Helping improve students’ English - Community. A TOTAL of 98 Fulbright English Teaching Assistants (ETA), accompanied by the US Embassy officials, pooled their knowledge and expertise in driving impactful programmes to contribute to the development of the Malaysian community at IM4U Sentral, Puchong. Held for the 11th year, the Fulbright ETA Programme aims to assist teachers and students with the English language in Malaysia. Under the Malaysian-American Commission On Educational Exchange (MACEE), the programme provides scholars an opportunity to teach English in various public schools in Terengganu, Kelantan, Pahang, Perak, Kedah, Perlis, Sabah and Sarawak for a full academic year.
With their expertise in teaching English and iM4U’s vast network of volunteers and activities nationwide, the collaboration also serves as an opportunity to expand the programme, especially in rural and less-developed areas in Malaysia where English is needed. Rudy says the collaboration enables the two parties to tap into each other’s knowledge and skills. University of Arkansas Hosts 80 Fulbrighters From Afghanistan | University of Arkansas. Photo Submitted Some of the more than 80 U.S. Department of State-sponsored Fulbright Program participants from Afghanistan, who visited the University of Arkansas last semester.
More than 80 U.S. Department of State-sponsored Fulbright Program participants from Afghanistan visited the University of Arkansas last semester to participate in a Fulbright Enrichment Seminar hosted by the J. William Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences and the Spring International Language Center. The program aimed to help the participants — known as "Fulbrighters" — increase their knowledge of U.S. academic life, culture and history. Each year, more than 8,000 Fulbrighters from around the world are selected to build relationships, knowledge and leadership skills in support of critical priorities in the long-term interests of the United States and the world. Shields said all the Fulbrighters who visited last semester are enrolled in graduate study at universities across the United States. Dan Fellner receives Fulbright fellowship - www.jewishaz.com: Business.
Posted: Wednesday, January 25, 2017 11:52 am Dan Fellner receives Fulbright fellowship Dan Fellner, a faculty associate in the Interdisciplinary Humanities and Communication unit in the College of Integrative Sciences and Arts at Arizona State University’s Polytechnic Campus, has received a prestigious Fulbright Specialist grant to Indonesia. He will be teaching seminars in intercultural communications and travel writing at Ngurah Rai University (NRU) in Denpasar, Bali, during a six-week period beginning in February. This is Fellner’s sixth Fulbright fellowship; previously he has received Fulbright Scholar grants to Latvia, Moldova and Bulgaria, and Fulbright Specialist grants to Lithuania and Latvia. Additionally, he has taught a one-week intensive course in communications four times at the Fulbright International Summer Institute in Bulgaria.
Your current subscription does not provide access to this content. Please click the button below to manage your account. FSU Fulbright Scholar to teach universal language of music at Russian conservatory - Florida State University News. Florida State University Professor Iain Quinn will teach organ lessons, give lectures and play concerts this semester at the distinguished Rimsky-Korsakov State Conservatory in St. Petersburg, Russia, through a U.S. Fulbright Scholar Award. The conservatory is one of the largest and most prestigious music schools in Eurasia and the world. “I’m thrilled at this opportunity,” said Quinn, an assistant professor of organ and coordinator of sacred music at FSU’s College of Music.
Russia’s organ culture is different from North America and Western Europe because organists in Russia are typically more focused on concert work rather than church work. In Russia, organists are often able to make a consistent income with recital work because their skills are in demand at concert halls alongside other instrumentalists. “You see far higher attendance at concerts than you would generally in North America and Western Europe and that’s also the case in the former Eastern-bloc countries. Save. Fulbright Scholar, UMSL grad, now disease ecologist researches zoonotic pathogens worldwide | UMSL Daily. Dr. Leticia Gutiérrez Jiménez is headed around the world as a field veterinarian and disease ecologist after graduating from UMSL with her PhD in biology.
Working for EcoHealth Alliance, her research aims to help protect wildlife and the public from disease outbreaks like Zika. (Photos courtesy of Leticia Gutiérrez Jiménez) For seven months this year Dr. Leticia Gutiérrez Jiménez will travel to the Indian subcontinent, Southeast Asia, West Africa, Egypt and Jordan to take blood samples from bats, rodents and primates. The former Fulbright Scholar and recent University of Missouri–St. Louis graduate will do so for her new position as a field veterinarian and disease ecologist at EcoHealth Alliance. Gutiérrez Jiménez has been tasked with implementing field research under the PREDICT-2 project of the U.S.
“The primary problems I will address are related to global disease surveillance, ensuring safe wildlife trapping, handling and humane sample collection,” she said. PLV alum teaches English in Russia | Papillion Times. Traveling more than 5,000 miles from home this fall, Papillion-La Vista alumna Annie Himes is making international connections. Himes, a 2012 graduate of Papillion-La Vista High School, recently earned degrees in Russian, history and global studies, minoring in Spanish, English, human rights, humanitarian affairs, women’s and gender studies and political science.
As part of the Fulbright program, she arrived in Saratov, Russia in mid-September, where she will continue to teach until the end of May. “The Fulbright program was always something I considered, but I didn’t officially decide to apply until my senior year at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln,” Himes said. “I knew that I wanted to live abroad and improve my Russian language skills.”
As an English teacher in Russia, Himes works with third- and fourth-year college students, even spending a number of hours each week outside of class facilitating English discussion groups focused on current events in the United States. Fulbright Student Helps Revitalize Emirati Art. Alumna Suzy Sikorski says her initial interest in the Middle East was rooted in her childhood growing up as a New Yorker in a post 9/11 environment.
“My first exposure to the Middle East was through seeing war-torn images in the newspapers,” says Sikorski, FCRH ‘16. “These images have stuck with me.” The images, in fact, inspired her to explore the language and culture herself rather than “being swayed by stereotypes.” Sikorski, who majored in Middle East studies is spending the year abroad on a Fulbright research grant in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), where she is interviewing Emirati artists, working to preserve local artistic traditions, and fostering a greater understanding of local art histories within the community. Suzy Sikorski “Emiratis make up about only 10 percent of the nation’s population,” says Sikorski.
To those ends, Sikorski is hoping to revitalize Emirati art in an area that is becoming more and more influenced by Western culture. —Mary Awad. Journal Courier | ISD Fulbright scholar going to New Zealand. Illinois School for the Deaf students, faculty and staff gathered Friday to extend well wishes to a veteran ISD teacher who will go abroad to hone her educational skills. Sherry Humphries of Jacksonville has been awarded a Fulbright Distinguished Award in Teaching Fellowship and will fly to New Zealand on Saturday to begin five months of research on project-based learning and its uses.
In project-based learning “students do a project of their interest, and that’s how they can incorporate a variety of academic skills at the same time” said Humphries, who teaches science and history at ISD’s high school. “I definitely want to bring back experiential learning techniques to use with my students.” Humphries said one example of project-based learning that she plans to implement is to give students the problem of building an earthquake-proof structure and then test various ideas to protect the building from earthquakes. Humphries has been a teacher for 27 years, 22 of which have been at ISD.
Fulbright takes researcher to Sweden to study new transistor materials. UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Cell phones, laptops and other portable electronic devices rely on the semiconductor material silicon to provide computing power and speed, but that won't always be the case. "The semiconductor industry is reaching the end of the road in terms of the performance they can get out of silicon, so they are looking at other materials that can help," said Joan Redwing, Penn State professor of materials science and engineering, chemical engineering, and electrical engineering. "There's an interest in developing transistors that can operate at lower power to reduce the battery requirements of current portable devices. " Potential replacements for silicon are III-V semiconductor nanowires made out of materials such as gallium antimonide, which Redwing spent three months researching at Lund University in Sweden, as part of the competitive Fulbright Scholar Program.
Nanowires are strands of material ranging from a few to hundreds of nanometers wide. Newport-Mesa teacher heading to New Zealand for research through Fulbright award - Daily Pilot. When special-education teacher Brian Ristow and his family traveled to New Zealand two years ago, he saw that elementary school students weren't wearing shoes to class. They wore shoes on the school bus and at home, he said, but not during school hours. Ristow, who has taught in the Newport-Mesa Unified School District for seven years, also noticed how students at New Zealand's secondary schools were making a choice to wear shoes to class. "It seemed to be the norm," said Ristow, who teaches students with moderate to severe disabilities from across the district at TeWinkle Intermediate School in Costa Mesa.
"There was a sense of students driving the education and them being part of the decision-making … like a natural, organic flow of child development," he said. That observation sparked Ristow's research proposal on student-led learning for the 2016 Fulbright Distinguished Award in Teaching, a highly competitive honor sponsored by the U.S. A fundraiser scheduled for Tuesday at Sgt. Health services researcher Tetine Sentell chosen as a Fulbright specialist. Tetine Sentell University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa researcher Tetine Sentell has been selected as a Fulbright specialist by the J. William Fulbright Council for International Exchange of Scholars. An associate professor in the Office of Public Health Studies at the Myron B. Thompson School of Social Work, Sentell will collaborate with public health faculty at the University of Medicine in Tirana, Albania. Albania is small country with a population of 2.8 million on the Balkan Peninsula.
Researching Albania’s healthcare management system Sentell will provide expertise in two areas. Second, the University of Tirana School of Public Health together with Institute of Public Health has been tasked with evaluating the Si Je? Fulbright Grant Enables Emory Researcher to Compare Refugee Obesity at Home and Abroad - Global Atlanta. The Issue Tree Framework - Case Interview. During interviews you will be given case problems that you would need to solve on the spot. Use a graphical issue tree (or logic tree) method to break a complex problem down into its component parts. Focus on the most pressing problems by using a hypothesis-driven approach. This approach will significantly increase your speed during interviews, which is a highly desired skill amongst consultants.
Start with a problem-based tree to detect the problem and end with a solution-based tree to fix it There are two types of issue trees during case interviews: A problem-based tree can be used to determine the root cause of the problem and understand the "why" the problem exists A solution-based tree can be used to determine the recommendation and understand the “how” to solve the problem Ensure that your issues are MECE, otherwise it would be extremely challenging to tackle each branch independently. The most desired approach is the answer-first or results-first in consulting. Key takeaways. Oliver Wyman case: Setting up a Wine Cellar - PrepLounge.com.
Comments The case is designed to be presented to the candidate by an interviewer, who plays the role of someone who wants to set up a wine cellar in his basement. Short Solution Key question 1: What will be the size of my cellar (in number of bottles) over time? Answer: The cellar will contain 410 bottles in the long run. Key question 2: What are the economics of the cellar over time in terms of money earned and money spent? Answer: Break even is reached after ca. 15 years, and only then does the cellar “pay for itself” and even make a slight return.
Detailed Solution Paragraphs highlighted in green indicate diagrams or tables that can be shared in the “Case exhibits” section. Paragraphs highlighted in blue can be verbally communicated to the interviewee. Paragraphs highlighted in orange indicate hints for you how to guide the interviewee through the case. The interviewee should perform a back-of-envelope calculation which answers two key questions: I. 1. 2. 3. 4. Answer: 20% p.a. 5. 6. II. III. Oliver Wyman case: On the Right Track - PrepLounge.com. Problem Definition TrainCo is a manufacturer of rolling stock, or trains, with production sites in three European countries. The company has seen declining profitability over the past years; however, they are currently in a very good position to bid for and win a big contract for regional trains for a Swiss national rail company. They have asked you advise to them on whether they should place a bid for the contract. Comments The analysis is divided into three parts; the interviewee should present a conclusion in each section based on the information available, and then refine his calculations based on the findings and new information shared by the interviewer.
Pitfalls include: € vs. Short Solution TrainCo should make a bid for the contract given its profitability under the following setup: Assemble trains in the Italian facility and move them to Switzerland for interior fitting. Detailed Solution Paragraphs highlighted in blue can be verbally communicated to the interviewee. I. II. III. V. Bain case: Asian lubricants producer - PrepLounge.com. Problem Definition LubricantsCo, a very successful Asian premium producer of lubricants in their native region, would like to further increase their revenue and profit. The product range ranges from lubricants in the automotive sector (e.g. motor and gear oil) to industrial applications (e.g. fats, heavy-duty oils). According to preliminary examinations, further growth potentials in the Asian core market are rather limited. Thus LubricantsCo would like to investigate options to internationalize in the passenger car business – also outside the premium segment which is given priority.
Therefore your consulting firm was instructed to elaborate a market entry strategy for the European market. Comments The case has two project phases: Project phase 1 aims at prioritizing a test market within Europe and its neighbouring countries with the help of a structured selection process on the basis of typical evaluation criteria. Short Solution Detailed Solution I. II. Market size Market growth Main conclusion. Three Mount Students Named Fulbright Semi-Finalists, Contend for Prestigious Award. IMBM NRF-intern wins Fulbright Foreign Student scholarship | IMBM: Institute for Microbial Biotechnology and Metagenomics. Iranian PhD student released after detainment at JFK. Helping improve students’ English - Community. Sustainability scholar visits University of Worcester from America.
Fulbright College Political Science Professor Named a Public Intellectuals Fellow | University of Arkansas. How an Iranian Fulbright scholar got into the U.S.: 'We found a lawyer who found a lawyer who found a lawyer' Senses at Work in Danum Valley – National Geographic Society (blogs) From immigrant health to disability law, faculty exchanges broaden perspectives. Facing a common foe | UDaily.
Tea beyond the cup - newkerala.com. [Fulbright] Organist Begins Fulbright Scholar Work. Sessions, Tillerson, Price Could Affect Education - The Atlantic. Baltimore art educator named finalist for National Teacher of the Year. Dr. Pamela Moore participates in Fulbright International Education Administrators Seminar in France, Germany | UAPB News. Broad College of Business professors named Fulbright Scholars - Story. Marianas Variety - NMC welcomes Fulbright scholar. Art for art’s sake: Bringing together Fulbright talent under one roof | art and culture.
Glasgow expert to offer Florida keys to ending gang problems (From HeraldScotland) GSU’s School of Public Health Selected to Host Prestigious Fulbright Program - Global Atlanta. Ambassador Emerson says good-bye - German-American Fulbright Commission. Two Fulbright College Faculty and Five Students Receive Fellowships From Blair Center | University of Arkansas. Vince Connors Receives Commemorative Medal at end of Fulbright Fellowship – USC Upstate News. Wright State prof named Fulbright Scholar, will work in Vietnam. Fulbright Alum Makes 30 under 30.