Merhaba Everyone,

We would like to invite you to an exclusive event by Turkish Student Association at Michigan State University on March 20th Saturday at 11 am. The theme will be “Turkish Culture Day: Turks in the US Context. We will have speakers (once a student now a professional) to share their success stories.

The event is sponsored by ASSEMBLY OF TURKISH AMERICAN ASSOCIATIONS (ATAA).

The tentative program is provided below. The event is limited to 60 people, and lunch or lunch break will be provided (TBA).

Please RSVP on our facebook page if you are actually coming. You can also respond maybe if you are interested, but not sure if you could make it. We can have a limited number of participants, and would like to give everyone chances to attend.

Thanks in advance

PROGRAM
11:00 to 11:10 am Welcoming
11:10 to 12:10 pm Honorary Consul Nurten Ural and Q & A TBD.
12:10 to 1:00 pm Organizations for Students to benefit from.
1:00 to 1:45 pm Lunch
1:45 to 2:00 pm US Immigration and legal issues.
2:00 to 4:00 pm Interactive- Student Challenges.
- Success stories.
- How your social life can contribute to success.
- Political issues and controversies
- Academic challenges

[via NY Times] [via Philly.com]

The United States will face Turkey on May 29 at Lincoln Financial Field in its final match in this country before the World Cup gets underway in South Africa on June 11, according to US Soccer.

[via lincolnfinancialfield.com]  Landon Donovan and the U.S. Men’s National Team will play Turkey on Saturday, May 29 at Lincoln Financial Field for its Send-Off Match prior to departing for South Africa to compete in the 2010 FIFA World Cup. Kickoff for the match is set for 2 p.m. (ET). Read the rest of this entry »

[via American Association of Teachers of Turkic Languages List]
23 June through 12 August 2010

THE FELLOWSHIPS: For summer 2010, the American Research Institute in Turkey will offer fellowships for up to 15 advanced students for participation in the summer program in intensive advanced Turkish language at Bogaziçi University in Istanbul. This intensive program offers the equivalent of one full academic year of study in Turkish at the college level. The fellowships cover round-trip airfare to Istanbul, application and tuition fees, and a maintenance stipend.

ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS: Full-time students and scholars affiliated at academic institutions are eligible to apply. To be a fellowship applicant, you must:

• Be a citizen, national, or permanent resident of the United States.
• Be currently enrolled in an undergraduate or graduate level academic program, or be faculty
• Have a minimum B average in your studies, if still a student; and
• Perform at the high-intermediate level on a proficiency-based admissions examination.

APPLICATION PROCEDURE: Application materials are available here

http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/ARIT/ARITSummerLanguageProgram.html

or by contacting: ehgilson@princeton.edu

The deadline is February 5, 2010

The Turkish Coalition of America is accepting applications for its 2010 Spring Internship program. TCA’s Spring Internship program is designed to enhance students’ understanding of the US political process, while fostering essential leadership skills.

Spring 2010 internships are open to undergraduate and graduate students. Eligible students and recent graduates will have a minimum of one year office experience, knowledge of issues pertaining to US-Turkish relations and excellent oral and written communication skills.

Applications are due on Friday, January 22. To view eligibility requirements and to apply, please visit TCA’s website.

Turkish Coalition of America and Istanbul Technical University (ITU) Collaborate on Educational Exchanges ITU will award scholarships to Native American students

[source: www.tc-america.org]

In collaboration with TCA to promote educational exchanges between Turkey and Minority Serving Institutions in the United States, the president of Istanbul Technical University (ITU), Dr. Muhammed Sahin, announced his university’s commitment to provide 10 comprehensive (all expenses paid) scholarships to Native American students per semester. The announcement was made when a delegation of Native American faculty visited ITU as part of a Turkish university tour sponsored by TCA this month.

“We are delighted that Istanbul Technical University has made this commitment to further expand educational cooperation between Turkey and the United States, and it will enhance cultural awareness between Turkish and Native American students,” said TCA President G. Lincoln McCurdy. “ITU’s commitment supports TCA’s efforts over the past two years to encourage American minority students to study in Turkey and to expand educational exchanges between institutes of higher education in Turkey and Minority Serving Institutions in the US, including Tribal Colleges. With this decision, ITU has become the second Turkish institution, after Bahcesehir University, to offer scholarships to Native American students.”

TCA’s Native American faculty tour to Turkey is supported by the American Indian Higher Education Consortium and has visited 12 universities in 4 cities. The delegation included members of the Mandan, Hidatsa, Crow, Cree, Hopi, Isleta/San Juan Pueblo and Mohawk tribes, representing South Dakota State University, Northern Arizona University and the Institute of American Indian Arts in New Mexico.

The delegation also participated in the conference “Native American Voices: Languages of Survival” sponsored by Hacettepe University’s Department of American Culture and Literature, November 16-17. The delegation also visted Ondokuz Mayis University in Samsun; Abant Izzet Baysal University and Bolu Donors Foundation in Bolu; Bahcesehir, Bogazici, Halic, Koc, Ozyegin and Sabanci universities in Istanbul; and Bilkent and Middle East Technical universities in Ankara.

In addition to its scholarships to Native American students, TCA also offers scholarships to African American, Hispanic American and Armenian American students for study abroad in Turkey or the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus.

To learn more about TCA’s scholarships, please visit www.tc-america.org.