
Tina Murray
Assistant Director, Fulbright
Amideast
Washington, D.C. USA
“You learn by doing.”
Amideast
Washington, D.C. USA
“You learn by doing.”
Assistant Director, Fulbright
I provide managerial support to an educational program to bring foreign graduate students to the US to study.
I coordinate between several cohorts on a daily basis. This requires mediation skills and an ability to negotiate across cultures and personality. There are technical aspects to my work both in the mechanics of the work, and the technology required to execute the work. Organization, event planning and collaboration are daily skills that I use in the execution of my work.
Here's the first step for college students
Make sure you have meaningful overseas experience. Try to secure an internship in college that provides you with relevant work experience. International Education administration is still a guildhall craft—you learn by doing.
"I studied abroad in West Africa as an undergraduate. Everyone, including my study abroad advisor, parents, and professors thought this was a bad idea."