International Campus Update
December 19, 2006
In This Issue:
Headlines
NEW GRANTS: The Office of International Programs is pleased to announce new funding opportunities for international scholarly activities. This all-University funding will support international institutional partnerships and research circles for faculty and departments, and research and internships abroad for graduate and professional degree students. Funds are provided by OIP with additional support for the research circle grants from the Office of the Vice President for Research and the Interdisciplinary Center for the Study of Global Change.
DEADLINE: January 29, 2007 (March 9, 2007, for graduate fellowship)
APPLICATION: http://www.international.umn.edu/funding/strategic.html
QUESTIONS: Karen Brown at 612-624-0832 or kbt@umn.edu
OPEN DOORS: The University ranked highly in the 2006 Open Doors, an annual report of study abroad participation and international student enrollment released in November. Among research institutions, UMTC ranked 5th in study abroad participation; UMD was 11th among master’s institutions. The state of Minnesota ranked 7th overall in the number of students studying abroad. In enrollment of international students, UMTC ranked 20th among research institutions. MORE: http://opendoors.iienetwork.org/
Program News
CHINA CENTER: Dr. Hong Yang, director of the China Center since 2000, will leave the University in January for a position in the private sector. A farewell reception will be held in January.
DENMARK INTERNATIONAL STUDIES: (Note: The North American headquarters of the DIS program is located on the Twin Cities campus.)
- The University’s Center for Teaching and Learning recently hosted 25 Danish faculty from DIS for the third annual Danish Educators Workshop to provide the DIS faculty with competences in teaching for learning outcomes, interactive instruction, intercultural communication, and a better understanding of American universities and their undergraduate students. Throughout the week, DIS faculty were matched with faculty mentors at the University, allowing for further discussions regarding research, teaching methods, etc.
- DIS recently hosted 52 U.S. faculty and study abroad administrators in Copenhagen for the International Educators Workshop (IEW). For one week each semester, DIS invites international educators from universities across the country to participate, with the purpose of providing professional development and an interactive introduction to DIS programs and curriculum.
LAW SCHOOL: The Law School will offer an LL.M. in American Law to Chinese students in Beijing, starting in May 2007. The program, taught by prominent law faculty from both the United States and China, will enable lawyers who have already completed their first degree in law to gain an in-depth, intensive understanding of the American legal system. U.S. students can participate in a five-week program to learn Chinese law in Beijing. MORE: http://www.law.umn.edu/llm/index.html
LEARNING ABROAD CENTER: Lynn Anderson, associate director of the Learning Abroad Center, will be leaving the University in January to become director of the International Center and dean of international education at the University of California at San Diego. A farewell reception will be held January 8.
Professional Notes
THOMAS PEACOCK, associate dean of UMD’s College of Education and Human Service Professions and the Ruth A. Myers Endowed Chair of Indian Education, will be a visiting professor at the University of Paris #7 in April 2007. He has been working with Professor Marina LePoluch of Paris to develop an exchange program with American Indian students, staff, and faculty of UMD. The first student exchange is tentatively set for spring semester 2007.
LYLE WESTROM, an associate professor in agricultural education at Crookston, visited Cairo, Egypt, in November as part of a five-person teacher-educators team. The delegation is training selected Egyptian faculty on preparing lesson plans and developing instructional materials. The project is organized by the Midwest Universities Consortium for International Activities (MUCIA), of which the University is a member, and is funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development.
Funding Opportunities and Announcements
KATIE LEE, a UMTC senior majoring in biochemistry and chemistry, has received a prestigious Rhodes Scholarship to study at Oxford University in England. She is the fourth winner from the University in five years. She plans to use her scholarship to earn a doctorate in biochemistry and then attend medical school. MORE: http://www1.umn.edu/umnnews/Feature_Stories/U_student_named_Rhodes_Scholar.html
Associate Professor JOHN ADGATE (Public Health), Assistant Professor ELISABETH HILBINK (CLA), Professor MICHAEL SEMMENS (IT), Associate Professor MICHELLE WRIGHT (CLA), and Research Associate DAVID NORDSTROM (Medical School) have been named 2006-07 Fulbright Scholars and will be spending the year conducting research abroad. MORE: http://www.international.umn.edu/funding/fulbright.html
See also new funding opportunities in HEADLINES section above.
University of Minnesota
International Campus Update
Vol. 7, No. 8
Office of International Programs
Interim Associate Vice President and Dean: Meredith McQuaid
Editor: Jennifer Schulz
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