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The MMSU-ASRC and Education
USA Advising Center participated in
the celebration of the IEW 2007 on November 12-16. The celebration had four
objectives: 1) To create awareness of the IEW celebration and the importance of
international education; 2) To promote international education with focus on Education
USA and to attract students to study, learn and exchange experiences in the
United States; 3) To acquaint participants on American culture and society; and
4) To share experiences and observations on Education USA with the participants
through a visiting professor from the United States.
To
attain the above objectives, the following activities were conducted: 1)
Exhibit on information materials downloaded from the IEW Websites (ASRC Lobby);
2) Visiting and distributing to various colleges of the MMSU and to some high
schools in Batac City, Laoag City and other towns of Ilocos Norte and Ilocos
Sur copies of the Philippine-American Educational
Foundation (PAEF) and Opportunity
Grants brochures, American Colleges
and Universities Magazines, and
International Student Guide to the United
State of America; 3) Paper show on “Study in USA” and exhibit of
brochures on U.S. colleges and universities (ASRC Lobby); 4) Lecture-Workshop
on Opportunities for Graduate Study in the United States with MMSU students and
faculty members (University Main Library); and 5) Talk on the experiences and
observations on Education USA by Dr. Evangeline N. Blust, Visiting Professor,
MMSU Social Sciences Department from
Green Mountain College, Vermont, U.S.A., to MMSU students.
There
were 301 students, faculty members and
other individuals who benefited from the activities. |
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