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bOOK AWARDS

 

The World Affairs Forum gives a limited number of book awards to deserving students in international studies or foreign languages.  Have your high school contact us to join our program. 

Ken Inoue, a junior at Greenwich High School, was presented with the Barbara Chisolm Memorial Book Award on May 19, 2009, in recognition of his excellence in international studies.  The book selected for the award was a signed copy of "Does America Need a Foreign Policy?  Toward a Diplomacy for the 21st Century" by Henry Kissinger.  The late Barbara Chisolm was Executive Director of the World Affairs Forum from 1988 to 1999.  Since she was a resident of Greenwich, the Forum decided to award a book to a student at Greenwich High School every year to commemorate Barbara's dedication to the Forum and to the World Affairs Councils of America, of which she was Chairman of the Board from 1998 to 2001.

Timothy T. Hayes, Crystal Islam and James R. Silvester, students at Brien McMahon High School in Norwalk, were presented with certificates and book awards by the World Affairs Forum on June 5, 2009, in recognition of their excellence in international studies.

 

 
 

STUDY ABROAD SCHOLARSHIP HONOR ROLL

 

 

2009--Norman Woodberry Scholarship to Stephen M. Bottari, Jr., Fairfield University, to attend the Fairfield University Study Abroad Program at the Universidad Centro Americana in Managua, Nicaragua in the fall of 2009.

2009--Norman Woodberry Scholarship to Thomas G. Russo, Fairfield University, to attend the Development and Globalization Program at CIEE in Khon Kaen, Thailand in the fall of 2009.

2009--Norman Woodbury Scholarship to Gretta Schwamb, Fairfield University, to attend a program at the University of Melbourne, Australia in the fall of 2009, and the Baden-Wuertenberg Exchange in Stuttgart and Heidelberg, Germany, in the spring of 2010.

2008--Norman Woodberry Scholarship to Declan Galvin, Manhattanville College, to learn Swahili and study African history and government at the University of Nairobi, Kenya in the fall of 2008.

2008--Norman Woodberry Scholarship to Denise Kelly, Purchase College, to undertake biology, art and language courses at the Purchase College summer program in Pisciotta, Italy.

2008--Norman Woodberry Scholarship to Anaive Nadal, Manhattanville College, to study the history and functioning of the European Union in Freiburg, Germany in the fall of 2008.

2007--Norman Woodberry Scholarship to Max Barrand, University of Connecticut at Storrs, Sophia University in Tokyo from September 07-May 08.

2007--World Affairs Forum Scholarship to Helayna Herschkorn, Purchase College, Purchase College summer program in Pisciotta, Italy.

2007--Christina Musso, Pace University, University of Seville, Spain, September-December 2007.

2006--Norman Woodberry Scholarship for a College Student--Laura Cabrera, Manhattanville College, finance studies, American University in Rome, Italy

2005--Norman Woodberry Scholarship for a College Student--Dennis Nemchek, Syracuse University, hospitality studies in at the University of Queensland,  Brisbane, Australia

2005--Norman Woodberry Scholarship for a College Student--Kevin Donahue, Fairfield University, political science in Seville, Spain

2005--World Affairs Forum Scholarship for a High School Student--Ana Rosa, Hopkins School, Fundacion La Fuente, literacy program in Santiago, Chile

2005--World Affairs Forum Scholarship for a High School Student--Lindsey Reiniger, New Canaan High School, four week home study in France

2004--Norman Woodberry Scholarship for a College Student--Catherine Brown, Cornell University, academic year in Pembroke College, Oxford University (UK)

2004--World Affairs Forum for a High School Student--Leah Grossman, Greenwich High School (CT), summer program (Oxbridge Academic), Oxford University (UK)

2003--Norman Woodberry Scholarship for a College Student--Erin Teeling, Fairfield University, semester in Kansai Gaidai University (Osaka, Japan)

2003--World Affairs Forum Scholarship for a High School Student--Lene Deming, Valhalla High School (NY), academic year in Buenos Aires, Argentina (Rotary International Youth Exchange Program)

2002--Norman Woodberry Scholarship for a College Student--Beth Therien, Temple University, semester in IES, Salamanca, Spain

2002--World Affairs Forum Scholarship for a High School Student--Leigh Hall-Wilhelm, Brien McMahon High School (Norwalk, CT), summer program, People to People Student Ambassadors trip to Australia and New Zealand.

  
 

 

 

 

COUNTRY OF THE MONTH:  IRAN

 

 

Below are web sites relating to Iran provided by the Ferguson Library.

Iran Human Rights Voice. n.d. Web. 21 April 2009. http://www.ihrv.org/inf/>.Reports and analyzes human rights abuses in Iran.

Iran Human Rights. n.d. Web. 21 April 2009. <http://iranhr.net/>.Contains links to news about human rights violations, including stonings, and honor killings.  Tom Head, editor, “Human Rights in Iran–Iranian

Human Rights Abuses”. About.com About.com, n.d. Web. 21 April 2009.<http://civilliberty.about.com/od/internationalhumanrights/p/iran101.htm>.Historical overview of the human rights situation in Iran.

Iran Human Rights Documentation Center n.d. Web. 21 April 2009. <http://www.iranhrdc.org/httpdocs/English/homepage.htm>.

Contains documents, reports, and book reviews related to Iranian human rights. In Farsi and English from multiple sources.

International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran. n.d. Web. 21 April 2009. <http://www.iranhumanrights.org/>.Attempts to gather international support for human rights activists in Iran as well as those whose liberty has been compromised. Contains news, links, and reports.

Human Rights & Democracy for Iran. n.d. Web. 21 April 2009. <http://www.iranrights.org/>.  Created in memory of slain Iranian lawyer Dr. Abdorrahman Boroumand. Reports on executions and human rights violations in Farsi and English.

A Forum on Human Rights and Democracy in Iran. n.d. Web. 21 April 2009. <http://www.gozaar.org/index.php?language=english>. This Washington, D.C. based forum contains feature articles, interviews, opinion pieces, and cartoons related to human rights in Iran.

European Commission, External Relations Iran and Human Rights. n.d. Web. 21 April 2009. <http://ec.europa.eu/external_relations/iran/humanrights_en.htm>.  Contains the 2007 European Commission’s annual report on human rights.


 

 

 

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