[GEO] Explore Africa: The Global Education Office (GEO) presents the Weekly Digest

[GEO at hampshire.edu]

Africa Day hosted at Hampshire this Saturday! The Global Education Office (GEO)
presents the Weekly Digest

Remember that all of GEO's weekly digests (since fall '07) are available online!
Follow the link at the very bottom of this email, then click on "GEO Archives".

CONTENTS

Upcoming GEO Events
- Africa Day
- Studying Abroad in Russia
- Info Session: Woods Hole Semester in Environmental Science (SES)

Save the Date: Study Abroad Deadlines
- Enrollment Notification

Special Information – Study Abroad in Africa:
- Food Sovereignty Tours, Mali and Senegal
- Mt. Holyoke Spring Semester in Dakar, Senegal
- ISEP – Semester Abroad Programs in Botswana, South Africa and Ghana

GEO Resources
- GEO Website

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UPCOMING EVENTS

*Five Colleges AFRICA DAY 2010*
Expressing Africa: Tongues, Tastes and Trends
November 6, from 1:30 to 7:00pm, Franklin Patterson Hall.

Featuring student panels, workshops, music, dance, fashion and African cuisine.
For more information:
http://www.fivecolleges.edu/sites/african/

*Studying Abroad in Russia*
Thursday Nov. 11th, 5:30 - 7:00pm, Amherst College Russian House (Boltwood Ave,
Amherst Center)

A panel of Five-College students will talk about their Russian-related
experience: Summer programs, studying in St. Petersburg, Moscow, finding
scholarships.

*Info Session: Woods Hole Semester in Environmental Science (SES)*
Friday, Nov. 12th, 2:30 pm, Dakin Living Room

Plunge into this full-immersion science experience and spend over 20 hours every
week working in the field and in the lab facilities at the world renowned Marine
Biological Laboratory. The Semester in Environmental Science (SES) is a full
semester of course credit taught by a faculty of researchers who are among
ecology’s top scientists. Students examine global environmental problems within
the context of local ecosystems. For more information:
http://www.hampshire.edu/geo/ses.htm

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SAVE THE DATE: STUDY ABROAD DEADLINES

*Enrollment Notification Deadline*
If you are planning to do a Hampshire Exchange Program or International Field
Study on Spring 2011, you will need to notify the college (through CASA) by the
ENROLLMENT NOTIFICATION DEADLINE on FRI, NOV 12TH.

*IMPORTANT* the Global Education Office will be CLOSED NOV 10 & NOV 11. In
addition, the directors will not be available for FIELD STUDY signatures on NOV
9th. Since the Enrollment Notification Deadline is FRI, NOV 12th, please plan
ahead.

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SPECIAL INFORMATION – STUDY ABROAD IN AFRICA

*Food Sovereignty Tours*
Mali and Senegal: World Social Forum & African Solutions to the Food Crisis.
Jan. 31 - Feb. 12, 2011

West Africa is an important global hub of resistance to corporate control of the
food system and the struggle for Food Sovereignty. This tour of Mali, Senegal,
and the World Social Forum in Dakar, with a local guide and translator to show
you around, will give you a taste of local food, politics and the global food
system. You will become familiar with large-scale efforts like, the Green
Revolution in Africa that promote increased corporate control of seeds and
land. You will see the impacts of genetically modified crops and what local
farmers and citizens have to say about it.

For more information access www.foodsovereigntytours.org
Contact Alessandro at 415-255-7296 ext.225 or alessandro at globalexchange.org

*Spring Semester in Dakar, Senegal*
The Mount Holyoke College program in Dakar offers students a unique opportunity
to combine the study of Senegal’s past and present with internships and
community service in an exciting Francophone African country. Senegal offers a
rich kaleidoscope of cultures, languages, religions, and ethnicities due to its
geographical location, diverse population, and historic relationships with its
neighbors and with Europe. It is the birth-place of Francophone African
literature and film and enjoys worldwide fame for the richness and variety of
its music, both traditional and contemporary.

For more information please visit the McCulloch Center for Global Initiatives
Web site at www.mtholyoke.edu/go/global

*ISEP –Semester Abroad Programs*
Take a look at ISEP programs in Botswana, South Africa and Ghana.

These are university-based programs offering a variety of courses and volunteer
opportunities at The University of Botswana, University of Stellenbosch and The
University of Ghana. For more information access www.isep.org

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GEO RESOURCES

*Stop by GEO or call our office (413 559 5542) from 9 to noon or 1 to 4 to
schedule an appointment, talk to a staff member, or browse through our resource
library.

*IMPORTANT* the Global Education Office will be CLOSED NOV 10 & NOV 11.

*Look at our website too: http://www.hampshire.edu/geo/

- Read students *blogs* from abroad: http://www.hampshire.edu/geo/blogs.htm

- *Explore Options* to study off-campus at Hampshire:
http://www.hampshire.edu/geo/opportunities.htm