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Topic: Global

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  • International spring break: choose the alternative
    International spring break: choose the alternative
    Dec. 5, 2012

    Make your own chocolate at a cocoa farm in Belize, live in the rain forests of Costa Rica, hike the countryside of Ecuador, visit ancient Inca ruins in Peru, or explore indigenous cultures in Guatemala - do the "alternative" over spring break.

  • Building Bridges: International language teachers study at Appalachian
    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
    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.

  • Partnership benefits Appalachian and N.C. Museum of Natural Sciences
    Partnership benefits Appalachian and N.C. Museum of Natural Sciences
    Aug. 2, 2012

    Students recover fossils in Arizona to help the N.C. Museum of Natural Sciences build its Triassic collection and understand our own state's geologic record.

  • Scientists, students and Quechua community partner to understand climate change
    Scientists, students and Quechua community partner to understand climate change
    June 28, 2012

    Every morning, 13-year old Nelson Crispin takes a short walk from his home at 13,800 feet through frosty fields to record climate data collected by instruments installed in the Cordillera Vilcanota mountain range in Peru.

  • Alternative Spring Break helps students experience different ways of service
    Alternative Spring Break helps students experience different ways of service
    June 18, 2012

    In 2012, Appalachian’s Alternative Spring Break (ASB) program engaged 322 faculty, staff and students in service opportunities in 18 U.S. locations, as well as in Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Nicaragua, Peru and Jamaica.

  • Smith receives Princeton University visiting fellowship
    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.

  • Changing students' lives in Kenya
    Changing students' lives in Kenya
    Sep. 1, 2011

    An Appalachian State University graduate is helping change students' lives in Kenya through a project to distribute e-readers.

  • Professor’s project provides first-ever Guatemalan language text for Mayan students
    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.

  • Appalachian students experience the world
    Appalachian students experience the world
    March 28, 2011

    Appalachian's Office of International Education and Development (OIED) works with students to help them understand the many opportunities available and to help them make a plan that incorporates an international experience into their individual programs of study.

  • India and South Africa become popular destinations for service-learning
    India and South Africa become popular destinations for service-learning
    July 22, 2010

    A growing number of Appalachian State University students are gaining overseas experience through Appalachian's International Community Development Initiative (ICDI).

  • Group studies indigenous activism in the Upper Amazon
    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
    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
    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
    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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