In this issue:
Looking Forward, Looking Back
Causes & Consequences of the Fall of the Berlin Wall
22 - 26 June 2009 | Concourse Hotel, Madison, WIUW-Madison's Center for European Studies (CES) and the Center for Russia, East Europe, and Central Asia (CREECA) are collaborating to offer a five-day teacher workshop this summer entitled, "Looking Forward, Looking Back: Causes and Consequences of the Fall of the Berlin Wall." The workshop will be held at the Madison Concourse Hotel from June 22nd through the 26th. Free lodging for teachers coming from out of town will be available on a first-come first-served basis.
The registration form, as well as a variety of workshop-related materials, can be found at:
http://www.uw-madison-ces.org/?q=node/85The deadline to register with CES and CREECA is May 15, 2009.
Participants will earn a single UW-Madison graduate credit for successful completion of this course. Please contact either Nancy Heingartner at CREECA or Csanád Siklós at CES with questions.
World Affairs Seminar for High Schoolers: World Hunger & the Food Crisis Program
Institute of World Affairs, Center for International Education, UW-Milwaukee
20 - 26 June 2009 | Carroll University, Waukesha, WIPlease encourage your students to join us for the 2009 World Affairs Seminar! The Institute of World Affairs at UW-Milwaukee's Center for International Education is co-organizing the 2009 seminar, a unique week long summer program for high school students. Since its founding in 1977, the World Affairs Seminar has brought together thousands of students from around the world that have formed lifelong friendships, learned about global issues, and been inspired to change the world. The 2009 program will be held at Carroll University in Waukesha from June 20-26. This year’s seminar will address world hunger and the global food crisis, and will provide an opportunity for students to hear from renowned experts, discuss and simulate key issues, build new skills, and generate action plans at local and global levels.
Scholarships are available!
Deadline for application is 31 May 2009.Please visit www.worldaffairsseminar.org for more information and to apply.
Understanding Contemporary China: June 15-19, 2009
MATC Summer Institute for International Education 2009
College and high school educators are invited to participate in this 5-day professional development experience. Participants earn graduate course credit from UW-Madison. Registration is $225.To register, or for more information, visit the workshop webpage.
Southeast Asian Communities & the Shifting Contexts of Learning
Saturday, October 10, 2009 | UW-Madison, Pyle CenterThe Center for SE Asian Studies at UW-Madison and the U.S. Dept. of Ed. sponsor a teachers workshop that explores how SE Asian youth live in multiple contexts of learning—in the schools and in their own communities outside the schools.
One day workshop will be held from 8:30 am until 7:30 pm, on Saturday, October 10, 2009, Pyle Center, at 702 Langdon Street, with afternoon visit to the Cambodian Temple.
To participate, register by September 11, 2009. $85 registration fee or $75/person with more than 1 registrant per school.
Additional information is available at:
http://www.seasia.wisc.edu/Outreach/twsapp2009.pdfOr contact Peggy Choy (pachoy@wisc.edu / 608.263.1755).
Arabic, Chinese Language Support
The Department of Public Instruction's Critical Language Fellows Project is already helping Wisconsin schools add Chinese language instruction. Now the program is growing, with Arabic added to the mix this summer, and the DPI is looking for teachers and schools to participate.
Read the full article at http://dpi.wi.gov/seachange/sea0817_5.html.
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