About our chapter

About 15 years ago, local initiative brought the Central Virginia Chapter into being to serve both the larger goals of the Fulbright Association as well as to give Fulbrighters in the heart of the state — both alumni and current scholars — a means of deepening and continuing their international exchanges.

To that end, the chapter seeks to:

• Encourage, support, and expand international education and cultural exchange.
• Support the mission and programs of the Fulbright Association.
• Offer programs for Fulbright alumni and friends in the Chapter’s region, addressing critical issues relevant to the Fulbright mission.
• Supplement the hospitality and outreach for the various international Fulbright participants in our region.
• Support the educational entities in our region in their quest to enhance the number of Fulbrights to or from their respective institutions.

We have benefited greatly from the support of the region’s colleges and universities. Our thanks continue to go to Mary Baldwin University and Washington and Lee University for inaugural grants that established the chapter with the means to pursue an active program from the outset. We continue to benefit yearly as staff and faculty at the University of Virginia lend their talents and the university’s facilities. For an excursion several years ago to study the Civil Rights Movement as it played out in U.S. education, the History Department at Longwood University graciously defrayed most of the expenses.

Our chapter’s members hail from institutions of higher education throughout the region, including the University of Richmond and Virginia State University.

Our board regularly applies for available grants from the national association to enable our outreach programs. In 2013, the Central Virginia Chapter secured a E-CBC grant that enabled us to bring international guests and Virginia’s Native American population together at several events.

You can follow our activities on this website and on our Facebook page.