Academic Affairs Office

International Travel Opportunities for Students and Faculty

CDS International, Inc. The Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange Scholarship program (CDS) is accepting applications for the 2010-2011program from community college students who are interested in experiencing German culture and everyday life. Don't Just Learn About Germany — Live it, Love it, and Let it Help You Change the World! Imagine everything you'll learn with a full scholarship to study abroad in Germany. This is an experience that can change your life. Since 1983, this congressionally funded youth exchange program has helped to prepare young people for living in a global society. This program will allow you to develop critical intercultural skills while learning what it's like to live and attend school in Germany.

 

In the U.S., the program is funded by the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the Department of State under the authority of the Fulbright-Hays Act of 1961. In Germany, the program is funded through the Administration of the Bundestag. This program is intended primarily for young adults in business, technical, vocational, and agricultural fields. Seventy-five Americans and 100 Germans participate in the program each year. For American participants, the 12- 4 month program begins in late July and consists of two months of instruction in German, four months of classroom instruction at a German University of Applied Sciences, and five months of internship in a career field. The scholarship for the student covers funding of international airfare, local transportation and stipend, language training/study costs, orientation, mid-year and final seminars, sickness and accident insurance. The student is responsible for personal expenses ($300-$500/month), active involvement in search for an internship position, and community integration in Germany. The deadline for each program year is December 1. Applications are read by a selection committee and pre-selection announcements are made in late January. Interviews take place at several sites around the country in February, and selection announcements are made in March. For more information go to http://www.usagermanyscholarship.org

 

 

 

Participate in a Fulbright GPA Project

 

Vietnam 

Summer 2010

Only full-time faculty in Arts, Communication-Foreign Languages, Humanities, and Social Sciences are eligible to participate (imposed by the Fulbright GPA program).  

 

Each faculty must submit a proposal of 3-5 pages in length, typed, using the format below.

Applicants will be selected based on the grading criteria and points provided below. 

Note: On behalf of the Midwest Institute consortium, the Fulbright GPA grant proposal was submitted to the U.S. Department of Education, on October 4, 2009.  Theo is expecting to receive a reply of whether it will be funded by the end of March, 2010. 

 

E-mail your application (as an attachment) to Theo Sypris at:  tsypris@kvcc.edu

E-Mail Theo for a copy of the itinerary & information on the project.

Deadline for application:  February 1, 2010.

At the top of the application indicate: 

Name, discipline, college, address, phone and e-mail, home address and phone(s)

 

I.  Participation Objectives (20 points)

1.  How will this Fulbright GPA project enhance your international expertise?

2.  How will your participation strengthen your teaching at your college?

3.  How will your participation support non-teaching contribution(s) to your college?

 

II. Curriculum Objectives & Outcomes (25 points)

1.  What are the specific curriculum objectives you hope to achieve?  

2.  Provide a brief description of the curriculum you plan to develop and indicate the title of the course(s) & course number(s) for which you plan to incorporate the curriculum material that you will develop under this project. 

 

III. Project (Other than Curriculum) Objectives & Outcomes (15 points)

1.  Other professional (non-curriculum) objectives linked to the project.

2.  How will these objectives and product(s) enhance your teaching and your role on your campus?

 

IV. Project Plan (20 points)

1.  How do you propose to meet your curriculum and professional objectives mentioned under sections II & III? 

2.  What methods and pedagogy will you employ?

 

V. Project Evaluation (20 points)

1.  How will you evaluate your curriculum work?

2.  How will you evaluate any other objectives and products that you will develop?

 

Your minimal professional obligations (after the overseas trip) are:

1)    To develop curriculum and teach it the following year (starting in 2011).

2)    To do a presentation on your curriculum work at the 2011 or 2012 annual conference

of the Midwest Institute.

3)    To share your work and experiences with colleagues and community. 

BENEFITS, OBLIGATIONS & MONETARY ISSUES

The Federal grant and the Midwest Institute will provide:

 

  1. Programming, meals and lodging for a two-day pre-departure workshop.

 

  1. International roundtrip airfare. 

 

  1. All transportation inside the country.

 

  1. All admission fees to scheduled sites.

 

  1. All scheduled meals (normally three meals a day).

 

  1. All lodging. 

 

  1. Curriculum support & mentoring.

 

 

The Faculty and/or College are obligated to:

 

1.    Participate in a weekend pre-departure workshop.

 

2.    Develop a curriculum module by November  30, 2010.

 

3.    Participate in the electronic communications and curriculum sharing activities.

 

4.    Report (20-30 minutes) on the curriculum work (module) at a Midwest Institute’s annual conference in 2011 or 2012.

 

5.    Support your college coordinator to promote international-intercultural education on your campus.

 

6.    Two months prior to the overseas trip the faculty and/or college must provide a matching payment towards project expenses in the amount of $1,800. 

 

7.    Your college must be a member of the Midwest Institute consortium.

 

 

 

Note:  The Midwest Institute consortium and the colleges providing funding towards the faculty participation in the Fulbright GPA project, reserve dual right of ownership of the curriculum modules.  Either institution may modify or distribute the curriculum modules as sees fit in the course of its activities.  It is the Midwest Institute’s intent to share the modules (free of charge) with its member colleges (in printed form, CD-ROM, and

via its website).  

 

 

 

 

 

 

An Invitation

 

For

 

Faculty

 

To

 

Participate in a Fulbright GPA Project

 

MALAYSIA

 

Summer 2010

 

 

 

                 FACULTY GUIDELINES & APPLICATION FORMAT

 

Only full-time faculty in Arts, Communication-Foreign Languages, Humanities, and Social Sciences are eligible to participate (imposed by the Fulbright GPA program). 

 

Each faculty must submit a proposal of 3-5 pages in length, typed, using the format below.

Applicants will be selected based on the grading criteria and points provided below. 

Note: On behalf of the Midwest Institute consortium, the Fulbright GPA grant proposal was submitted to the U.S. Department of Education, on October 4, 2009.  Theo is expecting to receive a reply of whether it will be funded by the end of March, 2010. 

 

E-mail your application (as an attachment) to Theo Sypris at:  tsypris@kvcc.edu

E-Mail Theo for a copy of the itinerary & information on the project.

Deadline for application:  February 1, 2010.

At the top of the application indicate: 

Name, discipline, college, address, phone and e-mail, home address and phone(s)

 

I.  Participation Objectives (20 points)

1.  How will this Fulbright GPA project enhance your international expertise?

2.  How will your participation strengthen your teaching at your college?

3.  How will your participation support non-teaching contribution(s) to your college?

 

II. Curriculum Objectives & Outcomes (25 points)

1.  What are the specific curriculum objectives you hope to achieve?  

2.  Provide a brief description of the curriculum you plan to develop and indicate the title of the course(s) & course number(s) for which you plan to incorporate the curriculum material that you will develop under this project. 

 

III. Project (Other than Curriculum) Objectives & Outcomes (15 points)

1.  Other professional (non-curriculum) objectives linked to the project.

2.  How will these objectives and product(s) enhance your teaching and your role on your campus?

 

IV. Project Plan (20 points)

1.  How do you propose to meet your curriculum and professional objectives mentioned under sections II & III? 

2.  What methods and pedagogy will you employ?

 

V. Project Evaluation (20 points)

1.  How will you evaluate your curriculum work?

2.  How will you evaluate any other objectives and products that you will develop?

 

Your minimal professional obligations (after the overseas trip) are:

1)    To develop curriculum and teach it the following year (starting in 2011).

2)    To do a presentation on your curriculum work at the 2011 or 2012 annual conference

of the Midwest Institute.

3)    To share your work and experiences with colleagues and community. 

BENEFITS, OBLIGATIONS & MONETARY ISSUES

The Federal grant and the Midwest Institute will provide:

 

  1. Programming, meals and lodging for a two-day pre-departure workshop.

 

  1. International roundtrip airfare. 

 

  1. All transportation inside the country.

 

  1. All admission fees to scheduled sites.

 

  1. All scheduled meals (normally three meals a day).

 

  1. All lodging. 

 

  1. Curriculum support & mentoring.

 

 

The Faculty and/or College are obligated to:

 

1.    Participate in a weekend pre-departure workshop.

 

2.    Develop a curriculum module by November  30, 2010.

 

3.    Participate in the electronic communications and curriculum sharing activities.

 

4.    Report (20-30 minutes) on the curriculum work (module) at a Midwest Institute’s annual conference in 2011 or 2012.

 

5.    Support your college coordinator to promote international-intercultural education on your campus.

 

6.    Two months prior to the overseas trip the faculty and/or college must provide a matching payment towards project expenses in the amount of $1,800. 

 

7.    Your college must be a member of the Midwest Institute consortium.

 

 

 

Participate in a Fulbright GPA Project

 

JAPAN & S. KOREA

 

Summer 2010

 

 

 

                 FACULTY GUIDELINES & APPLICATION FORMAT

 

Only full-time faculty in Arts, Communication-Foreign Languages, Humanities, and Social Sciences are eligible to participate (imposed by the Fulbright GPA program). 

 

Each faculty must submit a proposal of 3-5 pages in length, typed, using the format below.

Applicants will be selected based on the grading criteria and points provided below. 

Note: On behalf of the Midwest Institute consortium, the Fulbright GPA grant proposal was submitted to the U.S. Department of Education, on October 4, 2009.  Theo is expecting to receive a reply of whether it will be funded by the end of March, 2010. 

 

E-mail your application (as an attachment) to Theo Sypris at:  tsypris@kvcc.edu

E-Mail Theo for a copy of the itinerary & information on the project.

Deadline for application:  February 1, 2010.

At the top of the application indicate: 

Name, discipline, college, address, phone and e-mail, home address and phone(s)

 

I.  Participation Objectives (20 points)

1.  How will this Fulbright GPA project enhance your international expertise?

2.  How will your participation strengthen your teaching at your college?

3.  How will your participation support non-teaching contribution(s) to your college?

 

II. Curriculum Objectives & Outcomes (25 points)

1.  What are the specific curriculum objectives you hope to achieve?  

2.  Provide a brief description of the curriculum you plan to develop and indicate the title of the course(s) & course number(s) for which you plan to incorporate the curriculum material that you will develop under this project. 

 

III. Project (Other than Curriculum) Objectives & Outcomes (15 points)

1.  Other professional (non-curriculum) objectives linked to the project.

2.  How will these objectives and product(s) enhance your teaching and your role on your campus?

 

IV. Project Plan (20 points)

1.  How do you propose to meet your curriculum and professional objectives mentioned under sections II & III? 

2.  What methods and pedagogy will you employ?

 

V. Project Evaluation (20 points)

1.  How will you evaluate your curriculum work?

2.  How will you evaluate any other objectives and products that you will develop?

 

Your minimal professional obligations (after the overseas trip) are:

1)    To develop curriculum and teach it the following year (starting in 2011).

2)    To do a presentation on your curriculum work at the 2011 or 2012 annual conference

of the Midwest Institute.

3)    To share your work and experiences with colleagues and community. 

BENEFITS, OBLIGATIONS & MONETARY ISSUES

The Federal grant and the Midwest Institute will provide:

 

  1. Programming, meals and lodging for a two-day pre-departure workshop.

 

  1. International roundtrip airfare. 

 

  1. All transportation inside the country.

 

  1. All admission fees to scheduled sites.

 

  1. All scheduled meals (normally three meals a day).

 

  1. All lodging. 

 

  1. Curriculum support & mentoring.

 

 

The Faculty and/or College are obligated to:

 

1.    Participate in a weekend pre-departure workshop.

 

2.    Develop a curriculum module by November  30, 2010.

 

3.    Participate in the electronic communications and curriculum sharing activities.

 

4.    Report (20-30 minutes) on the curriculum work (module) at a Midwest Institute’s annual conference in 2011 or 2012.

 

5.    Support your college coordinator to promote international-intercultural education on your campus.

 

6.    Two months prior to the overseas trip the faculty and/or college must provide a matching payment towards project expenses in the amount of $1,800. 

 

7.    Your college must be a member of the Midwest Institute consortium.

 

 

 

Participate in a Fulbright GPA Project

 

MALAYSIA

 

Summer 2010

 

 

 

                 FACULTY GUIDELINES & APPLICATION FORMAT

 

Only full-time faculty in Arts, Communication-Foreign Languages, Humanities, and Social Sciences are eligible to participate (imposed by the Fulbright GPA program). 

 

Each faculty must submit a proposal of 3-5 pages in length, typed, using the format below.

Applicants will be selected based on the grading criteria and points provided below. 

Note: On behalf of the Midwest Institute consortium, the Fulbright GPA grant proposal was submitted to the U.S. Department of Education, on October 4, 2009.  Theo is expecting to receive a reply of whether it will be funded by the end of March, 2010. 

 

E-mail your application (as an attachment) to Theo Sypris at:  tsypris@kvcc.edu

E-Mail Theo for a copy of the itinerary & information on the project.

Deadline for application:  February 1, 2010.

At the top of the application indicate: 

Name, discipline, college, address, phone and e-mail, home address and phone(s)

 

I.  Participation Objectives (20 points)

1.  How will this Fulbright GPA project enhance your international expertise?

2.  How will your participation strengthen your teaching at your college?

3.  How will your participation support non-teaching contribution(s) to your college?

 

II. Curriculum Objectives & Outcomes (25 points)

1.  What are the specific curriculum objectives you hope to achieve?  

2.  Provide a brief description of the curriculum you plan to develop and indicate the title of the course(s) & course number(s) for which you plan to incorporate the curriculum material that you will develop under this project. 

 

III. Project (Other than Curriculum) Objectives & Outcomes (15 points)

1.  Other professional (non-curriculum) objectives linked to the project.

2.  How will these objectives and product(s) enhance your teaching and your role on your campus?

 

IV. Project Plan (20 points)

1.  How do you propose to meet your curriculum and professional objectives mentioned under sections II & III? 

2.  What methods and pedagogy will you employ?

 

V. Project Evaluation (20 points)

1.  How will you evaluate your curriculum work?

2.  How will you evaluate any other objectives and products that you will develop?

 

Your minimal professional obligations (after the overseas trip) are:

1)    To develop curriculum and teach it the following year (starting in 2011).

2)    To do a presentation on your curriculum work at the 2011 or 2012 annual conference

of the Midwest Institute.

3)    To share your work and experiences with colleagues and community. 

BENEFITS, OBLIGATIONS & MONETARY ISSUES

The Federal grant and the Midwest Institute will provide:

 

  1. Programming, meals and lodging for a two-day pre-departure workshop.

 

  1. International roundtrip airfare. 

 

  1. All transportation inside the country.

 

  1. All admission fees to scheduled sites.

 

  1. All scheduled meals (normally three meals a day).

 

  1. All lodging. 

 

  1. Curriculum support & mentoring.

 

 

The Faculty and/or College are obligated to:

 

1.    Participate in a weekend pre-departure workshop.

 

2.    Develop a curriculum module by November  30, 2010.

 

3.    Participate in the electronic communications and curriculum sharing activities.

 

4.    Report (20-30 minutes) on the curriculum work (module) at a Midwest Institute’s annual conference in 2011 or 2012.

 

5.    Support your college coordinator to promote international-intercultural education on your campus.

 

6.    Two months prior to the overseas trip the faculty and/or college must provide a matching payment towards project expenses in the amount of $1,800. 

 

7.    Your college must be a member of the Midwest Institute consortium.

 

 

 

Participate in a Fulbright GPA Project

 

CHINA

 

Summer 2010

 

 

 

                 FACULTY GUIDELINES & APPLICATION FORMAT

 

Only full-time faculty in Arts, Communication-Foreign Languages, Humanities, and Social Sciences are eligible to participate (imposed by the Fulbright GPA program). 

 

Each faculty must submit a proposal of 3-5 pages in length, typed, using the format below.

Applicants will be selected based on the grading criteria and points provided below. 

Note: On behalf of the Midwest Institute consortium, the Fulbright GPA grant proposal was submitted to the U.S. Department of Education, on October 4, 2009.  Theo is expecting to receive a reply of whether it will be funded by the end of March, 2010. 

 

E-mail your application (as an attachment) to Theo Sypris at:  tsypris@kvcc.edu

E-Mail Theo for a copy of the itinerary & information on the project.

Deadline for application:  February 1, 2010.

At the top of the application indicate: 

Name, discipline, college, address, phone and e-mail, home address and phone(s)

 

I.  Participation Objectives (20 points)

1.  How will this Fulbright GPA project enhance your international expertise?

2.  How will your participation strengthen your teaching at your college?

3.  How will your participation support non-teaching contribution(s) to your college?

 

II. Curriculum Objectives & Outcomes (25 points)

1.  What are the specific curriculum objectives you hope to achieve?  

2.  Provide a brief description of the curriculum you plan to develop and indicate the title of the course(s) & course number(s) for which you plan to incorporate the curriculum material that you will develop under this project. 

 

III. Project (Other than Curriculum) Objectives & Outcomes (15 points)

1.  Other professional (non-curriculum) objectives linked to the project.

2.  How will these objectives and product(s) enhance your teaching and your role on your campus?

 

IV. Project Plan (20 points)

1.  How do you propose to meet your curriculum and professional objectives mentioned under sections II & III? 

2.  What methods and pedagogy will you employ?

 

V. Project Evaluation (20 points)

1.  How will you evaluate your curriculum work?

2.  How will you evaluate any other objectives and products that you will develop?

 

Your minimal professional obligations (after the overseas trip) are:

1)    To develop curriculum and teach it the following year (starting in 2011).

2)    To do a presentation on your curriculum work at the 2011 or 2012 annual conference

of the Midwest Institute.

3)    To share your work and experiences with colleagues and community. 

BENEFITS, OBLIGATIONS & MONETARY ISSUES

The Federal grant and the Midwest Institute will provide:

 

  1. Programming, meals and lodging for a two-day pre-departure workshop.

 

  1. International roundtrip airfare. 

 

  1. All transportation inside the country.

 

  1. All admission fees to scheduled sites.

 

  1. All scheduled meals (normally three meals a day).

 

  1. All lodging. 

 

  1. Curriculum support & mentoring.

 

 

The Faculty and/or College are obligated to:

 

1.    Participate in a weekend pre-departure workshop.

 

2.    Develop a curriculum module by November  30, 2010.

 

3.    Participate in the electronic communications and curriculum sharing activities.

 

4.    Report (20-30 minutes) on the curriculum work (module) at a Midwest Institute’s annual conference in 2011 or 2012.

 

5.    Support your college coordinator to promote international-intercultural education on your campus.

 

6.    Two months prior to the overseas trip the faculty and/or college must provide a matching payment towards project expenses in the amount of $1,800. 

 

7.    Your college must be a member of the Midwest Institute consortium.