Fulbright

A recipient of a Fulbright English Teaching Assistant Program grant, Pauline Kung, of North Haledon, N.J., taught English as a foreign language to school children in Taipei, the East Asian nation’s capital city, from August 2025 to June 2026. The 22-year-old, who earned a bachelor of arts degree (majoring in political science and criminal justice) from the School of Arts and Sciences at Rutgers University-New Brunswick in May 2025, discusses designing lessons for 400-some students, her plans to attend law school and running road races during her time abroad. 
 

Rutgers University is pleased to announce that ten faculty and staff have received Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program awards in a range of fields and in a variety of countries for the 2026-2027 academic year. The Fulbright Program is the U.S. government’s flagship international academic exchange program, founded in 1946 with an ambitious goal: to increase mutual understanding and support friendly and peaceful relations between the people of the United States and the people of other countries. Since its inception, nearly 450,000 individuals have participated in the Fulbright Program.

Riana Wulandari, 2025 Fulbright Doctoral Degree Grantee and PhD Student in Public Health at Rutgers School of Public Health, and Mutiara Indah Puspita Sari, 2024 Fulbright Master’s Degree Grantee (Class of 2026 Graduate) at the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, share their reflections from a presentation given to a 5th grade classroom at Indian Fields Elementary School. "We came to share Indonesia, and a fifth-grade classroom in New Jersey showed us something too."

Passions have long driven senior Presley Albadine—whether it’s been through dance, public service, or her leadership roles at Rutgers–Camden. After graduation, the Gloucester County native and newly minted Fulbright scholar will leverage many of those pursuits internationally, capping an undergraduate journey packed with academic honors and campus involvement. Albadine, who majored in psychology and childhood studies, will travel to Paraguay next year to serve as an English Teaching Assistant through a Fulbright Scholarship. 
 

Rutgers University-New Brunswick once again has been named a top producer for the Fulbright U.S. Student Program, with 11 undergraduate and recent graduates receiving the grants in the 2025-2026 academic year. “Our students’ ongoing success in earning Fulbright grants illustrates once again the Rutgers edge,” said Rutgers President William F. Tate IV. “Again and again their grit and perseverance are matched by exceptional intellect and curiosity.”  

When linguist Sarita Monjane Henriksen arrived on campus as a Fulbright Scholar-in-Residence, she was struck by the similarities between Rutgers-Newark and her homeland of Mozambique.  

“I’ve been describing Mozambique as the most linguistically and culturally diverse place. But nothing had prepared me for what I’ve seen here,’’ said Henriksen, a professor at Universidade Pedagógica de Maputo in Mozambique.