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Published: AUG 31, 2005 - 6:02AM PDT

John Brown's Public Diplomacy Review
John Brown aggregates all the most recent public diplomacy related news, including current issues in U.S. foreign policy, international broadcasting and media, propaganda, cultural diplomacy, educational exchanges, anti-Americanism, and the reception of American popular culture abroad.

AUGUST 31, 2005 EXCHANGES SUPPLEMENT
by Stacy Glassgold

WEEKLY EXCHANGES SUPPLEMENT
The following articles are related to educational and cultural exchange programs. Specific topics in this supplement include USG-funded exchange programs (e.g., Fulbright scholarships, Ron Brown Fellowship, International Visitors) as well as issues relating to student visas, study abroad, and NGOs involved in exchanges. The articles are aggregated weekly by STACY MICHELLE GLASSGOLD, USC CENTER ON PUBLIC DIPLOMACY.

C.1) USG–FUNDED EXCHANGE PROGRAMS (SCROLL DOWN TO SECTION C.2 FOR OTHER TOPICS)

1. IU FACULTY ON FOUR CAMPUSES RECEIVE FULBRIGHT AWARDS FOR 2005-06 (INDIANA UNIVERSITY, AUGUST 26TH 2005): Indiana University President Adam W. Herbert today (August 26) announced that seven faculty from four IU campuses have received awards from various Fulbright programs, a major source of federal funding, for the 2005-06 academic year.
http://newsinfo.iu.edu/news/page/normal/2352.html

2. WATERSHED SPECIALIST SELECTED FOR OAS-FULBRIGHT ECOLOGY PROGRAMME (JAMAICA OBSERVER REPORTER, AUGUST 26TH 2005): Donna Lowe, watershed and soil conservation officer at the Forestry Department of the Ministry of Agriculture, has won a scholarship under the OAS-Fulbright Ecology Program administered by the United States Embassy in Kingston.
http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/html/20050825T230000-0500_86898_OBS_WATERSHED_SPECIALIST_SELECTED_FOR_OAS_FULBRIGHT_ECOLOGY_PROGRAMME.asp

3. THIRD HIST ORY STUDENT WINS FULBRIGHT AWARD (WMU NEWS AUGUST 30TH 2005): A graduate student at Western Michigan University, Brian Becker, has been awarded a Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad Fellowship. Becker will work on his doctoral dissertation in Italy during the 2005-06 academic year, focusing on the Genoese State Archives to uncover information that will detail Genoese colonialism and the Aegean island of Chios. http://www.wmich.edu/wmu/news/2005/08/022.html

4. MINGUS WINS FULBRIGHT FOR RESEARCH IN CANADA (WMU NEWS, AUGUST 30TH 2005): Dr. Matthew S. Mingus, associate professor and doctoral director in WMU’s School of Public Affairs and Administration, has been awarded the 2005-06 Fulbright Research Chair in Public Policy, Governance, and Public Administration at the University of Ottawa’s Centre on Governance. He will be at the University of Ottawa through December researching the convergence and divergence of the Canadian and American systems of government
http://www.wmich.edu/wmu/news/2005/08/023.html

C.2) OTHER NEWS ON EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL EXCHANGE ISSUES

5. ED TECH SPURS US-CHINA EXCHANGE: KIDS URGED TO LEARN FROM CHINESE PEERS, COREY MURRAY (ESCHOOL NEWS, SEPTEMBER 1ST 2005): A pair of United States senators has introduced legislation that would encourage U.S. students to get to know their Chinese counterparts by trading stories, discussing cultural differences, and learning each other’s languages through online and face-to-face exchanges. Called the United States-China Cultural Engagement Act of 2005, the bipartisan bill, introduced by Joseph Lieberman, D-Conn., and Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., authorizes $1.3 billion over five years to bridge the cultural divide that exists between two powerful, but vastly different, nations.
http://www.eschoolnews.com/news/showStory.cfm?ArticleID=5838

6. STUDY: TERRORISTS EXPLOIT IMMIGRATION LAWS, LARA JAKES JORDAN, AP (WASHINGTON POST, AUGUST 30TH 2005): At least 94 foreign-born visitors accused of terror activity between 1993 and 2004 exploited federal immigration laws to enter or remain in the United States, according to a report just released by the Center for Immigration Studies. Some used false documents to enter the United States; others let their legal visas expire once in the country.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/08/30/AR2005083000131.html

7. WHY CHEMISTRY STUDENTS NEED PASSPORTS (INSIDE HIGHER ED, AUGUST 29TH 2005): At the American Chemical Society’s annual meeting, the focus was on a growing crisis: the lack of international expertise by graduate students in chemistry at a time when their profession increasingly requires a perspective that extends beyond the United States.
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2005/08/29/chem

8. FROM CHINA WITH LOVE, CATHERINE YOUNG (INQUIRER NEWS SERVICE, AUGUST 30TH 2005): In July, 114 young Filipino delegates were sent to China on the first Philippine-China Youth Ambassadors Program. This exchange program was an output of President Hu Jintao’s state visit to the Philippines in April. It was co-organized by the All-China Youth Federation on the Chinese side, and by the National Youth Commission (NYC) and Thames International Business School on the Philippine side.
http://news.inq7.net/lifestyle/index.php?index=1&story_id=48625

9. IN A LATHER OVER SOUTH KOREAN SOAP OPERAS; EXPORTED TV DRAMAS CAPTIVATING HUGE AUDIENCES AROUND ASIA—AND BEYOND, VANESSA HUA (SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE, AUGUST 28TH 2005): The “Korean wave” of pop culture—known in South Korea as hallyu—is a point of national pride. In addition, hallyu is helping introduce the country to the world and breaking down historical grudges with its neighbors.
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/08/28/KOREANSOAP.TMP

10. FOUR AFGHAN STUDENTS BEGIN A YEAR’S STAY IN BROWARD TO LEARN ABOUT AMERICAN LIFE, JOHN HOLLAND (SOUTH FLORIDA SUN-SENTINEL, AUGUST 28TH 2005): Four 16-year-old Afghan students came to Florida as part of the Afghanistan partnership, called Youth Exchange and Study Program (YES), which brings 40 teens to America each year and sets them up with host families, most of whom are not Muslim. It was introduced two years ago with help from the State Department, to build America’s image around the world.
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/broward/sfl-shosts29aug29,0,5303002.story?coll=sfla-news-broward

11. CROSSING THE CULTURAL AND PHYSICAL DIVIDE, MAKOTO TAKADA (THE ASAHI SHIMBUN, AUGUST 27TH 2005): Kang Sung Jae heads the Korea-Japan Cultural Exchange Center, an organization he set up in Hiroshima in 1995. In June he started publishing a monthly magazine in both Japanese and Hangul to promote mutual understanding between the two nations.
http://www.asahi.com/english/Herald-asahi/TKY200508270093.html

12. CULTURAL EXCHANGES TO BRAODEN WISDOM, KIM KI-TAE (THE KOREAN TIMES, AUGUST 29TH 2005): Korea will be translating 100 books into various languages for the Frankfurt Book Fair in October. The article includes an interview with Kim U-chang, emeritus professor of Korea University, held at the committee’s office within the compound of Kyongbokkung Palace in central Seoul.
http://times.hankooki.com/lpage/culture/200508/kt2005082919465111710.htm

13. AUSTRALIA COMPLETES DECADE OF SELLING EDUCATION (BUSINESS STANDARD, AUGUST 31ST 2005): The IDP Education Australia Ltd is an independent not-for-profit organization owned by 38 universities in Australia and represents all education sectors. IDP provides assistance for education opportunities in Australia assists with student application and visa processing and facilitates the enrolment of overseas students in Australia.
http://www.business-standard.com/common/storypage.php?storyflag=y&leftnm=lmnu2&leftindx=2&lselect=1&chklogin=N&autono=198798

14. COLLEGE OF THE ATLANTIC RECOGNIZED FOR ITS HIGH RATE OF FOREIGN STUDENTS, ABIGAIL CURTIS (BANGOR DAILY NEWS, AUGUST 26TH 2005): Despite the growing difficulty some foreign students have had obtaining visas, the tiny college has had a global impact recently because of its high percentage of foreign students (22.5%). The high percentage is due to COA’s participation as a pilot school in the Davis United World College Scholars Program, a philanthropic program that has provided scholarships to qualified international students since 2001.
http://www.bangornews.com/news/templates/?a=118916&z=507

15. EMMA OFF ON FIRST CULTURAL EXCHANGE TO GERMANY (TENTERFIELD STAR, AUGUST 25TH 2005): Emma Rudge is Tenterfield’s first ever cultural exchange youth set to visit German sister town of Ottobeuren. Rudge is a 19-year-old childcare worker who has already hosted three young Germans as part of the cultural exchange.
http://tenterfield.yourguide.com.au/detail.asp?class=news&subclass=local&category=general%20news&story_id=418988&y=2005&m=8