Topic: Global

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Want to bring an international volunteer to Boone? AIESEC seeks support for Global Citizen program
Nov. 16, 2015
BOONE—AIESEC at Appalachian State University is looking for support to start its international volunteer program, Global Citizen. Support may include offering volunteer opportunities with High Country nonprofits, becoming a host family, or providing monetary sponsorships.
Appalachian remains 4th among master’s degree granting institutions for study abroad participation
Nov. 16, 2015
The strength of Appalachian State University’s study abroad programs and student interest in living and learning in a different culture has placed the university near the top of rankings released Nov. 16 by the Institute of International Education.
Hutchins receives National Translation Award
Nov. 9, 2015
The award recognizes Hutchins' Arabic to English translation of “The New Waw: Saharan Oasis” by Ibrahim al-Koni.
Global Film Series presents “A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night”
Nov. 9, 2015
The film is the first Iranian vampire western ever made. Director and writer Ana Lily Amirpour’s debut is a joyful mash-up of genre, archetype and iconography.
Step Afrika! performs Nov. 17 at Appalachian
Oct. 27, 2015
Step Afrika! is the first professional dance company in the world dedicated to the tradition of stepping.
Appalachian student/faculty delegation presents at conference in Romania
Oct. 13, 2015
A delegation from the Center for Appalachian Studies at Appalachian State University traveled to Brasov, Romania, recently to present research at the Appalachians/Carpathians: Researching, Documenting, and Preserving Highland Traditions conference.
We Were Travelers, Not Tourists
Traveling through Cuba with 15 students, 2 colleagues and no Internet
Oct. 9, 2015
A group of students and faculty learns about the history, culture and politics of Cuba – and some of what Cubans experience each day – during a study abroad experience.
Reflections on Cuba
Oct. 9, 2015
In May, three faculty members took 15 students to Cuba for a multidisciplinary, study abroad course titled “Rhythm and Revolution: Exploring Music and Dance in Cuba.” The group committed to being travelers, not tourists and came away with an understanding of the island’s history, culture, politics and some of what Cubans experience each day.
Nominations sought for Appalachian’s Global Leadership awards
Sept. 25, 2015
The awards recognize students, faculty and staff who have made a significant contribution to advance global learning at the university.
“Rhythm and Revolution” — Cuba Study Abroad, 2015
Sept. 23, 2015
Images from a multidisciplinary, study abroad course titled “Rhythm and Revolution: Exploring Music and Dance in Cuba.” The program was led by faculty in dance, music and global studies.
Kirkpatrick receives Brockman-Campbell Book Award for her Irish-themed poetry collection
Sept. 21, 2015
A poet and professor in Appalachian State University’s Department of English, Kirkpatrick had long wanted to write about Gonne, who was a muse to William Butler Yeats, but she was uncertain of the creative device – such as lyric or dramatic monologue – that she wanted to use.
Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak to speak at Appalachian Sept. 24
Sept. 18, 2015
Professor Gayatri Spivak—a brilliant theorist in postcolonial studies—will deliver the talk “The Subaltern, Again and Again.”
Bringing Global Learning into the Classroom
Sept. 17, 2015
Appalachian Students tie classroom to real world situations with global learning opportunities.
Joyful music
Sept. 9, 2015
Members of the University of Zululand Choir from Durban, South Africa, gave a lunch-time performance Sept. 9 in the dining facility in Appalachian State University’s Plemmons Student Union.
Education can be life changing, speaker says
Sept. 4, 2015
Never take your college education for granted, students at Appalachian State University were told during fall convocation Sept. 3. That caveat was delivered by Ishmael Beah, author of the memoir “A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier,” which was selected for the university’s Common Reading Program this year.
Venue change for Auschwitz-Birkenau survivor speaks Sept. 17 at Appalachian
Sept. 1, 2015
Cernyak-Spatz, who is a professor emerita of German literature at UNC Charlotte, was born into a middle-class Jewish family in Vienna. In 1929, she moved with her family to Berlin, where they witnessed Hitler’s rise to power.
University of Zululand Choir members to perform at Appalachian
Sept. 1, 2015
The choir was established in 2001 in Durban, the third-largest city in South Africa. The choir sings a variety of compositions, from Afro gospel, jazz and soul to traditional, indigenous music and opera.
Appalachian offers study abroad for graduate students
Aug. 26, 2015
Graduate students explore Ethiopia, India and Indonesia and benefit both personally and professionally.