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JUNE 22, 2005 EXCHANGES SUPPLEMENT
by Stacy Glassgold

C) 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. FULBRIGHT INVESTMENT FOCUSED IN GROWTH SECTORS (SCOOP, JUNE 17TH 2005): Doubling the number of Fulbright Scholarships is a step forward in the government’s efforts to support the future leaders of New Zealand science, Research, Science and Technology Minister Steve Maharey said today. Budget 2005 provides $2.4 million over four years to create ten additional Fulbright Scholarships in areas that are crucial to New Zealand’s future economic growth, such as biotechnology and information technology.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0506/S00372.htm

2. SCANNELL THIRD BHS TEACHER TO EARN FULBRIGHT, ROBERT MAYER (THE BERLIN CITIZEN, JUNE 16TH 2005): David Scannell is the track and cross country coach at Berlin High School in Connecticut since he started English teaching there more than 20 years ago. Scannell won a fellowship from the Japan Fulbright Association for a three-week educational visit next fall to Tokyo and another region of the country. His focus will be on Japanese test preparation and also on the role of sports in Japanese secondary schools.
http://www.theberlincitizen.com/articles/2005/06/15/local_news/news03.txt

3. OFF TO SOUTH KOREA: MUSCATINE, IOWA FULBRIGHT SCHOLAR HEADS ACROSS THE OCEAN TO TEACH STUDENTS, CYNTHIA BEAUDETTE (MUSCADETTE JOURNAL JUNE 16TH 2005): Anna Anderson, a 2005 St. Ambrose graduate, will learn more about South Korea as she teaches English to high school students there through the Fulbright student teaching assistantship grant. http://www.muscatinejournal.com/articles/2005/06/16/news/doc42b18a4de05ce658168360.txt

4. WIT RESEARCHER SECURES DISTINGUISHED FULBRIGHT HONOR (WATERFORD NEWS & STAR, JUNE 17TH 2005): John Nolan, a Waterford Institute of Technology researcher, will be conducting his postdoctoral research in Atlanta, Georgia at University of Georgia’s Vision Science Laboratory. Nolan is the first researcher from the Institute of Technology sector to secure funding under the Fulbright Program, the U.S. Government’s flagship scheme for international educational exchange.
http://www.waterford-news.com/news/story.asp?j=18431

5. TEACHER TO STUDY ABROAD, KAREN NITKIN (BALTIMORE SUN, JUNE 19TH 2005): Sandra McWhirter, a sixth-grade language arts teacher at Corkran Middle School in Glen Burnie, will spend a month in China this summer as one of 16 Fulbright-Hays scholarship winners nationwide.
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/education/bal-ar.china19jun19,1,5699516.story?coll=bal-education-top

6. FULBRIGHT SCHOLAR REFLECTS “TRIBE PRIDE”, DAVID WILLARD (WILLIAM & MARY NEWS, JUNE 20TH 2005): Bennett Baldwin is one of the six Fulbright scholars who will be carrying the Tribe spirit overseas in coming months. Baldwin (’05) is a business graduate who will teach conversational English skills in South Korea. Three other 2005 William and Mary Fulbright scholars will be serving in teaching assistantships: Jamie Quiroz (Indonesia), Alana Seifts (Germany) and Jenny Lee Bristow. Meanwhile, Fulbright scholar Kate Pierce-McManamon has a research grant that will take her to Germany while Stephanie Insley (’04) will be studying Dutch literature in the Netherlands.
http://www.wm.edu/news/index.php?id=4571

7. GRAY IS FULBRIGHT SCHOLAR (QUAD CITY TIMES, JUNE 21ST 2005): Margo Gray was named a Fulbright Scholar by the U.S. State Department for a year of study in Russia. At the Moscow Art Theatre, she will study the techniques of Russian Movement Training for Actors and how the system is taught to American students.
http://www.qctimes.net/articles/2005/06/21/features/celebrate/doc42b7911fd5286424070289.txt

8. HAVING FULBRIGHT COMPLICATES IRA, ARTHUR LOUIS (SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE, JUNE 19TH 2005): In this Q&A, a reader is inquiring about setting up an IRA for his niece, and how her Fulbright fellowship affects this process.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2005/06/19/BUGSCDAKN01.DTL&type=business

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

9. FOREIGN STUDENTS SHUN US: RESTRICTIVE VISA POLICIES AIMED AT KEEPING TERRORISTS AWAY ARE HURTING THE NATION’S SCARED CAMPUSES, MARK SIDEL (THE STANDARD, JUNE 17TH 2005): The inconsistent and ham-fisted implementation of a valid goal, preventing terrorists from entering the United States, has hindered or severely delayed many innocents from realizing their dreams of education, research, or teaching in the US. Thousands who are not terrorists have been denied visas, and many more have been forced to wait often for months or years preventing them from continuing their legitimate academic work.
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/stdn/std/Focus/GF17Dh02.html

10. CHINESE STUDENTS APPLAUD SINO-US VISA CONSENSUS (XINHUANET, JUNE 15TH 2005): Chinese students applauded China and the United States’ agreement reached Tuesday to give foreign students one-year, multiple entry visas. China’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Liu Jianchao said Tuesday the agreement will effectively improve educational cooperation and personnel exchange between China and the United States.
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-06/15/content_3089292.htm

11. US MAY ISSUE MORE STUDENTS VISAS THAN EVER, ZHU ZHE (CHINA DAILY, JUNE 16TH 2005): The United States would probably issue more Chinese student visas this year than the peak period from 2000 to 2001, Consul General John Morris said yesterday during a press conference at the US Embassy in Beijing. In May 2005, the US Embassy and its consulates in Shanghai, Guangzhou, Chengdu and Shenyang issued 2,314 F-1 (student) visas, an increase of 52 per cent year-on-year, according to the embassy.
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-06/16/content_452141.htm

12. NEVADA DELEGATION TRIES TO EASE FEARS ON VISA PROCESS, RICHARD N. VELOTTA (LAS VEGAS SUN JUNE 16TH 2005): When it comes to visits by Chinese tourists to Las Vegas, the visa application process has always been the Great Wall that keeps people from coming in greater numbers. A delegation of Nevada tourism professionals today launched a fresh attempt to knock down the biggest barrier to bringing thousands of new Chinese visitors to the state. http://www.lasvegassun.com/sunbin/stories/business/2005/jun/16/518915158.html

13. UNESCO HOSTS PEACE AND CONFLICT SEMINAR (JUNE 15TH 2005): The UNESCO Centre, based at the University’s OF Ulster’s Coleraine campus, is hosting a Peace and Conflict Seminar for a group of American academics this week. The ten-day program, held in conjunction with the Council for International Educational Exchange (CIEE), will examine the historical, political and religious history of the Northern Ireland conflict, reviewing progress to date and exploring the prospects for peace.
http://www.ulster.ac.uk/news/releases/2005/1697.html

14. THOMAS SAYS BANGLADESH’S FUTURE BRIGHT (THE NEW NATION, JUNE 19TH 2005): US Ambassador Harry K Thomas urged the youths of Bangladesh to prepare themselves to lead the nation in future. Thomas encouraged students to pursue higher education in the USA. The number of applicants for student visas has been increased by eight per cent this year, he said and added scholarships were also being offered to Bangladeshi students.
http://nation.ittefaq.com/artman/publish/article_19321.shtml

15. HOME OFFICE AND EXECUTIVE CROSS SWORDS OVER COST OF FOREIGN VISAS, JULIA FIELDS (SUNDAY HERALD, JUNE 17TH 2005): The Home Office is under pressure to reverse its recent doubling of the price of student visas, because it undermines Scotland’s Fresh Talent initiative. The Scottish Executive plans to battle the country’s shrinking population and talent pool by encouraging foreign students to stay on for an extra two years after graduation. But the Home Office recently doubled the price of visa extensions from £250 to £500 and has eliminated the right of appeal for those applicants who are initially rejected visas.
http://www.sundayherald.com/50321

16. NO MORE APPLICATIONS FOR VISAS FROM SOUTH INDIA (THE NEW INDIAN EXPRESS, JUNE 17TH 2005): Faced with an acute staff shortage, the US Consulate General in Kolkata has decided to suspend acceptance of routine visa applications from South India.
http://www.orissa.net/news/default.asp?NewsID=17518

17. THAI CULTURAL FAIR TO BE HELD IN PARIS NEXT YEAR, ANCHALEE KONGRUT (BANGKOK POST, JUNE 16TH 2005): Thailand will hold its biggest cultural fair in Paris in September next year, said Thipawadee Meksawan, permanent secretary for culture. A number of cultural shows, including Thai classical performances such as khon, likay, Thai classical puppetry, Thai classical music and even Thai boxing, will be shown in theatres and auditoriums in Paris over a two-week period.
http://www.bangkokpost.com/News/16Jun2005_news07.php

18. LAWRENCE RESIDENT ACCEPTS A YEAR-LONG GERMAN FELLOWSHIP, KATE HERTS (LAWRENCE LEDGER JUNE 16TH 2005): Lawrence resident Sarah Gutschow, winner of the Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange for Young Professionals Scholarship, is one of 75 recent graduates who will go to Germany on a government scholarship to hone their language skills, attend technical school and procure internships abroad.
http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=14707263&BRD=1091&PAG=461&dept_id=425643&rfi=6

19. NORTHEAST FILM MAKERS GET A PLATFORM (STATESMAN NEWS SERVICE JUNE 15TH 2005): Budding film makers from Northeastern, India will now have a new platform to showcase their talents and be judged by eminent film makers of the country.
With a view to promoting a better understanding of the culture and history of the northeast, both, within and outside the region, Institute of Environmental Management and Social Development (IEMSD) in collaboration with the North Eastern Council (NEC) is organizing a documentary film festival in which people from all sections of society, especially the youth, would have the opportunity to learn more about their own, and each others’ culture. http://www.thestatesman.net/page.news.php?clid=10&theme=&usrsess=1&id=80237

20. CHINESE UNIVERSITY OFFICIALS VISIT HEARTLAND COMMUNITY COLLEGE IN ILLINOIS, MICHELE STEINBACHER (BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH, JUNE 19TH 2005): The president of a Chinese university hoping to host a Heartland Community College satellite campus visited the Twin City school Saturday. Liaoning Normal University in Dalian, China would join forces with HCC to create a College of International Business Administration. http://www.pantagraph.com/stories/061905/new_20050619013.shtml

21. UNC SPONORS CULTURAL EXCHANGE, SUSAN HOUSTON (THE NEWS & OBSERVER, JUNE 19TH 2005): The Center for International Understanding of the University of North Carolina is sponsoring a cultural exchange to Japan in October. http://www.newsobserver.com/lifestyles/story/2516306p-8920576c.html