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JULY 13, 2005 EXCHANGES SUPPLEMENT
by Sherine Walton

C) WEEKLY EXCHANGES SUPPLEMENT The following articles are related to educational and cultural exchange programs. Specific topics in this supplement include USG-funded exchange programs (e.g., Fulbright scholarships, Ron Brown Fellowship, International Visitors) as well as issues relating to student visas, study abroad, and NGOs involved in exchanges. The articles are aggregated weekly by GORDON DOUGLAS, THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. C.1) USG-FUNDED EXCHANGE PROGRAMS (SCROLL DOWN TO SECTION C.2 FOR OTHER TOPICS) 1. EKU’S BARNETT NAMED FULBRIGHT SCHOLAR—NEWS BRIEF (LEXINGTON HERALD-LEADER, JULY 13, 2005): Dr. Darryl Barnett, chair of Eastern Kentucky University’s Department of-Environmental Health Science and-Department of Clinical Laboratory-Science, has received a Fulbright Teaching Scholarship. He will arrive in Ukraine in September for a nine-month stay at Luhansk State Medical University, where he will work toward developing a-curriculum in environmental and public health and help teach various courses. LINK 2. PROFESSOR NAMED FULBRIGHT SCHOLAR—NEWS BRIEF (THE ARBITER [ID], JULY 13, 2005): Marcy Newman, assistant professor of English at Boise State University, has been awarded a Fulbright Scholar grant to study outside of the United States during the 2005-06 academic year. Newman will lecture and conduct research at the University of Jordan in Amman, Jordan. Her research will focus on how Jewish and Palestinian children learn about one another in the United States and in Palestine and Israel. LINK 3. FULBRIGHT EXCHANGE TEACHER SHARING LESSONS IN HARBOR SPRINGS—KIRSTEN FREDRICKSON (PETOSKEY NEWS-REVIEW [MI],  JULY 13, 2005): Hugs were shared and a few tears were shed as Michelle Verrier, a Fulbright Exchange teacher from Wales, said goodbye to each of her Blackbird Elementary School students last Friday. The journey first began last year when she traded places with first-grade teacher Daniel Bower as part of the Fulbright Teacher Exchange program. Adapting to Northern Michigan life meant adjusting to a slower pace, seeing fewer people crowding the streets and coming to realize that everyone knows just about everyone else. Verrier also had to adjust to driving her car on the right side of the road, remembering that football was not soccer and realizing that most people had never seen a rugby match, her favorite sport. LINK 4. MCDILL PRINCIPAL REALIZES DIFFERENCE IN CULTURES—DENNIS RAABE (STEVENS POINT JOURNAL [WI], JULY 12, 2005): First in a series of correspondence from a Wisconsin school principal participating in a Fulbright seminar to Southeast Asia, this installment detailing the journey to Tokyo and Bangkok.  “We will spend the next five weeks studying the culture, people, and education system of Thailand, Laos and Vietnam. Over the next month and a half I hope to share some of my experiences with my central Wisconsin brethren… My impressions of Tokyo were limited to what I experienced in the terminal. They had great high-resolution television. Everything was neat, clean, and efficient. The service people were polite, friendly, and even pleasant. To my surprise, babies cried in English!”... LINK 5. SOUTHEAST ASIA TRIP OFFERS EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE—YER T. YANG (SHEBOYGAN PRESS [WI], JULY 11, 2005): First in a series of correspondence from a “Hmong…... FULL TEXT
 
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