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November 2011 Newsletter
Nov 17, 2011

The November 2011 Boren Awards newsletter has been published.  Read advice for submitting your budget and getting strong letters of recommendation.  Also, see this month's profiles of a Boren Scholar who studied in Poland and a Boren Fellow who is currently studying in Nigeria. Read the November newsletter.
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Open Doors Report on International Educational Exchange
Nov 14, 2011

Kicking-off International Education Week, the Open Doors Report on International Educational Exchange, released today, reports an increase in U.S. students studying abroad; 270,604 U.S. students studied abroad for credit during the academic year 2009/10, compared to 260,327 the previous year. The Open Doors report, released today in Washington, D.C. by Assistant Secretary Ann Stock (R) and IIE President and CEO Allan Goodman, is publi...
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October 2011 Newsletter
Oct 26, 2011

The October 2011 Boren Awards newsletter has been published.  Read advice for finding a study abroad program and designing your study proposal.  Also, see this month's profiles of a Boren Scholar who studied in Brazil and a Boren Fellow who studied in Afghanistan. Read the October newsletter.
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U.S. Department of State Launches Diplomacy Website
Oct 13, 2011

The U.S. Diplomacy Center, an office in the Bureau of Public Affairs at the U.S. Department of State, has launched a new interactive website to introduce high school and college students to diplomacy and the work of the State Department.   According to a press release  announcing the launch of the site, "viewers can explore how the work of the Department’s Foreign Service Officers affects every person, every day, or how Ame...
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IU Bloomington Chosen for Turkish Flagship Program
Oct 6, 2011

Indiana University Bloomington is in the process of establishing The Language Flagship in Turkish and other Turkic languages.  They were recently awarded an institutional grant from The Language Flagship, an initiative of the National Security Education Program.  IU Bloomington already has Language Flagship Programs in Chinese and Swahili.     To find out more about IU Bloomington's Flagship Program in Turkish and other Turk...
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