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Page 10 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.