November 2008 R & O
Hello again! We are well into our second month of global blogging. Here are November’s Resources and Opportunities! My favorite this month is Americans for Informed Democracy. Sounds like an appropriate initiavite with the election just comeing to a close. What is more, we can a local chapter on campus: Contact: Dr. Breznay.
International Education Week is this week Nov 17-21. Take this quiz to see how “global” you are.
National Science Foundation
The National Science Foundation and National Institutes of Health offer East Asia and Pacific Summer Institutes for U.S. graduate students in science and engineering. The eight-week institutes take place June-August. The focus is on introducing students to East Asia and Pacific science and engineering in a research laboratory context, and enabling collaborative relationships with foreign counterparts.
AID
Americans for Informed Democracy motivates young people to be globally aware. We have a local AID chapter here. They bill themselves as “a niche in foreign policy and student activism”. For more information on the GB chapter contact Dr. Peter Breznay.
Rotart Center’s University
This scholarship offers 70 individuals committed to peace and conflict resolution the opportunity to earn a two-year master’s level degree in international studies, peace studies and conflict resolution at one of the Rotary Center’s University partners. Rotary has contracted with seven institutions worldwide to provide this valuable training. It is never too early to begin planning an application for this.
Gilman Scholarship
The Gilman Scholarship provides awards of up to $5,000 for U.S. undergraduate students at two- and four-year institutions to pursue country-based undergraduate opportunities abroad of up to one academic year. To be eligible, students must be receiving a Federal Pell Grant at the time of application.
International Reporting Project
Interested in international journalism and journalists? Check out the International Reporting Project, “designed to educate U.S. journalists about global issues and to increase and improve the coverage of international topics in the U.S. news media” (Johns Hopkins University, School of Advanced International Studies).
Chat the Planet
Chat the Planet is “a television show and internet community that connects groups of young Americans (ages 15 to 25) with their peers around the world, via satellite, for frank, no-holds-barred discussions about politics, relationships, prejudices, and life in general…so they can talk to each other and learn about each other from each other….Our goal is to build bonds, to confront biases, to tackle cultural misunderstandings, and to get young people all fired up and ready to act for social change.” It’s an eye-opening initiative.
The Stanely Foundation
Courier is an electronic (PDF) newsletter of The Stanley Foundation, “provoking thought and encouraging dialogue on world affairs.” Topics are brought up for debate and opinion in the global realm.
Newseum
“The world’s first interactive museum of news” features a “Cybernewseum” with current and archived headlines from newspapers around the world and links to features including “National Geographic’s Most Talented Women Photographers” and “The History and Politics Behind the Berlin Wall.” This is a really neat site. It’s an easy way to get your news and brush-up on current events.
