Olaf College graduates have been awarded Fulbright fellowships for 2023-24 and a current student has been selected to participate in the Fulbright Canada MITACS-Globalink summer program and Geoffrey Carlisle ’10 received Fulbright fellowships for the upcoming year Olaf senior Lydia Hill ’24 has been selected to participate in the Fulbright Canada MITACS-Globalink summer program The Fulbright Program offers opportunities for graduating seniors and young professionals of all academic disciplines to conduct research The program is designed to expand perspectives through cross-cultural dialogue and create connections in a complex and changing world The Fulbright U.S. Student Program is sponsored by the Department of State and operates in more than 140 countries Program participants are chosen based on many factors including leadership potential and academic merit will be working as an English Teaching Assistant at a small school in Nova Paka and many of the students will either continue studying teaching in university which will allow Anderson to be involved in teaching education She is especially interested in teaching in a secondary school in a rural setting where she can encounter the customs and traditions of the country and work with students in the age group she plans to teach after completing her Fulbright grant Anderson is particularly excited about living and working in the country of Antonín Dvorák and other Czech composers and hopes to join a choir during her year By placing herself in an entirely new environment she hopes to prepare herself to be a more experienced and empathetic teacher serving diverse populations in the United States Angelina Gasparov ’23 will teach English to students in secondary school in Bulgaria Having majored in social work with concentrations in race and ethnic studies and German studies at St she is especially interested in how learning languages opens up the world for people and also plans to be involved in Fulbright Bulgaria’s BEST program which gives students debate and public speaking opportunities She hopes to both emphasize the fun in language learning and help students learn life skills like wellness and financial literacy in an academic setting Gasparov is especially excited to spend a year in the country of her parent and grandparents and looks forward to deepening her relationship with Bulgaria and its people “I hope that I can bring creative and engaging topics to the students and that my time in Vidin allows Bulgarian youth to see the importance of investing in our people so that we as a collective group stay strong and stay connected to our roots regardless of where we end up settling I hope that the students I work with will feel confident in their classwork and proud of where they come from,” she says Emily Johnson ’20 will study how Norwegian nature-based preschools foster social and emotional development she majored in Norwegian and biology with concentrations in educational and Nordic studies She also studied abroad in Norway and Denmark where she had a practicum at a forest preschool Johnson thinks more attention should be focused on early education and is especially interested in the way some Norwegian preschools encourage relatively unsupervised playtime outside regardless of weather conditions and Norway view early childhood as part of my Rand Scholar Award at St I’ve been drawn to the Norwegian principle of whole-person development through play in nature,” Johnson says “I’ve spent the last three years as a teacher at a nature- and farm-based preschool in Minnesota so I’m eager to research the structures and inner workings of nature-based preschools in Norway Early childhood is such an important time in one’s life!” Johnson is well-prepared to interview children and teachers to learn how these schools are organized in addition to having another practicum experience at a Norwegian forest preschool She plans to identify best practices regarding the correlation between social-emotional learning and nature-based early childhood education and then work to employ them in the United States Rachel Beran ’19 will spend her Fulbright year teaching English at a university in Morocco she went on to earn a master’s degree in education and teach English in Belgium and France She hopes to use her time in Morocco to encourage students learning a language to take risks through lessons that allow students to make mistakes and learn in a low-pressure way.   the focus in language classrooms is on perfection which means that students can be very hesitant to speak I’ll be teaching at a Faculty of Medicine and plan to use simulations and adapted theater games so that my students can practice the communication skills that they will need for their postgrad careers,” she says In Morocco Beran will primarily use French and English with students and others in the community in order to better connect with her students and colleagues in Marrakech She looks forward to forming relationships that will provide her with insight into Moroccan culture and further prepare her for a career in international education Lyla Amini ’14 will investigate climate change–resilient agriculture as the nexus between climate impacts and community-level resiliency in two valleys in northern Tajikistan After majoring in environmental studies and sociology/anthropology with a concentration in Middle Eastern studies at St Amini served in the Peace Corps in Morocco and then worked on organic farms and with climate organizations both in the United States and in Tajikistan She plans to research the potential for creating greater climate resiliency through increased circulation of indigenous seeds she hopes to identify opportunities and challenges to the use of indigenous seeds instead of non-native and imported varieties Geoffrey Carlisle ’10 will travel to Norway to conduct a case study analysis of how recent policies reforming Teacher Education Institutions (TEIs) are affecting teacher recruitment He studied music and environmental science at St Olaf and public policy at the University of Texas at Austin He has spent most of his career as an eighth grade science and sex education teacher in Texas where a recent statewide poll found that 77 percent of teachers are thinking seriously about leaving the profession Although Norway and Texas face similar issues of teacher recruitment the two have starkly different policy approaches to finding solutions “While Norway is facing a similar shortage of teachers their recent reforms to teacher preparation take a vastly different approach by doubling down on high-quality and elevating the professional status of teaching The first teachers who completed their training under the new reforms just entered the classroom this year This presents an incredible opportunity to research how these reforms impact the preparation and retention of new teachers,” he says Carlisle hopes to use his work in Norway to help inform policy recommendations for Texas and he plans to employ data analysis as well as personal interviews to better understand the Norwegian system Lydia Hill ’24 has also been accepted into the Fulbright Canada MITACS-Globalink program which provides opportunities for undergraduate students to spend a summer conducting research in Canada She will be working on a project studying the impact of prenatal cannabis exposure on fetal brain development using brain fetal MRI during the third trimester She is excited about the opportunity to spend a summer exploring obstetrics and gynecology which is an area of medicine she is interested in pursuing after graduation She was also drawn to the program because of the French language requirement “As a French major who is planning on going into the medical field it has been a dream of mine to be able to use my French in a professional setting post-grad — but I wasn’t sure if this would ever be possible or become a reality I was over the moon to be able to have the opportunity to bring these two parts of myself We are grateful for the impact your gifts make possible on the Hill Ole Miss alumni Jake and Liz Raulston share their experience of meeting at Ole Miss getting married and opening a brewery together in Chattanooga TN 662-915-7211 Copyright © 2025 The University of Mississippi. All Rights Reserved Please enable JS and disable any ad blocker USS Calhoun County left the naval pier in New Jersey to dump hundreds of barrels of atomic waste into the ocean about 160km offshore.Photo Credit: US Department of Defense film- YouTube Around the world thousands of tons of munitions lie rusting on the ocean floor They consist of both explosives and chemical weapons the toxic chemicals are exposed causing an environmental wasteland around them Terrence Long is chairman of the International Dialogue on Underwater Munitions,(IDUM) a Canadian and Dutch-based NGO Long says the leaking munitions on the seafloor have already been affecting marine life and it will only get worse He was involved in the first weapons identification programme called the Search and Assessment of Chemical Weapons Baltic Sea (CHEMSEA) a three‐year investigation in the Baltic Sea In exploration of many sites where leakage has occurred he said there was no life at all on the ocean floor He says fish caught near such sites often displayed cancers on the skin or internally The research also found young fish to be less successful in reproducing thus preventing fish such as cod from proliferating and thereby contributing to a decline in stocks is on‐going with NATO Science for Peace and Security (SPS) Towards the Monitoring of Dumped Munitions (MODUM) that employs new and emerging technologies to detect and analyze chemical weapons and warfare materials The third chemical and conventional weapons program started recently “Decision Aid for Marine Munitions” (DAIMON) aims to increase the knowledge base to evaluate risks and benefits of various management options for the assessment of how dumped ammunition impacts ecosystem Long is currently speaking to members of the Atlanta-base US Centre for Disease Control (CDC) about human health risks associated with dumped munitions Long is also currently involved in the NATO Science for Peace and Security (SPS) Summer School for Young Sciences on Sea Dumped chemical Weapons in Halifax Long says it’s not nearly enough of an effort to deal with a massive worldwide problem He would like to see the United Nations get behind the idea and propose a large scale international effort Long says with literally tens of thousands of tonnes of munitions rusting on the ocean floor the potential for a slow but steady marine catastrophe is a very real and very present danger All rights reserved @ Radio Canada International 2018 Denise Azzopardi catches up with the young and talented Polish violinist Agnieszka Kuźma over a quick chat prior to her performance in the Malta Philharmonic Orchestra’s Chamber Orchestra Concert 2 where she will feature as soloist The Chamber Orchestra Concert will take place at Robert Sammut Hall in Floriana on February 12 and 13 at 19:30. All concerts at Robert Samut Hall are part of the MPO Loyalty Scheme. Visit www.maltaorchestra.com for more information Od 1. května 2025 se mění pravidla pro placení rozhlasového poplatku. Více informací zde Vladimir Jablokov makes a very welcome return to Birr next month Vladimir has established himself as one of the best young musical talents currently playing in Ireland with his 'Classical Twist’ band showcasing a small but dynamic band of Slovak and Irish musicians including two violins bass and drums taking familiar pieces from the world of both the classics and rock-pop and reworking them into new Vladimir Jablokov started playing the violin aged five making his stage debut at the tender age of ten Coming from four generations of professional music makers with a Russian maestro for a father and five musical siblings around him at home Vladimir will perform an all new popular movie/musical and classical programme accompanied by their piano player Adam Kuruc in his brand new show for 2014 Anton took his first violin lessons with his father at age five He started to participate in the family concerts throughout the Europe when he was eight.  In 2003 he participated in the Paganini of Pressburg Competition where he won the first prize in his category In 2006 he won the first prize at the international competition 'Jozef Muzika’ in Nova Paka (Czech Republic) and in 2008 he won the first prize at the Slovak conservatories competition Since 2005 he has been performing with older brother Vladimir and his string quartet and has been playing solo parts in pieces of JS Bach A Vivaldi and V Monti accompanied by the Slovak Festival Orchestra He played the Capriccio Basque by P Sarasate and La Campanella by N Paganini in the National Concert Hall and Marley Park with the above mentioned orchestra Since 2011 Anton has been pursuing his studies at the Music Academy in Essen in the class of Mincho Mintchev Birr Theatre is delighted to welcome Vladimir and Anton back to Birr and know this will be a very special evening Tickets are €13 when purchased in advance and €16 on the night You can secure your ticket in advance by visiting www.birrtheatre.com or calling the box office on 057 9122911 This webpage uses Cookies and JavaScript in order to work properly We strongly recommend to enable those technologies in yur browser In case of wrongly displayed content you can request necessary information at e-mail address wwwadmin@mzv.cz one of the best Czech beers brewed at the Plzeňský Prazdroj brewery at Pilsen (Plzeň) enters the Korean market as of the spring of 2011 Other Czech beers available at Korean market are BrouCzech of Nová Paka (www.brouczech.com), Ježek of Jihlava (www.pivovar-jihlava.cz), Primátor of Náchod (www.primator.cz), and – last but not least – Budvar of České Budějovice (www.budweiser-budvar.cz)