Outbound Photo Contest Winner Selected

12/29/08

The results of the Outbound Department’s Fall 2008 Photo Contest are in! Join us in congratulating Siena Hansen for her wonderful picture of Tajikistan. Siena, a junior at Brigham Young University, is currently studying Persian in Dushanbe, Tajikistan.

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Ludmila Verbitskaya honored at the Kennan Institute

12/18/08

On December 3, the Kennan Institute and the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars celebrated and recognized excellence and achievement in the field of U.S.-Russian relations with their annual Kathryn and Shelby Cullom Davis Awards Dinner. This event was has been established through a generous donation from Kathryn W. Davis and her family, recipients of the Woodrow Wilson Award for Public Service in 2006. The award is designed to raise public awareness of individuals who demonstrate outstanding and enlightened corporate citizenship and public service in support of U.S.-Russian efforts. Ms. Ludmila Verbitskaya, who in 1994 was elected the first woman rector in the history of St. Petersburg University, was this year’s honoree of the Woodrow Wilson Award for Public Service.

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Arabic and Chinese Teachers Participate in Another Successful Fall Workshop

12/17/08

Each November, after Teachers of Critical Languages Program (TCLP) exchange teachers have transitioned into their school communities and more fully understand the needs of their students, American Councils organizes a Fall Workshop to provide supplemental professional development before their first semester closes.

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