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Pakistani and American students discover their similarities during exchange program
Dec. 8, 2013
Young Pakistani students, Appalachian State University students and Watauga County public school students spent some time together recently and found they were more similar than dissimilar despite living worlds apart.
Appalachian receives $297,529 grant to continue Pakistani schools exchange program
Aug. 23, 2013
Appalachian State University has received a second grant totaling $297,529 from the Public Affairs Section of the U.S. Embassy in Islamabad, Pakistan, to continue an exchange project between public schools in Watauga County and Taxila, Pakistan.
Appalachian Abroad: Cuba roundtable December 2012
Dec. 19, 2012
Marty Meszner, associate dean for international programs at the Walker College of Business, talks with students who visited Cuba on a study abroad program in 2012.
Building Bridges: International language teachers study at Appalachian
Nov. 12, 2012
Twenty-one teachers from 17 countries come to Appalachian to boost their skills in teaching English as a second language.
Appalachian receives $266,197 grant to implement an exchange program between Watauga and Pakistani schools
Aug. 23, 2012
Appalachian State University has received a $266,197 grant from the Public Affairs Section of the U.S. Embassy in Islamabad to implement a one-year exchange project between three schools in Watauga County and three schools in Taxila, Pakistan.
Smith receives Princeton University visiting fellowship
Feb. 6, 2012
Noted Latin American scholar Dr. Timothy J. Smith has received a visiting fellowship in Princeton University’s Program in Latin American Studies. He will be a visiting research scholar and visiting assistant professor for fall 2012.
Professor’s project provides first-ever Guatemalan language text for Mayan students
March 31, 2011
Dr. Timothy J. Smith’s project grew out of a Fulbright grant Smith received in 2001 to conduct dissertation field work in Sololá, where he studied the customs, traditions and practices of the town’s indigenous government.
Group studies indigenous activism in the Upper Amazon
Nov. 3, 2009
This past summer, 16 students from Appalachian State University traveled to Ecuador to study indigenous activism and language in the Upper Amazon for three weeks. They came away with a greater appreciation of the impact of oil in the Amazon and its affect on the lives of the indigenous people.
Cultural Exchange
15 Pakistanis strengthen their teaching skills and leave behind a better understanding of their culture
Nov. 10, 2008
Fifteen secondary-level biology teachers were selected by the Fulbright Commission to attend a six-week training program at Appalachian in July and August of 2007. They spent four weeks strengthening their skills in science, educational technology, teaching and English. Then, they spent two weeks applying what they learned by team teaching in Watauga County Schools. While in the public schools, they also shared information about their native culture with children in social studies and other non-science classes.
Cultural Exchange
Nov. 10, 2008
Pakistan and Boone may be a world apart, but for 15 Pakistani biology teachers this summer, Boone became home. Their six-week visit was enabled by a grant from the U.S. Department of State to Appalachian’s Office of International Education and Development.
Appalachian receives $124,782 grant to conduct training for Pakistani biology teachers
July 5, 2007
Appalachian State University has received a $124,782 grant from the U.S. Department of State through the International Institute of the USDA Graduate School to conduct a six-week training program for Pakistani secondary-level biology teachers.

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