In the 2000-01 academic year, five Swiss Fulbright students will attend an American university and five American Fulbrighters will study and do research in Switzerland. In addition to funding provided by the Swiss and U.S. governments, an increasing number of private sponsors have contributed to the exchange program by donating scholarships through a new foundation called the Friends of Fulbright. To date, corporate contributors include Silicon Graphics, diAx, Compaq Computer, Dow Europe, and McDonalds. The first annual Fulbright Day will feature an afternoon speakers' program for Fulbright students and alumni, Friends of Fulbright, and other interested individuals. The speakers include Ambassador Rudolf Baerfuss of the Foreign Ministry speaking on the Swiss image abroad and Ann Phillips, political science professor and current Fulbrighter at the Institut fur Politikwissenschaft at the Friedrich Schiller Universitat in Jena, Germany, speaking on the American presidential elections.
Press are welcome to attend.