer, U.S. EmbassyBoard President

dward Loo Cultural Aairs Ofcer, U.S.EmbassyBoard Treasurer

lan Hails PartnerPriceWaterhouse Coopers Colombia

Colombian Members

Marta Luca Villegas PresidentIcetex

Mara Claudia Parias Cultural Aairs Ofcer

Ministry o Foreign Aairsruce MacMaster Partner, Inverlink S.A.

Fulbright ColombiaBoard Members

& Staff

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Grant Programs

for Colombiansstatistics.2007

Academic merit, leadership potential, and the anticipated multipliereect o the study proposal or Colombias uture orm the core selectioncriteria or the highly competitive Fulbright Grants. A total o 41 grants

were awarded to Colombians in 2007 or postgraduate studies, research,teaching, and related academic experiences in the United States, 38 owhich were accepted. Through concerted eorts to increase access toFulbright Programs or Colombians outside the countrys major cities, a56% regional participation rate was achieved in 2007.

A rigorous selection process is adhered to in all grant programs.Uncompromising standards o transparency and impartiality guideeach step o the process. Pre-screened applicants rst undergo anindependent, academic review by proessors, researchers and experts inthe relevant academic elds to evaluate the applicants academic qualitiesand capacity or advanced study and research. A group o nalists isthen interviewed by an interdisciplinary review committee comprisedo ormer Fulbrighters, Fulbright Board members, and representatives oour institutional partners. The Board o Directors o Fulbright Colombiasubmits the nominees to receive grants to the J. William Fulbright ForeignGrants Board in the United States that approves the nal selection ograntees.

grants to Colombians

applications received

regional grantees

emale grantees

Grants by program of

study:

41% Masters Programs37% Ph.D. Programs10% Non-degree Programs12% Secondary Teachers

Grants by area of

study 2007:

31% Engineering19% Arts & Architecture

17% Social Sciences &Humanities17% Sciences & Technology8% Education6% Law3% Public & Business

Administration

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Fulbright-MinCultura

Program for the Arts

Grantee Field of Study Program University

Catalina Arreaza International Relations M.A. The New School for SocialResearch

Mara Carolina Casas Education Ph.D. Indiana University

Guillermo Alberto Cruz Public Policy M.A. M.I.T.

Juan Pablo Ossa Political Science M.A. The New School for SocialResearch

Mara Alexandra Peralta Environmental Economics M.S. Michigan State University

The Ministry o Culture contributes unding or this pioneering programdesigned to strengthen Colombias artistic development and to omentcross-cultural artistic interactions. In its third promotion year, thisprogram is well-established within the Colombian arts community.In 2007 38 candidates applied or the coveted awards in the elds oPainting, Communications Design, Art History, Dance and Acting, owhom 5 were selected.


Andrs Eduardo Burbano New Media and Technology Ph.D. University of California

Ana Isabel Corts Modern Dance M.A. University of Utah

Enrique Flower Music & Jazz M.A. Purchase College

Felipe Vergara Theater & Directing M.A. Temple University

Juliana Andrea Zambrano Urban Design M.A. Pratt Institute

GraduateProgram

The oldest Grant at the Fulbright Commission in Colombia, theGraduate Program awards grants to outstanding Colombianproessionals and academics to pursue Doctoral or Mastersprograms in the U.S. The elds supported in the 2007 programwere Natural, Environmental and Agricultural Sciences, Urbanand Regional Planning, Education, Public Health, History, andPolitical Science. The Fulbright award benets include 24 monthso ull or partial tuition waivers, a monthly living stipend, universityplacement, airare, health insurance, English language training,and other pre-academic courses. 5 individuals received grants roma total o 129 candidates, the highest number in the history o theProgram.

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Rosa Aurita Charrupi, 2008 grantee

Lina Espinosa, 1989 grantee


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Fulbright-Colciencias-

DNPGrantIn partnership with the Colombian Institute or the Development oScience and Technology, Colciencias, and the Colombian GovernmentsNational Planning Ofce, DNP, Fulbright Colombia oers grants orPh.D. and Masters degrees in the Sciences, Engineering and Technology

elds. This Program also seeks to strengthen U.S.-Colombian scienticcollaboration. The oldest o Fulbright Colombias cost-share programs, thegrant is also supported by contributions made by sponsoring institutionsthat provide employment to the grantee upon completing the degreeand returning to Colombia. O 31 applications received in 2007, 12 grantswere awarded.

Grantee Sponsoringinstitution

Field of Study Program University

Anglica Burbano ICESI Industrial Engineering Ph.D. University of Arkansas

Gustavo Adolfo Carrillo Universidad Franciscode Paula Santander

Hydrology Ph.D. University of Arizona

Luis Antonio Garavito Universidad Nacional

de Bogot

Operations Research Ph.D. University of Illinois

Jorge Ivn Marn Universidad del Quindo Electrical Engineering Ph.D. Georgia Inst itute ofTechnology

Juan Carlos Martnez Universidad Tecnolgicade Bolvar

Electronic Engineering Ph.D. University of Connecticut

lvaro Orjuela Universidad Nacionalde Bogot

Chemical Engineering Ph.D. Michigan State University

Catalina Ortiz Universidad Nacionalde Medelln

Urban Planning Ph.D. University of Illinois

David Leonardo Ramos Sucromiles S.A. Biotechnology M.S. University of Maryland

David Elicer Senior Universidad Tecnolgicade Bolvar

Electrical Engineering Ph.D. University at Buffalo

Daniel Serrano Indupalma S.A. Computing Sciences M.S. Georgia Institute of Technology

Germn Andrs Vargas CENICAA Agricultural Entomology Ph.D. Kansas State UniversityJorge Fernando Zapata Universidad de Antioquia Communications M.A. Ohio University

Science & Technology Program forOutstandingInternational Students

This Program oers grants to nance doctoral degrees in the United Statesin the Sciences, elds o Technology, and Engineering or outstanding

international students. The evaluation process is through a highlycompetitive global competition, with a blue ribbon selection committeethat includes renowned American scientists and Nobel prize winners.A young Colombian scientist was among the 27 award recipients romaround the world in this rst grant competition among 120 nalists romapproximately 70 countries.


Alejandro Reyes Bioinformatics Ph.D. Washington University

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FacultyDevelopmentProgram

Fulbright-

Suramericana Program

Universities and the Fulbright Commission in Colombia team up toprovide postgraduate training to proessors and researchers in all elds

o study. Institutions o higher learning throughout the country coverliving expenses while the Fulbright Program provides ull or partial tuitionwaivers, university admission, health insurance, the cost o the visa,English language courses, and other orientation seminars. 2 universityproessors were selected or awards in 2007, out o 6 applicants.

Grantee SponsoringUniversity

Field of Study Program University

Carlos Andrs Aldana Universidad de los

Andes

Commercial Law M.A. Georgetown University

Mara del RosarioTorres

Universidad Javeriana Arts Administration M.A. University of Oregon

Masters programs or the largest private sector consortium in Colombiaare supported through the Fulbright-Suramericana Program since 1999.Afliate companies o the Antioquia Business Group in manuacturingand banking sponsor young proessionals or advanced degrees inBusiness, Law, Economics and Engineering who then return to positionso leadership within the organization. The exacting selection process alsorequires proven commitment to social responsibility. 4 grantees wereselected rom 10 applicants in 2007.

Grantee Sponsoring Company Field of Study Program University

Mauricio Botero BANCOLOMBIA Finance M.S. Emory University

Claudia Mara Castro Compaa Nacionalde Chocolates

Industrial Engineering M.S. Pennsylvania StateUniversity

Camilo Restrepo ARGOS S.A. Environmental Engineering M.S University of Maryland

Luis Fernando Ros COLCAFE COLOMBIA Strategic Innovation M.S University of Maryland

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Hubert

H. Humphrey

Foreign VisitingScholar Program

For the rst time since the inception o the Humphrey competition 10years ago, 3 Colombians were selected to participate in this prestigious

study program in 2007. The Hubert H. Humphrey Program oers advancedstudies to mid-career proessionals rom 144 dierent countries withdemonstrated leadership qualities and commitment to public service.The Humphrey Fellows were awarded a one-year academic residencywith proessional internships, sharing study programs with a total o 162Fellows rom around the world.

Grantee Colombian Institution Field of Study University

Pablo Jaramillo Comit Cafetero de Caldas Education Cornell University

Juan Pablo Ortega Empresas Pblicas de Medelln Technology Innovation M.I.T.

Rodrigo Rivera Former Senator Public Policy American University

The Program or Foreign Visiting Scholars oers two grants per yearto Colombian proessors to conduct advanced research during oneacademic semester at a U.S. university or research institute. The programsgoals are to create new research opportunities or Colombian academicsand to promote research collaboration between the U.S. and Colombia.2007 saw the rst grant competition in this Program in Colombia in morethan 20 years, in which one proessor was selected.

Grantee Colombian Institution Field of Research University

Zayda Luca Sierra Universidad de Antioquia Higher Education forIndigenous Communities University of Hawaii

Zayda Sierra

Ph.D. in Educational Psychology rom the University o Georgia and Proessor in the School o Education at the

Universidad de Antioquia, Dr. Sierra is a leading expert in the feld o Indigenous Education. She is the ounder o

the Diverser Group, a research organization that specializes in Pedagogy and Cultural Diversity. Dr. Sierras research

project, which she carried out at the University o Hawaii in Manoa, was on Curricular Design and educationalchallenges aced by indigenous populations in a globalized context.

16. Fulbright

Juan Pablo Ortega, Rodrigo Rivera, Ann

Mason, Pablo Jaramillo

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Visiting scholars rom U.S. universities arrange 5-month appointments at Colombuniversities, where they engage in research and lecturing at both the undergraduand graduate level. Providing opportunities to experts in the eld o Colombia non-Colombianists alike, the U.S. Scholar Program is instrumental to U.S.-Colombacademic collaboration and to the creation o research networks. CIES receia total o 13 applications rom scholars, o whom 6 were awarded grants or the 2academic year.

Arshiya Baig

M.D. and researcher at the Universityo Caliornia in Los Angeles, Dr. Baigworks on public health issues,especially related to domesticviolence. Her research project seeks to

establish domestic violence protocolsor the medical proession in Colombia,which she is carrying out jointly at theUniversidad de los Andes and theFundacin Santa Fe in Bogot.

Karen Ramey Burns

Proessor o Anthropology at theUniversity o Georgia, Dr. Burnsis a orensic anthropologist whoworked on a project related to therecuperation and identication ovictims o violence carried out inconjunction with the AnthropologyDepartment at the Universidad delos Andes and Equitas. Dr. Burns alsocollaborated in the creation o therst Masters Program in ForensicAnthropology in Colombia at theUniversidad de los Andes.

Steve Cagan

Steve is an independent socialphotographer who was invited byvarious educational and communityorganizations in Quibd to holdseminars, workshops, and talks on

Photographic Practices. He was alsoinvolved in a photographic projecton daily lie and orms o resistanceound in Chocoan culture.

Diana Coryat

Diana is Director o the GlobalNation Project, a communicationsinitiative that seeks to stimulate civicconsciousness and participationamong marginalized youth through

diverse media projects. She had ajoint appointment at the Schools oCommunications at the Universidaddel Valle and the Universidad deAntioquia.

Agustin Lao

Dr. Lao, Associate Proessor inthe Sociology Department at theUniversity o Massachusetts atAmherst, is a leading expert on theArican Diaspora and Racial History.

With an afliation at the Universidaddel Valle in Cali, his research projectinvolved migration, orms o localorganization, and Aro-Colombianethno-racial identity in urbanlocalities.

Stephen Meardon

Dr. Meardon is currently AssistantProessor o Economics at BowlingGreen State University in Ohio.

His Fulbright Grant was carriedout at the School o Economicsat the Universidad de los Andes,where he researched bilateral tradeagreements between Colombiaand the U.S. in the 19th century.

Grantee Field of study U.S. Institution Colombian HostInstitution

Arshiya Baig Public Health University of California Universidad de los AndFundacin Santa Fe

Karen R. Burns Anthropology University of Georgia Universidad de los AndEquitas

Steve Cagan Art Independent Photographer Fundacin Universitaria Claret

Diana Coryat Communications Global Action Project Universidad del Valle

Agustin Lao Sociology University of Massachusetts Universidad del Valle

Stephen Meardon Economics Bowling Green StateUniversity

Universidad de los And

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U.S. StudentProgram

Recent graduates and students enrolled in both Masters and Ph.D.programs in the U.S are eligible or the U.S. Student Grant. Candidates must

demonstrate Spanish language prociency and present viable researchproposals or their year-long stay in Colombia. Most also do courseworkin graduate programs at Colombian universities, which provide tuitionwaivers to the U.S. students. For the 2007 grant period, 8 grants wereawarded rom 33 applications in the Social Sciences, Humanities, Sciencesand Public Health elds.

Grantee Field of study Program U.S. Institution Colombian HostInstitution

Lamonte Aidoo Spanish & French B.A. Lincoln University Universidad de los Andes

Brittney Bailey InternationalRelations

B.A. University of SouthernCalifornia

Universidad Javeriana

Telo Ballv InternationalAffairs

M.A. The New Schoolfor Social Research

Universidad de los Andes

Emily Cohen Anthropology Ph.D. New York University Universidad Javeriana

Ian Mendenhall Sciences Ph.D. Tulane University CIDEIM & CALIDRIS

Sara Potler InternationalRelations

B.A. University of Virginia Universidad de los Andes

Whitney Sheen Public Health M.H.S. Johns Hopkins University Universidad Javeriana

Sarah Zukerman Political Science Ph.D. M.I.T. Universidad de los Andes

Fulbright-HaysProgram

The Fulbright-Hays Program or International Doctoral DissertationResearch is administered by the Department o Education o the U.S.Government. Its purpose is to assist doctoral candidates conduct research

abroad in the elds o modern languages or area studies. A total o 163grants were awarded in 2007, one o which went to a Ph.D. candidate todo her doctoral eld work in Colombia.

Grantee Field of study Program U.S. Institution Colombian HostInstitution

Rebecca Anne Tally Latin AmericanStudies

Ph.D. Cornell University Archivo Nacional

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Grantee Field of Study U.S. Institution Colombian Host Institution

Stanley Alpert Environmental Law The Alpert Firm Universidad Libre de CartagenaFundacin Tecnolgica Antonio de Arvalo

Christon Hurst Environmental Science Xavier University Universidad del Magdalena

James Lerager Journalism andCommunications

International Documentary Photographyand Research Project

Universidad de Antioquia

Sonia Ospina Public Administration New York University Universidad de los Andes

Jayant Rajgopal Industrial Engineering University of Pittsburgh Universidad Nacional

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Stanley AlpertA leading environmental lawyer with a vast experience in civil and criminal trials, Mr. Alpert was Chie o EnvironmentalLitigation or the New York Attorney General, and currently is in private practice in the eld o Environmental Law. Mr.Alpert advised the Universidad Libre de Cartagena and the Fundacin TECNAR on research, the regulatory system and the

legal regime in environmental cases.

Christon HurstProessor at Xavier University and Ph.D. in Virology and Epidemiology rom Baylor University, Dr. Hurst spent one month inthe Environmental Engineering Department at the Universidad del Magdalena assisting on research projects and teachinga specialized course on the design o treatment systems or sewage water.

James LeragerMr. Lerager is the Director o the International Research and Documentary Photography Project, and PhotographyEditor o the journal Perspectivas Latinoamericanas. His Fulbright Grant was carried out in the School o Communicationsand Journalism at the Universidad de Antioquia, where he taught an advanced seminar on the theory and practice oDocumentary Photography and Photojournalism.

Sonia OspinaDr. Ospina is currently the Director o Graduate Programs at the Wagner School o Public Service at New York University.Ph.D. in Sociology rom SUNY Stony Brook, she was invited by the School o Government at the Universidad de los Andesto evaluate and advise on the program structure and curriculum design o its new Masters in Public Administration.

Jayant Rajgopal

Dr. Rajgopal is Associate Proessor and Director o Graduate Studies at the University o Pittsburghs Department o IndustrialEngineering. An expert in Mathematical Programming, Probability and the Analysis o Production, Manuacturing andOperations, Proessor Rajgopal oered an advanced course on Production and Operations to students in the Departmento Industrial Engineering at the Universidad Nacional in Bogot.

Innovative orms o academic and proessional collaboration is the goal o the Senior SpecialistsProgram. Colombian universities and institutions invite U.S. academics and experts or short-termvisits to engage in activities related to Institutional and Program Development, Curriculum Design andEvaluation, and to oer specialized workshops, seminars and training courses. Institutions in 4 cities inColombia hosted 5 senior specialists in 2007, in the elds o Education, Environmental Science, PublicHealth, Music and the Arts.


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Teacher ExchangeProgram

10 elementary and high school teachers rom Colombia and the U.S.participated in the 2007 Fulbright Teacher Exchange Program. In thisinnovative international job swap, 5 Colombian public and private schoolteachers rom Bogot, Barranquilla and Cali replaced their American

colleagues in schools across the U.S. While they were teaching Spanishand providing a window onto Colombian culture to their new students,the 5 American grantees held their own as English teachers in theColombian schools. Not only do the students benet rom direct contactwith native speakers, but the teachers return to their homes ater theyearlong exchange experience with improved language skills and newinsight into lie in another country.

Grantee Host Institution City

Sarah Allen Colegio San Jos Barranquilla

Heindrick Surez Irving Elementary School West Allis, Wisconsin

Samuel Caudill INEM Jorge Isaacs Cali

Jaime Narvez Mason County High School Maysville, Kentucky

Rachel Busetti Colegio Agustiniano,Ciudad Salitre

Bogot

Nancy Ortega North Elementary School Brighton, Colorado

Adriana Prez Colegio Nuevo ColomboAmericano

Bogot

Claudia Yaneth Ortiz Longfellow School San Diego, California

Marge Andrews Colegio Costa Rica Bogot

Clara Lozano Eastern Washington University Cheney, Washington

TeachersSharing ideas

U.S. Fulbright teachers in Colombia toured the country in 2007, oeringa series o conerences to local English language teachers, schooladministrators, and university students on current teaching trends andmethodologies in oreign language instruction in the U.S. secondaryschool system. The seminars represented an outstanding opportunity orU.S. and Colombian educators to exchange ideas on English and Spanishlanguage teaching. The seminars drew over 450 attendees in Bogot, Caliand Barranquilla.

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The Fulbright Educational Advising Ofce plays a vital role in providinginormation about higher education opportunities in the U.S. and insupporting Fulbright outreach. One o the Education USA AdvisingOfces, it is the hub in a network o 9 advising centers located atthe binational Colombo-American Centers throughout the country.EducationUSA advising centers are a key source o comprehensive andup-to-date inormation or international students about all aspects o the

U.S. education system.

In addition to maintaining an extensive reerence library, the EducationalAdvising Ofce oers seminars, workshops and personalized advisingsessions regarding diverse aspects o studying in the U.S., includinghow to select the right program, the application process, admissionsrequirements, personal statement, letters o recommendation, aptitudetests, and nancial costs. Starting in 2007, the Fulbright website oereda new Advising ofce online service through a weekly chat space wherethose interested can interact with Advising Ofcers and special guests toobtain relevant inormation about advanced studies in the U.S.

The Director o Educational Advising worked closely with universityrepresentatives in the United States and in Colombia through educationalairs and university tours, and participated actively in major conerenceson international education. She hosted several workshops, as well asactivities such as International Education Weekand a reresher seminar orstudent advisors rom dierent EducationUSA centers.

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Enrichment ProgramIn April, Fulbright Colombia hosted the Annual Seminar or all U.S. Student grantrecipients in the Andean Region, in Cartagena. The Universidad Tecnolgica deBolvar was our local institutional partner or this event. 41 U.S. grant recipientswho are developing grant projects in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Per and

Venezuela attended. The Seminar provided the opportunity to share experiences,exchange academic interests, and deepen their knowledge about the region andColombia.

Fulbright ForumsU.S. Fulbright Scholars in Colombia shared their research projects with Colombianand U.S. colleagues during a series o seminars and symposiums during 2007. TheFulbright Forums included Weaving Translocal Networks: The Black Atlantic and thePolitics o Transdisciplinarity, by Proessor Agustin Lao presented at Universidaddel Valle; the conerence by Proessor Karen Burns at the Universidad de losAndes on Forensic Anthropology and Human Rights; a photographic presentationby Steve Cagan in the Universidad Nacional in Bogot titled El Choc: AnUnknown Cultural and Environmental Treasure; Proessor Joanne Rappaport at the

Universidad Nacional,Approaches to the Study o Mixed Races in the New Kingdomo Granada; and Proessor David Gows presentation at the ICANH about hisresearch on political opposition in Cauca during the Tunubal Government.

Fulbright Colombia Attends Luncheon for Laura BushDuring the ofcial visit o President George Bush to Colombia in March 2007,Colombian First Lady Lina Mara Uribe and the wie o the Vicepresident VictoriaGarca de Santos hosted a luncheon to honor Mrs. Laura Bush. Ann Masonattended in the company o a variety o national gures rom the educationand cultural sectors. The objective was to converse about the advances and thechallenges in the eld o education in Colombia.

Deputy Chief of Mission hosts Dinner for GranteesMilton Drucker, Deputy Chie o Mission and Charge dAaires o the U.S. Embassyin Colombia during 2007, hosted a dinner at the Ambassadors residence or the2007 Fulbright grantees rom both countries. It was an ideal space or the U.S.and Colombian scholars and students to meet each other and to share ideasabout their academic projects and international experiences.

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Awards Ceremony

Fulbright held its rst Awards Ceremony in 2007 to honor its Colombian granteesby presenting them with symbolic diplomas o their grants. The event, which washeld in the Auditorio Teresa Cuervo Borda in the National Museum in May, hadas special guest Minister o Deense and ormer Fulbright scholar Juan ManuelSantos. Dr. Santos studied Public Administration at M.I.T. and Harvard Universityas a Fulbright-Fletcher Scholar in 1980-1981. Family members, Governmentrepresentatives rom Colombia and the United States, universities and participatingentities made up the more than 250 attendees at the evenings event.

Orientation SeminarsBoth Colombian and U.S. grantees participated in the 2007 Orientation Seminarsthat took place at El Noviciado, the hacienda o the Universidad de los Andes inCota. The Seminars, which are held every year, oer grant recipients preparation

or their upcoming academic and cultural experience. Those rom the UnitedStates are introduced to Colombian history and current social, cultural and politicalissues, while the Colombians attend a variety o talks about the U.S. educationsystem, the academic challenges they are likely to ace, and U.S. liestyles they will

encounter. Former Fulbrighters rom both countries participated in the seminars.

2007 National TourFor the rst time, Fulbright carried out a national tour o 22 Colombian cities in 2007to promote its programs and to better understand the interests in advanced studiesin dierent regions o the country. The tour, which showcased the new GraduateProgram or the Regions, was launched at the Universidad de Nario in Pasto with

the participation o university President Gabriel Jaime Muoz, and congressionalrepresentative and ormer Fulbright Scholar Pedro Obando Ordez.


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Fulbright Colombia:50 Year Anniversary

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Silver TrailInaugurationFulbright Colombia opened its 50th anniversary celebration on January 31 with an inaugural reception in the Museum oModern Art o Bogot, MAMBO, eaturing a photography exhibit by two-time Colombian Fulbrighter Santiago Harker. Thephotographic study o the silver trail between Mexico and the United States is the result o his grant in the Fulbright-Ministryo Culture Program or the Arts. More than 1,200 people attended the MAMBO reception to enjoy the photographs and towitness the renewal o the agreement o cooperation between the two entities that promote advanced studies in the arts inthe U.S.

Fulbright in Washington D.C.The Commission took its anniversary celebration to Washington in May 2007 with a delegation o ormer grantees rom theUnited States and Colombia, members o the Board o Directors and sta. The rst activity was the conerence Celebrating 50Years o Academic Exchange between Colombia and the United States, organized with the Colombia Program and the School oForeign Service at Georgetown University. Former Fulbright grantees Nazih Richani, Vernica Salles-Reese, Sandra Ceballos,

Jane Erlick, Pedro Obando and Santiago Harker shared their ideas about politics, society and culture in a well-attendedconerence presided by Arturo Valenzuela, Director o the Center o Latin American Studies, and Gerard Martin, ProgramDirector or Colombia, both rom Georgetown University.

Following this event, the Colombian delegation met with various representatives o the Bureau o Educational and CulturalAairs o the State Department. Marianne Craven, representing the Ofce o the Assistant Under Secretary o State, RosalindSwenson, Director o the Ofce o Educational Exchange, Cynthia Wolloch, Director o Fulbright Programs in FulbrightsWestern Hemisphere and Debra Shetler, Program Ofcer, hosted the meeting. Alan Hails and Bruce MacMaster, members oFulbrights Board o Directors, Pedro Obando and Sandra Ceballos, ormer Fulbright scholars and Colombian Congressionalrepresentatives, and Ann Mason, Executive Director o Fulbright Colombia, represented the Commission.

The visit concluded with a reception oered in the Washington, D.C. residence o Carolina Barco, Colombian Ambassadorto the United States. 100 riends, colleagues, and grantees o Fulbright Colombia, including Mrs. Hillary Fulbright, joined

the celebration. A cultural show livened the evening; there was an exhibit o Santiago Harkers photographs o the Wayuindigenous group and the Fulbright ensemble composed o ormer grantees who gave a wonderul concert directed byJuan Carlos Rivas, Fulbright scholar and Musical Director o the Fundacin Batuta. The musical delegation included FedericoDemmer, Associate Proessor at the Universidad Nacional, Armando Fuentes, Chair o the Department o Music o theUniversidad de los Andes, Ana Cristina Gonzlez, Proessor o Music o the Universidad Javeriana and Toms Ojeda Jimnez,member o the Bogot Philharmonic Orchestra.

The State Department paid special tribute to Fulbright Colombia or its 50 years o service in avor o mutual understandingbetween the two nations. The U.S.-Colombia Business Partnership and Aviatur co-sponsored the reception, and the culturalprogram was made possible through the support o the Ofce o Cultural Aairs o the Colombian Foreign Ministry.

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Fulbright-UniNorte Conerence on WaterThe eighth version o the Fulbright-UniNorte conerence series took place in August 2007. Water: Advances in MillenniumGoals, debated dierent acets o the enormous need or a radical transormation in the policy model that provides potablewater to the Caribbean coastal region with the participation o Colombian and international experts. This year the conerencewas broadened to include participation along the entire coast, in celebration o the Fulbright Commissions anniversary. Theconerences took place over two days in Barranquilla, and on the third day simultaneous conerences were held in Santa Martaat the Universidad de Magdalena, in Riohacha at the Universidad de La Guajira, and at the Universidad Tecnolgica de Bolvarin Cartagena. Participants included Leyla Rojas, Under Secretary o Potable Water and Basic Sanitation o the Ministry o the

Environment; Carlos Rodado, Governor o the Department o Atlntico; Jos Luis Gonzlez, Governor o the Department o LaGuajira; Dr. Jess Ferro Bayona, President o the Universidad del Norte, and Marcela Garca, Director o Programs at FulbrightColombia. Fulbright scholar Christon Hurst, Ph.D. in Virology and Epidemiology rom Baylor University and current AdjunctProessor o the School o Biology at Xavier University in Ohio, and Carl Soderberg, Division Director or the Caribbean o theU.S. Environmental Protection Agency also brought their expertise to the discussions. Various proessors represented theUniversidad del Norte, including Amelia Escudero, Director o the Institute or Sustainable Development, and Carlos JavierVelsquez o the Law School. The conerence was co-sponsored by the United States Embassy and by Coca Cola, El Cerrejnand ExxonMobil. These companies also participated in a panel discussion about business initiatives and social responsibilityin water-related issues and presented their joint program Clean Coasts.

Academic Exchanges in a Globalized WorldFulbright and Colciencias joined orces in an academic gathering that celebrated the 50th anniversary o Fulbrights workin Colombia, as well as a decade-long alliance between the two institutions that have worked together to promote theinternationalization and training o Colombias academic and scientic community.

The event included the participation o George Ydice, recognized sociologist and expert in globalization and transnationalprocesses and Director o Modern Languages and Latin American Studies at the University o Miami, and Andrs Palacio,Deputy Secretary Department o Social Protection. Additional participants included Salud Hernndez Mora, ormer Fulbrightscholar rom Spain and columnist or El Tiempo newspaper, Santiago Castro-Gmez, Director o the Instituto Pensar o theUniversidad Javeriana, Francisco Ortega, Research Coordinator o the Center or Social Studies o the Universidad Nacionaland Fulbright scholar, Mara Mercedes Gmez, ormer Fulbright grantee and Chair o the Department o Languages andSocio-Cultural Studies o the Universidad de los Andes, Steve Cagan, Independent Photographer and 2007 Fulbright scholar,and Arlene Tickner, Proessor o the Universidad Nacional.

The seminar was divided into three thematic groupings, each one dealing with the broad issue o educational exchange roma conceptual, academic and experiential perspective, ocusing on the ow o knowledge in a globalized world, the transerand exchange o inormation, and the asymmetry o knowledge.

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Ambassador Browneld Hosts ReceptionThe Ambassador o the United States to Colombia, William Browneld, held a reception at his home on November 27 to honorand celebrate the 50th anniversary o the Fulbright Commission in Colombia. The event was attended by more than 300people, among them Government ministers, ormer grantees, directors o a variety o entities that currently work in alliancewith Fulbright Colombia, sta and ormer directors o the Commission.

The Ambassador delivered remarks in which he reafrmed the Embassys support o the Fulbright Program and spoke o

the urgent need or human resource training in order to bring about greater growth and development in Colombia. He alsoextended a cordial invitation to the Colombian Government and the private sector to continue to support advanced studiesor Colombian proessionals.

The reception nished with a musical perormance o the Fulbright Sonata, a composition by ormer Fulbright granteeMaestro Juan Antonio Cullar, which was interpreted by Toms Ojeda and Ana Cristina Gonzlez, both ormer Fulbrighters.

First Fulbright AwardAs part o its 50th anniversary celebration, the Commission established the Fulbright Award in recognition o distinguishedgrantees who through their proessional activities, have made a contribution not only to academia, but also to U.S.-Colombianmutual understanding.

On this occasion, the award was given to Javier Botero lvarez, a ormer Fulbright scholar who obtained his Ph.D. in Physics

rom the University o Louisiana in Baton Rouge in 1982. Through his research experience and as Under Secretary or HigherEducation, he has strengthened the academic community in Colombia, as well as the relations between both countries.

Javier has been a researcher in the elds o complex systems, atomic physics and condensation o quantic gases, amongothers. He was Director o Atomic and Molecular Data in the International Atomic Energy Agency. Currently, he is the Directoro Institutional Development o the Escuela Colombiana de Ingeniera, where he teaches and where he was also AcademicDean until September 2002, when he joined the Ministry o Education.

Anniversary SponsorsA variety o organizations sponsored the dierent activities, making possible Fulbrights golden anniversary. We wouldespecially like to thank AeroRepblica, Aviatur, the Bureau o Educational and Cultural Aairs o the Department o State,El Cerrejn, Chevron, Coca Cola, Codensa, the Colombian Embassy in Washington, ExxonMobil, Georgetown University, theMAMBO, the Ministries o Foreign Relations and Culture o the Republic o Colombia, the Universidad del Norte, the U.S.-Colombia Business Partnership and the U.S. Embassy in Bogot.

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Outstanding GranteeAchievements

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Microsoft Partner Award for Ittalent

Felipe Botero, a 1980 grantee who did an M.S. in Mechanical Engineering at the University o Minnesota andis currently the Managing Director o Ittalent, received the Microsot Partner Award or 2007 in the categoryo corporate social responsibility, out o a eld o 241 nalists in Latin America. This is an annual award givento those Microsot partners who supply leading sotware solutions to the marketplace based on Microsottechnology.

Lehman Brothers Grants for Two Colombians

Two 2006 Fulbright-Suramericana grantees were among the three winners o the annual awards made byLehman Brothers to outstanding Fulbright scholars enrolled in nance programs. Mara Adelaida Tamayo iscurrently studying or her Masters degree in Finance at Boston College, while Luis Ignacio Gmez is pursuinghis Masters in International Business at Brandeis University, also in Boston. Lehman awarded each a US$15,000grant and a proessional internship in the New York ofce.

Leonardo Reales wins the Sue Davis Award

2005 grantee Leonardo Reales was selected as the 2007 winner o the Sue Davis Award. Administered by

LASPAU, this very competitive award is given to international students in doctoral programs who demonstrateoutstanding academic perormance. Leonardo was selected in the Fulbright-Colciencias-DNP Program to do aPh.D. in International Relations at The New School or Social Research in New York.


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Una Gringa Book Opening in Bogot

In her book Una gringa en Bogot, published by Aguilar, 2005 scholar June Erlick reects on the changesin Colombias capital since her rst visit in 1975. Daniel Samper Pizano sums it up this way: It is not just adescription o the habits o locals, a tourist guide, a political pamphlet or a thrilling report; it is all o the abovecoming together in the memoirs and views o a brilliant gringa who loves Colombia. June is Director o theLatin America Studies Review in the David Rockeeller Center at Harvard.

Joy Williams Dances at the Conference People and the Planet

The Fulbright Associations 2007 annual conerence eatured Colombia as the guest country or its openingceremony. The Association celebrated its 30th anniversary with the People and the Planet Conerence, which waskicked o with a reception oered by Colombian Ambassador Carolina Barco in her residence in WashingtonD.C., that showcased 2005 U.S. Student grantee Joy Williams. Joy perormed a beautiul sample o olk dancesrom dierent regions o Colombia.

Fulbright Grantee Appointed Principal Associate in McKinsey

1999 grantee David Campos was appointed Principal Associate o the consulting rm McKinsey in January2007. David, who nished his Masters degree in Industrial Engineering at M.I.T. and has been working in therms ofce in South Arica since 2005, works primarily on operations transormations in large companies.

New Book by Professor Harvey Kline

Harvey Kline, 2005 scholar and Proessor o Political Science at the University o Alabama, is author o the 2007bookChronicle o a Failure Foretold: The Peace Process o Colombian President Andrs Pastrana , which analyzesthe peace process between the guerrilla and the Pastrana administration. He also co-authored Latin AmericanPolitics and Development and Introduction to Latin American Politics and Development, both with Howard Wiardaand published by Westview Press in 2007.

The Eco-village Aldeafeliz

During 2007, Carlos Rojas organized the Colombian Network o Eco-villages and Alternative Communities. Hecurrently lives in Aldeaeliz, an eco-village that has been visited by more than 1,000 visitors o various nationalitiesinterested in developing new and more ethical ways to inhabit our planet. A 1999 Fulbright grantee, Carlosreceived his Masters degree in Urban Planning at Cincinnati University.

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Winner of the Cinematography Development Award

Eran Bahamn, 1995 grantee in the Teacher Exchange Program, was the winner o the CinematographyDevelopment Award in 2007. He will soon begin lming the short lm Plegarias Atendidas, or which he alsowrote the script and will eventually direct. The lm tells the story o Augusto, an unemployed man driven todesperation by personal debts, who comes to grip with the act that his world is about to collapse.

Marcela Castro at the International Forum for Private Law

Marcela Castro, Proessor at the Universidad de los Andes Law School, was a speaker at the International Forumor Private Law that took place in October 2007 and that was attended by the renowned Italian Commercial LawSpecialist, Maestro Francesco Galgano. Proessor Castro, who delivered a lecture on Private Law in the PrincipalLegal Systems, is a 1984 grantee who did her Masters degree in Comparative Law at the University o Illinois.

2 awards for Jorge Hernn Crdenas

Jorge Hernn Crdenas and his Executive MBA team at the Universidad de Los Andes took rst place in theTepper School o Administrations McGinnis Venture Competition at Carnegie Mellon University, or emergingtechnologies by entrepreneurs in the Lie Sciences category. The team also placed third in the Moot Corp, aglobal competition among business plans at the University o Texas in Austin. Jorge Hernn received his Ph.D.in Economics at the University o Minnesota with his 1984 Fulbright Grant.

A New Era for the Instituto Caro y Cuervo

Grantee Genoveva Iriarte, Ph.D. in Language, Culture and Society rom University o Pennsylvania, wasnamed Executive Director o the Instituto Caro y Cuervo in 2007. Under her leadership, the organization hasundergone a makeover aimed at preserving and enriching the nations idiomatic heritage. This reorganizationprocess involves new lines o research, an update o the postgraduate studies in the Andrs Bello Seminar, theintroduction o new inormation technologies and communications, the set-up o an intranet and a digitaltranser o all patrimonial archives.

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New Alliances

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Government Entities Invest in the RegionsA new cooperation agreement with the Ministry o Education, Colcienciasand DNP provides support or the Graduate Studies Program or theRegions. The agreement represents a consolidation o Fulbrights allianceswith the National Government and contributes US$2.25 million to co-nance a total o 70 grants or Colombians rom dierent regions o thecountry. The rst grant competition was held in 2007 and resulted in theselection o 23 talented individuals rom six regions who will begin theirstudies in 2008.

The Colombian Government and USAID support Advanced Studies or

Aro-Colombian LeadersThe Ministry o Education, Icetex and USAID have joined orces withFulbright to oer a training and leadership program or Aro-Colombians.The agreement was signed in 2007 and will issue 21 grants or graduatestudies in all areas, with support rom our institutions totaling nearlyUS$3.0 million. Upon completion o their studies, beneciaries will returnto Colombia to contribute their acquired knowledge to the developmento their communities and regions.

Cooperation with the Ministry o Culture in Favor o Cultural DiversityThe alliance between the Ministry o Culture and Fulbright was expanded

in 2007 with the creation o a new grant program directed at ethnic groups.A total o 15 Aro-Colombians and Indigenous Colombians will be able todo graduate studies in a variety o elds starting in 2008. The purpose othe Cultural Studies Program or Aro and Indigenous Colombians, with thesupport o US$1.5 million rom the Ministry and Fulbright, is to strengthenColombias multicultural society, which constitutes one o Colombias coredevelopment goals.



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Icetex and the Ministry o Education Partner with Fulbright in EnglishLanguage LearningFulbright Colombia will launch a new Grant Program intended to promoteEnglish language learning throughout the country, in cooperation with

Icetex and the Bilingual Plan o Colombias Ministry o Education. Grantrecipients rom the United States will participate in Fulbrights EnglishTeaching Assistant Program and in the Language Assistant Program oIcetex through a new inter-institutional agreement. The grantees willsupport ESL programs in Colombian universities by being teachingassistants to Colombian proessors.

Social Responsibility La GuajiraThe alliances between Fulbright and the private sector gained momentum in2007 with a new agreement that seeks to benet development eorts in LaGuajira through two initiatives. Starting in 2008, the Fulbright-Cerrejn Grantor La Guajira will nance graduate studies or a guajiro who is socially andproessionally committed to the region. The company will also nance a U.S.grantee to participate in the English Teaching Assistant Program to work intwo public schools in La Guajira that are associated with Fundacin Cerrejn.

Fulbright-Suramericana Agreement Benets Universities in AntioquiaSuramericana, representing the Grupo Empresarial Antioqueo, has joinedorces with the Fulbright Commission to annually co-nance a grant or aproessor rom a public university rom the region. The Grant or UniversityProessors rom Antioquia provide support or Masters and Doctoratedegrees in any eld study, and will be oered beginning in 2008.

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InstitutionallPartners

Government of the United States of America

J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship BoardCreated by a legislative act by the U.S. Congress, the J. William FulbrightForeign Scholarship Board oversees the Fulbright Program. Its 12 members,appointed by the President o the United States, have backgrounds inacademia, the cultural sector, and public lie. The Foreign Scholarship Boardsets the policies o the program and approves the grant nominees.

Bureau o Educational and Cultural Aairs, U.S. State DepartmentThe Bureau o Educational and Cultural Aairs o the State Department isthe administrative and executive arm o the Fulbright Program. It has scalresponsibility or the annual budget, and makes the annual allocation oCongressional unds to Fulbright Colombia and the other commissions.

United States EmbassyThe United States Embassy in Colombia is the local contact or theFulbright Commission in support o its exchange activities. Not only is theU.S. Ambassador the Honorary Chairman o the Board o Directors, but thePublic Aairs Ofcer and the Cultural Attach are both also members o

Fulbright Colombias Board.

United States Agency or International Development, USAIDFulbright Colombia and USAID signed an agreement o cooperation in 2007in support o the Colombian Governments Program or Aro-ColombianLeaders. USAID provides nancial resources or the pre-academic,leadership and administrative components o this new Grant Program.

Fulbright Colombia carries out its operations within an institutional networkmade up o private and public entities in both countries. These organizationsprovide the political, academic and administrative inrastructure, as well asthe nancial resources, to implement the exchange programs. Although theU.S. and Colombian governments are the Commissions primary partners,many other organizations orm part o its inter-institutional ramework,ranging rom the universities in both countries that waive tuition, to localcompanies that co-sponsor the grantees.



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Government of Colombia

Ministry o Foreign RelationsThe Ministry o Foreign Relations is Fulbrights institutional home withinthe Colombian Government. The Ministry o Foreign Relations recognizesthe Fulbright Commission as an intergovernmental organization, whosepurpose is to administer its exchange program It is considered by thelatter, rom the perspective o the Colombian Government, as an interstateorganism; our legal principle is to manage an educational program thatis nanced with public unds that are made available to the Commissionunder the terms o the agreement signed by the two countries.

Ministry o EducationFulbright and Colombias Ministry o Education cooperate in two educationalareas. The Under Secretary or Higher Education supports the GraduateProgram or the Regions and the Program or Arocolombian Leaders, whilethe Ofce o Bilingualism helps support the English Language TeachingTraining Workshops, which are oered each year to public high schoolsthroughout Colombia.

Ministry o CultureThe Ministry o Culture and Fulbright have been working together or 6

years in support o advanced education or artists. So ar, 30 Colombianshave obtained Masters and Ph.D. degrees through the Fulbright-MinCultura Program or the Arts, which was renewed or 5 years in 2007. Anew 2007 agreement also makes possible the Culture Studies Program orAro-Colombian and Indigenous Communities.

National Planning DepartmentThe 1996 agreement between Fulbright and the DNP, the rst o its kindsigned with the Colombian Government, seeks to support advancedtraining or Colombias human resource. DNP provides nancial assistanceand technical expertise or the Fulbright-Colciencias-DNP Program, andstarting in 2007, also supports the new Graduate Program or the Regions.

ColcienciasColciencias joined the Fulbright-DNP agreement in 1997 to create theFulbright-Colciencias-DNP Program. In the 10 years since this programhas operated, 109 Colombians have obtained Masters and Ph.D. degrees,primarily in the science, technology and engineering elds. Colcienciasis also one o the principal Colombian Government partners in the newGraduate Program or the Regions, along with the Ministry o Educationand DNP.

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Private Sector

SuramericanaSuramericana signed its rst agreement o cooperation with the FulbrightCommission in 1999 to support advanced education or proessionalsassociated with the Antioquia Business Group companies. 40 Colombianshave completed Masters degrees in the elds o Business, Economics, andEngineering through the Fulbright-Suramericana Program. A new 2007agreement nances a grant or graduate studies or a proessor rom apublic university in Antioquia.

Institute or International Education, IIEIIE is our cooperating agency or the Graduate, Artists, and Science andTechnology Programs, in charge o university admissions and monitoringo the Colombian grantees during their studies. IIE also handles theapplication and preselection process or the U.S. Student and English

Teaching Assistant Programs, administers the Humphrey Program, andoers the Fulbright orientation and enrichment seminars.

Council or the International Exchange o Scholars, CIESCIES is the agency in charge o Fulbright Colombias exchange programsor proessors and researchers. CIES administers the call or applicationsand the peer review process or the U.S. Scholar, Visiting Scholar, SeniorSpecialists and Scholar-in- Residence Programs.

LASPAU, Academic and Proessional Programs or the AmericasA part o Harvard University, LASPAU is our cooperating agency or the

majority o our grant programs. LASPAU oversees university admissionsand the monitoring o the Colombian grantees in the Faculty Development,Fulbright-Colciencias-DNP, Regions and Fulbright-Suramericana Programs.

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KPMG was in charge o the Fulbright Colombia annual audit reportor the year that ended in September 30, 2007. On January 14, 2008,the auditor issued the ollowing certication:

We have audited the Commission or the Educational Exchangebetween the United States o America and Colombias statement oassets and liabilities rom October 1, 2007 to September 30, 2006, aswell as the related statements o operations, xed asset movementsand cash ow or the stated year. These nancial statements arethe responsibility o the Commissions management. It is ourresponsibility to report our opinion regarding these nancialstatements in light o our audits.

We have conducted our audit in accordance with the generalstandards accepted in Colombia. Such standards demand careulplanning and execution o the audit in order to guarantee thehighest levels o certainty when attesting to the precision andtransparency o the nancial statements. We believe our auditprovides a reasonable basis or our opinion.

As described in note 2, the Commission prepared these nancial

statements based on the accounting practices prescribed atworldwide level by the Commission in the Manual or BinationalCommissions and Foundations, which enunciates comprehensiveprinciples o accounting that are dierent to generally acceptedpractices.

On the basis o the accounting inormation described in note 2,it is our opinion that the nancial statements reerred to aboveairly display, in all their material respects, the assets, liabilities andund balances totals o the Commission or Educational Exchangebetween Colombia and the United States o America or the period

between October 1, 2007 and September 30, 2006, as well as theresults o its operations, its xed assets movement and its cashows or the year that has ended.

Gerardo Buenda BuenoRegister 8811-T

January 14, 2008

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Statement of FinancialOperations

2007 2006

Revenue

United States Government 1,130,490 1,006,174

Funds Colombian Government 1,252,335 707,893

Funds other sources 24,878 1,021

Total Revenue 2,407,703 1,715,088

Expenses

Programs 577,166 549,265

Future Program Commitments 1,190,311 682,893

Non-grant Activities 215,393 87,921

Administratives Expenses 417,503 381,541

Others Expenses 3,000 4,000

Total Expenses 2,403,373 1,705,620

Net Surplus (decit) for the yearexpenses 4,330 9,468

Statement of nancial

position

Current Assets 1,959,454 1,341,506

Fixed Assets 170,070 169,858

Accumulated Depreciation-170,070

-169,858

Total Assets 1,959,454 1,341,506

Current Liabilitiesand commitments 1,823,323 1,289,687

Long Term Liabilities 149,347 69,365

Fund Balance -13,216 -17,546

Total Liabilities 1,959,454 1,341,506

Summary nancial report or the year ended September 30, 2007

Note:

This is a summary oFulbright Colombias auditednancial report or the yearended on September 30,2007. This summary hasbeen extracted rom theully audited nancial report,dated January 14, 2008. Acopy o the ull nancialstatements can be obtainedthrough the Administrativeand Financial Ofce oFulbright Colombia.

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Colombian Grantees

2003 2004 2005 2006 2007

Masters degree Students 15 24 17 19 17

Ph.D. students 20 22 17 19 12

Non-degree program 1 2 4 3 4

Teacher Exchange Program 5 6 4 6 5

ColombianGrantees 41 54 42 47 38

U.S.

Grantees

2003 2004 2005 2006 2007

U.S. Scholar 3 9 7 6 6

U.S. Student 12 11 13 8 9

Senior Specialists 3 4 2 6 5

Teacher Exchange Program 5 4 4 6 5

U.S.Grantees 23 28 26 26 25

TOTAL GRANTEES 64 82 68 73 63

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2007Annual Report

Editor:Sandra Len Tovar

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