UH Hilo’s Center for Global Education and Exchange provides opportunities for student and faculty exchange, and study abroad programs for UHH students. The Center also develops international agreements with other institutions of higher education and promotes internationalization and global awareness on the UHH campus.
Announcements
Fall 2008 Orientation
The Fall 2008 semester will be starting soon. Orientation for new students starts Monday, August 18. Activities include paddling in the ocean, shopping trips, a community fair, and a luau. For more information please visit the orientation website at http://www.uhh.hawaii.edu/orientation/index.php
Plan Your Study Abroad Adventure
Now is the time to begin thinking about taking a semester or a year to study in another country. The staff at the Center for Global Education and Exchange can direct you to affordable opportunities to continue your education while immersed in another culture. Visit our Going Abroad section to find out about UH Hilo Exchange partners, how to get financial aid and scholarships, and to dowload a study abroad application.
Teaching Fellowships in China
OYCF Teaching Fellowships 2008-09 The Overseas Young Chinese Forum ("OYCF"), a non-profit organization based in the United States, is accepting applications for its Teaching Fellowships, which sponsor short term teaching trips by overseas scholars or professionals (Chinese or non-Chinese) to universities or other comparable advanced educational institutions in China. The subjects of teaching include all fields of humanities and social sciences, such as anthropology, art, communication, economics, education, geography, international studies, law, literatures, philosophy, political science, sociology, etc.
OYCF will grant 14 fellowship awards, including 5 OYCF-Ford fellowships in the amount of $2,250 each and 9 OYCF-Gregory C. and Paula K. Chow fellowships in the amount of $2,000 each, to support short term teaching trips during the academic year of 2008-09. The application deadline is extended to August 15, 2008. Awards will be announced on September 15, 2008.
If you have a Ph.D., J.D., J.S.D. or a comparable graduate degree from, or are currently an advanced doctoral candidate (having passed the Ph.D. qualification examination and finished at least three years of graduate studies) in a university in North America or other areas outside China, and are interested in teaching a covered subject in a college or graduate school in Mainland China, please find on line the Information and Application Procedures for the OYCF Teaching Fellowships at http://www.oycf.org/Teach/application.DOC. Preference will be given to teaching proposals that include comparative or interdisciplinary perspectives; are in subjects in which China lacks qualified teachers; or will be conducted at universities in inland provinces and regions.
We encourage teaching fellows to go to China's central and western regions. This year, we are dedicating at least one or two fellowships to teaching fellows who plan to teach in an inland province or autonomous region. Accordingly, teaching proposals specifically designed for teaching in those regions are especially welcome. We also give preference to advanced Ph.D. student applicants who would combine this teaching opportunity with their own dissertational research in China.
To submit your application, you will need an application form, a brief letter of interest, curriculum vitae or resume, a detailed course syllabus, an invitation letter from your host institution in China. Detailed instruction and application form can be found at the above web link. You can visit http://www.oycf.org/Teach/ fellowship.htm to take a look at syllabi and teaching reports from previous years.
For more information about OYCF or its teaching program, please visit http://www.oycf.org. For questions concerning OYCF Teaching Fellowships or their application process, please contact teaching@oycf.org.
Contact Us
University of Hawaii at Hilo
200 W. Kawili St., Hilo, HI 96720-4091
tel: 1-808-933-8810 or 1-808-933-8809
fax: 1-808-933-8811
email: uhhglobe@hawaii.edu
