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TABLE OF CONTENTS
A publication of UWM's Center for International
Education, Global Passport
provides up-to-date information on
international education programs, opportunities, and resources,
including those offered by
Support
the CIE Center for International Education |
"Associate Outreach Specialist" Sought by CIE
The Center for International Education seeks a
full-time (100% FTE) Advisor (Associate Outreach Specialist) to coordinate a
variety of internationally focused academic program activities in conjunction
with its office of Academic
& Outreach Programs (AOP).
Applications must be postmarked June
30. For more information on this recruitment, please see the CIE web
site: http://www.uwm.edu/Dept/CIE/
To download the position
description.
To sign up, contact Paul L. Wilson, Education Manager, at the numbers below, or e-mail Paul at wilsop@nytimes.com.
612-721-5316 Office
612-721-6051 Fax
612-801-6735 Cell
Program Goals:
Directions/Parking: Enter the campus through the main entrance on 43rd Street. Plenty of parking should be available in the lots immediately to your left. Enter through the Rotunda - you can't miss it. The Conference Center is to your left as you enter the Rotunda.
A map can be found at http://www.alverno.edu.
The workshop description and the application, due
July 2, 2004, are available at: http://www.uwm.edu/Dept/CLACS/outreach/workshops.html
The summer 2003 Institute welcomed 106 participants from 26 countries. The participants came from varying backgrounds ranging from international agencies such as UNDP, CARE, USAID, UNHCR, oil companies, teachers, an official from a State police agency, to a representative from the American Bar Association, and small non-governmental organizations. They were joined by Master’s degree students from the International Peace & Conflict Resolution division and the International Development division within the School of International Service.The participants will also be provided with many opportunities to take full advantage of the resources, such as public, private, and governmental agencies in the fields of peacebuilding, conflict resolution and development, Washington, DC has to offer.
Three courses will be offered each week for tree weeks and participants will have to choose one class each week. The courses are:
Recognizing the multifaceted nature of global education, the conference will highlight innovative initiatives in a wide variety of curricular and program areas, including:
Faculty and administrators from two-year, four-year and graduate institutions are invited to apply. Retired and adjunct faculty frequently receive grants as well.
Traditional Fulbright awards vary from two months to an academic year or longer. While foreign language skills are needed in some countries, most lecturing assignments are in English.
Application deadlines for 2005-2006 grants for which applications are still being sought:
Under the Scholar-in-Residence (SIR) Program, interested institutions submit proposals to invite scholars to teach one or more courses and to be in residence for a semester or an academic year. Proposals are welcome from individual institutions, as well as from consortia of two or more institutions. Institutions can propose to invite specific scholars or, through CIES, request that Fulbright Commissions abroad recommend scholars in the particular fields they would like to develop. Detailed information and proposal guidelines are available on the CIES website (http://www.cies.org) under the non-U.S. scholar programs.
The program application booklet mentions that proposals should be received at CIES on or before September 15, 2004. It also mentions that for 2005/2006 extra funds will be available under the Fulbright Scholar-in-Residence Program to support scholars from Muslim-majority countries in the field of Islamic history, culture, and society, broadly defined.
Contact persons at CIES are:
The Best Research Fellowships offer stipends of $375 per week for periods up to 4 weeks, and will be awarded to support residencies for the purpose of conducting research which makes direct use of the Library. The Fellowships will be tenable from January 3 to December 31, 2005. The AGS Library, the former research library and map collection of the American Geographical Society of New York, has strengths in geography, cartography and related historical topics.
Applications must be postmarked by September 15, 2004.
For further information, write, call or e-mail the
AGS Library, P.O. Box 399, Milwaukee, WI 53201-0399, Tel. (414) 229-6282,
E-mail agsl@uwm.edu. Web site: http://www.uwm.edu/Libraries/AGSL/best.html
UNCHR: The UN Refugee Agency
http://www.unhcr.ch/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/home
Established in 1950 by the United
Nations General Assembly the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for
Refugees is mandated to "lead and coordinate international action to protect
refugees and resolve refugee problems worldwide." Since its inception it is
estimated that the agency has helped over 50 million people with various types
of assistance. At the site, visitors can learn about the current High
Commissioner (who is currently Ruud Lubbers, a former Dutch prime minister),
read his various speeches, learn about the Geneva Refugee Convention, and peruse
current statistics on asylum seekers and refugees. The news section of the site
is quite strong and includes archived and current press releases from the
agency, briefing notes from agency spokespersons in Geneva, and material on
agency employees in the field. Visitors can also keep abreast of current refugee
emergency situations, such as those in Chad, Iraq, and Afghanistan. For those
who may feel overwhelmed by the mass of information on the site, there is a
Basic Facts area that offers a good overview of the agency's
activities.
Telling Stories: Narratives of
Nationhood
http://www.nationhood.ca
How do nations tell their own
stories? One way of doing this is by looking through the various images and
representations created by a country's talented artists. Such an approach is
adopted by the Confederation Centre Art gallery in its delightful attempt to
tell the story of Canada's diverse and multicultural past. As the site's
introduction notes, "The art that has come out of this ever-changing reality are
all pieces of a broader dialogue, offering glimpses of the possibilities for
many different identities." In total, the various thematic collections offered
here contain over 4000 works of art, along with 400 lesson plans created by a
team of educators. The thematic collections that are available to explore
include such titles as "Questions of Canada: Politics of Culture and Community",
"My Art: Personal Identities in Art", and "Canada's Many Voices." All of the
materials presented here are also available in French.
Healing Iraq
http://healingiraq.blogspot.com/
Mainstream coverage of the ongoing
reconstruction and conflict in Iraq may at times leave much to be desired,
particularly in terms of "man on the street" coverage. Fortunately, there are
literally hundreds of weblogs that provide a vantage point into this situation,
representing the many divergent opinions on this situation. One notable site is
provided by Zeyad (whose surname is not offered for privacy reasons), a dentist
living and working in Iraq. On the site, visitors can peruse his latest
observations on the operations in Iraq, and post comments on each individual
entry as well. The site also includes a photo blog, where visitors can view
photographs of demonstrations and other activities. A desireable aspect of the
site is that it also offers links to other Iraq-related weblogs, and information
about new blogs of note.
International Year of Rice 2004
http://www.fao.org/rice2004/
The importance of rice as a basic
foodstuff to over half of the world's populations can not be underestimated, and
it was with this fact in mind that the International Rice Research Institute
first developed the idea for the International Year of Rice in 1999. Working in
tandem with the United Nations General Assembly, the Institute set up a number
of partnerships, conferences, lectures, and research agendas to take place
throughout the year 2004 and beyond. The site contains links to numerous
important papers, such as the collection available here from the recent
conference titled Rice in Global Markets and Sustainable Production Systems,
which was held in Rome. Beyond various scholarly and policy-oriented resources,
visitors can learn about the rice photography contest, submit recipes to a
forthcoming rice-themed cookbook, and explore a kids section that offers some
basic facts about rice, along with a short quiz. The site is available in a
number of different languages, including Italian, Spanish, French, Arabic, and
Japanese.
International Economic Development
Council
http://www.iedconline.org/
Headquartered in Washington, D.C.,
the International Economic Development Council (IEDC), was created through the
merger of existing economic development organizations, effectively creating the
nation's largest association working in this realm of public policy. The IEDC's
mission is "to provide leadership and excellence in economic development for our
communities, members and partners to build economically strong, sustainable
communities." While some of the online materials are available only to
association members, there is a good deal of material that may be accessed by
the general public. Through the online resource center, visitors may access such
materials as the Economic Developer's Reference Guide (which provides an
overview of such key topics as tourism, venture capital, and empowerment zones)
and an overview of ongoing legislative matters that may impact the landscape of
economic development. Finally, the site is rounded out by an excellent section
dedicated to brownfields redevelopment, which includes a general manual of
redevelopment techniques and links to external websites, such as those offered
by the Environmental Protection Agency.
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