2013 Recipients of Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship

Wendell Bliss, Lesa Gambill, Dylan Hunziker and Karen Reynolds won a total of $11,500 to study abroad in the spring. They are among over 1,000 outstanding American undergraduate students from almost 400 colleges and universities across the U.S. selected to receive the prestigious Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship to participate in a study abroad program during the spring 2013 academic term. These students are studying in Australia, Czech Republic, Malaysia and Morocco. Gilman Scholars receive up to $5,000 to apply towards their study abroad program costs, and a limited number of Critical Need Language Awards are given each year for a total award of $8,000. The list of selected Gilman Scholarship recipients, including students’ home state, university and country of study, is available at www.iie.org/gilman.

Summer 2013: Peacebuilding in Caux, Switzerland

Are you interested in an intensive studies program in applied peacemaking?
Are you interested in the ethical dimensions of world affairs?
Are you in your 3rd year of college?

If yes, apply to be a Caux Scholar (June 26-July 23, 2013)

Applications due on December 5, 2012

Caux Scholars:
Twenty students from around the world are invited to Initiatives of Change's international conference center at Caux, Switzerland, to learn and participate in conflict resolution.

For more information, email michelle_tooley@berea.edu

TONIGHT at 6: Learn about studying in China & Japan -- ASIAN FOOD SERVED!

STUDY IN CHINA or JAPAN - SUMMER 2013!

Information Session today at 6 p.m. in Woods-Penn 207. FREE FOOD!!!

Sponsored by Asian Studies Program & Center for International Education

Education Abroad Fair – Tomorrow!

Tomorrow is also International Spirit Day in Homecoming week – dress in something international and come on over to the fair, and who knows where you might end up next summer or fall!

Education Abroad Fair

Education Abroad Fair will be held this Thursday (November 8) from 11am to 1:30pm in Baird Lounge, Alumni Building.

• Turn in your passport application - Get your photo taken before the fair.
• Find out the winners of the Education Abroad Photo Contest.
• Win a delicious international meal for your Residence Hall.
• Talk to representatives from program providers.
• Find out about scholarships and grants.
• Talk to people from financial aid.
• and much more!

Documenting Travel: Rogers Art Gallery

The Rogers Art Gallery has a show on view till November 18: Documenting Travel: Artists and Writers in the Mediterranean World

Curated by Dr. Eileen McKiernan González, Associate Professor of Art History, this show draws on our extensive art collection to explore how travelers to countries around the Mediterranean incorporated what they saw into texts and images.

Also on Sunday, October 2, from 2-3pm there will be a Gallery Talk by Dr. Alan Mills, curator of Kentucky Made: The Art and Craft of the Mountain Dulcimer and from 3-5pm there will be a reception

For more information contact:
Meghan C. Doherty, Ph.D.
Director, Doris Ulmann Galleries
Curator, College Art Collections
Assistant Professor, Art History
CPO 2162 | Berea, KY 40404 | 859-985-3083 | meghan_doherty@berea.edu 
http://www.berea.edu/art/doris-ulmann-galleries/

Two Chances this week to learn more about BIST DENMARK 2013

Come on over to the large classroom tonight at 8 pm and/or get a taste of Denmark at Friday's TGIF in WP207 at noon.

Explore Denmark! 
STUDY ABROAD, PERFORM, DANCE, TUMBLE. 
Summer II: June 12-July 10, 2013

Application Deadline October 15.
Fulfill International (Western) Perspective and Active Learning Experience.
Instructors: Kristine Petersen and Stephanie Woodie.
Apply: http://berea.abroadoffice.net/apply-summer.html

Enter the Education Abroad PHOTO CONTEST

Photo submissions due by Friday, October 5th!

For details about prizes, categories, deadlines and voting, go to our facebook page:

https://www.facebook.com/CenterForInternationalEducationBereaCollege

Like us so that you can submit your photo now and vote later this month.

Traditional Ghanaian Cooking Event TODAY!

Roberta Turkson, originally from Ghana, is the owner of Mukaase restaurant in Nashville, Tennessee. She will introduce students to Ghanaian cuisine today at this week’s T.G.I.F (Think Globally, It’s Friday!) event with a special Ghanaian meal, and she will discuss her life in Ghana as well as her experiences as a business owner in America from noon to 1 pm.

STUDY ABROAD, PERFORM, DANCE, TUMBLE.

In Denmark!
Summer II: June 12-July 10, 2013
Come learn about what's offered on October 3 at 8:00 pm in the Large Class Room in Seabury Center
Fulfill International (Western) Perspective and Active Learning Experience. 

Instructors: Kristine Petersen and Stephanie Woodie. 

Application Deadline October 15.
Apply at: http://berea.abroadoffice.net/apply-summer.html
Peer advisers are available to help you Sunday-Thursday 7-9 pm in Woods-Penn 207

Fulbright Deadline Approaching!

ATTENTION SENIORS!

The Fulbright application deadline is Monday, October 1st!

The Fulbright US Student Program provides recent college graduates with opportunities for personal and career development and international experience.

For more info, go to community.berea.edu/cie/abroad/postgrad/fulbright.php. 

Honduras course creates a splash

If you are interested in learning to scuba dive, spending Summer I term on a Caribbean Island, and promoting citizen science, please come talk to Gary Mahoney and Robert Foster. We will be at an evening information session next week, Thursday, 9/27, at 7:00 pm in Frost 218.

The Center for International Education is proud to announce that four Berea College students won Summer 2012 Benjamin A. Gilman Scholarships. They all traveled to Ghana with Berea College professors Kathy Bullock and Linda Leek this May for a course entitled “Traveling to Ghana: African Music and Literature.”  Waylon Mcdonald, Terence Witherspoon, Karly Jones  and Jessica Gaines are the award winners of $3500 each. Only 500 students in the country are receiving this esteemed award. Congratulations, Berea!

A record 31 Berea College Students apply for Gilman Awards

"The Gilman Scholarship Program offers awards for undergraduate study abroad and was established by the International Academic Opportunity Act of 2000. This scholarship provides awards for U.S. undergraduate students who are receiving Federal Pell Grant funding at a two-year or four-year college or university to participate in study abroad programs worldwide."