WEBCHAT SERIES: STUDYING ABROAD IN THE UNITED STATES
Description:In honor of International Education Week, CO.NX will host 3 webchats about international education and exchange worldwide. Each program will welcome an educational advisor to provide students the opportunity to learn how they might begin the application process, and what they may expect when studying in the United States. These programs will highlight opportunities available to students from Africa and France.
Tuesday, November 16
Time: 5:00 am EST (10:00 GMT)
URL: https://statedept.connectsolutions.com/arsparis Format: This will be a video webchat in French.
Guest Educational Advisor: Ms. Céline Ouziel, Educational Adviser at the Franco-American Commission in Paris
Wednesday, November 17
Time: 5:00 am EST (10:00 GMT)
URL: https://statedept.connectsolutions.com/arsparis Format: This will be a video webchat in English.
Guest Educational Advisor: Ms. Charlotte Goodwin, Educational Adviser at the Franco-American Commission for Educational Exchange in Paris
Thursday, November 18
Time: 8:00 am EST (13:00 GMT/ 15:00 SAST)
URL: https://statedept.connectsolutions.com/pretoria Format: This will be a text-only webchat in English.
Guest Educational Advisor: Ms. Martha Bridgman, Education Advisor at Consulate Johannesburg
Please visit the CO.NX Facebook Page at http://ow.ly/39163for live program updates.
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ExchangesConnect: Postcards from Home Photo Contest
What does home mean to you? A special spot in your neighborhood? A community festival? A family gathering? Grab you camera, get creative and share your photo that represents your unique cultural backyard. Submit a photo to the US Department of State photo contest! For more information click here.
Lecture Series starting again!
US Law, History, Culture
The Corner is launching its fall series of presentations on US culture and history. Presenters this year will include Drs. Judit Szathmári, Judit Kádár, and Zoltán Peterecz of the Department of American Studies at the Eszterházy Károly College, and Thomas Cooper, director of the Corner. The first presentation will be held on Wednesday, Oct. 13th at 10:00 – 11:00 in room 305 of the B Building of the Eszterházy Károly College (intersection of Egészségház utca and Klapka György utca).
English conversation hours starting again!
English conversation hours will resume on Oct. 12th in room 207 of the B Building of the Eszterházy Károly College (intersection of Egészségház utca and Klapka György utca).
Photo exhibition: Scenes from America
The American Corner has organized an exhibition of photographs by Vadon Lehel, professor Emeritus and founder of the Department of American Studies at the Eszterházy Károly College. Photographs of lifestyles and landscapes from east coast to west will be on display on the second floor of the B building of the Eszterházy Károly College by the Administrative Offices of the Department of American Studies.
Outreach Programs
The Corner continues its outreach programs with presentations on study abroad opportunities in the United States at high schools in Heves county. On October 5th Corner director Thomas Cooper will visit the Dobó Grammar school and speak with students in the English department about opportunities offered by the Corner and other organizations designed to offer information about study in the United States.
BARD COLLEGE CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC TO HOLD AUDITIONS IN BUDAPEST ON OCTOBER 5 FOR FALL 2011 UNDERGRADUATE ADMISSION
ANNANDALE-ON-HUDSON, N.Y.— The Bard College Conservatory of Music, located in Annandale-on-Hudson, New York, U.S.A., will hold auditions for Fall 2011 undergraduate admission in Budapest on Tuesday, October 5 from noon until 6 p.m. The auditions will be held at the Nádor Terem located in the Elementary School for the Blind, 1146 Budapest, Ajtósi Dürer sor 39 (tel: 1- 344-7072). For audition guidelines and to schedule an audition time, please contact David Nagy (bardhungary@gmail.com).
Dr. Robert Martin, director of The Bard College Conservatory of Music, will be present at the auditions to meet applicants and to answer questions. The Bard Conservatory is part of Bard College, a private, residential, highly selective liberal arts college. The Bard Conservatory is the only school of music anywhere in which all students enrolled in the Bachelor of Music degree program are required also to enroll in the college, earning a Bachelor of Arts degree in a field other than music. The double-degree program generally requires five years of study. Transfer students may complete the program in fewer years.
The Bard Conservatory’s distinguished faculty has attracted gifted students from all over the world, including, at present, 14 students from Hungary. The faculty includes members of the Guarneri, Emerson, Shanghai, and Orion string quartets; the American Brass Quintet; the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; the New York Philharmonic; and such well-known artists as pianist Peter Serkin and soprano Dawn Upshaw.
Generous financial aid, extending to awards of full tuition plus room and board, is available to students of outstanding accomplishment and promise. A full-year, intensive English as a Second Language course is also available, so that international students may begin Bard’s program even before they have achieved full English proficiency.
More information on The Bard College Conservatory of Music is available at its website, www.bard.edu/conservatory. For further information, contact Laszlo Vizsy at the US Embassy Budapest, or Thomas Cooper, Director of the American Corner, Eger.
Roma and Friends Tolerance Camp
This summer Katalin Erdély, a graduate of the Master’s Program in English and American Studies at the Eszterházy Károly College, participated in the Roma and Friends Tolerance Camp, organized by the Budapest American Embassy in Balatonlelle. Read about her experiences in English here, or in Hungarian here. For further information about the camp, contact the Eger Corner or visit the website of the US Embassy.
US National Security Strategy
For detailed information concerning US National Security Strategy, including the text of a speech delivered by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to the Brookings Institute on May 27th, click here.
Secretary's Innovation Award for the Empowerment of Women and Girls: Call for Concept Papers
The Secretary’s Innovation Award for the Empowerment of Women and Girls seeks to find and bring to scale the most pioneering approaches to the political, economic and social empowerment of women and girls around the globe. Funded by the Rockefeller Foundation, the award is part of the State Department’s continuing emphasis on public-private partnerships, and is administered by its Office of Global Women’s Issues. The award, and the office, are founded on the premise that the major economic, security, governance and environmental challenges of our time cannot be solved without the full participation of women at all levels of society.
The purpose of this announcement is to invite interested parties to submit a concept paper that describes innovations that have proven to have a positive impact on the lives of women and girls politically, socially, or economically. The concept paper should: (1) describe the innovation, (2) how it has been successful, and, (3) how it can be supported and enlarged with additional financial support to empower women and girls in their communities.
Each year, two awardees are selected by a prominent panel of jury and receive up to $500,000 to expand on their innovations. Concept papers can be submitted either by individuals or by non-governmental organizations. There are no restrictions as to citizenship or country of residency.
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