Archive for November 2012
November 29th, 2012: FLTAs Participate in Irish Immersion Weekend Current Irish FLTAs, Nóirín Ní Laighin and Gearóid Ó Duinn, Visit Kansas City on Irish Immersion Weekend
The Kansas City Irish Center in Kansas City, Missouri, hosted an Irish language Immersion Weekend during early November. Two Fulbright Foreign Language Teaching Assistants (FLTAs) participated in the class. Gearóid…
Read MoreNovember 28th, 2012: Deadline Changed for Summer Institute, Now Two Weeks Earlier The Summer Institute on Social Entrepreneurship's deadline has changed; it is now two weeks earlier than previously stated.
Due to scheduling changes, the application for the Summer Institute on Social Entrepreneurship is now due on Thursday, February 14th, 2013. Please update your calendars to reflect this change. Although…
Read MoreNovember 27th, 2012: Save the Date for Lecture on Irish Contemporary Novels at Fordham Current Irish Fulbright Scholar to Give Lecture at Fordham Universit
Dr. Ellen McWilliams, a Fulbright Scholar who is lecturing and researching at the Institute of Irish Studies at Fordham in New York, is giving a lecture on Tuesday, December 11th,…
Read MoreNovember 23rd, 2012: DIT Fulbrighter to Deliver Two Lectures Fulbright Scholar, Dr. Shannon Chance, to Speak at DIT's School of Architecture
Shannon Chance is giving two lectures on Student Learning and LEED in Dublin next week. Shannon Chance, current US Fulbright Scholar who is conducting research on innovative engineering teaching strategies…
Read MoreNovember 22nd, 2012: Fulbright Pianist to Perform Tonight at CIT Former Fulbrighter, Therese Fahy, is performing this evening at the Cork Institute of Technology.
Therese Fahy, one of Ireland’s foremost pianists and a Fulbright Scholar to the St. Louis Conservatory of Music, is performing the complete Debussy preludes at the Cork School of Music.…
Read MoreNovember 21st, 2012: Irish Undergraduate Numbers in US Continue to Grow Open Doors 2012 Data Published; Irish Undergraduate Numbers in US on the Rise
Institute of International Education (IIE), in partnership with the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the United States Department, recently published its annual Open Doors report on international student…
Read MoreNovember 19th, 2012: Save the Date for Irish Language Lecture Series at Lehman College Popular Irish Language Lecture Series to Continue in New York
Lehman College in New York is hosting a series of Irish Language Lectures in the coming months and full details are available on their website, http://www.lehmangaeilge.org/. Lehman College has long…
Read MoreNovember 16th, 2012: EducationUSA Meets Students at St. Dominic’s, Cabra
On Thursday, November 15th, 2012, EducationUSA travelled to St. Dominic’s College, Cabra, in Dublin. The all-girls school has seen an increase in the number students interested in going to college…
Read MoreNovember 15th, 2012: Irish Immersion as part of the FLTA Program
Current Irish Foreign Language Teaching Assistant at Drew University and New York University, Eibhlín Walsh spent a weekend at Daltaí na Gaeilge’s immersion program in Jamison, Pennsylvania. Daltaí na Gaeilge…
Read MoreNovember 14th, 2012: Press Release, Grant Available for European Student Leaders to Study in US
Press Release Grant Available for European Student Leaders to Study in US – Funding available for summer program on social entrepreneurship in the US – One undergraduate student will…
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