Featuring: Robin McMahon Wins Award from European Commission

"Getting to Know Europe" Grant Competition

We warmly congratulate Robin McMahon, a Chapel Hill/Carrboro schools French teacher, for being one of a small handful of successful recipients of an award from the European Commission. Robin heard about the competition at one of our teacher workshops, so we proudly claim her!

Her award for 51,000 euros will implement the project North Carolina, Chapel Hill Carrboro City Schools, Smith Middle School and the European Union: The opportunity for local communities to obtain first-hand knowledge of Europe and the European Union. Robin will take a group of middle school students to Brussels and Paris this March. Her project also involves competitions engaging K-12 educators across the state of North Carolina, local business and government, and producing a related video program.

Click here to view streaming video of Robin's presentation at our October 2006 Teaching the EU workshop, "The Value of a Nation's Currency Goes Beyond its Price"

Click here to open a Word document with more information about all nine winning grant proposal

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