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System-Wide Exchange
Broadens University’s
Study Abroad Options
BY JEANNE FUGATE
EDITOR
You know you’re dealing with a differ
ent culture when the agenda is set to end at
13:15. A dozen UNC-system students will
get to experience this culture in a few
months through anew system-wide for
eign exchange program with Baden-
Wiirttemberg, Germany.
A UNC-system committee met Mon
day —until 13:15—with BW representa
tives to sign an unprecedented system
wide exchange program.
The exchange program agreement, ef
fective July 1, would involve all 16 UNC
system institutions and all nine institutions
in the Ministry of Science and Research of
the State of Baden-Wurttemberg.
The UNC Exchange Program, as the
new program will be called, has composed
a tentative statement of purpose.
“The purpose ofUNC-EP is to establish
and facilitate the regular exchange of stu
dents between UNC institutions and over
seas institutions," according to a statement
issued May 30.
Richard Linton, UNC-system vice-presi
dent for research, said, “The programs are
really meant to complement existing pro
grams.”
This fall, 12 or 13 North Carolina stu
dents will go to seven BW institutions. In
theirplace, 24 German students will attend
classes at UNC and six other UNC-system
institutions. Linton said eventually up to
30 students horn each country would be
participating annually in the program.
UNC already has an extensive fotcign
exchange program. John Florin, chairman
of the Geography Department and mem
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rnzes the program for that Wale.
“Basically, we want to promote foreign
language study and international study,”
said Karen March, the coordinator for
North Carolina.
Roughly 110 students will spend four
weeks in North Carolina this
March gave many reasons why students
wanted to come to die U.S.
“Europeans are very culturally aware,"
she said.
“It’s important to leam languages and
be exposed to other cultures. They under
stand, especially the boys, how important
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her of the University Council on Interna
tional Programs, said, “Study Abroad at
Chapel Hill is fairly widely spread.”
Each year, about 500 UNC students
choose from close to 80 study abroad op
tions. Approximately 100 foreign exchange
students study at Chapel Hill each year.
Linton said for large institutions such as
UNC, the benefit of the program does not
lie in increased opportunity, per se, but a
greater range of choices. “This would
greatly broaden the scope,” he said.
Because next year will be a transitional
year for the system-wide agreement, most
participants will come from institutions
with existing agreements, such as UNC.
“Most of the students will come from
those (universities) with bilateral agree
ments,” Linton said. “By the second year,
it would be open throughout the system.”
The UCIP has already prepared a first
draft of a state-to-state exchange program
that will replace the current bilateral or
one-on-one agreements.
Charles Lyons, director oflntemational
Programs at UNC-Greensboro, said the
committee would present a final draft to
the UNC Board of Governors in the fall.
Other states have similar state-wide ex
change programs. The Connecticut sys
tem hires a full-time administrator for sys
tem-wide international programs. A cen
tral administrator would be increasingly
necessary for the UNC system if it expands
its system-wide exchanges.
Linton said other multi-institutional
exchanges, like the one approved Monday
by UNC and BW officials, were in the
works. “We’ve talked to other system-wide
institntioas,”hesaid. “But it’s kind of early
to talk about that now.”
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etti the students. For example, one group
ofimdests will visit Washington D.C. for
two days. “I’ve never seen kids discuss
politics like they do," March said.
Ifareh said the students usually know a
kx about the US. “They are fascinated,”
fe said. “Our movies, television shows
and preduett are over there."
Match said the students have to write a
letter m English to their prospective host
handy explaining why they want to visit
America. The selection process also re
quires an application, teacher recommen
dations and an interview.
Nacel tries to match students with host
famdirs that have children of about the
same age. While the family and the student
get along most of die time, March said
problems can arise from translation errors
and differences in humor. A chaperon can
be called in to work with both parties.
March said the cost of the trip is about
$2,000 phis spending money. Usually, the
students foot the bill. This year Nacel,
which is nonprofit, decided to give
scholarships to help those in financial need.
The host family is responsible for room
and board and for “welcoming the student
in as one of its own,” March said.
UNIVERSITY
History Conference
Called ‘Best Berks Yet’
■ This year marked the first
time the conference had been
held outside the Northeast.
BY AMY VANDERCLUTE
STAFF WRITER
Memorial Auditorium was filled nearly
to capacity for the opening session of the
10th Berkshire Conference on the History
of Women, hosted by the University last
weekend.
The conference marked a milestone in
University history by coinciding with the
twentieth anniversary of the Department
of Women's Studies at UNC.
At the opening session, Provost Rich
ard Richardson welcomed the conference
attendees, who were almost all women.
Knowing that this was the first time that
the conference had been held outside of the
northeast, Richardson also commended
the attendees on the “courage and commit
ment it must have taken” for them to ven
ture into the south.
Barbara Harris, a professor in the
women’s studies department and a plan
ner of the event, estimated that two-thirds
of the scholars in attendance had “never
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been south of the Mason-Dixon line, ex
cept maybe to D.C.”
Harris, herself, moved to North Caro
lina from New York in 1989.
Harris has since become a self-pro
claimed UNC “propagandist.”
Charlotte Borst, a history professor at
the University of Alabama at Birming
ham, said she was glad the conference was
held in the south this year.
“People need to know that there is cul
ture south of D.C.,” Borst said.
Harris praised Annette Madden and
Trevaghn Brown of the Friday Center for
their efforts in organizing the event.
Harris also said that the program for this
year’s gathering was excellent.
“I heard some wonderful sessions and
heard a lot of new young scholars,” Harris
said. “In five years, these people are going
to be writing the books in their fields.”
The keynote speaker at the opening ses
sion was Radha Kumar, profesor at Co
lumbia University and author of the book
“The History of Doing, ” a study of women
in India.
“I was pleased as punch,” Harris said
about the success of the conference. “Ev
eryone I spoke to said it was definitely the
best Berks yet.”
Not So Lazy Summer Days
Student Government Holds
Educational Budget Meeting
■ Organizers of the meeting
encouraged students to write
letters to their legislators.
BY KELLY O’BRIEN
STAFF WRITER
Student Government held a briefing last
Wednesday to inform students about the
budget process and encourage them to get
involved by taking
action.
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was to update, edu
cate and motivate,”
said Student Body
President Aaron
Nelson. “We
wanted to provide
an opportunity to
educate students
about the short ses
sion budget how
they could get in
volved and make
changes.”
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Student Body
President AARON
NELSON said the
budget affected all
UNC students.
ment wanted to work on a larger scale by
recruiting more volunteers.
“We need a lot of manpower right now, ”
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said Carrie Heise, co-chairwoman of state
relations.
The briefing was designed to provide
students with information they could pass
on to others. Packets of in-depth informa
tion were given out which explain why the
budget cuts will be damaging to the Uni
versity and solutions to the problem.
“We envisioned that this meeting would
be an educational process for a second tier
of students who would then inform a third
tier the general public,” said second
year graduate student Tom Spiggle.
Organizers of the meeting agreed that it
was successful.
About 30 people attended, many of
whom belong to other campus organiza
tions.
“They realized the budget will have a
great effect on their future and are being
active because of it,” Nelson said.
The students were asked to commit
themselves to specific tasks in educating
people statewide. By writing letters to their
hometownnewspaper editors and congress
men, students will show legislators that the
budget is a significant issue of concern,
Spiggle said.
Reyna Walters, assistant chief of staff,
said, “Doing something as little as writing
a letter or calling can make such a differ
ence.”
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“Most of the fiber network is almost
done” Hicks said. But he said wiring in the
buildings was largely unfinished.
Scott Hammack, student services co
chairman for student government, said
wiring takes a long time. “Each room has
to be wired individually.”
For instance, Morrison, the largest resi
dence hall, has 500 rooms to be wired. And
Hinton James has 496.
The new wiring would provide students
with voice mail, network information and
cable television.
The first dorms expected to be finished
are the high rises on South Campus, Hicks
said.
“This is because South Campus houses
half of the campus’ residents and the de
sign is more straight forward,” Hicks said.
Hammack said there was going to be a
pilot program setup in Old West hopefully
within the next year.
All residence halls should have cable by
summer 1999.
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