News
From the Office of International Programs
Fall 2009
International Education Week 2009
IPFW will observe International Education Week November 16 - November 24. Check back Nov. 6 for the schedule of lectures, presentations and fun events.
Club Seoul Wins Grant for Film Festival for Second Time
Club Seoul, IPFW's student organization for Korean culture, has again been awarded a grant from KITA and the Korea Foundation to hold a Korean Film and Culture Festival on the IPFW campus. The festival will take place in Februrary 2010. Check back in January for details.
Fulbright Applications
Four IPFW students--a record number for this campus--applied for Fulbright Fellowships this year. The applicants applied for four different countries: Macedonia, India, Turkey and Japan. In January, the applicants will receive notice about whether they have made it to the next round.
IPFW Student Wins Two Major Study Abroad Grants
IPFW German major Jansen Langle who is currently on academic year study abroad at the University of Freiburg is the recipient of two prestigious national awards for overseas study--a Phi Kappa Phi study abroad grant and a DAAD scholarship. Congratulations to Jansen!
March 2009
Study Abroad Numbers Up Again
This year IPFW will be able to report to the Open Doors Survey more than a 96% increase in numbers for study abroad in 2007-2008! While the number of students studying abroad for credit in 2006-2007 was 52, the score for 2007-2008 was 102. Not only did more students participate in programs originating at the IPFW campus; many more took part in programs through Indiana University and Purdue University as well. And many ventured farther away from home. While Europe is still a popular destination, more students every year head for distant sites like Asia and Australia. So far, all of these trends for overseas study seem to be continuing for 2008-2009 in spite of the current recession!
IPFW Students Win Prestigious Scholarships to Study and Teach in Asia
IPFW senior psychology major Joshua Long is spending the 2008-2009 academic year on a JASSO (Japan Student Services Organization) Scholarship at the University of Nagasaki in Japan. Long’s receipt of this award is particularly impressive considering that IPFW does not currently offer Japanese language as a credit course. Likewise, Joshua Bacon, an IPFW history major, has received a full scholarship from the China Scholarship Council to study Chinese at Sun Yat-sen University in Guangzhou, China for spring semester 2009. See further information on Long’s and Bacon’s awards at
http://www.study-in-china.org/education/news/200881382603347.htm
IPFW’s first graduating senior recipient of a Fulbright Fellowship, Brandon Gearhart, who graduated in May 2008 with a major in political science, is currently in Iksan, South Korea teaching English at a boys’ high school. The Fulbright Fellowship covers travel and living expenses for the recipient while abroad and pays a stipend as well.
Korean Film Festival Helps Makes Long Winter Bearable
In February, IPFW hosted its first Korean Film Festival ever, thanks to a new student organization, Club Seoul—a group composed not only of Korean exchange students currently on campus but also of American IPFW students who have been on study abroad in Korea. Club Seoul competed with student organizations all over the United States for the privilege of hosting a festival, and won, beating out a number of very prestigious universities! IPFW is one of just 25 campuses across the country that received a festival grant from the Korea Foundation, KITA (Korea International Trade Association), and the Korean Tourism Organization.
The IPFW festival featured films on Tuesday and Thursday evenings, as well as lectures at noon on Wednesdays, from February 3-February 19. Additionally, attendees on February 10 enjoyed a sumptuous buffet of Korean food catered by a local restaurant, Seoul Garden. Films shown during the festival included JSA: Joint Security Area, King and the Clown, Hanbok, Le Grand Chef, Oldboy, Radio Star and The Host. Preceding each evening showing, students from Club Seoul gave brief presentations on topics related to Korea and the film to be shown.
Attendance throughout the festival exceeded all expectations, with more than 65 at the opening event and well over 100 for the Korean dinner. Mr. Woo Won Lee, the President of KITA, also honored IPFW, Club Seoul and the Office of International Programs with a visit to the campus on opening night.
Eleven IPFW Students to Participate in Exchange at Seoul Women’s University this Summer
For the third summer in a row, IPFW students will take part in the Bahrom International Program (BIP) at Seoul Women’s University. BIP has become a favorite of IPFW students with more applying every year. In 2007, five students attended; in 2008, seven took part, and this year, eleven will participate. The program offers the chance to spend four weeks in Korea on a truly intercultural experience that not only gives students three credits in an introductory Korean Studies course but also the opportunity to get to know Korean students and their culture personally. A study abroad program like no other, BIP brings Koreans and international students (mostly North Americans) together to live and work for a month. Both find their lives remarkably changed. The North Americans leave knowing a great deal more, not just about Korea and Asia, but also about the world in general. The Koreans find themselves well prepared for the year-long stays in the U. S. or Canada on which they are about to embark and arrive in the fall at their new destinations with friendships already intact.
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