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Volume 65: Issue 1
Brevard College
For hearts and minds as large as the mountains
Friday, October 4,1996
South Africa is focus of study
Press Release
BC News Bureau
Brevard College will host a series ol
events and programs concentrating on
South Africa this semester, in keeping
with the college’s focus of study for the
1996-97 academic year, “Encounter
Africa.” The first of these programs,
“Post-Apartheid South Africa: A New
Democracy,” which was held on
Monday, September 30, featured
Brevard College’s visiting chaplain.
Rev. Courtney Sampson of Capetown,
South Africa, and Naomi Tutu, Brevard
College’s Seese instructor of
Comparative Studies.
Courtney Sampson is the visiting
College Chaplain this semester from
Capetown, South Africa and is teaching
two sections of Religion. While at
Brevard College, Sampson is on leave
from his appointment as college chaplain
to the University of the Western Cape,
where he teaches in the Department of
Biblical and Religious Studies.
Naomi Tutu, Seese instructor of Comparative Studies, and Rev. Courtney
Sampson are conducting South African programs. South Africa will be the
focus of the 1996-97 academic year.
Prior to coming to the United States
in August of 1995, he worked closely
with Archbishop Desmond Tutu as the
Acting Executive Officer of the Church
of the Province of South Africa. He
holds a degree in theology from St.
Paul’s College in Grahamstown, South
Special to The Clairon
Africa, B.A. and M.A. degrees from
University of Capetown, South Africa,
and a master of theology degree from
Emory University.
Until recently, Naomi Tutu was a
lecturer in the Department of
Educational Leadership at the University
of Connecticut in Stores, Conn. She has
worked for the Equator Advisory
Services Limited in Hartford, Conn., as
an economist on consulting teams for
Equator projects, private clients, and
governmental and multilateral agencies
in West Africa. She also worked as a
consultant for the United States Agency
for International Development in
Pretoria, South Africa, in 1988,
performing research on women’s
business and professional issues. At the
University of Hartford in West Hartford,
Conn., she was Visiting Assistant
Professor of African-Americans Studies
from 1991 until 1993.
Tutu holds a variety of advanced
degrees including bachelor’s degrees in
economics and French from Berea
College, a masters of arts degree in
international politics and diplomatic
affairs from the University of Kentucky,
and is pursuing her Ph.D. from the
London School of Economics.
Cont. p.4
Austria provides memorable experiences
George Spitzer
Design/Layout editor
Exploring different environments
and different cultures is what the Austria
program provides students. Altmuster,
Austria, is the location for the program.
Dr. Laurie McDowell, Ph.D., is head
of the program.
Students have had opportunities for
several years to attend the program in
Austria. “The program began about ten
years ago. Between five and nine
students have been part of the
Program,” McDowell stated.
The cost for the program is
approximately $1,000. dollars more than
regular tuition; airfare will be provided.
Students may enjoy many
experiences during the semester.
“Students will learn some of the
influential musicians of the area of
Austria. Three of the most influential
are Hayden, Mozart, and Beethoven,”
McDowell commented.
Also, students will attend many
concerts, cathedrals, and operas. “The •
area of Austria is very rich in culture,”
McDowell explained.
Students will be taking 15 hours of
classes for the semester: one year of
German, three hours of Humanities 203,
alpine hiking and climbing, music
history, and private lessons can be
arranged for music majors at the world
renowned “Mozarteum.”
The program will allow smdents to
travel on their own. Destinations are
Graz, Klangenfurt, Innsbuck,
Bratislave, Munich, and Prague.
Students will also be able to visit a
former concentration camp.
According to McDowell, the way of
life in Austria is very different from the
lives of Americans. “In Austria, stores
close down in the middle of the day for
a break and earlier at night than
American stores do. In that sense, the
Austrians are more relaxed than most
Americans,” McDowell said.
Students attending will be fluent
enough in German to do many common
everyday things. “Within four months,
students will be exposed to the language
and will be able to go to the bank and
grocery store using communications
skills learned in the classroom,
McDowell commented.
Qualifications for the program are
students who have a minimum of a 2.0
GPA, demonstrate working towards
graduation from Brevard College,
demonstrate they have the ability to act
in a self-disciplined manner, willingness
to interact with a foreign culmre, and
submit a completed application to be
considered for the program.
Students are encouraged to apply
Austria
for the program. There are still some
spots left for students who would like to
attend this spring. “This is a great
opportunity for students to be influenced
by some memorable experiences,”
McDowell exclaimed.
Official name: Republic of Austria
Principal Language: German
Principal Religion: Roman Catholicism
Currency: 1 schilling =100 groschen
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