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2009 has begun, along with it a new semester, and we would like to take this opportunity to welcome you and thank you for reading our newsletter. We began our spring semester with the semi-annual Chancellor’s Welcome Reception. On January 20, international students, returning study abroad students, Global Leadership Program participants, Lloyd International Honors College (LIHC) students and INTERLINK students gathered in the Elliott University Center to socialize and interact with International Programs Center (IPC) staff and faculty from across the campus. It was a chance for students, staff and faculty to talk about their successes from last year and their hopes for the new one. Dr. Penelope Pynes, Interim Associate Provost of International Programs at UNCG, was pleased to see so many students attend considering it was also the highly anticipated inauguration day: “It was great to see so many of our students there celebrating both the start of a new semester and the inauguration of President Barack Obama.” What better way to start a semester? |
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The Baden-Wuerttemberg Landesstiftung scholarship assists in promoting the exchange of students with complementing technical expertise, information, and reagents necessary to conduct collaborative research, between Germany and the world. UNCG has been lucky to capitalize on its strong relationship with the state of Baden-Wuerttemberg and the Landesstiftung scholarship to enhance its collaborative research efforts. Through this arrangement, graduate science students are able to study at the University of Ulm, Germany, to encourage an active dialogue between the two countries in the sciences. |
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Secretly I had always harbored the desire to visit Russia. Truth be told, I was/am obsessed more so than anyone I have ever encountered. The word "Russia" coming out of the lips of anyone is enough to make me want to drool, but the idea of a thirty something non-traditional student going for a semester was something that was out of the question, or so I thought. Amazingly enough, the pieces started to come together and I was able to go and I have not regretted a second of it. In the process, I discovered so much about myself and the hodgepodge group that I traveled with became my closest friends. |
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Our Global Leadership Program students have been very active this semester working towards completing the seven colloquia, two speaker events per semester, and 200 experiential points before they graduate. We offered several colloquia last semester such as the Intercultural Development Inventory: Seeing through Other Eyes with Dr. Penelope Pynes, Denise Bellamy and Tom Martinek Jr.; Leadership in a Global Context with Dr. Cathy Hamilton and Preston Yarborough; and Intercultural Observation by Dr. Kathleen Ahern. Dr. Jerry Pubantz will be offering his core colloquia on February 4th about the responsibilities of the global citizen. Other colloquia are currently being organized and arranged for this semester. |
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