WIOC International Opportunities Bulletin - 7 August 2007
Events and opportunities listed below are in order of occurrence and application deadline (where relevant).

Prepared by the Wisconsin International Outreach Consortium (WIOC).
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In this issue:

The Distinguished African Lecture Series will feature Professor Kwame Dawes of the Department of English, University of South Carolina on Friday, August 10, 2007 at 7:00 pm in the Red Gymnasium, 716 Langdon Street, Madison.

Professor Dawes, a Louise Fry Scudder Professor, Distinguished Poet in Residence and Director of the South Carolina Poetry Initiative , will address the topic "The Influence of the Arts & Culture of Africa on America."


Fall 2007 University of Wisconsin - Madison NCTA Seminar on East Asia
A Professional Development Seminar for Secondary World History, World Geography & World Literature Teachers

Class Dates: Sat. Sept. 8, Sat. Sept. 15, Sat. Oct. 6, Sat. Oct. 20 Sat. Nov. 3, Sat. Dec. 1, 2007
Follow-Up Session Dates: Fri. Jan. 25, 7-9 pm and Fri. Feb. 15 from 7-9 pm, 2008

This 45-hour seminar offers secondary teachers the opportunity to engage in study, analysis, and discussion of new scholarship related to Chinese, Korean and Japanese history, geography, and culture. Participants who successfully complete all the seminar's requirements receive $175 in seminar texts and materials, $300 participant stipend, $200 in selected curriculum materials for your school, and an additional $200 stipend upon completion of two follow-up meetings and final reflection in winter 2008. Participants who successfully complete the seminar are eligible for to apply for the 2008 NCTA summer study tour to China &/or Japan. Academic credit (3 credits) is available as an option through the University of Wisconsin – Madison for an additional cost under the course title East Asian Studies 301: "NCTA Teacher Workshop on East Asia". Instructor: Richard Miller, Associate Director, Center for East Asian Studies.

Eligibility: This seminar is open to secondary world geography, world history, and world literature teachers currently teaching courses that include the study of China, Korea, and/or Japan.

Registration for workshop: There is NO fee for this workshop. Academic credit is available at an additional cost.

Registration: Deadline is August 30, 2007. Registration is limited to 20 eligible teachers on a first come, first served basis; register early to insure a place

Additional information on the seminar can be found on the following pages:

http://eastasia.wisc.edu/K16Outreach/Workshops.html http://eastasia.wisc.edu/K16Outreach/ncta.html

If you have additional questions about the seminar you can call or write the Center for East Asian Studies (at the UW-Madison) at 608.262.3643 or eas@intl-institute.wisc.edu.

Offered by the Center for East Asian Studies at the University of Wisconsin – Madison in cooperation with the NCTA National Coordinating Site at the University of Colorado Program for Teaching East Asia, funded by NCTA through a generous grant from the Freeman Foundation.

Fulbright-Hays Seminars Abroad Program
Summer 2008

Closing Date: September 13, 2007

The Fulbright-Hays Seminars Abroad Program provides opportunities for overseas experience. The program is open to educators and administrators with responsibilities for curriculum development in fields related to humanities, languages, and area studies. Topics and host countries of the seminars vary from year to year. All seminars are in non-western European countries. Seminars are designed to provide a broad and introductory cultural orientation to a particular country (ies). The program is geared towards those educators with little or no experience in the host country (ies) who demonstrate the need to develop and enhance their curriculum through short-term study and travel abroad. There are ten seminars being offered for 2007 with 16 positions per seminar, subject to the availability of funds. Seminars take place from late June to mid-August for a duration of four to six weeks.

Country seminars to be offered in 2008 include:

Elementary/Secondary
India - Math & Science Educators ONLY
India & Sri Lanka
Mexico & Peru

Secondary/Postsecondary
Bulgaria & Greece
Korea
Morocco
South Africa

Terms of the award include:
  • round-trip economy airfare
  • room and board
  • fees
  • program-related travel within the host country (ies).
Participants are responsible for a cost share, $400.00. Updated application forms should become available soon. The Summer 2008 application deadline will be September 13, 2007.

Those Qualified To Apply:
  • Elementary School Teachers in the fields of social sciences, humanities, including languages;
  • Middle or High School Educators in the fields of social sciences, humanities, including languages;
  • Administrators or Curriculum Specialists who have responsibility for curriculum in the fields of social sciences, humanities, including languages;
  • Librarians, Museum Educators or Media or Resource Specialists who have responsibility for curriculum in the fields of social sciences, humanities, including languages; and
  • Faculty or Administrators from public or private, 2- or 4-year institutions of higher education whose discipline is related to the social sciences, humanities, languages and/or area studies.
Basic Eligibility Requirements:
  • Citizenship - must be a citizen of the United States or a permanent resident.
  • Academic Preparation - must hold at least a bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university.
  • Professional Experience - (1) must have at least 3 years of education-related full-time experience - by the time of departure for the seminar- (2) must be currently employed full-time in a U.S. school system, institution of higher education, Local Education Agency, State Education Agency, library, or museum.
  • Health -The candidate must be physically and psychologically able to participate in all phases of the seminar. Award recipients must provide a physician’s statement to reflect participant’s readiness for travel.
  • Those individuals who have participated in the Fulbright-Hays Seminars Abroad Program or Group Projects Abroad Program must wait two summers before they can be eligible to participate a second time.
Application Inquiries: Fulbright-Hays Seminars Abroad Program, U.S. Department of Education, International Education Programs Service, 1990 K Street, N.W., 6th Floor, Washington, DC 20006-8521.

Website: http://www.ed.gov/programs/iegpssap/index.html.                                                             

Program Officers: Gale Holdren, gale.holdren@ed.gov; Michelle Guilfoil, michelle.guilfoil@ed.gov.

The application package is available, you may apply online at http://e-grants.ed.gov/.

100 Years of Solitude in Wisconsin

The Center for the Humanities at the UW-Madison invites high school teacher participation in a year-long collaborative program, “One Hundred Years of Solitude in Wisconsin.” This program celebrates the great Gabriel García Márquez text and promotes student as well as teacher collaboration between high school and post-secondary institutions across Wisconsin. Based on the highly successful 2005-07 programs “Don Quixote in Wisconsin” and “Dante’s Inferno in Wisconsin,” this program is described briefly below.

Call For Participation - applications due September 15, 2007.

To view and download the application please go to:
http://www.humanities.wisc.edu/programs/texts/hundredyears.htm

ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF SOLITUDE IN WISCONSIN: Teachers and teams from across the disciplines will be selected to participate in the third of our series of successful and state-wide projects. The project aims to bring García Márquez’s classic novel into high school classrooms throughout Wisconsin, including Spanish and/or bilingual programs. Each team will receive a financial award, teaching support and materials, access to university resources, and opportunities to participate in two teacher colloquia, and a student conference. This program benefits from two years of successful programming during 2005-07, and we expect that the program will be even stronger with the addition of more curricular resources, more previous teacher experience and feedback, longer-term planning and co-operation with our new and continuing partners across the state, and altogether greater program sustainability.

For additional information, please visit http://www.humanities.wisc.edu, or contact Meghan Doherty at (608) 890-1468 or greattexts@humanities.wisc.edu. We look forward to hearing from you, and to the possibility of working with you.

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