http://www.fulbright.cz/rss/news.shtml Fulbright commission: Fulbright - news Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:27:05 GMT http://www.fulbright.cz/news.shtml?x=2219942 The Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs has published a Request for Grant Proposals (RFGP) entitled “One-time Competitive Grants Program -- Competition A--Academic Programs” which includes a component on “Capacity Building for Undergraduate Study Abroad.” The deadline for submissions is April 12, 2010. http://www.fulbright.cz/news.shtml?x=2218911 WanderingEducators.com, an online global community of informed, engaged educators, published an article on the EducationUSA, a global network of 400+r advising centers that serve as the official source on U.S. higher education opportunities for students in 170 countries. The article includes an interview with Marty Bennett, the EducationUSA Marketing Coordinator at the Institute of International Education. http://www.fulbright.cz/news.shtml?x=2214167 Georgia State University’s Frank J. Hall, a professor of mathematics, will visit the Czech Republic this spring thanks to a U.S. Fulbright Scholar Program award, to collaborate with a renowned mathematician in research in an area that impacts computer science, economics and other fields. http://www.fulbright.cz/news.shtml?x=2140852 In the context of the EU-US co-operation in higher education and training a new call has been launched together with the US Department of Education, covering a series of actions - grouped under the common title of "ATLANTIS". The 2010 ATLANTIS Call for Proposals covers the following actions: Transatlantic Degree Consortia Projects, Excellence Mobility Projects, and Policy Oriented Measures. Application deadline is April 8, 2010. http://www.fulbright.cz/news.shtml?x=2210054 Stephanie Zelnick, assistant professor of music at KU, was recently accepted by the International Clarinet Association ClarinetFest, the most prestigious juried event in the clarinet scene, to perform at the 2010 festival in Austin, TX. Additionally, Zelnick was also recently chosen to perform a concerto with the Yuetao Symphonic Wind Ensemble in the National Theater Concerto Hall in Taipei, Taiwan. Zelnick was a recipient of a Fulbright Grant and received her Artist Diploma at the Academy for the Performing Arts in Prague. http://www.fulbright.cz/news.shtml?x=2209736 The National Clearinghouse on Disability and Exchange (NCDE) and the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) of the U.S. Department of State are pleased to announce the release of a special issue of A World Awaits You (AWAY). AWAY addresses frequently asked questions that arise for high school, college and university students and faculty, musicians, athletes, coaches and other professionals with disabilities when venturing on international exchanges. http://www.fulbright.cz/news.shtml?x=2208827 Some US secondary schools motivates their teachers to apply for international exchange programs including the Fulbright Teacher Exchange Program. The video on YouTube shows some of the possibilities and also well demonstrates the support international exchange participants are given during their US stay. One of foreign exchange teachers presented on photographs in this video is our current Czech grantee in the US, Dana Mikeskova from Střední průmyslová škola, Frenštát pod Radhoštem. http://www.fulbright.cz/news.shtml?x=2205723 EducationUSA, the official source on U.S. higher education, has launched its newly redesigned website with information for prospective international students as well as the U.S. higher education community. Learn about opportunities and services offered by the EducationUSA network! http://www.fulbright.cz/news.shtml?x=2198289 U.S. alumni of the Fulbright program in the Czech Republic can now join the new group on the Facebook. http://www.fulbright.cz/news.shtml?x=2196922 The Fulbright Commission in the Czech Republic has a profile on the Facebook. Become our fan and share information about educational exchanges between the U.S. and the Czech Republic, the Fulbright Program, and our activities.