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M A R Y L A N D I N T E R N A T I O N A L isthenewsletteroftheOfficeofInternationalPrograms(SaúlSosnowski,director)and

theinterconnectedgroupofofficesunderitsauspices,includingInternationalEducationServices(ValerieWoolston,director),

StudyAbroad(MichaelUlrich,associatedirector),theInstituteforGlobalChineseAffairs(KenHunter,interimassociatedirector),

andtheMarylandEnglishInstitute(MarshaSprague,director).Itispublishedtwiceduringthespringsemesterandtwiceduring

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4 MoteBuildsBridgeswithAsian

UniversitiesandLeadersDuringSummerVisit

7 Israelis,Palestinians,andLatinAmericans

JoinTogetherforDialoguestoPromotePeace

9 DingmanCenterFostersChineseEntrepreneurship

ThroughBusinessPlanCompetition

10 InstituteforGlobalChineseAffairs

andConfuciusInstitutePromoteChineseLanguageandCulture

11 Pollination,Preservation,andPoliticalSocialization:

TwoBiologistsandaHumanDevelopmentProfessor

RecognizedforPioneeringInternationalResearch

13 NewsandInitiativesfromtheOfficeofInternationalPrograms

14 FourUniversityofMarylandStudents

WinScholarshipsforStudiesAbroad

14 FulbrightScholarsatUMandAbroad

15 2005-2006InternationalFilmSeries:The Outsider

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AmbassaodorialLectureSeriesEntersitsFifthYearThis fall, the Ambassadorial Lecture Series kicks off its fifth year with a visit from His Excellency Sereywath Ek, ambassador from Cambodia to the United States, on October 4, 2005 at 3:30 PM in McKeldin Library, room 6137. Visit www.intprog.umd.edu/amb.html for details on additional visiting ambassadors this year.

Above President C.D. Mote, Jr. meets Dr. Adisai bodharamik, Thailand’s Minister of education.

Above Lien Chan (center), former chairman of the KMT, meets with President Mote and Saúl Sosnowski. Also pictured: WS Lin (second from left), chairman of Tatung, president of UMD Taiwan Alumni Club, and Shuan Sheng Liu (third from left), President of National Central University, Taiwan, on leave from University of Maryland.

Above James Soong, chairman of Taiwan’s People First Party, meets with President Mote.

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In June 2005 ,UniversityofMarylandPresidentC.D.

Mote,Jr.visitedThailand,Taiwan,andSingapore,accompa-

niedbySaulSosnowski,nowAssociateProvostforInter-

nationalAffairs.TheyfirststoppedinBangkok,Thailand,

wheretheymetwiththeMinisterofEducation,Dr.Adisai

Bodharamik.AtChulalongkornUniversity,Thailand’s

oldesthighereducationinstitution,theymetwithPresident

KhunyingSuchadaKiranandana.Thisuniversityofficially

openedinBangkokin1917,afewdecadesafterthenKing

Chulalongkorninitiatedtheideaaspartofapolicytohelp

Thailand(thencalled“Siam”)resistcolonization,strengthen

itsgovernment,andpreserveitsindependence.

PresidentMotegaveaspeechtoChulalongkornfaculty

memberson“ResearchUniversitiesandGlobalization”in

whichheemphasizedtherelationshipbetweenuniversity

researchandeconomicgrowth:“Inacompetitiveglobal

arena,greatnesscanonlybeachievedbyauniversity

thatisperceivedathomeandabroadasanirreplaceable

assetineconomicdevelopmentandtheadvancementof

knowledge.Inaworldthatreliesonknowledgeandinnova-

tionforthewell-beingofitscitizens,universitieshaveto

settheircoursesfortheirroleinsocietaladvancement.They

cannotbeonthesidelines.”

Followingthelecture,MoteandSosnowskimetwith

thePhysicsandEngineeringfaculties,severalofwhomare

UniversityofMarylandalumni,andtouredtechnology

facilitiesincludingtheSemiconductorPhysicsResearch

Laboratory,theCenterforExcellenceonNanoTechnology,

andtheMachineIntelligenceandKnowledgeDiscovery

Laboratory.

TheirnextvisitwastotheSirindhornInternational

InstituteofTechnology(SIIT),foundedin1996byTham-

masaatUniversityinconjunctionwiththeJapaneseand

ThaiFederationsofBusiness,wheretheymetwiththe

directorDr.SawasdTantaratana.TheyalsovisitedRangsit

UniversityandmetwiththepresidentofSiamUniversity,

Dr.PornchaiMongkhonvanit.

FromThailand,MoteandSosnowskiflewtoTaiwan

wheretheymetwiththeTaiwanAlumniClub,thelargest

internationalMarylandalumnigroup,withmorethan800

members.AlsoinTaiwan,LienChanandJamesSoong,

bothhighprofileTaiwanesepoliticalleaderswithhonor-

arydoctoratesfromtheUniversityofMaryland,briefed

PresidentMoteintwoseparateprivatemeetingsontheir

recentvisitswithleadersfromthePeople’sRepublicof

China(PRC).Chan,whowaschairmanoftheKuomintang

(KMT)orNationalistPartyofChinafrom2000-2005,drew

attentioninSpring2005whenhetraveledtomainland

ChinatomeetwithPresidentHuJintao.Thismeeting

wasthehighest-levelexchangebetweentheKMTandthe

CommunistPartyofChinain60years(sinceChiangKai-

shekandMaoZedongmetin1945).JamesSoong(chairman

ofthePeopleFirstParty)alsometwithPRCleadersshortly

afterChan’svisittoexpresshissupportforunifyingTaiwan

andmainlandChina.

Mote Builds Bridges with Asian Universities and Leaders During Summer Visit

Greatnesscanonlybeachievedbyauniversity

thatisperceivedathomeandabroadasan

irreplaceableassetineconomicdevelopment

andtheadvancementofknowledge.

—PresidentC.D.Mote

Members of the UM Thai alumni club

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Motewasinvitedtospeakataforumonuniversity-

businesspartnershipsinTaipeiwhereheemphasizedthe

importanceofincentivesforinnovation,thesuccessofexist-

ingpartnershipsthatUMhasestablishedwithindustryand

withUSandforeigngovernments,andeffortstoencourage

entrepreneurshipthroughmentorshipandfundingaccess.

SomeoftheUS-Chinapartnershipshementionedinclude:

thefirstUS-basedresearchparkthattheChineseMinistry

ofScienceandTechnologyhasdesignatedtobuildin

Maryland;theexecutivetrainingprogramsofferedthrough

theInstituteforGlobalChineseAffairs;andtheConfucius

InstituteatMaryland,sponsoredbyChina’sMinistryof

Education,whichbeganofferingclassesinChineselanguage

andcultureearlierthisyear.

FromTaiwan,MoteandSosnowskimadeonefinal

stopinSingapore,whereMoteattendedaroundtablewith

presidentsfromtheAssociationofAmericanUniversitiesand

theAssociationofPacificRimUniversitiesattheNational

UniversityofSingapore(NUS).Dr.Sosnowskimetwith

NUSleaderstoexploreopportunitiesformorecooperation

betweentheirinstitutionandtheUniversityofMaryland.

The Thai Alumni Club is one of the largest and most active international

Maryland alumni groups. Pictured below: President Mote (front, cen-

ter), Thai Minister of education Dr. Adisai bodharamik (left of Mote),

Saúl Sosnowski (right of Mote) and members of the alumni club.

Mote in Asia, continued…

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Israelis, Palestinians, & Latin Americans Join Together for Dialogues to Promote Peace

Less than two weeks beforethescheduleddisengage-

mentofIsraelisettlersfromtheGazaStripandthenorthern

WestBankinAugust2005,agroupofIsraeli,Palestinian,

andJewishLatinAmericanwritersandintellectualsgathered

inIsraelfordialoguesonpromotingpeaceintheMiddle

East.SponsoredbytheIsraeliCenterforLatinAmerican

Communities(CICLA)andNOAJ(theLiteraryJournalof

theInternationalAssociationofJewishWritersinSpanish

andPortuguese),themeetingstookplacefromAugust2-6

inJerusalem,Haifa,Nazareth,TelAviv,andatakibbutzin

theNegev.Thisfivedaycross-culturaldialoguebrought

togetherpoets,fictionwriters,journalists,andscholars

representingawidespectrumofopinionsonIsraeli-Palestin-

ianrelations,manyfrequentlynotheardinthemainstream

press.AvitalgoalofthedialogueswastohearPalestinian

writers’perspectivesinthecontextofthedisengagementand

thecurrentstateofthepeaceprocess.

AfteropeningwordsfromArieFainstein(directorof

CICLA),SaúlSosnowski,AssociateProvostforInternational

AffairsattheUniversityofMaryland,ledadiscussionat

areadingbyLatinAmericanpoetsatHebrewUniversity

ofJerusalemonAugust2.Theinternationallyrecognized

IsraeliwriterA.B.yehoshuaspokeonnewformsof

anti-SemitismattheUniversityofHaifaonAugust3,and

engagedinalivelydialoguewithSosnowski,Paris-based

ArgentineanwriterandjournalistLuisaFutoronsky,and

OdedBalaban,professorofphilosophyattheUniversityof

Haifa.InNazareth,thedialoguecontinuedbetweenLuisa

Futoransky,SaúlSosnowski,Arab-IsraelipoetSihamDaoud,

andPalestinianpoetSamihAlKasem.

AttheUniversityofTelAvivonAugust4th,Professor

NatanLerner,anArgentinean-bornlawyerandinternational

lawscholarwiththeInterdisciplinaryCenterHerzliyaand

theUniversityofTelAviv,discussedtheimplicationsofthe

IsraelidisengagementfromGazainaroundtablediscussion

withSosnowskiandFutoransky.

AtthePontificalInstituteNotreDameofJerusalem(the

Vatican’sspiritualcenterintheholyland)onAugust5th,an

interculturalandinterfaithroundtablediscussionon“The

PeaceProcessandCivilSociety”broughttogetherMuslim,

Christian,andJewisheditorialmembersofNOAJandthe

Palestine-Israel Journal.Inhisopeningremarks,Dr.Leonardo

Israeli writer A.b. Yehoshua speaking at the University of Haifa

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Senkman(DirectorofNOAJ;HebrewUniversityofJeru-

salem)expressedasentimentthatmanyparticipantsechoed:

“Ourliteraryjournal,NOAJ,isconcernedaboutthefactthat

thecurrent[peace]processrestsprimarilyonthesecurity

—andtheunilateralsecurity—sideofthings.Wethinkthat

itneglectedtheculturalandintellectualaspectsessentialfor

thesuccessofsuchaprocess.Webelievethetimehascome

forcivilsocietytomakeeveryefforttoensurethatcultural

andeducationalprocesseswillbeanintegralpartofthe

politicalsecurityarrangements.”

OtherparticipantsinthedialogueincludedProfessor

NaomiChazan(headoftheSchoolofGovernmentand

Society,AcademicCollegeofTelAviv);DannyRubinstein

(SeniorcommentatoronPalestinianaffairsforHa’Aretz,

anindependentdailynewspaperfromTelAviv);Professor

NazmiJu’Beh(DirectorofRIWAQ–TheCenterfor

ArchitecturalPreservation,Bir-ZeitUniversity);Dr.Walid

Salem(DirectorofPANORMA–PalestinianCenterforthe

DisseminationofDemocracyandCommunityDevelopment,

Jerusalem);ZiadAbu-Zayyad(co-editorofthePalestine-Israel

Journal);FlorindaF.Goldberg(AssociateDirectorofNOAJ;

HebrewUniversityofJerusalem),DanLeon(Palestine-Israel

Journal),NogaTarnopolsky( journalistwithForward,yiddish

newspaperfromNewyork),Dr.TulloVigevani(University

ofSãoPaulo),andDr.SaúlSosnowski(Universityof

Maryland).

ThesixthdialoguetookplaceatakibbutzintheNegev

thatwasfoundedbyArgentineansandBrazilians.Partici-

pantstouredthekibbutzandlearnedabouttheeducational

experiencesavailableforinternationalstudents.Onthefinal

dayofthedialogues,participantsvisitedthenorthernGaza

stripwithmembersoftheShaarHa-Negevkibbutz.

Dr.SosnowskialsovisitedtheUniversityofBenGurion

inBe’erShevawithwhomtheUniversityofMarylandhopes

tobuildacollaborativerelationship.PresidentMotewill

visitBenGuriononaplannedtriptotheMiddleEastwith

Sosnowskiinthecomingyear.

ToP A market in Nazareth

boT ToM The Western Wall in Jerusalem

Middle east peace dialogues, continued…

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Hongxia (Sha) Wang ,aPhDcandidateinElectricalEngineeringandanaspiringentrepreneur,talksenthu-siasticallyaboutanewhearingaidtechnologythatsheisinvolvedindevelopingandhopestomarketincomingyearsinChina.AsaBeijingnativeanda“TechnologyCommercializationAssociate”withtheDingmanCenterforEntrepreneurship,anationally-recognizedcenterattheRobertH.SmithSchoolofBusiness,WanghasbeenhelpingAsherEpstein,theDing-manCenter’smanagingdirector,tosiftthroughmorethan50applica-tionsfromentrepreneurscompetingtowinstart-upfundsforanewChina-basedbusiness.

TheChinaBusi-nessPlanCompetition,launchedinJune2005incooperationwithZero2IPO,aleadingfinancialinformationandadvisoryservicescompanyinChina,isbeingsponsoredbytheSmithSchooltoshow-caseinnovativebusinessideasandencouragethedevelopmentofentrepreneurshipinChina.ThecompetitionwillprovidesupportforfledglingcompanieswithChina-basedemployeesseekingtoprovidegoodsorservicestotheChinesemarketplace.

Sinceitsinceptionin1986,theDingmanCenterhashelpedfosterentrepreneurshipinthemid-Atlanticregionbyincubatingstudent-runbusinesses,providingmentorservicesandlinking“start-ups”withmuch-neededaccesstocapital.WhiletheCenter’sfocushasbeenmostlylocal,Epsteinisalsointerestedinbuildinginternationalpartnershipsthatsupportentrepreneurshipinbuddingmarkets.“ThisisagreatopportunityforChineseentre-

preneurstocompeteformuchneededfundingfortheirearlystagebusinesses,”Epsteinexplains.“Weareaward-ingatotalof$45,000tothetopthreeproposals—thisisasignificantsumintheChinesemarketandwillgoalongwaytohelplaunchthewinningenterprises.”

TheSmithSchoolalreadyhaswell-establishedlinkswiththeChinesebusinesscommunitythroughitsExecu-

tiveMBAtrainingprogramsofferedinBeijingandShanghaiandintendstoholdtheChinaBusinessPlanCompetitionannuallytofurtherthoserelationships.“WerecognizetheimportanceofhavingabusinesspresenceinChina,”emphasizesEpstein,“andwanttosharebestpracticesinentrepreneurshipgainedfromatwenty-

yearoperatinghistoryattheDingmanCenterforEntrepreneurship.”

Thediversityofbusinessplanssubmit-tedreflectsboththeburgeoningarrayof

economicopportunitiesinChinaandthehighqualityofentrepreneurialthinkingfromyoung,aspiringChinesebusinessleaderslikeWang.AmongthemareplansforausedcarwebsitealaAutoTrader,abiotechnologycompanythatincorporatesapproachesfromtraditionalChinesemedicine,agolfresort,andacompanythatofferswaterdecontaminationservicesforcorporationsandmunicipalities.Thecompetitionrequiredbusinessplanstocomefromteamsoftwotofourpeoplewithbusinessexperienceandmanagerialskillswhosecompanieshadnotgeneratedover$50,000duringthepast12monthsorreceivedover$50,000inpreviousfunding.

Dingman Center Fosters Chinese Entrepreneurship Through Business Plan Competition

AusedcarwebsitealaAutoTrader,abiotechnologycompany

thatincorporatesapproachesfromtraditionalChinesemedicine,

andagolfresortareamongtheproposedbusinessplansthat

Epstein(left)andWang(right) haveevaluated.

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Epstein,Wang,andotherSmithSchoolstaff,faculty,andstudentshaveweighedintojudgetheproposalsinthefirstandsecondrounds,basedoncriteriasuchasthefeasibilityofthebusinessplan,themanagementteam’sabilitytoexecuteit,andthecompetitivepositioningoftheproductorservice.Inthefirstroundofjudging,thepoolofapplicantswasnarrowedto20semi-finalistteams.Ofthisgroup,halfwillbechosentopubliclypresenttheirbusinessplaninBeijing,ChinaonSeptember23, 2005whenthreeteamswillbeselectedandawardedcashprizesof$25,000,$15,000,or$5,000forfirst,second,andthirdprizerespectively.RepresentativesfromventurecapitalfirmsfocusedontheChinesemarket,includingMahonChinaInvestmentManagementLimited,ChinaEquity,SiemensChinaInvestments,andIntelCapitalwilljoininthefinalroundofjudging.

EpsteinandWang,alongwithotherrepresentativesfromtheSmithSchool,arelookingforwardtothetriptoBeijingwherethecompetitionwillwrapup.Whileshewasunabletosubmitherownbusinessplanthistimearound,HongxiaWangisoptimisticaboutherfuturebusiness.“Thishasbeenagreatopportunity,”sheexplains,“becauseIwanttobeanentrepreneur.Inowhaveabetterfeelingforwhatinvestorsactuallylookforandcanapplythistowardcreatingagoodbusinessplanin

thefuture.”

Relatedlinks:

MarylandDayatPekingUniversity

on September 15, 2005, President C.D. Mote, Jr. gave a presentation about University of Maryland initiatives and collaborations with China during the Maryland Day celebration at Peking University. Following Mote’s speech, Dean Howard Frank, of the Robert H. Smith School of business announced the ten finalists for the Smith China business Plan Competition. The winners were announced in beijing on September 23rd. For details on the finalists and the winners, go to: http://www.rhsmith.umd.edu/bplan2005/

More details on the Maryland Day celebration in beijing will appear in the Fall II 2005 issue of Maryland International.

Dingman Center: http://www.smith.umd.edu/dingman/

Smith School/China partnerships: http://www.rhsmith-umd.cn/

Zero2IPo: http://www.zero2ipo.com.cn/

IGCA Forum Will Celebrate the Year of Languages, october 18th at Noon

JointheInstituteforGlobalChineseAffairs(IGCA)on

Tuesday,October18,fromNoonto1p.m.foraspecial

noonforuminrecognitionofTheyearofLanguages:

“Learning Chinese: Observations, Accomplishments, and

Recommendations for Success.”

TheeventwillbeheldattheUniversityofMaryland

atSt.Mary’sHall(theLanguageHouse),Room0105,

oncampusattheUM.AChinesebuffetlunchwillbe

served.

Speakerswillinclude:

•Dr.DavidBranner,SchoolofLanguages,UM

•Dr.RobertDeKeyser,SchoolofLanguages,UM

•Dr.ColinPhillips,Linguistics,UM

•Dr.PhyllisZhang,GeorgeWashingtonUniversity

TheforumwillbemoderatedbyDr.RobertRamsey,

SchoolofLanguages,UM.

TheAmericanCouncilontheTeachingofForeign

Languages(ACTFL)selected2005astheyearof

LanguagesintheUnitedStatestopromotetheideathat

everystudentshoulddevelopproficiencynotonlyin

English,butinotherlanguagesaswell.TheInstitute

forGlobalChineseAffairs(IGCA)andothersatthe

UniversityofMarylandarejoiningintocelebrate,

educate,andcommunicateaboutforeignlanguage

learningandteachingthroughthisspecialeventfocusing

ontheadultChineselanguagelearner.Formore

information,contactRebeccaMcGinnisat301.405.0213

[email protected].

Confucius Institute offers Chinese Language InstructionTheConfuciusInstituteattheUniversityofMaryland

(CIM),foundedwithgeneroussupportandfundingfrom

theChineseMinistryofEducation,isofferingChinese

languagecoursesandothernon-creditcoursesinChinese

cultureandbusinesscommunication.Preparatorytraining

fortheHanyuShuipingKaoshi(HSK),aproficiencytestfor

foreignerswhowishtopursuestudiesorworkinChina,is

alsoavailable.Formoreinformation,call301.405.0209or

[email protected].

China busines plan competition, continued…

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Pollination, Preservation, & Political Socialization:

Two Biologists & a Human Development Professor Recognized for Pioneering International Research

The office of International Programs will hold its annual Faculty Awards

Ceremony on December 7th, 2005 when President Mote will present the

Distinguished International Service Award, which recognizes significant

contributions to the development of international programs at UM, to

David Inouye and James Dietz, and Provost William Destler will present

the Landmark Award, given for exceptional long-term achievements in

support of international life at UM, to Judith Torney-Purta.

Biology colleagues DavidInouyeandJamesM.Dietz

willsharetheDistinguishedInternationalServiceAwardthis

year.Together,Dr.InouyeandDr.Dietzdesignedthemulti-

disciplinarygraduateprograminSustainableDevelopmentand

ConservationBiology(CONS)in1998,withfundingfromthe

PewCharitableTrust.Theprogram,whichhasanoutstanding

reputationandstronginternationalperspective,hasgraduated

over150studentssinceitsinception.Enrolledstudentshave

comefrom27differentcountries,andmanyhavegoneonto

leadershippositionsinnationalandinternationalorganizations.

Asdirectorandassociatedirector(respectively)ofthisunique

graduateprogram,InouyeandDietzbringseveraldecades

ofexperienceinconservationresearch,practice,andpolicy-

making.

DAVIDW.INOUyEisProfessorintheDepartmentof

Biology,anaffiliatefacultymemberintheSchoolofPublic

Policy,andamemberoftheMarineEstuarineEnvironmental

Sciences(MEES)andtheBehavior,Ecology,Evolution,and

Systematics(BEES)graduatefaculties.HeadvisesseveralPhD

graduatestudentsandthe40master’sstudentsintheCONS

program.BuildingonthesuccessoftheCONSprogram,Dr.

InouyeiscurrentlycollaboratingwithcolleaguesinSouth

Africawhoaredevelopinganewgraduateprograminconser-

vationbiology.

Dr.InouyeisSecretaryoftheGoverningBoardofthe

EcologicalSocietyofAmerica,aSteeringCommitteemember

oftheNorthAmericanPollinatorProtectionCampaignand

theNationalPhenologyNetwork,aswellasamemberofthe

NationalResearchCommittee’spanelstudyingthestatusof

pollinatorsinNorthAmerica.

HisresearchtakeshimeachsummertotheRocky

MountainBiologicalLaboratoryinColoradowherethe

DAv ID W. INoU Y e

JA Me S M . DIe T Z

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NationalScienceFoundationfundshislong-termwork

onthephenology(the study of regularly recurring biological

phenomena such as animal migrations or plant budding, especially as

influenced by climatic conditions),pollination,anddemography

ofwildflowers.Thedatahehascollectedtheresince1973

areprovidinginsightintotheeffectsofglobalandregional

climatechange.Inadditiontohislong-term,US-based

work,hehasalsoconductedfieldresearchinAustria,the

SnowyMountainsofAustralia,CostaRica,Panama,and

SouthAfricaandhasmentoredgraduatestudentswhohave

workedinBhutan,Jamaica,andCostaRica.

JA M ESM.DIETZ,anAssociateProfessorintheDepart-

mentofBiology,hasfocusedhisresearchandconservation

activitiesintheAtlanticForestofBrazil.Havinglived

inBrazilforover10years,heisfluentinPortugueseand

wellacquaintedwithBrazilianculture.AsaPeaceCorps

VolunteerinBrazilin1973,DietzcreatedBrazil’sfirst

undergraduateprograminWildlifeManagement,whichis

stillinexistence.TodayDr.DietzworkscloselywithBrazil-

ianfederalagenciessuchasIBAMA(theBrazilianInstitute

fortheEnvironmentandNaturalResources).Heand

colleagueshavebeeninstrumentalinproposingandfunding

thecreationandenlargementofseveralnationalparksand

reservesinBrazil.

Dr.DietzisamemberoftheInternationalCommittee

fortheConservationandManagementofLionTamarinsand

workstoconservetwospeciesofendangeredliontamarin

monkeysinBrazil’sAtlanticForest:goldenliontamarinsin

PoçodasAntasBiologicalReserveinRiodeJaneiroState,

andgolden-headedliontamarinsinUnaBiologicalReserve

inBahiaState.ThankstothesuccessfuleffortsofAssociação

MicoLeãoDourado,aBraziliannongovernmentalorganiza-

tionheandcolleaguesfoundedin1991,theconservation

statusofgoldenliontamarinswasrecentlychangedfrom

“criticallyendangered”to“endangered.”Fittingly,Dr.Dietz

sitsontheIUCN(TheWorldConservationUnion)Species

SurvivalCommission,aninternationalorganizationof

expertsinendangeredspecies.

JUDITHTORNEy-PURTA,ProfessorofHumanDevel-

opmentintheCollegeofEducation,UniversityofMaryland,

willreceivethe2005LandmarkAwardforherlong-term

leadershipandachievementsinthefieldofbehaviorresearch.

Overthelast35years,shehasledcross-nationalempirical

studiesinthepoliticalsocializationofyoungpeople:their

civicknowledge,politicalattitudes,andengagementin

democracy.RecentlyDr.Torney-PurtareceivedtheDecade

ofBehaviorResearchAwardrecognizingherleadershipof

theInternationalSteeringCommitteefortheIEACivic

EducationStudy.Datafromhersurveyof140,000young

peoplein29countrieshascontributedtoagrowingpolicy

debateabouttheroleofeducationinbuildingandsustain-

ingdemocracy.Herinvolvementinadvisorygroupsatthe

OrganizationofAmericanStatesandtheCouncilofEurope

hashelpedpositiontheUniversityofMarylandatthe

forefrontofcross-nationalactivitiesandresearch.

Aftertwelveyearsasprofessorofpsychologyatthe

UniversityofIllinois,Chicago,Dr.Torney-Purtacameto

theUniversityofMarylandin1981.Aninterdisciplinary

approachhasbeenatrademarkofherresearchsinceshe

begangraduatetrainingattheUniversityofChicago.

Psychologistsandpoliticalscientistsalikevaluehercontribu-

tionstotheunderstandingofpoliticalsocialization.Shehas

collaboratedwithfacultyintheUniversityofMaryland’s

CollegeofBehavioralandSocialSciences(includingthe

ICONSProjectintheDepartmentofGovernmentand

Politics),theSchoolofPublicAffairs(includingtheCenter

forInformationandResearchonCivicLearningand

Engagement),andinseveraldepartmentsintheCollegeof

Education.

Dr.Torney-Purtahasledinternationalcollaborations

throughouthercareer,andhasbeeninstrumentalinlinking

U.S.scholarswithcounterpartsinEasternandWestern

Europeinterestedinthepathofsocialandpoliticaldevelop-

mentforhighschoolandcollegestudents.Fromtheprocess

ofthiscollaborativeresearch,severalyoungscholarshave

emergedwhowillgoonshapethefieldinthefuture.

JUDI T H T oR Ne Y-P UR TA

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The Office of International Programs (OIP)Expands its Reach

The Maryland english Institute Joins the office of International Programs TheMarylandEnglishInstitute(MEI),formerlyinthe

collegeofArtsandHumanities,isnowpartoftheOffice

ofInternationalPrograms.Since1981,MEIhasbeen

providingcoursesfornon-nativespeakersofEnglishwho

areplanningtostudyinU.S.collegesanduniversities

orwhowishtolearnEnglishforcareerorpersonal

enrichment.MEI’smovetotheOIPgroupbroadens

therangeofservicesthatweoffertotheinternational

communityoncampusandbeyond,andfurthersour

goaltobringinternationalscholarstocampus.

MEI’suniquecommitmenttoteachingexcellence

combinedwithstate-of-the-artinstructionaltechnology

anditslocationattheUniversityofMarylandprovidean

excellentenvironmentforlearningEnglishintheUnited

States.Inallitsprograms,MEIstrivestoprovidebalanced

perspectivesofthediversityofAmericanacademic,social,

andculturallife.

MEI’slargestprogram,IntensiveEnglish,consists

offourlevelsintegratedintoonecurriculumandattracts

studentsfromallovertheworld.OtherMEIprograms

includeasemi-intensivecourseforinternationalstudents

whoareatthebeginningoftheircourseofstudyatUM,

andcoursesforgraduatestudentspreparing

toteachattheuniversity.TheInstitutealso

offersparttimenon-creditcourses,suchas

AmericanEnglishPronunciationandDynamic

Discussions,whichhaveservedmanyworking

professionalsinMaryland.

We welcome MEI to the OIP family and look forward to a fruitful relationship!

MEISTAFFPICTUREDATLEFT

bACK RoW (LeF T To RIGHT) : Alex Chu, Kim Sorensen,

Aaron Carlson, Patricia Walters, Phil edmondson;

MIDDLe RoW: Jia Ma, Shannon Talbert, Linda Sahin

(Associate Director), Marsha Sprague (Director), Kathy

Kilday, Marian Graham, Myonnie bada, Jeanie Mann-

Hoehn; FRoNT RoW: eric Walker, Harriet Lipowitz, Nina

Liakos, Kim Kwok, erica Lamm

oIP Director Saúl Sosnowski is Now Associate Provost for International Affairs Sosnowskioverseesaninter-connectedgroupof

officesincludingtheOfficeofInternationalPrograms,

InternationalEducationServices(ValerieWoolston,

director),StudyAbroad(MichaelUlrich,associate

director),theInstituteforGlobalChineseAffairs(Ken

Hunter,interimassociatedirector),andtheMaryland

EnglishInstitute(MarshaSprague,director).

Faculty Committee Formed to Forge International Strategy for UMD

Inanefforttostrengthenandexpandtheuniversity’s

missiontobringinternationalopportunitiesand

perspectivestocampus,theOfficeofInternational

Programsisforminganewfacultyadvisorycommittee.

Thecommitteewillengagethedirectorsofacademic

centersandprogramsspecializinginthemajorglobal

regions,includingtheMiddleEast,LatinAmerica,South

Asia,EastAsia,WesternEurope,EasternEurope/Russia,

andAfrica,aswellasinstitutesthatfocusoninternational

topicssuchasenvironmentalprotection,disarmament,

andglobaltrade.Staytunedformoredetails...

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Four UM Students Win Scholarships for Studies Abroad The Office of International Programs ispleased

toannouncethattheMarylandInternationalEducation

Association(MIEA),inagreementwiththeBaltimore

CommunityFoundation,hasawardedfourofitsfiveStudy

AbroadScholarshipstoUniversityofMaryland,College

Parkstudents.InhonoroftheMarylandComptroller,MIEA

grantedtheWilliamDonaldSchaeferScholarshiptoMichael

Eskinazi,acivilengineeringstudent.Mr.Eskinaziwill

studyengineeringattheEGIMSchoolinMarseilles,France

throughtheInstituteofInternationalEducation’sGlobal

E3EngineeringExchangeProgram.Therecipientsofother

MIEAawardsareRubaElbasha,JadeNdiaye,andSarah

Wetherald.Ms.Elbashastudiesfinanceandwillparticipate

intheUniversityofMarylandHonorsProgramin“British

Law,PoliticsandSociety”attheUniversityofOxfordin

London,England.Ms.Ndiaye,whostudiesgeneralbusiness

management,willtraveltoFrance,Germany,andThe

Netherlandsforthe“IslamicDiasporainEurope”program,

whichissponsoredbytheSchoolforInternationalTraining.

Ms.Wetherald,agovernmentandpoliticsmajor,willfocus

ontheoriesofglobalizationanddevelopmenttaughtthrough

“ThePoliticsofGlobalization,”aUniversityofMaryland

programinArgentina.

Createdtoincreaseopportunitiesforinternational

educationandinterculturalunderstandingwithinthe

stateanditshighereducationcommunities,theMaryland

InternationalEducationAssociationprovidesaclearinghouse

ofinformationoninternationaleducationopportunitiesand

advocatesonbehalfofinternationaleducationinitiatives

instategovernment,institutionsofhighereducation,and

thebusinesscommunity.TheStudyAbroadScholarship

programispartofMIEA’smissiontofacilitateaccessto

internationaleducationprogramsforMarylandresidents.

Nineinstitutionsofhighereducation,includingtheUniver-

sityofMaryland,CollegePark,participateinMIEA.

TheawardsgrantedbyMIEAareoneofseveraltypesof

scholarshipsofferedthroughtheStudyAbroadOfficeatthe

UniversityofMaryland,CollegePark.Formoreinforma-

tionaboutfinancialassistanceorotherservicesoftheStudy

AbroadOffice,pleasevisit:www.umd.edu/studyabroad.

visiting Fulbright Scholars at the University of Maryland, Fall 2005 Visiting scholars are listed by name with country of origin and the department they are working with listed below. Dr. Abebe Belay Ethiopia,CivilEngineeringDr. Davit Kirvalidze Georgia,AgriculturalandResourceEconomicsDr. Yan Liu China,HumanDevelopmentDr. Taisuke Nishigauchi Japan,LinguisticsDr. Wegdan Osman Egypt,PhysicsDr. Yasser Shabana Egypt,MechanicalEngineeringDr. Jan Stievermann Germany,EnglishDr. Hsiu-Lan Tien Taiwan,Psychology

OIP welcomes you to the University of Maryland!

University of Maryland Faculty on Fulbright Scholarships Abroad, Fall 2005 UM scholars are listed by name with country they are visiting, their department affiliation, and project title listed below. Dr. Christine Elise Clark Guatemala,EducationPolicyandLeadershipSchools as Breeding Grounds for Prisons and Multicultural Education as a Key to FreedomDr. Hugh A. Bruck Israel,MechanicalEngineeringDevelopment of Advanced Composite Materials using Graded, Bioinspired, and Nanostructured Principles: Maryland-Israel Cooperation for CompetitivenessDr. Samer FarajLebanon,DecisionandInformationTechnologiesBarriers to Successful E-Government Projects in LebanonDr. George Rudolph Helz Croatia,ChemistryandBiochemistry Chemistry of Copper in Sulfidic Natural WatersDr. Roberta Z. Lavine Chile,SpanishandPortuguese A Prototype for Faculty Development: English as a Foreign LanguageDr. Jeffrey Jensen Arnett Denmark,HumanDevelopmentEmerging Adulthood in Denmark

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october 5, 2005

BARANHosted by Professor Ahmad Karimi-Hakkak,School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures (SLLC)

Director: Majid Majidi (Iran, 2000, 94 minutes)In Persian and Dari.

In a building site in present-day Tehran, Lateef, a 17-year-old Kurdish worker is irresistibly drawn to Rahmat, a young Afghan refugee. The revelation of Rahmat’s secret changes both their lives.

November 2, 2005

NosfeRAtu: A symphoNy of hoRRoR (NosfeRAtu, eiNe symphoNie des GRAueNs)Hosted by Professor Peter Beicken, SLLC

An Evening of Silent Film, with live musical accompaniment by Ray Brubacher on digital piano

Director: F.W. Murnau (Germany, 1922, 81 minutes)

A highlight of German Expressionist film, this classic vampire film adapted Bram Stoker’s Dracula, accomplishing an artistic landmark of the horror genre. Ingenuously composed in a painterly style, the film is foremost a psychological thriller presenting a nightmarish world with the phantom looming like a deadly disease.

December 7, 2005

Cold liGht (KAldAljós)Hosted by Professor Rose-Marie Oster, SLLC

Director: Hilmar Oddsson (Iceland/Norway/UK/Germany, 2004, 90 minutes)

A 40-year-old loner in Reykjavik is haunted by events from his childhood, until he finds redemption in an art class. Oscar nominee.

February 8, 2006

iN A loNely plACeHosted by Professor Myron Lounsbury, Department of American Studies

Director: Nicholas Ray (United States, 1950, 94 minutes)Humphrey Bogart is a disgruntled Hollywood script-writer who becomes enmeshed in a film noir murder mystery in LA.

March 1, 2006

sAtiN RouGeHosted by Professor Caroline Eades, SLLC

Director: Raja Amari (France / Tunisia, 2002, 100 minutes) In Arabic / French.

Tunisian writer/director Raja Amari tells the story of a widowed seamstress reluctantly exploring the world of night clubs and cabarets, who eventually finds herself on stage as a successful belly-dancer.

April 5, 2006

out of this WoRld (KoNo yo No soto e)Hosted by Professor Gretchen Jones, SLLCDirector: Junji Sakamoto (Japan, 2004, 123 minutes)

In the chaotic yet vibrant era immediately following the end of World War II in Japan, five young Japanese musicians find an opportunity to play jazz at American military clubs, forging ties with former enemies and making American music their own.

May 3, 2006

the syRiAN BRide (hA-KAlA hA-suRit)

Director: Eran Riklis(Israel/Germany/France, 2004, 97 minutes)In Arabic, Hebrew, English, Russian, French.

A Druze woman from the Golan Heights becomes engaged to marry a Syrian television star whom she has never met.

2005-2006 international

film series

“the outsider”All films are free and open to the public.

Films are shown at 7:00 p.m. in the

Hoff Theater (Stamp Student Union) on

the 1st Wednesday of each month.

Schedule subject to change.

Most films screened on 35mm.

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