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YouthHotSpots in Germany

Published on April 29, 2013 By ga

Thanks to the American Association of Teachers of German (AATG) for posting this information. The social media campaign Youth HotSpots in Germany – Share the Moment” was launched in Berlin earlier this year and will continue until March 2014. An app to download and then post your HotSpots and share them with others – “must [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

21st Century Skills Map and World Languages

Published on March 31, 2011 By ga

P21 and ACTFL collaborated on creating a 21st century skills map for world languages and released the map at a Capitol Hill Briefing two days ago. Bret Lovejoy, executive director of ACTFL, said “The 21st Century Skills Map for World Languages, includes examples, drawn from the nation’s world language teachers, that reflect classroom practice and [...]

2011 Senator Paul Simon Awards for Internationalization

Published on March 15, 2011 By admin

NAFSA: Association of International educators announced the five winners of the Simon Award for Comprehensive Internationalization, as well as the three institutions recognized with the Senator Paul Simon Spotlight Award. The five institutions are: Beloit College in Wisconsin Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) Kennesaw State University in Georgia Macalester College in Minnesota New York University [...]

“Foreign Language for Foreign Policy?”

Published on November 23, 2010 By ga

Read the opinion piece by Russell Berman in response to the keynote address by Richard Haass at ACTFL 2010. Inside Higher Ed, November 23, 2010.

International Education Week

Published on November 16, 2010 By ga

Video message by Secretary Hillary Clinton International Education Week Website

Penn State Receives Title VI NRC Award

Published on October 1, 2010 By ga

The Pennsylvania State University received a Title VI award from the U.S. Department of Education to establish a National Resource Center (NRC) on Global Studies. The grant has been awarded for 2010-2014. With the Center for Advanced Language Proficiency Education and Research (CALPER) and the new Global Studies Institute, there are two Title VI Centers [...]

Secr Arne Duncan on FL and Internationalization

Published on June 1, 2010 By ga

On May 26, 2010, U.S. Department of Education Secretary Arne Duncan spoke to the Council on Foreign Relations about “International Engagement through Education”. Quoted from the speech: “One place where American schools and the rest of American society fall short is in foreign languages. The great Nelson Mandela has said, “If you talk to a [...]

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/