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Dear reader,
It's warm, it's sunny and there are some amazing things going on here at IIEPassport. I hope the spring is treating you well and that your study abroad plans are well on their way! This month's Student of the Month, Michael Ernst, is a truly engaging student with a unique set of study abroad experiences. Ernst has traveled abroad with the International Honors Program (IHP) as both a student and a Trustee. Read about his travails and about the difference between a study abroad experience as a student and as a Trustee. Our Destination of the Month will take you to the Czech Republic, where students can study in sophisticated Prague, a popular study abroad destination. Discover how your students can get the most out of study abroad through a program in the Czech Republic, or perhaps in Beijing, our featured City Portal of the month. And, if you are interested in study abroad programs in Scotland, the British Council has several new scholarships available. If you've been looking into nontraditional destinations, you will want to look into the Promoting Peace through Dialogue, Middle East 2008 training seminar in international negotiation, mediation and conflict resolution. The seminar and conference will be held from July 20 to August 3 at the United Nations University-International Leadership Institute in Amman, Jordan.
Here's to a pleasurable and productive summer!
British Council - Graduate Scholarships for Scottish Universities Save your precious pennies or pence...think Scotland for graduate school! Scotland is home to first-rate universities - and boasts 51 new scholarships available just for US nationals. Scholarships of £2000 are available for full time graduate students in both taught and research programs at all 17 Scottish universities. Don't delay - applications for 2008/09 study are due July 1! Learn more about the scholarships and Scotland's Fresh Talent Initiative, which allows international students to work for two years upon graduation.
Global Majority "Promoting Peace through Dialogue, Middle East Session 2008" Training Seminar in International Negotiation, Mediation, and Conflict Resolution Amman, Jordan | July 20-August 3, 2008 Whether you are a student looking to build your resume and earn course credit, or a professional looking to acquire new knowledge and expand your network, "Promoting Peace through Dialogue, Middle East 2008" presents an amazing opportunity! This training seminar and conference will be held at the United Nations University - International Leadership Institute in Amman, Jordan, along with Global Majority, a non-profit organization that promotes peace through dialogue. The seminar includes a two-week residential program conducted by professors, trainers, and speakers from around the world. Participants will receive extensive training in conflict resolution techniques and gain an in-depth understanding of the Israel/Palestine and several other of the world's major conflicts, including the factors which continue to fuel them. Participants will also have the opportunity to increase their knowledge of other cultures through interaction with and exposure to an array of cultural views and backgrounds. For more information, please visit: http://globalmajority.org/gm/ Featured Destination of the Month: Czech Republic
The Czech provinces have been subject to Europe's shifting empires, from the Great Moravian Empire to the Austro-Hungarian Empire, later becoming Czechoslovakia and finally gaining a separate identity as a republic, under the leadership of famous dissident and playwright Vaclav Havel, who served as its first president. Throughout these political transitions, it has retained its status as a European cultural center. Today it is one of the most prosperous and developed of the formerly Communist countries. Its economy continues to experience dynamic growth, due to increased exports, foreign investors and an entrepreneurial business environmnent.
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By Lynn Ngo, The Lariat Online, Baylor University
Each semester many students who studied abroad return home with reverse culture shock.
Reverse culture shock can be compared to the culture shock that one may experience as a foreigner in another country. Except this time the culture shock applies to one's home country.
Reverse culture shock can affect anyone who has lived for an extended period of time in another culture and has adapted to that cultural environment, such as study abroad students.
Student of the Month - Michael Ernst
Featured City Portal: Beijing
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Located at the heart of Central Europe, the Czech Republic became a separate nation-state when the former Czechoslovakia was peacefully divided into the Czech Republic and Slovakia in 1993, following the "Velvet Revolution" of 1989.
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