Center for International Education Spring 2008 Four UNH...

Center for International Education Spring 2008

From the directorFrom the director’s corner, I am happy to report that

things are going well at CIE. On Friday, April 25, the 46 International Affairs (IA)

majors in our IA Senior Semiar presented their research at the Undergraduate Research Conference. Following the conference, we celebrated with IA’s Class of 2008 and their families at our graduation luncheon held in the Huddleston Ballroom. Each graduate was recognized for academic achievements in their host country abroad with special sashes to be worn at commencement (see page 5).

This spring CIE awarded 23 study abroad scholarships

Erin Kiley ‘08, Fulbright grant, Russia

Four UNH students named recipients of national awards for academic work abroad in 2008-2009U.S Student Fulbright Program

National Security Education Program(FULBRIGHT, continued on page 8) Jordan Caley, NSEP award, Mexico

Sophomore Jordan Caley and ju-nior Holly Eaton will study abroad dur-

to the most deserving students in our five schools and colleges. Eleven of those stu-dents will be participating in UNH managed programs.

The competition for CIE Faculty International Development Grants has been com-

The Fulbright U.S. Student Program has awarded UNH seniors Erin Kiley and Lisa Mulvey prestigious national scholarships for post-baccalaureate work abroad in the coming academic year.

Kiley is a double major in mathemat-ics and Russian from Loudon, NH. She will spend the 2008-2009 academic year

in Penza, Russia, conducting research through the Department of Mathemat-ics and Mathematical Modeling at Pen-za State University. Those involved in this interdisciplinary research program, jointly initiated by Penza State Univer-sity, Worcester Polytechinic Institute in Worcester, MA, and Karlstad Univer-sity, Karlstad, Sweden, are studying the inverse techniques for reconstructing dialectic properties of nanocomposites. In addition to her mathematics research, Erin will continue her study of Russian language and culture.

Kiley is a member of the Univer-sity Honors Program and a Presidential Scholar. While a junior at UNH, Ms. Kiley won National Science Foundation

ing the coming academic year on Boren Scholarships awarded competitively through the National Security Educa-tion Program (NSEP). They are among a group of 150 students selected from a national pool of 697.

Ms. Caley, from Stratham, NH, is pursuing a dual major in international af-fairs and Spanish with a minor in Latin American studies. She will spend her junior year studying in Merída, Mexico. Because of her interest in U.S. - Mexican relations, especially related to immigra-tion issues, Ms. Caley plans to interview Mexican citizens to learn more about what factors influence peoples’ decisions to cross the border and how relations be-tween the countries affect them. The area she will visit has the lowest rates of im-

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The global citizens of the international affairs dual major

Natallia Leuchanka spent her early years living in Belarus

As with other majors across campus, the undergraduate international affairs (IA) dual major benefits from the participation of students from a wide variety of cultural backgrounds. When the IA program began in the mid-80s, this was a rare occurrence, and it was usually an international student, here in the U.S. for four years, who brought a “foreign” perspective to the classroom.

But since the mid-90s, those few international students have been joined by an increasing number of students sometimes re-ferred to as “global nomads” or “global citizens.” Though the United States is their home, these students have typically spent years living abroad, often have parents who come from two different countries, and frequently arrive on campus with fluency in one or two languages besides English. Since the early 90s the number of UNH students with multiple cultural identities tripled.

A few shared their stories recently with CIE coordinator of student programs Catherine d’Auteuil.

Though first year student Natallia Leuchanka now hails from New York, her family heritage is Belarussian. Stu-dent colleagues are inquisitive about how things were different in Belarus. Having just completed the IA 401 module in eco-nomics, Natallia observes how her fami-ly’s economic wealth was different in Be-larus as compared to the US. “Bananas are plentiful in the US and inexpensive,” she says. “That was not the case when I was a child in Belarus. We could only af-ford one banana.” Natallia enjoys help-ing people understand that life isn’t the same everywhere and says they appreci-ate her global perspective.

An IA-physics dual major, Natallia notes, “You can connect international af-

When asked what it feels like to be a global citizen, Charley Faria states, “It is a blessing to be from another country.” Charley is proud to transcend the cultures of Brazil, the USA and Spain. Faria, whose native language is Portuguese, spent most of his youth in Brazil, is cur-rently a US resident, and has studied abroad in Spain. Because of his strong desire to be multilingual, he is tackling Italian in his spare time!

Ruth Ogembo has experienced many challenges as a student here at UNH. Classes and everyday life have presented her with the constant process of adapta-tion and change. Having grown up in Ke-nya, Ruth is the product of a learning en-vironment that is relatively closed when compared with that in the U.S. Since women are not encouraged to pursue the sciences in Kenya, Ruth is thrilled to be studying biology along with her interna-tonal affairs major.

Ogembo notes that initially her lack of background in U.S. history was a distinct disadvantage when it came to understand-ing U.S. current events and their histori-cal connections. At the same time, she has gained valuable insight by learning how the western world views the African world. Now a senior, the comparative knowledge she has gained benefits her studies and interactions in the classroom. Lecturer Al Griffin, who taught the IA

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What difficulties and benefits come from having more than one cultural identity? What observations do these students make about their experiences here as opposed to those they have known abroad? What impact do these culturally-rich students have in the classroom?

fairs with everything. It ties my under-graduate education together. The more you learn, the more you want to experi-ence the world.”

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Charley Faria is a native of Brazil

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Faria maintains that his knowledge of three cultures, together with his stud-ies in international affairs and geography, enable him to think critically, to question newspaper articles and electronic media, and to be especially perceptive about world affairs. Charley hopes eventu-ally that his accomplishments will lead to consular work.


Experiencing the former Yugoslavia

I awoke to singing that I had never heard before. Looking out the window, I saw a huge black and white bird with a metallic violet sheen. His tail feathers were at least 10” long. He was the Slovenian magpie, bouncing from branch to branch, swaying up and down. I was visiting my American soprano friend in Slovenia, where she and her husband have been teaching for the last three years. She has been teaching music and performing in a church choir.

When she brought me to choir practice, I was immediately welcomed and shown how to pronounce the words in Slovenian. The music was wonderful and not like anything I had ever sung before. After choir rehearsal, we were invited downstairs to the wine cellar of the choir director’s house to sample his newly made prosciutto and homemade bread. The room was long with a low ceiling and one large table filling the length of it. The atmosphere was convivial and one of joie de vivre. People broke into song while eating, crooning harmonically rich folk ballads – tunes I had never heard before.

After basking in this sound for some time, my friend and I were asked to sing. We chose a duet version of “Shenandoah.” I will never forget the beaming faces, including the choir director’s whose cheeks were covered in tears. It was then that I was reminded that, when you travel to foreign places, you don’t always need words to communicate.

In January, mezzo-soprano and CIE staff member Mindy McMahon did a concert tour in London, England, with Angelynne Hin-son, her singing partner in the local ensemble known as Sirens’ Song. Ms. McMahon also visited friends in Šempeter, Slovenia.

Music an emotional mode of communication in Sloveniaby Mindy McMahon, CIE Administrative Assistant

McMahon, center, while abroad with Sirens’ Song partner, Angelynne Hinson

When people learned that I had chosen to study in Serbia, part of the former Yugoslavia best known in America for Slobo-dan Milosevic and the 1990s wars, I was often asked: Why did you go there?? While my friends spent semesters in Western European countries, I chose the path less traveled. I wanted a study abroad experience that would teach me something mean-ingful and unique, both in learning an unusual language and ex-periencing a country unlike my own, and Serbia gave me just

History major John Green‘08 spent fall semester in Novi Sad, Serbia, enrolled in intensive Serbian language courses.

For study abroad, this student took ‘the road less traveled’

John Green, second from left, with friends in Serbia

that.During the time I was there, a great political crisis was

brewing, which exploded shortly after I left when Kosovo broke off from Serbia and the U.S. Embassy was attacked. Since the study program included only two other students, I spent much of my time with Serbs whom I met while volunteering to lead a conversation group of English language students. While Amer-icans are still reasonably uncommon in Serbia, I faced many questions from the people I met; unfortunately, often times these questions related to the NATO bombing of Serbia in 1999. Some of my friends had very difficult personal stories associ-ated with the receiving end of the US-led bombing. However, I found Serbia to be a wonderful place; the people are friendly, the food tasty, and the natural settings can be very beautiful. Novi Sad was a great city in which to live, easy to walk around and very safe.

When I got a chance to travel outside of Serbia my experi-ences remained unique; rather than going to popular destina-tions in Western Europe like so many of my classmates did, one of several places I spent vacation time in was Bosnia, where my hostel featured bullet holes left over from the fighting of the

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by John Green ‘08


Richard England, professor of econom-ics and natural resources, packed MUB Theater I for his New Hampshire Interna-tional Seminar talk on “Challenges Fac-ing Europe after Fifty Years of Economic and Political Integration.” Attending were students and faculty represent-ing many disciplines as well as Durham community members. England was the recipient of a 2007-08 CIE International Development Grant.

pleted, and outstanding research by UNH fac-ulty will again be the focus of the New Hamp-shire International Seminar in spring 2009.

This past semester seven events, organized or co-organized by CIE, featuring national and international speakers, took place on our cam-pus and drew robust numbers of students, fac-ulty and Durham community members.

CIE is growing. We are very pleased to announce that we have hired UNH alumnus Benjamin Cole, who will start his position as lecturer in the International Affairs dual major program this fall. A UNH graduate in political science (BA, 2005; MA, 2006), Ben is a PhD candidate in public policy at George Mason University of Public Policy. In addition, CIE is preparing to hire an administrative director for study abroad to start in August 2008.

Our close collaboration with the Univer-sity Honors Program, the Hamel Undergradu-ate Center and the Fellowships Office has been fruitful, collegial and thoroughly enjoyable. This spring we selected Nick Smith, assis-tant professor of philosophy, as our first Hood House Professor.

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CIE International Development Grant winners for 2008-09

Sarah Sherman and Brigitte Bailey, associate professors of English, for travel to Oxford, England, in July to participate in a conference on 19th Century American Women Writers in Europe. Professor Sherman will chair a panel and Professor Bailey will present a paper.

Steve Bornstein, associate professor of communication sciences and disorders, for travel to Yashkar-Ola, Russia, in July to present a lecture on hearing impairment and language development, and to learn about services in rural Russia; Sarah Stit-zlein, assistant professor of education, for travel to Kyoto, Japan, in August to present a paper at the International Network of Philosophers of Education Biennial Confer-ence

Leah Woods, assistant professor of arts and art history, for travel to Chelteham, England, in August to exhibit two pieces of furniture at the Celebration of Crafts-manship and Design; Louis Tisa, associate professor of microbiology, for travel to Bariloche, Argentina, in October to participate in a professional conference and col-laborate with members of his genome sequencing project.

$500 grantsFaculty members receiving travel grants for July- December 2008:

$1,500 grantsThe Major Grants Committee has selected two faculty members to receive awards for work abroad during the 2008-09 academic year:Nadine Berenguier, associate professor of French, for research in France, and Serita Frey, associate professor of soil microbial ecology, for research in Costa Rica.

Finally I wish to thank the amazing staff at CIE without whom there would be no CIE, and my UNH colleagues for their support and encouragement.

~ Claire Malarte-Feldman

Canadian Consul General in New England Neil LeBlanc, center, enjoyed a reception with faculty, staff and community members before speaking March 26 on “Canada-U.S. Relations in the 21st Century.”


International Affairs seniors celebrate their achievements

IA dual majors won eight of the 31 oral presentation prizes

Eight IA seniors take Undergraduate Research Conference awards

IA 701 Senior Seminar instructor Dr. Albert Griffin and seniors Emily Roberts (IA-nursing) from El Segundo, CA, and Franklin Roberts (IA-Russian) from Barrington, NH, attended this year’s Undergraduate Research Conference Benefactors’ Dinner.

CIE Director Clair Malarte-Felman presents senior Frank Tinsley, Bedford, NH, with his graduation sash signifying the completion of his IA foreign experience in Spain. (Photo by Gwyn Dahler.)

Right: Tyler Crowe, IA and civil engineer-ing dual major from Littleton, NH, pres-ents his research on “Comparing U.S. and EU Emission Standards” to an attentive Under-graduate Research Conference audi-ence. (Photo by AJG)

IA graduates, parents, faculty and staff gathered in Huddleston Ballroom on April 25 to celebrate the achievement of the 46 students in the Class of 2008. (Photo by Gwyn Dahler)

IA alumna Sarah Hewitt ‘01 visited cam-pus on April 24-25 to speak to a few classes, to meet with students interested in her career path, and to address se-niors at their IA Gradua-tion Luncheon.

A 2001 graduate with a dual major in in-ternational affairs and French, Sarah earned her master’s degree in international affairs and

IA alumna Sarah Hewitt visits UNH

world politics from Catholic University in Washington, DC, with a concentration in security studies.

(Photo by Gwyn Dahler)

Following gradu-ate school, Sarah ac-cepted a position with the Department of Homeland Security Office of Inspector General. Currently she is working in the pri-vate sector as an intel-ligence consultant for Bearing Point Man-agement and Technol-ogy in Washington, DC.

of $250 that were awarded at the Parents Asso-ciation Symposium in this year’s Undergradu-ate Research Conference.

IA students winners were Sara Arnoudse, IA-Spanish, “Spanish Health Care”; Emily Gifford, IA-geography, “Patagonia: Trouble in Paradise”; Maxim King, IA-Russian, “Re-emergence of the Russian Military”; Ryann Mead, IA-English-journalism, “Chinese Im-migration Into Spain”; Catherine Reno, IA-English, “Why Jihad: A Study of What Drives Individuals to Wage Jihad”; Samantha Riemer, IA-political science,”Importance of Remittances to Senegalese”; Emily Roberts, IA-nursing, “Nurses Performing Triage in Uganda: Decision-Making in Low Resource Settings”; and Laura Smetana, IA-political science, “Real Life on the Stage: The Story of a Macedonian Immigrant.”


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otherwise understand.”American students also appreciate

and value the presence of global citizens in the classroom. Catherine Reno, who studied abroad in both the United King-dom and Spain states, “Global citizens enrich the classroom in ways no profes-sor or textbook ever could. It’s such a wonderful experience and asset to every-one to have an international perspective in the classroom, providing insight and allowing us to reflect on our own experi-ences and what role we play in the inter-national community.”

Ruth Ogembo, originally from Kenya

(GREEN, continued from page 3)1990s. The former Yugoslavia offered a wide range of travel experiences for me, from quiet villages tucked in the snowy Slovenian Alps to the old walled cities of Montenegro that were overrun with tour-ists.

The path that brought me to Serbia began when I took UNH’s Russian lan-guage course for my general education requirement in my sophomore year. My Russian instruction at UNH has proven helpful in learning the similar Serbian language and was the encouragement to make my initial visit to the Balkans. I spent the summer of 2006 working at an archeological site in Croatia, followed by a visit to Serbia and Bosnia.

Because I was the first UNH student to participate in this program or study in this country, there was a lot of hard work involved in getting the program approved, but the one-of-a-kind opportu-nity to study in a place like Serbia was well worth the extra effort. Despite the political tension that was a constant un-dertone during my time there, my study was enjoyable and educational.

migration in the country. Ms. Caley will present her research in her IA senior seminar upon her return. Ultimately, it is her goal to work for Homeland Secu-rity in U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services as an Adjudications Officer or immigration Information Officer.

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Holly Eaton, NSEP scholarship, Japan

UNH junior Holly Eaton will spend fall 2008 studying in Japan. Ms. Eaton became interested in Asian culture while in high school, and studied Chinese lan-guage at St. Paul’s School the summer before her senior year.

A resident of Washington, NH, Ms. Eaton is a dual major in international af-fairs and political science, and is studying Japanese language and culture and com-pleting a minor in Asian studies. Eaton’s career goal is to become a National Se-curity Agency intelligence or language analyst. She spent last summer as an intern at the Foreign Service Institute in Arlington, VA.

Senior Seminar this year states, “Ruth will explain tribal conflicts (in Africa) in a way that no American could really

Twenty-two scholarships awarded for ‘08-09 study abroadThe Center for International Education (CIE) is pleased to announce the names of 22 UNH students who were granted schol-

arships for study abroad summer or fall 2008 or spring 2009. The winners represent 18 academic majors from all five schools or colleges and study in 14 countries. CIE scholarships were provided by the Ellsworth Endowed Fund for International Study, the CIE Endowment for International Studies, the Martha L. Foley ‘76 ‘96G and William S. Jackson ‘75 Fund for International Stud-ies, the Robert G. Leblanc Memorial Endowment and the American Institute of Foreign Study (AIFS).

$1,000 AIFS scholarships went to Elise Blanchette, health management & policy, Italy; Kayla Hampe, civil engineer-ing, Mexico; Kelly Lamb, mathematics, Costa Rica; George Bell, biology, Australia; Patrick Cambiasso-Helfer, business administration, Spain; Nicole Delanoy, equine science, Eng-land; Abby Kendall, English, England; Bethany Wakeman, psychology, Semester at Sea; psychology majors Rachel Cain, France, and Anna Waller, Italy; Bridget Farmer, political sci-ence, Ireland; Samantha Pye, business administration/market-ing, Italy; and Samantha-Jo Senechal, Spanish, Spain.

CIE Endowment Fund: Sarah Finney, Spanish, Chile, $1,500, and Sarah Brown, French, France, $1,000. Ann Hart Fund: Amanda Landry, EREC, New Zealand, $1,500. Ells-worth Fund: $1150 awards to Sean Coughlin, political sci-ence, Japan, and Ashley Saliba, computer science, India. $1000 scholarships to Isabel Cravens, communication, Spain; Laura Joseph, Spanish, Mexico; and Amanda McManus, German, Austria. McManus also won a $5,000 Foley-Jackson Fund scholarship. LeBlanc Fund: Yuliana Volkotrub, Russian, $1,700 for study in Russia.


Program on marketing your international experience by Nancy Hoff, University Advising and Career Center

Studying abroad often prompts a student to pursue a post-graduate work experience abroad. The duration, scope and purpose of such an experience may vary widely, but students can begin to address these issues at an annual seminar co-sponsored by the University Advising and Career Center (UACC) and Center for International Education (CIE). Twenty-eight students attended the March 27th program entitled “Marketing Your International Experience” presented by Nancy Hoff of the UACC and Catherine D’Auteuil of CIE.

At the seminar students were encouraged to think about the skills they de-veloped while on their study abroad (i.e. communicating despite barriers, great-er independence, problem solving, adaptability) and how those skills might steer them toward particular careers, both domestic and international. Students also dialogued about what they thought being a “global citizen” and “global worker” meant and how they embodied those titles.

“Marketing Your International Experience” also strives each year to give students resources they can explore to make overseas work a reality. Oppor-tunities showcased included the short-term BUNAC programs available in the UK, Ireland and the US, teaching English as a second language through orga-nizations such as the Japan Exchange and Teaching (JET) Programme and the Council on International Educational Exchange (CIEE), and the Peace Corps. Additionally, a “buffet” of resources was laid out for the students so they could leave with brochures, articles, and website listings with which to continue their research and exploration.

This year’s program concluded with three panelists: Ed Dalton, UNH’s Peace Corps recruiter and former volunteer in Belize; Casey Thomas, graduat-ing student pursuing further study and work in international public health and Vanessa Williams, a senior interviewing for a variety of jobs in international education and travel.

Casey Thomas, dual major in international affairs and anthropology, while studying in Tanzania. Casey was one of three panelists who spoke at this year’s program on “Market-ing your International Experience.”

International Affairs alumni: Where in the world is ...?Julia Betjemann ’90 Dundorf co-founded The New Hamp-shire Carbon Challenge™, a UNH initiative committed to pro-viding residents and communities with the information, tools and support necessary for NH households to reduce their resi-dential carbon dioxide emissions by 10,000 pounds per year.

Jason Calder ’92 is Project Director for Future Generations. He recently traveled to Nepal to direct a research project on citizen and community engagement in peace building.

Jacqueline Lewin ’05 was recently accepted to the University of Gastronomic Science in Colorno, Italy, to study for her mas-ters degree in gastronomic science and quality products. She will be living in Parma during this one-year program.

Erica Bertolotto ’06 earned her MSc in social policy and de-velopment from the London School of Economics, and moved to Peru to work as volunteer coordinator for Paititi, an organi-zation promoting rural development in the areas of Cuzco and Manu National Park through the work of volunteers. The volun-teer program http://www.paititiperu.com/volunteering.htm is in the process of becoming a non-governmental organization.

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Jennifer Snyder‘89 Lyon left a US government job to relo-cate with her husband to Rus-sia, where he works for the Department of Energy at the U.S. Embassy and she is em-ployed with an international law firm. Having studied in Russia while at UNH, Snyder notes, “It has been fun to be back in Russia for a while... We will be leaving soon and going either back to the U.S. or maybe to Beijing.”

IA alumni to gather in Washington, D.C.With assistance from Nathan Smith ‘06 and Heather Lane

‘95 Powers, CIE will hold a gathering of IA alumni on May 28 in Washington, DC. The event will allow director Claire Mal-arte-Feldman to meet IA alum and share information on CIE’s future plans, and give alums a chance to network, network, net-work! Watch for photos and details in the fall CIE Newsletter.

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Lisa Mulvey‘08, IA and French, will teach English in Rennes, France, in 2008-09.

(FULBRIGHT, continued from page 1)awards for mathematical research in summers 2006 and 2007. While at UNH she has also studied mathematics in Hun-gary, Russia and Finland.

Following her Fulbright year, Ms. Kiley plans to enroll in a PhD program in applied mathematics.

Lisa Mulvey‘08, from Ithaca, NY, has been awarded a scholarship to spend the 2008-09 academic year teaching English in Rennes, France.

To be considered for the grant pro-vided by the French Ministry of Educa-tion, Ms. Mulvey was a candidate for the U.S. Student Fulbright Scholarship Program. Each year Fulbright awards a small number of scholarships to ap-plicants who wish to teach English as a Second Language in France. Beyond those awards, Fulbright recommends candidates for another 50 grants avail-able to teach English in France through the French government.

Ms. Mulvey will graduate in May 2008 with a dual major in international affairs and French. She is also a member of Pi Delta Phi French National Honor Society.

Spring semester 2006, Mulvey studied in Cannes, France, and interned at the Cannes Film Festival with the French company Cannes Cinéphiles. During summer 2007, she completed an internship for the Corporate Scholar-ships Division of the Institute of Inter-

national Education West Coast Center in San Francisco. This past semester, Ms. Mulvey assisted one of her UNH French professors with research on the impact of French women in education in 18th cen-tury France.

Her career interests lie in the area of international education and specifically the improvement of the foreign language education system in the U.S. Mulvey notes that her IIE internship, “more than anything else, has confirmed my desire to ‘open minds to the world’, giving me the chance to really see the work that is done in the field of international education pol-icy,” a field she would like to pursue for her master’s degree.

About the newsletterCIE publishes its newsletter once each semester. You can contact the editor, Sheila McCurdy, (603) 862-4788, or at [email protected]. The news-letter can be viewed in electronic for-mat at http://unh.edu/cie/newsletter/index.html.

Emina Zlotrg ’06 is a Youth Organizer for American Friends Service Commit-tee in Concord, NH. In May, she will be traveling to Ciudad Acuna, Mexico, to learn about maquiladors, foreign-owned industrial parks.

Andrew Genung’s ’07 dream to see Af-rica started in January in Johannesburg, South Africa. His plan is to set up shop in Mozambique, where he can use his Por-tuguese language skills. He plans to work on his writing and perhaps find a job with an international non-governmental orga-nization.

Nam Voravittayathorn’07 is currently working towards her MSc in internation-al affairs at Peking University in China. She spent the Chinese New Year holi-day in Thailand and played host to Alex LeBaron ’07, who is traveling the world aboard The Scholar Ship, earning a mas-ter‘s degree in international relations.

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