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Spelman Spotlight
December 1981
F oreign Travel Offers
★ ★ Cultural Insight
African Studies /
Susquehanna University will
be accepting applications for
1983 for a Semester in Liberia
Program which offers college
students the opportunity to live
and study in Africa.
Sponsored by the Department
for Higher Education of the
Lutheran Church in America, the
program is coordinated by Dr.
Robert L. Bradford, professor of
political science atSusquehanna.
The semester in Liberia is
designed to promote an increase
in knowledge of the traditions
and cultural heritage of West
African civilization and to
broaden students' understan
ding of contemporary African
affairs and the problems of
developing countries.
Initiated in 1980, the program
is conducted in cooperation with
Cuttington University College in
Liberia. By participating in ser
vice projects, students also con
tribute to the work of the
Lutheran Church in Liberia.
On Jan. 9, 1982, the students
will gather on the Susquehanna
campusforan orientation course
on “The Cultural Heritage of
Africa” taught by Dr. Bradford.
Students will fly to Monrovia on
Feb. 3. During a three - week
familiarization period in
Monrovia, they will participate
in a series of organized activites,
including seminars, excursions,
tours, and cultural events.
Liberia lies on the southern
edge of the great West African
bulge, 300 miles north of the
equator. In the midst of its
forests, modern and traditional
Africa meet. Centuries - old
cultural patterns still exist up-
country in the forest interior, yet
the cities are caught up in rapid
social and political change.
Cuttington University Colelge,
with an international student
body of 500 and a faculty of 50, is
one of the few private liberal arts
colleges in all of Africa. The
campus is situated on 1500 acres
of rolling land near the village of
Suacoco in an area of low forest.
College - owned minibuses
connect the campus to Gbarnga,
a city of 25,000 population
located seven miles away.
The application deadline was
Nov. 25th for this year. Enroll
ment is limited. Further informa
tion and application forms are
available from Dr. Bradford at
Susquehanna University,
Selingsgrove, Pa., 17870. It is not
too soon for underclassmen to
begin considering this program
for January 1983, and Peter
Silvestri, director of public infor
mation, encourages cor
respondence.
Ga. Rotary Clubs
Offer Foreign Study Grants
In cooperation with The
Rotary Foundation of Rotary
International, over 100 Georgia
Rotary Clubs are seeking
applicants for an extensive
program of educational awards
available to residents of Georgia
for study in foreign countries.
These will be for the academic
year 1982-83 and are available for
graduate study, for technical
training in vocational areas, for
teachers of the handicapped
(special education), and for
professional journalists or
graduate journalism students
intending journalism as a profes
sion.
The purpose of these awards is
to promote understanding and
friendly relations between
peoples of different nations and
cultures. Georgia applicants are
selected initially in competition
with other Georgia applicants.
Currently two Georgia students
are studying abroad, next year
four will bestudying abroad, and
in 1982-83, there could be as
many as six Georgians studying
abroad under Rotary auspices.
An award covers transporta
tion, educational and living
expenses for one year. The
The American Forum for Inter
national Study has announced its
AFRICA '81 study/ travel
programs. Now in their 14th
year, the Africa programs have
attracted more than 2000
educators, students, and
travelers. Eight different
programs are scheduled for July
and August, 1981. Programs will
last from eight to twenty six days
and range in costs from $1280 to
$3480. Some scholarship aid is
anticipated.
Senegal and The Gambia will
be the site for six one week
programs. Senegal, Mali,
Guinea, and the Ivory Coast will
be the countries to be studied in
a program on Francophone
African Literature and Culture. A
two week program in West
Africa will feature Senegal,
Nigeria, Benin, Togo, Ghana,
and the Ivory Coast.
Egypt, Ethiopia, and Tanzania
are scheduled to be visited on a
Comparative East African
Societies program. And for the
first time, the American Forum
will travel to southern Africa to
visit the Front - Line States of
Zimbabwe, Mozambique,
Botswana, Zambia, and Tan
zania.
For the 9th consecutive year,
the Comparative Cross African
Societies program takes visitors
to West and East Africa and
Egypt. Senegal, Nigeria, Kenya,
Ethiopia, and Egypt are on the
1981 itinerary.
Cairo will be the home of
another new Forum program. In
conjunction with the American
University in Cairo, the Forum
will offer a three week program
in Egypt examining the historical
and contemporary Arab World.
The final Forum program will
take 20 journalists from the
midwestern United States on a
fact finding Introduciton to
Today’s Africa. The program is
funded in part by the U.S.
Department of Education and is
meant to help journalists in the
print and electronic media to
deal more effectively with
African news and events.
Forum participants receive a
wide range of lectures, field
trips, cultural events, and
meetings with leading African
spokespersons. A full color
brochure is available by writing
or calling the American Forum at
14311 South Woodland Road,
Shaker Heights, Ohio 44120, or
by calling 216 - 751-7171. Dr.
Melvin Drimmer is Presidnet of
AFIS.
★ ★
Study
Spanish In
Madrid
Summer Jobs In Europe
nature of the awards requires
early planning; the deadline for
applications is March 1,1982, and
awards will be announced in
September, 1982, for attendance
abroad in the academic year
1983-84.
Approximately 1,200 young
people are currently enjoying a
year of travel, study and living in
approximately 100 countries of
the free world under this
program. Since 1947, when the
program was first activated, over
10,000 students have gone for a
year to a country other than their
own for this kind of experience,
and the Rotary Foundation has
spent over $22 million suppor
ting these "ambassadors of
goodwill”.
Any person interested in
application information, forms
and material should write or
contact the Rotary Club in his or
her home town, or write Ben F.
Johnson, Emory University
School of Law, Atlanta, Georgia
30322 indicating the applicant’s
hometown. The deadline is
March 1, 1982, and interested
persons should begin on their
applications as early as possible.
job opportunities in Europe
this summer ... Work this
summer in the forests of Ger
many, on construction. In
Austria, on farms in Germany,
Sweden and Denmark, in In
dustries in France and Germany,
in hotels in Switzerland.
For twenty years students
made their way across the Atlan
tic through A.E.S. - Service to
take part in the actual life of the
people of these countries. The
success of this project has caused
a great deal of enthusiastic
interest and support both in
America and Europe. Every year,
the program has been expanded
to include many more students
and jobs. Already, many students
have made application for next
summer jobs. American - Euro
pean Student Service (on a non -
profitable basis) is offering these
jobs to students for Germany,
Scandinavia, England, austria,
Switzerland, France, Italy, and
Spain. The jobs consist of forestry
work, child care work (females
only), farm work, hotel work
(limited number available), con
struction work, and some other
more qualified jobs requiring
more specialized training.
The purpose of this program is
to afford the student an oppor
tunity to get into real living
contact with the people and
customs of Europe. In this way, a
concrete effort can be made to
learn something f the culture of
Europe. In return for his or her
work, the student will receive his
or her room and board, plus a
wage. However, student should
keep in mind that they will be
working on the European
economy and wages will natural
ly be scaled accordingly. The
working conditions (hours, safe
ty, regulations, legal protection,
work permits) will be strictly
controlled by the labor
ministries of the ocuntries in
volved.
In most cases, the employers
have requested especially for
American students. Hence, they
are particularly interested in the
student and want to make the
work as interesting as possible.
They are all informed of the
intent of the program, and will
help the student all they can in
deriving the most from his trip to
Europe.
Please write for further infor
mation and application formsto:
American - European Student -
Service, Box 70, FL 9493 Mauren,
Liechtenstein (Europe).
Valdosta State College is to
offer a foreign study program in
the summer of 1982, according to
Dr. Jose B. Fernandez, professor
in the department of Modern
Foreign Languages.
This will be the fourth year
VSC has offered summer
programs abroad and the price
of the entire trip remains the
same as it was when it started, he
said. Departure date is set for July
10,1982, with return planned for
Aug. 7, 1982.
The price of $1,395 includes
round trip air transportation
from New York or Miami;
transportation to and from the
Madrid airport; lodging in
student dormitory in the Univer
sity City in Madrid; three meals
per day; maid and linen service;
personal laundry; health in
surance; weekend excursions to
El Escorial and Valley of the
Fallen, Toledo, Avila, Segovia,
and Panoramic tour of Madrid;
ten quarter hours of college
credit from the Spanish Colegio
Mayor or from VSC if student
meets admission requirements,
and free Spanish films or
weekends.
Participants are to attend In
tensive classes at the Colegio
Mayor Monday through
Wednesday with four day
weekends for cultural excur
sions.
Courses offered incldue
Spanish: beginning, in
termediate and advanced con
versation; literature and art at
the Prado Museum, etc. There
are also to be courses in educa
tion.
Many of the courses can be
used in the newly - available VSC
Master’s Program in Secondary
Education with theteachingfield
in Spanish. Contact Dr. Fer
nandez for further details on this
program.
Optional excursions are
planned during the stay for:
Lisbon, Portugal for $110; Paris
for $210, and London for $295.
Reservations for the studies
abroad program should be made
to Dr. Fernandez, VSC Modern
Foreign Languages or 1105 W.
Alden Ave., Valdosta, Ga. 31601.
A check in the amount of $25
should accompany your reserva
tion. If you elect one of the
optional excursions, an ad
ditional check for $25 should be
included for hotel reservations.
Checks should be made payable
to Valdosta State College. Fees
are not refundable.