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Scholarships for Doctoral Candidates & Postdocs

Published on November 30, 2012 By ga

The Graduate School of the John F. Kennedy-Institute for North American Studies invites doctoral and postdoctoral applications for the academic year 2013/2014. The School’s program is interdisciplinary in its approach and focuses on the social, economic and cultural changes impacting the United States and Canada at the beginning of the 21st century. Special attention is [...]

It’s Time to Rethink Study Abroad

Published on November 26, 2012 By ga

Guest post in the Chronicle of Higher Education by Mark Salisbury, director of institutional research and assessment at Augustana College, in Illinois. http://chronicle.com/blogs/worldwise/its-time-to-rethink-study-abroad/31064

Deadline Reminder: “Germany because …” DAAD Video Contest – April 20th

Published on April 6, 2012 By ga

Re-posted from DAAD: Consistently rated among the top-ten as a study abroad and research destination for North Americans, Germany offers a plethora of rigorous, leading-edge, flexible study, academic research and internship opportunities in a setting that is rich with cultural and topographic attractions. The Germany because…Video Contest is being launched to distill some of the [...]

CALPER 2012 Summer Workshops

Published on February 16, 2012 By ga

Our summer workshops have been posted and registration is open. During July we will offer the following professional development workshops for language educators: Compiling and Analyzing Your Own Learner Corpus, July 16-18 Language e-Portfolios, July 16-18 The Interface of Language and Culture, July 19-20 Language Socialization in Study Abroad, July 19-20 Discourse Analysis and L2 [...]

Boren Scholarships and Fellowships

Published on November 8, 2011 By ga

The applications for the 2012-2013 David L. Boren Scholarships and Fellowships are now available at www.borenawards.org. Boren Awards provide unique funding opportunities for U.S. undergraduate and graduate students to study in Africa, Asia, Central & Eastern Europe, Eurasia, Latin America, and the Middle East, where they can add important international and language components to their [...]

LSU Hosts “Do Deutsch” Week

Published on September 19, 2011 By ga

Lousiana State University’s Office of Academic Programs Abroad in cooperation with the Dept. of Foreign Languages and other units will host ‘Do Deutsch!” week, a series of events celebrating and offering students with opportunities to learn more about German culture. www.lsu.edu/studyabroad

Connecting Our World

Published on September 14, 2011 By ga

NAFSA: Association of International Educators, an STA Travel, a NAFSA Global partner are inviting college students across the U.S. to tell the world, through the creative use of video, how their study abroad experiences made the “student diplomat.” The “Students Diplomat Video Context” launched September 12, 2011. Video sumissions should tell a compelling story about [...]

International Education Week

Published on November 16, 2010 By ga

Video message by Secretary Hillary Clinton International Education Week Website

FL Learning and Study Abroad

Published on April 15, 2010 By ga

“Foreign Language Learning and Study Abroad are Stronger Together” – read NAFSA’s Newsblog on an article in the Chronicle of Higher Education http://blog.nafsa.org/2010/04/15/foreign-language-learning-and-study-abroad-are-stronger-together/

2009 Senator Paul Simon Award for Campus Internationalization

Published on May 28, 2009 By ga

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. [...]