In this session, you will learn about various opportunities, including the Gilman Scholarship, Boren Scholarship and the Fulbright award. After an introduction to each, we will provide an overview of the application process, a recommended timeline and some tips on making yourself a more competitive applicant. 

Workshop delivered by: 

• Professor Dean Chen, Director of the Ramapo Office of Prestigious Awards & Fellowships, dchen@ramapo.edu
• Ben Levy, Director of International Education, blevy1@ramapo.edu

Session Description: Join us for a discussion about linguistics, to discover how it collaborates with other disciplines through its various research fields. And to learn how languages can change your world view.

Presenter Bio:  Arwa Ayoub is a Fulbright scholar at Ramapo College where she teaches Arabic. Born and raised near Haifa, Israel, she received a Bachelors in Generative Linguistics from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and a Masters In Translation and Research of Translation from Bar-Ilan University in Ramat Gan.

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Meeting number (access code): 185 827 9180
Meeting password: RGT-Linguistics

Co-Sponsored by: Roukema Center for International Education, Ramapo Library, Ramapo Provost’s Office and the Ramapo School of Humanities and Global Studies.

     

Ramapo Professor Iraida Lopez will talk about her experiences and the social movement that was sparked just after her arrival for Fulbright in October 2019. The event is sponsored by Sigma Delta Pi, the National Collegiate Hispanic Honor Society and LLAS.
Event link: https://zoom.us/j/2483949305?pwd=Q1J4dnYzYlg2SDgrQ3N4b1kxWU1ldz09

Fulbright Program  Speakers: Jeffrey C. Stewart & Joanne Braxton, PhD

Dr. Jeffrey C. Stewart, a Pulitzer Prize-winning author and Fulbright Scholar Alumnus to Italy, joins Dr. Joanne Braxton to discuss his most recent work, The New Negro: The Life of Alain Locke (2018). Relying on extant primary sources including intimate personal correspondence, Dr. Stewart creates a vivid biographical account of the complex man many refer to as the father of the Harlem Renaissance. Dr. Stewart’s work expertly weaves together themes of artistic and cultural exchange, race, and international education- topics certainly relevant to the Fulbright Program. Join us for this special event as we recognize the accomplishments of Dr. Stewart and learn more about the life and times of Dr. Alain Locke.  Register Here

Fulbright Program

Presented by Alanna Diggs, Mecca Slaughter and Dr. Maria Martin

The current state of affairs in the US has communicated that issues of equity and access persist. These issues are ingrained in every level of society and have created obstacles to opportunities, resources, quality education, and transformative experiences for many people of color.  This panel of African American women, who are former Fulbright recipients, will speak to issues of equity and access that affected their level of engagement with the Fulbright organization.  This panel will also discuss the nuanced experience of being ambassadors for a nation that often excludes the Black experience and offers guidance on how Fulbrighters of color can reintegrate into US society after the grant period. Within this conversation, Dr. Martin, Ms. Diggs, and Ms. Slaughter will share their experiences within the Fulbright organization from applying to pre-departure, travel abroad, and returning home to ultimately make recommendations on how the Fulbright organization can make its programs more visible to and inclusive of communities of color.

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Fulbright Event Speakers: John W. Franklin & Dr. Nishani Frazier & Dr. Kalenda Eaton

How we write history is often reflective of the viewpoints of the elite few who hold the pen – until the conventional narrative is challenged by inspired individuals. Join us as we explore the life and legacy of celebrated historian, scholar, activist, author, and Fulbright alumnus, Dr. John Hope Franklin. Moderated by African American Studies professor and Fulbright alumna Dr. Kalenda Eaton, we will explore Dr. Franklin’s life, including his pivotal work, “From Slavery to Freedom” (1947), which forever cemented the integral role of Black Americans in U.S. history, through an intimate conversation with our panelists, historian and son of Dr. Franklin, John Whittington Franklin, and Fulbright alumna, American Studies professor, and former personal assistant to Dr. Franklin, Dr. Nishani Frazier. Register Here

Ciao a Tutti! Come join us along with Ramapo’s Italian Fulbright, Stefania Lanzieri, in a discussion about the Heritage and Culture of Campania. This is region of Pompei, Capri, Amalfi Coast, and hometown of Stefania. If you have any questions, please email Italian Club President Raquia Brewster at rbrewst1@ramapo.edu

Location: Google Meet: meet.google.com/uko-supo-vsy

How do we ensure diversity, equity and inclusion as we recruit and attract future U.S. student study abroad participants and facilitate an overall empowering experience? This webinar focuses on the importance of how prepared we are, as international educators, to encourage incoming and outgoing students and scholars to reflect on their identity, the local environment and how to navigate an international context that may be distinctly different. This webinar also focuses on practical steps to develop international offerings in an inclusive manner through intentional marketing, comprehensive advising, and tailored student support for Americans studying abroad. 

This webinar is part of the “Internationalization of Higher Education in the COVID-19 Era” series jointly organized by the Department of State’s USA Study Abroad branch, the Fulbright Finland Foundation, and the Association of International Education Administrators (AIEA). These activities support U.S. study abroad and are funded by the U.S. Government through a Study Abroad Engagement Grant from USA Study Abroad within the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, U.S. Department of State. 

The webinar will be recorded and the recording will be made available after the event. 

Guest Speakers 

• Amy Henry, Executive Director of International Education, Georgia Institute of Technology 
• Tonija Hope, Director, Ralph J. Bunche International Affairs Center at Howard University 

See speaker bios. 

Sign up for the webinar by filling out the registration form. 

The capacity of the webinar is 500 people.

Session Description: Morocco has always been able to catch the attention of travelers, explorers, and learners for its diverse cultural profile, geographic allocation, foods, and languages. The story of Morocco has been told by historians, explorers, journalists, and Moroccan immigrants themselves.

Some Moroccan immigrants suddenly become language teachers, intercultural mentors, and advisors in global education, leaning on their expertise as educators, but the majority of these migrants become intercultural educators just by crossing the borders.

The processes of sharing language and ‘culture’, food and stories with students, and host communities has been a daily practice for Moroccan migrants in Europe and North America.

Meanwhile, things are changing in Morocco while migrants (like us) are busy working and adjusting to their new environments. How do we keep the story alive, and relevant, when realities keep shifting in our countries of origin while we try to stay true to the essence and stories we teach and share.

Presenter Bios: 

Jamila Chahboun: Jamila Chahboun is a Senior Lecturer of Arabic at the Department of Middle Eastern Studies at Dartmouth College and co-advisor of the Arabic Language Community-Global village at Dartmouth. She holds a Master’s degree in Social Justice in Intercultural Relations from SIT Graduate Institute (School for International Training), Brattleboro, VT.  She also holds a BA in English Linguistics from Ibn Tofail University in Kenitra, Morocco.

Jamila served as a language instructor and a Cross-Cultural educator and language instructor at the Center for Cross-Cultural Learning in Rabat, Morocco. She worked as a Program Coordinator for SIT Study Abroad, Elderhostel, and the Experiment in International Living (EIL).

In 2003, Jamila served as a Fulbright Scholar where she taught Arabic at the University of Illinois at Chicago. She also worked as an Arabic instructor for undergraduate students at Marlboro College, Marlboro, VT, and at the SIT Graduate Institute in Brattleboro, VT where she helped in redesigning the Arabic language program.

Jamila has been working as a consultant and curriculum design specialist at SIT Study Abroad assisting to conceptualize and design SIT Study Abroad Arabic language programs in North Africa and the Middle East. She is a member of the Institute of Study Abroad (IFSA) Middle East Advisory Committee (MEAC) at Butler University in Indiana where she helps review Middle East Study Abroad programs and Arabic language curricula.

Jamila has been serving as an applications’ reader with the critical language scholarship (CLS), a Department of State cultural and educational exchange program. She is a member of the Middle East Studies Association (MESA) and has presented on topics related to languages and dialects in the Middle East and North Africa.

Jamila lives with her husband, Mokhtar, and their daughter in West Lebanon, NH.

Dr. Mokhtar Bouba: Dr. Mokhtar Bouba has over 20 years of experience with designing and facilitating study abroad and experiential learning programs in Morocco. He holds a Ph.D. in leadership studies and education from Franklin Pierce University in New Hampshire. His work focused on the dynamics of image and image negotiation in Sahara Desert tourism. He has written and lectured about online education, cross-culture, tourism, Amazigh (Berber) culture, current issues in North Africa, and arts. He is also an artist, educator, and indigenous methodologist. Dr. Bouba also specializes in online pedagogies and education technology.

Before assuming his role of Assistant Professor and Co-Chair of the Intercultural Service, Leadership and Management program at the School for International Training Graduate Institute (SIT). Dr. Bouba was the instructional technologist for World Learning academic programs, supporting LowRes and, online and on blended programs. He had a leading role in the design and implementation of SIT’s Master of Arts in TESOL (online) low-residency program.

Recent study abroad programs he has led include a field course, Morocco Tourism, Space and Sustainability, offered to SIT Graduate Institute students in VT. He has served as an Academic Director with SIT Study Abroad in Jordan and as a coordinator and program development specialist at the Center for Cross-Cultural Learning (CCCL) in Rabat, Morocco. He designed and directed many exchange programs including programs with the Experiment in International Living and Rhodes Scholar.

He has advised SIT students and Fulbright scholars and taught Tamazight (Berber) and Arabic at Peace Corps, the Center for Cross-Cultural Learning in Morocco, and online. He has been an Arabic instructor at SIT Graduate Institute, where he helped re-design the Arabic language program for graduate students.

Dr. Bouba is working on a book project titled “Dynamics of Image and Image Negotiation in Moroccan Sahara Desert Tourism”, which is about the ethics and politics of representation of the Sahara and its people. He is currently a lecturer in the Middle Eastern Studies Department at Dartmouth College.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Co-Sponsored by: The Roukema Center for International Education, the George T. Potter Library, the Provost’s Office, and the Global Indigenous Network.

U.S. Embassy Virtual Webinar

“A Conversation with Rakuten CEO Mickey Mikitani”

◇ Date/Time: 15:15 –15:45, Wednesday, February 3, 2021 (Japan Time) 
◇ Speaker: Mickey Mikitani, Chairman and CEO, Rakuten, Inc.

◇ Registration is required:  https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_pMrhiVU1SXa_7rlW8mtutg 
◇ Cooperation: Rakuten Inc., Fulbright Japan
◇ Admission free, English simultaneous interpretation provided  

As founder, chairman, and CEO of Rakuten, Inc. Mickey Mikitani is one of Japan’s most prominent industry leaders. During this webinar, we will hear about his study abroad experience and how studying in the U.S. influenced his business philosophy and achieving his dreams.

There will also be an opportunity to submit questions to be answered during the event (number of questions is limited). Please submit your question to the speaker when registering for this event.

We look forward to your participation.