NAFSA: Association of International Educators announced the 2009 recipients of the Paul Simon Award for Campus Internationalization. The institutions are: Boston University, Connecticut College, Pacific Lutheran University, Portland State University, and the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities.
The colleges will be featured in the NAFSA report “Internationalizing the Campus 2009″, to be published in the fall.
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The Fall 2008 conference on Cultures and Languages Across the Curriculum (CLAC) provides an opportunity for faculty, graduate instructors, and administrators to share expertise in building and managing post-secondary CLAC programs.  A special focus this year will be on the implications of the May 2007 MLA Foreign Language Report (http://www.mla.org/flreport) on [...]

The Glendale School District (Northern Cambria and Southern Clearfield Counties in Pennsylvania)  is piloting a new Chinese program. Currently, K-6 and one junior high and one senior high school course are offered. Go to WJACTV-Channel 6 News and view video at http://www.wjactv.com/news/14707506/detail.html 

Members of Appalachian University and Burke County Public Schools (NC) received a $500,000 FLAP grant from the U.S. Department of Education. Grant monies will be used to enhance the existing Spanish program and expand language offerrings to French and German.
Read the news article at University News of the Appalachian State University