On November 5, 2026, the U.S. Ambassador of the United States to the Republic of Moldova, Joseph Mark Burkhalter, hosted a festive reception dedicated to the 80th anniversary of the world-renowned Fulbright Academic Exchange Program. The celebratory event was attended by Moldovan Fulbright alumni of various years, leaders and faculty members of the country's leading higher education institutions, as well as American scholars and grantees currently teaching and conducting research at universities across the Republic of Moldova. This milestone 80th anniversary of the program coincides with a significant historical context and a series of key dates:

• The 250th anniversary of the Independence of the United States of America;
• The 35th anniversary of the Independence of the Republic of Moldova;
• The upcoming 35th anniversary of the establishment of official diplomatic relations between the United States of America and the Republic of Moldova

Since the early 1990s, Moldovan Fulbright alumni have been actively bringing advanced academic and research expertise gained in the United States into university classrooms, scientific laboratories, public institutions, and the business sector of the Republic of Moldova. Comrat State University (CSU) was represented at the reception by the Acting Rector, T. Rakovcena, PhD, Associate Professor; Fulbright program alumni V. Lisenco, Habilitated Doctor, Professor; S. Ghenova, PhD, Associate Professor; A. Cartasev, PhD, Lecturer; and Zoya Meydbray-Gonodanova, Fulbright English Teaching Assistant at CSU, who arrived at our university from the USA under the Fulbright Program. Currently, T. Sandu, PhD, Associate Professor from CSU, is undergoing a professional postdoctoral research grant under the Fulbright program at Northern Arizona University (Arizona, USA). Comrat State University expresses its sincere gratitude to the organizers for their comprehensive support of academic mobility and their contribution to strengthening scientific, educational, and cultural ties between universities in the USA and the Republic of Moldova!