Fulbright orientation and conference

The Fulbright Office in Kyiv organized an orientation for us including a bus tour of the city, a lecture at an archaeological site of an 11th century church, a security/safety briefing, and panels on Ukrainian politics and the educational system of Ukraine. They also arranged a conference on "Ethical Standards in Education and Scholarship," which was attended by current and former Fulbright scholars from Ukraine to US. They hosted several receptions where we could get to know one another, and as a result, a number of Fulbrighters, myself included, received invitations to lecture at other universities around the country. The Fulbrighters from Ukraine who have been to the US speak English very well. Most of the conference was held in Ukrainian, and so they provided some of us with translators. Mine happened to be very good, a young man who is studying at the Foreign Language Institute in Kyiv.