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American Corner - Tetovo
Today, November 30 at 6:00pm
American Corner Tetovo Small Grants Presentation, US Embassy Public Section Officer and Assistant Ryan Rowlands and Mustafa Ferati, AC Tetovo
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Small Grants Presentation - US Embassy
American Corner Tetovo Cultural Attache John Surface, outreach to Tetovo
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Cultural Attache, John Surface visits Tetovo Educational Institutions
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Speaker: Vesel Mehmedi, PhD, State University of Tetovo
Presenting the research quest since his return from the Fulbright Program
Time:6:00PM Monday, November 30th
Location:American Corner - Tetovo
American Corner Tetovo "A thankful heart is not only the greatest virtue, but the parent of all other virtues."—Cicero, ACT WISHES YOU A HAPPY THANKSGIVING, say the magic word, say THANK YOU!
American Corner Tetovo Tuesday, December 24th, American Corner Tetovo hosted Mr. Ryan Rowlands, Public Affairs Section Officer and Mr. Mustafa Ferati, Public Affairs Assistant, US Embassy – Skopje, to give a presentation about Democracy Commission Small Grants Program. This is a program of the U.S. Embassy whose purpose is to award small gra...nts for specific projects that support the development of democratic institutions in the Republic of Macedonia. Grants will be awarded to non-governmental, nonprofit organizations (NGOs). To be eligible for consideration, every applicant must be engaged in, or propose to carry out, a project whose purpose is to further the development of democratic institutions in the Republic of Macedonia. The Commission is most interested in projects relating to: civic education, independent media, human rights, ethnic and political harmony, environmental protection, strengthening of the NGO sector, dispute resolution, institutionalization of open, pluralistic, democratic political processes at the local level, NGO sector and local Government. In other words, the Commission will support projects that promote the development of an open/civil society. Maximum Funding for one Project is $24,000.00. The desired application format and Application Guidelines that explain the Democracy Commission regulations can be downloaded from the U.S. Embassy Website. After the presentation, Mr. Rowlands and Ferati answered the audience questions which consisted mostly of Tetovo NGO participants, and they were most interested to apply with a specific project to help the development of our civil society, in cooperation with the US Embassy who has always supported such society development programs. Media was also present.
American Corner Tetovo Tuesday, December 24th, to mark Thanksgiving Day, American Corner Tetovo in cooperation with Melissa Hauke, Peace Corps Volunteer dedicated this session of Conversation Hours to this American holiday. We were honored to have as guests the Public Affairs Officer and Assistant Mr. Ryand Rowland and Mr. Mustafa Ferati fro...m the US Embassy, who joined the participants and together with PCV Melissa Hauke introduced them to what Thanksgiving Day is and why it is celebrated, by sharing the most important news and dates of this federal holiday, to continue with a bingo game, guessing the traditional thanksgiving food. Thanksgiving became a federal holiday in 1941 and it was firstly celebrated to give thanks to God for helping the pilgrims survive the brutal winter. The first Thanksgiving feast lasted three days providing enough food for pilgrims and Indians. The traditional Thanksgiving menu often features turkey, stuffing, sweet potatoes and pumpkin pie. Once again, Conversation Hours proved to be one of the most successful and useful activities for our members, where English is freely spoken.
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NGO Grants (http://macedonia.usembassy.gov/small_gra
Speaker: Ryan Rowlands, Mustafa Ferati
Public Affairs Section, US Embassy - Skopje
This is a program of the U.S. Embassy whose purpose is to award small grants for specific projects that support the development of democratic institutions in the Republic... of Macedonia. Grants will be awarded to non-governmental, nonprofit organizations (NGOs). To be eligible for consideration, every applicant must be engaged in, or propose to carry out, a project whose purpose is to further the development of democratic institutions in the Republic of Macedonia.
Time:6:00PM Tuesday, November 24th
Location:American Corner - Tetovo
American Corner Tetovo
“Educational Exchange Programs - Fulbright”
Tuesday, November 17th, American Corner – Tetovo hosted US Embassy Assistant of Educational Affairs Mr. Gazmend Ilazi, to give a presentation about Educational Exchange Programs of the Embassy, focusing mainly in the Fulbright Program. Fulbright is sponsored by the U.S. Gov...ernment designed to increase mutual understanding between the people of the United States and those of other countries. This program enables citizens of Macedonia to study, conduct research, and pursue their academic and professional interests at leading universities and other educational institutions in the US. The awards (4 – 9 months) are granted through an open competition, and selected candidates will be required to appear for an interview by a committee. The Fulbright Foreign Student Program brings Macedonian citizens to the United States for master’s degree or Ph.D. research at U.S. universities or other appropriate institutions. Mr. Ilazi talked also about other educational exchange programs like Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship Program, which provides a basis for establishing long-lasting productive partnerships and relationships between citizens of the United States and their professional counterparts in other countries, fostering an exchange of knowledge and mutual understanding throughout the world. At the end, Mr. Ilazi answered the enthusiastic questions of the students, and gave direct instructions on how to apply and what are the preconditions needed. Also, one of the Fulbright alumni, who works as teacher in the State University of Tetovo, Kate Othaviano, shared her Fulbright experience with the audience and gave some important facts on how the program works. As such, the presentation was very successful and the interest of the audience was high.
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Fulbright and other Educational Exchange Programs, Speaker: Gazmend Ilazi, Educational Affairs Assistant (US Embassy - Skopje)
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Time:6:00PM Tuesday, November 17th
Location:American Corner - Tetovo
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US Kids' Flag
Saturday 14th 2009, American Corner Tetovo continues with the Kids’ Club activity. In this session kids played various games to get started, like difficult walking and fighting for the chair, to end with the most important part of the session, making the US flag with their colored hands. Kids colored their... hands with white, red and blue paint and put them in a big flip chart, to mark the flag. It resulted in a great US Kids’ flag.
American Corner Tetovo Thursday, November 12th, American Corner – Tetovo organized a presentation in the topic of CELTA Courses – Gate to the World, led by Vesna Dimitrieska, Boston University Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship Program and English Instructor and DELTA Teacher, SEE University. CELTA (Certificate in English Language Teaching to Adu...lts) is an internationally recognized course that gives you the necessary skills and knowledge to teach English as a second language to adults. The course lasts four weeks and it is designed for applicants with no previous experience, but it may also be suitable for applicants with some experience but little formal training in the field of ELT, and also for people who have already taught English but have no formal teaching qualifications. Although designed for native speakers of English, it is also open to non-native speakers who have native speaker competence in both spoken and written English. The only authorized center in Macedonia for CELTA Courses is in the SEEU CELTA Center. After the presentation, Prof. Dimitrieska answered the questioned of the audience, regarding the application, benefits and pre-conditions needed to attend the course.
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Cultural Attache John Surface – outreach to Tetovo, Thursday, November 5th, 2009
Cultural Attaché of the US Embassy on November 5th 2009 accompanied by the American Corner Tetovo staff visited Tetovo. By this he gave his strong support to the outreach organized by the American Corner Tetovo in Universities and High Sch...ools. Mr. Surface started his outreach at SEE University where he gave a presentation and talked to the students of English Language Department of third year about the Embassy Programs for Culture and Education. He focused mostly on Fulbright Exchange Programs because the interests of the students were about student exchange programs in particular. Mr. Surface also visited SEEU Library and some of SEEU Professors Staff. After that, the outreach continued to the State University of Tetovo, where he firstly visited the Students Career Centre and International Relations Office to continue with a great presentation in the Lecture Hall of the University, in front a big audience, more than 200 students and professors were present. The attaché revealed the Student Exchange Programs that the Embassy offers through the American Corner - Tetovo and invited students to apply explaining the pre-conditions needed. He also invited all the students to visit the American Corner and use the many student services we offer. After the speech of the Attaché, one of the ACT Staff members, Saranda Arifi gave a presentation about the American Corner, by introducing the students to the many services they can use on the Corner, giving a brief history review and ACT Programs and Activities. After the presentation Mr. Surface was warmly welcomed by the Rector of the University Mr. Agron Reka, who deeply thanked and appreciated the Attaché for his visit, by giving him an acknowledgment for the great cooperation they have with the Embassy, appointing the need of the University for American lecturers and thanking him for the engagement of Professor Katy Ottaviano in the University. The meeting was very pleasant and both sides agreed for further cooperation.
The Attaché than continued his visit to High Medical School and Tetovo Gymnasium where he met the school Directors and professors who informed the Attache with the school works and new school year, after that he gave a pleasant presentation to Medical High School students, who showed a great interest and asked a lot of questions. The tour continued with the visit to Painted Mosque as a Cultural Monument and Gallery of Arts. Mr. Surface was pleased to hear that the works are going on well in the Gallery and that the help of the Embassy resulted in a good investment by serving the community and make them have and enjoy the various expeditions the Gallery organizes. During the day he also had pleasant meetings with the Municipality Mayor as a partner of the Corner and the Directors of the House of Culture, City Library and Gallery of Arts. Finally the Attaché gave a presentation at the American Corner Tetovo where he revealed the Embassy Educational and Cultural Programs in front of the wide audience. Mr. Surface raised up and appreciated the work of the American Corner in bringing these people closer to United States.
American Corner Tetovo Tetovo Outreach news - State University of Tetovo
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Atasheu për arsim dhe kulturë në Ambasadën e SHBA-ve në Shkup, John Surface i shoqëruar edhe Gëzim Sulejmani dhe Saranda Arifi nga Këndi Amerikan në Tetovë gjatë ditës së sotme qëndroi në Universitetin Shtetëror të Tetovës. ...
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“National Strategy for fighting family violence”- Women Forum Workshop
Wednesday, November 4th, American Corner – Tetovo in cooperation with Tetovo and Sveti Nikole Women Forum organized a workshop dedicated to the National Strategy for fighting Family Violence. Many different age women were present as well as family... violence victims. They all gathered to reveal this problem and raise their voice against family violence. Some of the victims told their stories and the forum women compiled a proposal document which consists of several protection points from this negative behavior of the society. Hopefully this problem will be treated with importance by all competent organs.
