Berkeley and the World: 50 years of International Education
This year marks the 50th anniversary of the US Department of Education Title VI program, known at its inception as the National Defense Education Act. Berkeley has participated in Title VI since the program inception in 1959.
In recognition of this milestone and of the importance of the Title VI programs on the Berkeley campus, especially the National Resource Centers and Foreign Language and Area Studies fellowships, the eight Berkeley Institutes and Centers receiving Title VI funding are hosting an event to commemorate the 50th anniversary.
Program
| 3:00 | Welcoming remarks by Chuck Eckman, Associate University Librarian for Collections |
| 3:05 | Richard Kern, Associate Professor of French and Director of the Berkeley Language Center and emcee for this event |
| 3:15 | Keynote address by George Breslauer, Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost |
| 3:35 | Panel introductions by Richard Kern |
| Andrew Jones, Associate Professor, EALC, and Chair, Center for Chinese Studies (recipent of FLAS in Chinese while at UC Berkeley) | |
| Justin Brashares, Assistant Professor, ESPM (recipient of FLAS in Swahili while at University of Wisconsin, Madison) | |
| Kay Corcoran, Instructor, 6th Grade History and Language Arts (participant in Title VI-funded ORIAS workshop) | |
| Osamah Khalil, Doctoral Candidate, Department of History (recipeint of FLAS in Arabic at UC Berkeley) | |
| 3:40 | Panel presentations |
| 4:20 | Closing remarks by Harley Shaiken, Chair, Center for Latin American Studies |
| 4:25 | Q & A of panelists and/or Area Center representatives |
| 4:30 | Reception |
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