Get Paid to Study Chinese in Taiwan!

From the Matador Network, learn about different scholarship opportunities for students who are interested in traveling to Taiwain over the summer to study the Mandarin language: “Get Paid to Study Chinese in Taiwain”

Application Cycle:
  • January – TECRO begins to publicize scholarships for the year.
  • March 31 – Application deadline (getting your application in sometime in February will give you an edge).
  • Early May – TECRO notifies all applicants of decisions.
  • Late May – Students completing a summer term in Taiwan arrive right after the US academic school year ends to register for classes.

Rangel International Affairs Program: Summer Enrichment Program

Application acceptance for the Rangel International Affairs Summer Enrichment Program will open on October 15.  All application materials must be submitted and received by February 8, 2013.

About the Summer Enrichment Program:

The Charles B. Rangel International Affairs Summer Enrichment Program is a six-week summer program designed to provide undergraduate students with a deeper appreciation of current issues and trends in international affairs, a greater understanding of career opportunities in international affairs, and the enhanced knowledge and skills to pursue such careers. The Program usually selects 15-20 participants (known as “Rangel Scholars”) each year from universities throughout the United States. Students live at Howard University, attend classes, and participate in a variety of programs with foreign affairs professionals at Howard and at diverse locations around Washington, DC.

The Program has two major components. First, in order to enhance participants’ academic preparation to work in international affairs, the Program provides three courses that focus on enhancing knowledge and skills related to U.S. foreign policy, economics and writing. In addition, in order to provide greater insight into the foreign policy-making process and international affairs careers, the Rangel Program introduces the participants to a wide range of government and non-government professionals who work on global issues and also arranges visits to various governmental and non-governmental institutions involved in international affairs. The Program also helps students explore graduate school and professional options in international affairs.

The Summer Enrichment Program will take place from mid-June through the end of July 2013.

To Apply

Rangel International Affairs Summer Enrichment Program

Acceptance of Applications for next year’s Summer Enrichment Program will open on October 15.  Applications must be received by February 8, 2013.  

About the Program:

The Charles B. Rangel International Affairs Summer Enrichment Program is a six-week summer program designed to provide undergraduate students with a deeper appreciation of current issues and trends in international affairs, a greater understanding of career opportunities in international affairs, and the enhanced knowledge and skills to pursue such careers. The Program usually selects 15-20 participants (known as “Rangel Scholars”) each year from universities throughout the United States. Students live at Howard University, attend classes, and participate in a variety of programs with foreign affairs professionals at Howard and at diverse locations around Washington, DC.

The Program has two major components. First, in order to enhance participants’ academic preparation to work in international affairs, the Program provides three courses that focus on enhancing knowledge and skills related to U.S. foreign policy, economics and writing. In addition, in order to provide greater insight into the foreign policy-making process and international affairs careers, the Rangel Program introduces the participants to a wide range of government and non-government professionals who work on global issues and also arranges visits to various governmental and non-governmental institutions involved in international affairs. The Program also helps students explore graduate school and professional options in international affairs.

The Summer Enrichment Program will take place from mid-June through the end of July 2013.

To Apply:

http://www.rangelprogram.org/index.cfm?areaid=2&contentid=690&mcontent=y&action=applysep&typeid=CBRIAPSEP

Odun Oya: October 28 & 29, 2012

Visit the African Village, Oyotunji African Village, without leaving the US.  Located in Sheldon, SC, just over an hour to the southwest of Charleston, this village was established “in 1970 by Oba Oseijeman Adefunmi I and a handful of Cultural Nationalists, who had left the urban temples of N.Y., Chicago and Indiana, ventured into the swamps of the South Carolina Lowcountry and built the Kingdom of Oyotunji. Thus reclaiming the Culture and Traditions of the Yoruba ancestors and deities.”

Visit the website for more: http://www.oyotunji.org/

Rita Barnard Roundtable “On Public and Private in JM Coetzee”

Noted South African-born literary critic Professor Rita Barnard will host a discussion for English Department and other interested faculty on her paper “On Public and Private in JM Coetzee” TODAY, October 11 from 3:15-4:30pm.

If you wish to attend, please e-mail Simon Lewis at lewiss@cofc.edu so that he can send you a copy of the essay.

The discussion will take place in the dean’s conference room on the 3rd floor of the Jewish Studies building.

 

96 Wentworth Street
Charleston, SC
Phone: (843) 953-5682