Blog

Read blog posts by our grantees and alumni and see the impact of the Fulbright Finland experience!

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2 October 2025 • Ann Bartkowski

Learning in a New Country: An American Teacher Reflects on Lessons from Finland for Welcoming Newcomers

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25 September 2025 • Jenna Fazio

Research, Reflection, and Rejuvenation: An American’s Summer Experience in Finland

Isabella Biorac Haaja

25 September 2025 • Isabella Biorac Haaja

Inside Washington: A Summer At The Crossroads of Communications and Public Service

25 September 2025 • Natalie Lewis

Cultural Exchange at a Grassroots Level

17 June 2025 • Emma Ojala

Opportunities to try – Escape Room Project in Finnish Language Classes

17 June 2025 • Chase Friel

Researching Inequalities and Interventions

22 May 2025 • Mikayla Patella-Buckley

Watching the Ripples Grow: A Teacher Deepens Connections with Finland

16 April 2025 • Katelyn Moje

Living Finnish: A Language Course with a Side of Culture

9 April 2025 • Lada Sokolova

New Level of Confidence

3 April 2025 • Lada Sokolova

Personal but Maybe Helpful

3 April 2025 • Malin Kosonen

A Summer in The City: Internship at Nordea Bank

26 March 2025 • Lada Sokolova

Three Lectures Per Week Keeping You Busy

19 March 2025 • Lada Sokolova

The Work You Won’t Necessarily Like

12 March 2025 • Lada Sokolova

Fulbright: a Kick to My Social Climb from Karelia to NYC

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27 November 2024 • Nihal Koymatli

From Grassroots to Global Solutions: Does Change Come from Top Down or Bottom Up?

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15 November 2024 • Amy Robbins

Running through the Infrastructure of Happiness

15 November 2024 • Su-I Hou

Advancing Brain Health: My Fulbright Project in Finland

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7 November 2024 • Jenny Siegfried

Under the Midnight Sun: Transformative Lessons from the Finnish Wilderness of Lapland

7 November 2024 • Olivia Hakala

Ensimmäinen lukuvuoteni yhdysvaltalaisessa sosiologian tohtorikoulutusohjelmassa

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4 October 2024 • Sara Medalen

Demystifying the Infrastructure of Happiness in Finnish Society - Reflections from the Fulbright-Hays Seminar

17 September 2024 • Ronja Salo

Teaching Finnish Language and Culture in Seattle

12 June 2024 • Terry Esper

My "Fulbright Supply Chain"

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22 April 2024 • Miina Aaltonen

Ujostelevasta suomalaisesta amerikkalaiseksi rohkelikoksi

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14 February 2024 • Riikkamari Muhonen

Yurts, Mountains, and a Liberal Arts Curriculum

6 February 2024 • Katariina Parhi

Learning About Cultural Contradictions

Tuija Niemi, Kirsi Peräjärvi and Pasi Rangell

12 December 2023 • Tuija Niemi, Kirsi Peräjärvi, Pasi Ragnell

Reimagining Schools and Support for Refugee and Immigrant Students

11 December 2023 • Chase Friel

Fulbright Finland Events and Engagement: the American Voices Seminar

13 October 2023 • Salima Alaoui

Discovering the Importance of Environmental Diplomacy

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17 August 2023 • Milla Mykrä ja Laura Niemeläinen

FLTA-vuosi antoi ja opetti

17 August 2023 • Adam M. Taylor

Culture Shock: Sorting ‘Garbage’