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JULY 27, 2005 EXCHANGES SUPPLEMENT
by Sherine Walton

D) 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. D.1) USG–FUNDED EXCHANGE PROGRAMS (SCROLL DOWN TO SECTION C.2 FOR OTHER TOPICS) 1. MARCY NEWMAN WINS FULBRIGHT AWARD—JESSICA CHRISTENSEN (BOISE STATE ARBITER, JULY 27, 2005): Marcy Newman, an assistant English professor at Boise State University, has received a Fulbright Scholar grant to conduct research overseas at the University of Jordan in Amman, Jordan. The prestigious Fulbright Scholar Program sends 800 U.S. faculty and professionals abroad each year. LINK 2. PINEWOOD PRINCIPAL A FULBRIGHT PICK—NEWS BRIEF (CHARLOTTE OBSERVER, JULY 27, 2005): Pinewood Elementary Principal Nancy Guzman was selected for the Fulbright program “Brazil for Award-winning Principals.” Guzman is one of 10 principals nationwide selected to participate. She will travel to Brazil to observe various schools and participate in seminars on school management. LINK 3. FAU PROFESSOR TO TEACH AT UNIVERSITY IN GUATEMALA CITY—LIZ BEST (PALM BEACH POST, JULY 27, 2005): Tim Steigenga, an associate professor of political science and Latin American studies at the Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College of Florida Atlantic University, received the Fulbright Visiting Scholar award to spend six months in Guatemala City. In December, he will teach and do research at the Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences in Guatemala’s capital. He is doing research on religion, transnationalism and migration. LINK 4. MILLERSVILLE ELEMENTARY PRINCIPAL HELPS KIDS WITH AUTISM—HEATHER A. DINICH (ANNAPOLIS CAPITAL, JULY 26, 2005): Dr. Diana Strohecker’s advocacy for her students with autism has helped the majority read and do math at grade level in mainstream classrooms, and it also has earned her a six-week trip to England next spring as part of the J. William Fulbright Administrator Exchange Program.  Dr. Strohecker, who received her doctorate in human communications and its disorders from Johns Hopkins, was one of 22 school administrators in the country chosen from a field of 80 applicants. She will observe the autism program at Shakespeare Junior School in Hampshire. LINK 5. CLINTON CORNERS RESIDENT NAMED FULBRIGHT SCHOLAR—NEWS BRIEF (POUGHKEEPSIE JOURNAL [NY], JULY 25, 2005): Mary Ann Forgey has been selected to receive a Fulbright Scholar Award to visit Ireland. She will leave her home in Clinton Corners for the University College Dublin this fall to discuss U.S. social work intervention in child abuse and intimate partner violence. LINK 6. WATERS OF MEKONG RIVER FLOW WITH MEMORIES—YER T. YANG (SHEBOYGAN PRESS [WI], JULY 25, 2005): Second in a series of correspondence from a teacher at North High School, who is in Southeast Asia with a group of educators as part of an educational seminar, this installment details her impressions upon returning to her native Laos.  Finally we arrived at the Thai/Lao boarder, crossed over the Friendship Bridge spanning the Mekong River. There…... FULL TEXT
 
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