GIEU in the News
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Trinity Mirror
Saturday, July 11, 2009
"Thanks to SRM tie-up Michigan Varsity Students feast on Tamil Culinary Culture"
For 13 undergraduate girl students from the Ann Arbor campus of the University of Michigan, USA, it was a memorable experienceas they had first hand experience about the lifestyle and traditional culture of Tamil Nadu, besides learning culinary skills...For more information, click here.
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Indian Express
Friday, July 10, 2009
"US Students Here to Learn Tamil Cuisines"
It was the yearn to learn and relish the Tamil cuisines that prompted undergraduate student Katelin Davis and 12 of her friends to come all the way from the University of Michigan, the United States to Chennai...For more information, click here.
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Various Language Newspapers (Tamil, Telugu, Urudu)
July 2009
2009 India, Tamilnadu field site
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Indonesian Newspapers
July 2009
2009 Indonesia field site
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Peregrino
June-August 2008
“Un peregrino ciego en el camino”
by Nick Hoekstra
Soy un peregrino ciego que se enteró del Camino de Santiago hace cinco años, cuando un profesor de Cultura Ibérica del departamento de Español de la universidad de Michigan nos comentó que se estaba preparando un viaje a España para realizar el Camino. Aquel verano llegamos a España un grupo de catorce alumnos con dos profesores he hicimos el Camino Francés. La experiencia fue increíble y al llegar a Santiago ya pensé en cuándo podría volver…For more information, click here.
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The Ann Arbor News
August 28, 2008
“Mary Sue Coleman Extends University of Michigan’s Global Role”
by Dave Gershman
As president of the University of Michigan, Mary Sue Coleman has worked - and traveled - to raise the university's international profile. There was her trip to China in 2005, when Coleman led a delegation of university leaders for a weeklong visit. Last winter, Coleman led another delegation for a two-week trip to Ghana and South Africa. On her way back to Michigan, she made a stop in the United Arab Emirates…For more information click http://blog.mlive.com/ann_arbor_news_extra/2008/08/mary_sue_coleman_extends_unive.html
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Kids First Vietnam
“U of Michigan Students help KFV Village”
Sixteen students from the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor), accompanied by their professor David Smith, visited Kids First Village from May 26 to June 4, 2008. Sthe students worked on the grounds of the village cleaning, racking rocks, and planting trees…For more information, click http://www.kidsfirstvietnam.org/page13301356.aspx
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The Maui News
Wednesday, June 7, 2006
“Students from Michigan interview Maui sakadas”
by Melissa Tanji, staff writer
KAHULUI – University of Michigan students flew across the country to put Ernesto Agcaoili on videotape. The 82-year-old resident, a sakada who came to Hawaii as a contract laborer in 1946, chuckled as he said it would be OK if he were to “come popular” by having his story shared nationally…
The Maui GIEU group, which is one of several traveling the world, is made up of 12 undergraduates, two graduate students and two professors. Interviewing was just one of the group’s tasks while on Maui for nearly four weeks. The group is focused on service learning…For more information, click http://beta100.mauinews.com/page/content.detail/id/20420.html?nav=10
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April 2006
“Students participate at the Barrio Fiesta"
SEVERAL students from the University of Michigan (UM) will be on Maui from May 22 to June 12 as part of their Philippine-PACIFIC project. The project is part of a larger program at the University of Michigan called the Global Intercultural Experience for Undergraduates (GIEU). The GIEU program has 10 projects to include going to different parts of the world…For more information, click http://beta100.mauinews.com/page/content.detail/id/20420.html?nav=10
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