Undergraduate Student Opportunities
There are numerous opportunities for undergraduates at Duke, NCSU, and UNC to explore the South Asian region through study at home and abroad. Below are links to some of those opportunities. New programs and activities will be added as they become available so please check back often!
Program on Global Engagement
The Northwestern University Center for Global Engagement is excited to announce thatapplications are now available for the Global Engagement Summer Institute, a unique summer program in Bolivia, Nicaragua, India, and Uganda. The program involves a 7-day preparatory institute in Chicago, followed by an 8-week, team-based internship at a host nonprofit. This is a great opportunity that pairs rigorous academic training with hands-on international community development experience. Details at: www.gesi.northwestern.edu
Summer Langauge Institute at SASLI
The South Asia Summer Language Institute (SASLI) based at the University of Wisconsin – Madison is offering intensive summer courses in the following South Asian languages: Bengali, Gujarati, Hindi, Malayalam, Marathi, Nepali, Pashto, Punjabi, Sanskrit, Sindhi, Sinhala, Tamil, Telugu, Tibetan and Urdu. Applications for Summer 2010 are now being accepted.
Undergraduate students are also eligible for fee remissions (partial or full.) The application deadline for both forms of funding is February 5, 2010.
Applications and instructions can be found on the SASLI web site at sasli.wisc.edu. Please apply or encourage your students to apply as soon as possible as faculty hiring is based on student interest.
If you have questions about SASLI, the application process, or FLAS and Fee Remissions, please review the FAQ pages on the web site at http://sasli.wisc.edu/faq/index.html. Any additional questions can be addressed to Ean Barnard, by phone at (608) 261-1194 or by e-mail at sasli@southasia.wisc.edu <mailto:sasli@southasia.wisc.edu >
Summer Study Abroad in India Scholarship through the Phillips Ambassador Program
Phillips Ambassadors program provides scholarships for summer, semester, and year-long study abroad programs in Asia. These scholarship are available to UNC and Duke students. Please visit the website for more details.
For more information on the Phillips Ambassador Program: http://studyabroad.unc.edu/phillips/index.cfm
Instructions to the Duke Phillips scholarship: http://studyabroad.unc.edu/phillips/duke.cfm
UNC summer study in India: A great opportunity to study Hindi in an immersive environment and see India at the same time. This popular program is led by NCCSAS faculty member Afroz Taj.
Duke Engage: There are a variety of Duke engage programs both domestically and internationally that promote immersive service learning and critical reflection. NCCSAS is proud to have two programs in India: Duke Engage Hyderabad with Professor of Religion Leela Prasad, and Duke Engage Kolkata with Professor of Cultural Anthropology Katherine Ewing and Assistant Director of Programs for NCCSAS Baishakhi Taylor.
Duke Engage Hyderabad: http://www.duke.edu/~leela/dukeengage/
Duke Engage Kolkata: http://dukeengage.duke.edu/uploads/assets/India-Kolkataflyer.pdf
More information on Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) funding opportunities can be found at:http://www.nccsas.org/languages/flas_info.htm
http://www.nccsas.org/languages/unc_me_flas2010.htm