U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs Press Release
JACKSON, Wyo. — Chris Bessonette, a second grade teacher at Munger Mountain Elementary School, has received a Fulbright Teacher Exchange award to Taiwan for the 2023-2024 cycle from the U.S. Department of State and the Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board.
Bessonette is among over 800 U.S. citizens who will teach and/or conduct research abroad for the 2023-2024 academic year through the Fulbright Program.
In 2019, Chris Bessonette was presented with a Milken Educator Award by Milken Family Foundation Senior Program Director Greg Gallagher and Wyoming Department of Education Superintendent Jillian Balow.
Fulbrighters engage in cutting-edge research and expand their professional networks, often continuing research collaborations started abroad and laying the groundwork for forging future partnerships between institutions. Upon returning to their home countries, institutions, labs and classrooms, they share their stories and often become active supporters of international exchange, inviting foreign scholars to campus and encouraging colleagues and students to go abroad.
Fulbright alumni careers are enriched by joining a network of thousands of esteemed scholars, many of whom are leaders in their fields. Notable Fulbright alumni include 62 Nobel Prize laureates, 89 Pulitzer Prize recipients, 78 MacArthur Fellows and 41 who have served as a head of state or government.
Since 1946, the Fulbright Program has provided more than 400,000 participants from over 160 countries, chosen for their academic merit and leadership potential, with the opportunity to exchange ideas and contribute to finding solutions to challenges facing our communities and our world.
More than 800 U.S. Fulbrighters including teachers, artists and professionals from all backgrounds teach or conduct research overseas through the Fulbright Program annually. Approximately 400 master teachers participate in the Fulbright Teacher Exchanges each year.
