International Connections
Visiting International Faculty Available To Speak At Your College
This school year there are 855 international exchange teachers in 58 North Carolina school districts through the Visiting International Faculty Program located in Chapel Hill. These talented teachers hail from over 50 different countries and are interested in finding ways to interact with their host community. They would be interested in delivering a cultural presentation or attending an internationally themed event at their local community college. If you would like VIF to pass along an invitation to speak at an upcoming event at your college please contact Neil at World View (919/843-5332 nebolick@unc.edu).
Study Abroad with Central Piedmont Community College
Central Piedmont Community College has organized three trips abroad this summer, and invites educators from other North Carolina community colleges to join them. Study Spanish in Playa del Carmen, Mexico from June 1-30 or in Oaxaca, Mexico from July 3-21. Or study French in Annecy, France from June 25-August 1. For more information see www1.cpcc.edu/study-abroad. Please contact Donna Apgar at CPCC if you are interested in participating in one of these trips (704/330-6167 Donna.Apgar@cpcc.edu).
What's New?
Grants to Internationalize Community College Courses
Ten grants were recently awarded to North Carolina community college educators to help them internationalize courses, and ten more will be awarded May 1, 2008. This grant program is funded by UNC’s Center for Global Initiatives (CGI) and organized by World View. Each grantee receives $750 to compensate for time spent and to fund a trip to UNC-Chapel Hill for research. At UNC they will spend a day working with appropriate librarians and faculty arranged by World View. Our special thanks to Niklaus Steiner, Director of the Center for Global Initiatives, for the Center’s funding of these grants.
Congratulations to this year’s grantees:
Kenneth Clever, Durham Technical Community College
Jane Cline, Forsyth Technical Community College
Melissa Condrey and Rosita Ledwell, Mayland Community College
Johnica Ellis-Kiser, Edgecombe Community College
Billie Evans, Vance-Granville Community College
Kay Gooding, Pitt Community College
Marianela
Mañana, Durham Technical Community College
Tanya Olson, Vance-Granville Community College
Vandana Srivastava, Pitt Community College
Laura Wollpert, Caldwell Community College & Technical Institute
WORLD VIEW IS CURRENTLY ACCEPTING PROPOSALS FOR THE THIRD ROUND OF GRANTS, WHICH WILL BE AWARDED IN MAY 2008. Proposals will be accepted until April 7, 2008. For more information, including the cover sheet for proposed grants, examples of internationalized courses, and sample international modules, please go to www.unc.edu/world/ccgrants.shtml.
News from Globalization 101
Four news analyses have been added to Globalization101.org (an Internet resource offered by the Levin Institute to promote a greater understanding of globalization)
The news analyses include:
- Making the World Healthier: Debates about Smoking Bans, Trans Fat Bans, and Legal Drinking Ages highlights different policy options from around world concerning smoking in public places, eating foods with trans fats, and buying alcohol;
- Case Study: Illicit Drugs and Globalization examines trade in illegal drugs and how it relates to culture, economic development, human rights, migration, international law, the environment, health, investment, technology, and terrorism;
- Fashion and Globalization discusses how outsourcing, intellectual property and piracy laws, environmental challenges, and the loss of local styles/goods affect the fashion industry; and,
- The Silk Road Revisited reveals how the old Silk Road is being rebuilt with the help of China, Russia, and the Middle East.
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Do you have information to share with educators? If so, please send information about global education programs that are offered in your college, announcements about globally focused seminars, and new resources for college faculty.
Email Neil at nebolick@unc.edu .
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Register Now!
World View Spring Seminars start soon!
March 25-26
North Carolina and Latin America
March 26-27
Understanding Contemporary Africa
Register online: www.unc.edu/world
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Institute for International Public Policy Fellowship Program
The goal of IIPP is to increase the participation and influence of underrepresented minority groups in international affairs. Students are recruited to participate in a multi-year sequence of summer policy institutes, study abroad, intensive language training, internships and graduate study. Twenty sophomores are selected each year to continue through all IIPP program components.
Community college transfer students that have been accepted at a four-year college or university are eligible to apply . For more information, visit
www.uncfsp.org/iippawards.aspx .
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Essay & Photo Contest: China in My Eyes
The members of Lenovo Project IMUSE 2008 are sponsoring a national essay contest open to all North American undergraduates, including community college students. "China in My Eyes" encourages individual students to share their own views on modern China either in an essay or through photography. Winners may choose between two grand prizes: an all-expense-paid two-week trip to Beijing and the opportunity to work as specially trained 2008 Beijing Olympics volunteers before and during the Olympics, or a new Lenovo laptop. There is no cost to apply. More details about this competition and IMUSE 2008 may be found here.
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Beyond the Sunbelt: Southern Economic Development in a Global Context
April 13-14, 2008
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is pleased to announce its annual interdisciplinary conference on the globalization of the southern United States. This year's conference- the fourth in the Global American South series- will bring together 200 academics, policy makers, and economic development practicioners from across the region and beyond. A collaboration of the Center for Global Initiatives, the Center for the Study of the American South, the Office of Economic and Business Development, and Quintiles Transnational Corporation, the goal is to examine how global forces are shaping regional economic development strategies and to consider the best paths forward. For more information, please visit globalsouth.unc.edu .
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