Fulbright-Hays Grant to send Richland College faculty to India
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The U.S. Department of Education awarded Richland College a prestigious Fulbright-Hays Groups Projects Abroad Grant. Richland, along with Austin College, received funds to take part in the “Globalization and Societal Change in South India” project. Sixteen educators from both colleges and K-12 private and public institutions in North Texas will spend for four and a half weeks in India this summer. The program focuses on the development of curriculum units to be disseminated through the U.S. Department of Education and involves an international serving and learning component. Additionally, a project director and curriculum specialist will also be a part of the Group Projects Abroad.
The group will visit Thiruvananthapuram, Chennai, Hyderabad, Delhi and Agra. Participants will attend lectures on aspects of modern society and visit both contemporary and historical sites related to the project theme. The goal is to allow participants to develop educational resources to strengthen and extend their curriculum and to establish contacts to continue their study. The service component of the project will connect each participant with one of several institutions and organizations in India for onsite engagement and exploration of needs and contributions.
The program will be led by Aditi Samarth, Humanities Faculty at Richland College and Dr. Janet Lowry, Professor of Sociology at Austin College.
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