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JULY 21, 2005 EXCHANGES SUPPLEMENT
by Sherine Walton

E) 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. E.1) USG–FUNDED EXCHANGE PROGRAMS (SCROLL DOWN TO SECTION E.2 FOR OTHER TOPICS) 1. UMASS BUILDING PEACE IN CYPRUS—HOLLY ANGELO (THE REPUBLICAN [MA], JULY 21, 2005): At home in Cyprus, they are separated by geography, politics, religion and culture. Inside Chadbourne dormitory on the University of Massachusetts campus, Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots dance, sing and play pool together. They eat, attend lessons, go on field trips and learn leadership, communication, problem-solving and team and trust building skills - together.  These 32 Greek and Turkish Cypriots traveled from Cyprus to Amherst July 2 to participate in the Pro-Active Leadership Program.  Asked why she applied for the program, which is funded by a Fulbright grant through the U.S. Embassy in Nicosia, one Greek Cypriot said, “I wanted to meet Turkish Cypriots. I never had any actual contact with them. I wanted to prove the rumors about them false.” LINK 2. FOUR U-M FACULTY RECEIVE FULBRIGHT SCHOLAR AWARD—PRESS RELEASE (UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN NEWS SERVICE, JULY 19, 2005): Four University of Michigan faculty have received Fulbright Scholar grants to conduct research abroad. The recipients are Elisha Renne, Derek Vaillant and Madeleine Vala from U-M Ann Arbor and Joan Mars from U-M Flint. The four U-M faculty are among approximately 800 faculty and professionals in the United States who will travel abroad to 140 countries during the 2005-2006 academic year through the Fulbright Scholar Program. LINK 3. WITH SRK AS HERO, FULBRIGHT SCHOLARS IN SEARCH OF MODERN INDIAN WOMEN—PREETI MUDLIAR (PUNE NEWSLINE, JULY 18, 2005): Delhi, Agra, Jaipur, Mumbai and now Pune; for these 20 US academicians being footloose in India is an opportunity to locate the face of the contemporary Indian women. Scholars of the ‘Fulbright-Hays Summer Study Abroad Programme’, the group from different parts of the US is armed with well-defined curriculum topics of their choice. So when they admit as much, the question is obvious. Why India? What follows is a barrage of reactions. “Lots of people, ancient civilisation, fast-developing, pioneers of women activism at the grassroots, secular outlook.” LINK 4. EVEN WARM RUNNING WATER WAS A BLESSING—APRIL TAYLOR (DAILY PRESS [VA], JULY 17, 2005): A Williamsburg, Virginia woman has won a Fulbright grant for promoting solar energy in West Africa’s Mali.  Thousands of miles from home, Mary Graham of Williamsburg was perched in a southwestern village in Mali, her white skin caked with brown dust and her brown hair wet from the sweat of a windless African heat. She was part of an unprecedented moment: Because of her work, 50 children in the village of Banco saw running water for the first time. Graham helped the villagers install a solar-powered pump…... FULL TEXT
 
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