U.S. Administrators Seminar 2008
The Fulbright Commission hosted 24 U.S. university administrators in November for a two-week intensive seminar on German higher education with a special focus on international relations, career services, fundraising, and alumni networks. The group stayed in Berlin and met with relevant institutions and experts before splitting up and visiting different universities around the country. The visit led to many new contacts across the Atlantic.

Berlin Capital Program
The Berlin Capital Program, added to the Fulbright Commission´s scholarship opportunities in 2006, was established upon the recommendation of the German Foreign Office’s Department of Communication to include young American journalists in the German-American cultural exchange, to introduce them to present-day Germany, and to help them expand their professional networks on this side of the Atlantic. The Berlin Capital Program 2008 took place in Berlin and Leipzig from November 15 to 23, 2008 and introduced 15 American journalists and journalists-to-be to a variety of themes shaping the German political, social, and media landscape.
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Upcoming Special Programs

Teacher Spring Seminar 2009
24 teachers from different types of German schools and regions will be participating in the Teacher Spring Seminar 2009 in April and will travel to Pennsylvania State University for professional development and school visits, followed by individual visits of potential partner schools in other parts of the United States. The participants had an orientation meeting in Bonn in late January and are now preparing for their trip to the United States. 22 American high school teachers will come to Germany in June 2009 and start with a two-week professional development seminar and school visits at Potsdam University, followed by visits to potential partner schools elsewhere in Germany.

These two seminars mark the second year of this new seminar series. The Fulbright Commission will soon open the competition for the seminars in 2010. We recognize the special support from the Transatlantic Program of the Federal Republic of Germany with funds from the European Recovery Fund (ERP) of the Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology (MMWi).

German Studies Seminar
This two-week program is dedicated to different topics each year and is directed at U.S. university teachers in the fields of German language and literature, history, political science, and other academic fields (depending on the seminar focus). It covers wide areas of contemporary Germany with a program in Berlin and other cities in Germany (or Europe).
The topic of this year´s German Studies Seminar will be “Germany´s Future: New Parties – New Solutions ?” The program will take place June 7 to June 19, 2009 in Berlin, Erfurt and Frankfurt/Main.
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Diversity Initiative – U.S. Summer Institutes
Within the framework of its diversity initiative, the Fulbright Commission will again offer two summer institutes at U.S. universities to sponsor students with immigrant and underprivileged backgrounds in Germany. Until February 27, 2009 we will be accepting applications for two programs taking place in the summer 2009.
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Educational Experts
The U.S. based educational expert seminars allow the Fulbright Commission to react to new developments in the U.S. and German higher education area and to offer special grants, seminars, short-term programs or to organize meetings of experts to discuss current issues in higher education. In 2009, the Fulbright Commission will conduct two educational expert seminars.

(1) The Fulbright Commission invites experts from German Fachhochschulen to apply for a U.S.-based educational experts seminar dedicated to the theme “Continuing and Adult Education at U.S. Universities” which will take place May 3 to 8, 2009. Applications will be accepted until February 27, 2009.
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