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Academic Director, Arcadia Students Champion Human Rights in Tanzania
The African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights delivered its judgment in the matter of Rev. Christopher Mtikila v. The United Republic of Tanzania. The case was brought to the African Court as a result of a civic engagement exercise undertaken by students attending the Arcadia College of Global Studies Spring 2012 semester program in [...]
Continue reading...Arcadia Study Abroad Student Receives First Global Scholar Award
Friday, May 31, 2013
Sylvia Ngo, an Amherst College undergraduate, has been presented with the inaugural Global Scholar Award from The College of Global Studies at Arcadia University for outstanding student achievement in international education. Ms. Ngo participated in Arcadia’s semester study abroad program to the University of Edinburgh, Scotland, in fall 2012. The Global Scholar Award is presented [...]
Continue reading...Arcadia Partner in Paris Hosts Discussion of Gender Politics
Friday, May 24, 2013
Arcadia in Paris’ academic partner, American Graduate School in Paris held a 2-day discussion about Identity and Gender Politics with International Relations at the 8th International Graduate Student Conference on April 18 and 19. Speakers from India, Taiwan, Israel, Zimbabwe, Turkey, the UK, Italy, Switzerland, France, Canada, the U.S. and Brazil, all arrived to speak [...]
Continue reading...Arcadia in Athens Alum wins Fulbright Assistantship to Turkey
Monday, May 20, 2013
Ms. Mia L. Falzarono, who completed study abroad in Greece with Arcadia in fall 2011, has been awarded the prestigious Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship to Turkey. A Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship (ETA) will place Ms. Falzarono in a classroom abroad to provide assistance to teachers of English who are working with non-native English-speakers. English Teaching Assistants [...]
Continue reading...Villanova Student Wins Arcadia Short Film Contest
Friday, May 10, 2013
Cameron Piper, a Villanova Engineering student, has won Arcadia in Rome‘s Short Film Contest for students currently enrolled at Arcadia University Center for Italian Studies in Rome. Throughout Cameron’s 5 minute video, he highlighted many places he visited including his apartment during his stay in Italy and great sights including the Trevi Fountain, Spanish Steps Capitoline [...]
Continue reading...Associate Dean Interviewed in Brazil
Monday, April 29, 2013
While in Brazil for the Arcadia University Preview Program, Dr. Douglas Michele Turco, Associate Dean of The College of Global Studies at Arcadia University and students engaged in a Capoeira class at Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP.) During the class, Dr. Turco was interviewed by Brazilian TV reporters. He described how Arcadia students were learning about [...]
Continue reading...The Latest Issue of IMPACT Magazine Has Arrived!
Friday, April 19, 2013
The College of Global Studies at Arcadia University is delighted to announce the publication of the latest issue of IMPACT, The College’s Journal of Study Abroad. We invite you to view the magazine online. This edition features a collaboration of two of our colleagues at the University of California at San Diego: Mr. Jim Galvin, [...]
Continue reading...Dr. Davide Tanasi Honored with Teaching Excellence Award
Wednesday, April 3, 2013
Dr. Davide Tanasi, Adjunct Professor of Archaeology and Ancient History, has been presented with the Award for Teaching Excellence by The College of Global Studies at Arcadia University. This is the inaugural presentation of the Award, an honor which has been created to celebrate faculty members of The College of Global Studies who are outstanding [...]
Continue reading...Visiting Professor from Roma Tre Gives Two Educational Presentations
Thursday, March 28, 2013
Visiting Professor Aldo Fanchiotti from Roma Tre University gave two educational presentations at Arcadia University. The first, titled “Solar Cooling: Using the Sun’s Heat to Cool Buildings,” featured two strategies for solar cooling; limiting the thermal load or amount of heat a building absorbs by using “Cool Materials” and using solar driven absorption machines coupled [...]
Continue reading...Survey Conducted by Douglas Turco Featured in CNN Turkey
Wednesday, March 27, 2013
Douglas Michele Turco, Associate Dean of The College of Global Studies, led an international research group that conducted a survey of attitudes of Istanbul citizens with regard to their city’s 2020 Olympic Bid. The survey was conducted through face-to-face interviews from Sep. 15, 2012 through to Jan. 15, 2013, and CNN Turkey recently covered the [...]
Continue reading...Arcadia’s Brazil Preview Students Play Soccer in Rio Preto
Tuesday, March 26, 2013
A group of 24 of Arcadia University’s Brazil Preview students have completed their spring break visit to São Paulo. During the visit they studied the socio-cultural significance of football in Brazil, meeting with faculty and students from The College of Technology in São José do Rio Preto and playing the national sport of soccer (football) [...]
Continue reading...CNN Interviews Villanova Students in Rome on the Election of Pope Francis I
Monday, March 18, 2013
Two Villanova University students, Sean Hudgins and Danielle McMonagle, both Communications majors, were interviewed by CNN’s Anderson Cooper in Rome this week as students with a unique perspective on the election of Pope Francis I. Both students are participants on Villanova’s Vatican Internship program and the Arcadia in Rome program. Other Villanova students were active [...]
Continue reading...Arcadia students in Tanzania Attend Human Rights Court
Thursday, March 14, 2013
On March 7, 2013, Arcadia students studying abroad in Tanzania attended a session of the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights, in Arusha. The students heard oral arguments from both parties before the bench of 10 judges. It was a very rich experience through which the students, having heard both parties in private meeting and [...]
Continue reading...Romanian Higher Education Delegation Visits Arcadia
Wednesday, March 13, 2013
On March 5, The College of Global Studies was honored to welcome a delegation of higher education leaders from Romania, led by the Secretary of State for the Ministry of Higher Education, Dr. Gigel Paraschiv. The visit highlighted the growing connections between The College and educators in Romania and included fascinating discussions on developments at [...]
Continue reading...Arcadia Appoints Dr. Peter Leuner as Regional Director
Thursday, March 7, 2013
The College of Global Studies at Arcadia University is delighted to announce the appointment of Dr. Peter Leuner as Regional Director for the United Kingdom and Ireland and Director of Arcadia in London. Dr. Peter Leuner brings to The College more than 40 years of significant and broad based administrative, managerial and teaching experience in [...]
Continue reading...Arcadia’s Dublin Center Launches Seminar Series
Wednesday, February 27, 2013
The College of Global Studies is proud to announce its first Research Seminar Series in Dublin. This enlightening and educational series of seminars will begin March 12, with Matthew Sutton, Associate Professor of History at Washington State University and Fulbright Scholar, presenting: Bracing for Armageddon: The Origins of the American Christian Right. “The intention is [...]
Continue reading...Visiting Scholar from Brazil Presents at Arcadia
Thursday, February 21, 2013
The College of Global Studies welcomes Dr. Giséle Manganelli Fernandes, Professor at UNESP – São Paulo State University (Brazil), in the second edition of their monthly lecture series. Dr. Fernandes will present, “The Brazilian Higher Education System: Opportunities for International Study,” on Tuesday, February 26, at 1:00 pm in the Larsen Hall Conference Room. Dr. [...]
Continue reading...Accademia Italiana Becomes Bachelor Degree Granting Institution
Monday, February 18, 2013
The Accademia Italiana, with schools in Florence and in Rome, has been officially authorized by the Italian Ministry of Education to offer bachelor’s degree programs recognized by the Italian government. The advancement makes the Accademia Italiana in Florence the only private Fine Arts University in Florence and all of Tuscany that is authorized to offer [...]
Continue reading...Spring Online Lecture Series Kicks-off
Friday, February 8, 2013
Arcadia’s Edinburgh Center launched the spring cycle of its free online lecture series in February, with a fascinating lecture by Dr. Robert Irvine, Senior Lecturer at the University of Edinburgh, on Robert Burns: Life and Work. As Scotland prepares to hold a Referendum on Scottish Independence from the United Kingdom in the fall 2014, this [...]
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