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Ambassador Newry attends 70th anniversary of the Fulbright Program
By Oswald Brown
Nov 16, 2016 - 3:19:12 PM

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Washington, D.C. - His Excellency Dr. Eugene Newry, Bahamas Ambassador to the United States (left),  is pictured at a reception held at the State Department, 2201 C Street, N.W., in celebration of the 70th anniversary of the Fulbright Program on Monday, November 14, 2016. At center is Dr. Kara Spiller, Assistant Professor at Drexel University, and at right is Petty Officer John Delancey, Royal Bahamas Defence Force, security attaché at the Embassy. Recognized as the flagship U.S. government educational exchange program, the Fulbright Program continues to attract record numbers of applicants, according to the State Department’s website. Approximately 8,000 individuals from the United States and more than 160 other countries participate in the program annually, returning home to join a global alumni network of more than 370,000.

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His Excellency Dr. Eugene Newry, Bahamas Ambassador to the United States, is pictured with Dr. Jeanne Toungara of Howard University in Washington, D.C., at a reception held at the State Department, 2201 C Street, N.W., in celebration of the 70th anniversary of the Fulbright Program on Monday, November 14, 2016. Dr. Toungara, a Fulbright Ambassador, was a Fulbright Scholar to Cote d’Ivoire in 1992.


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