Congrats, grads!
Congratulations to the WWC class of 2009, particularly the Global Studies majors like Luke Bernard (pictured here in a photo by John Coutlakis of the Asheville Citizen-Times). Keep us posted on your post-WWC lives!
News and views from students and faculty of the Global Studies Department at Warren Wilson College. And probably some other stuff, too.
Congratulations to the WWC class of 2009, particularly the Global Studies majors like Luke Bernard (pictured here in a photo by John Coutlakis of the Asheville Citizen-Times). Keep us posted on your post-WWC lives!
On Wednesday, at 7 PM, in the Holden Arts Center, James L. Peacock will be speaking about Globalism and Art in Anthropology. Dr. Peacock is the Kenan Distinguished Professor of Anthropology at the University of North Carolina. He is the author of nine books, including four widely influential books about Indonesia and, most recently, "Grounded Globalism: How the U.S. South Embraces the World" (2007).
In this age of ubiquitous internet communication (which is, of course, global) it sometimes becomes difficult to know just who it is doing the communicating. There is also a fair amount of spam out there -- not just in email, but browsing blogs, skype, and undoubtedly focusing like a laser on Twitter. The Department of Global Studies will be holding an informational extravaganza next Wednesday, April 15th, in the Mierke C room in Gladfelter from 11:30-1:00. Please drop by to:
Corey White of the GIS crew has been hard at work on a map of green space in Buncombe County as part of the county's "Year of the Park" project. Below is the customized Google map he's been working on, which will eventually be embedded in the YOP's website as well as several others. Try clicking on a tree for park information, including directions. Nice work Corey!
Attention rising juniors and seniors!
The Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship application cycle is currently open for study abroad programs beginning Fall 2009 and the 2009/2010 academic year.
The program offers grants for U.S. citizen undergraduate students of limited financial means to pursue academic studies abroad. This award helps to defray costs including program tuition, room and board, books, local transportation, insurance and international airfare.
Award amounts will vary depending on the length of study and student need with the average award being $4,000. Undergraduate students who are receiving federal Pell Grant funding at 2-year or 4-year colleges or universities are eligible to apply.
Students who apply for and receive the Gilman Scholarship to study abroad are now eligible to receive an additional $3,000 Critical Need Language Supplement from the Gilman Program for a total possible award of up to $8,000.
Critical Need Languages include:
GIS crew member Corey White, former crew member Chris Fusting ('08) and I attended the NCGIS conference in Raleigh last week. Chris was one of this year's recipients of the Herbert Stout Award for Innovative Student Papers. He presented a paper called "Investigating LIDAR Data at the Bent Creek Experimental Forest."
You may remember a recent post about GIS crew member Nora Purcell. Nora is studying abroad this semester with the International Honors Program on Health and Community. She is traveling to Switzerland, China, South Africa and India over the next several weeks. You can follow along via her blog by clicking here!
Here's another installment of our series of posts on GIS Crew members past and present. This time we're focusing on our very first crew member, Rebecca Davanon. She started the crew back in Fall 2005 and did a lot of great work getting the crew up and running. She's now working full-time in GIS for the City of Nashville. In her words:
That's right, it's GIS Day again -- here's our slate of events for Wednesday, November 19th:
Sophia Levin-Hatz (Global Studies '08) is currently serving as the country director of Global Environmental Brigades in Panama City, Panama. She is working with environmental organizations and communities to develop service projects for students from U.S. universities.