Scholarship Programs Newsletter
Summer 2009
Welcome to the OSI Network Scholarship Programs’ Newsletter for Summer 2009, which incorporates all of our 2009 activities in a new concise format. If you have any comments about the newsletter, please contact us at scholar@sorosny.org.
Spring 2009 was marked by a succession of spring conferences, which have brought together grantees to forge new links and reignite existing networks. Most importantly, the conferences have also reinforced OSI’s work by giving our talented and forward-thinking grantees a forum to present their ideas to their peers and the wider OSI community.
The Network Scholarship Programs (NSP) has also been occupied with advances and changes within our work. As well as developing our outreach to all out grantees, alumni, and partners through our website, Scholarship Programs has launched a Facebook fan page to keep people up-to-date on program and wider OSI activities.
This summer marks transitions within the program as well as we say a very heartfelt goodbye to Undergraduate Exchange Program Manager Anne Campbell. Anne is leaving for new challenges after seven years with the program. We sincerely wish her the very best and thank her for all her tireless, passionate work for the exchange program!
The new shortened format will hopefully allow you to locate the topics of most interest to you: please follow the links below which will lead you to an expanded version.
Sincerely,
The Network Scholarship Programs staff
Table of Contents
Events
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Spring Conference Roundup 2009From New York to London, Network Scholarship Programs staff have organized a marathon of annual spring conferences with current grantees from all programs. Reports from a selection of the conferences from 2009, along with photographs, can be viewed at the links below. Photo: UEP Spring Conference 2009 / © Natasha Jancheva. |
Undergraduate Exchange Program Spring Conference 2009 |
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The Relevance of the Zeitgeist: OSI President Aryeh Neier Holds a Forum with Undergraduate Exchange Program GranteesOpen Society Institute President Aryeh Neier gave 40 UEP grantees a rare chance to pose questions during an intimate forum at the annual spring conference, held at OSI New York in March 2009. |
The Open Access Movement: Connexions and the Power of Virtual Collaboration and Scholar Feedback–The Benefits of the Virtual PlatformAfter presenting to many OSI scholars at spring conferences in 2009, Jonathan Emmons, a specialist at Connexions, gives his feedback on the open access movement and the his thoughts on his interaction with OSI scholars. In addition, Palestinian scholars, Khitam Abu Hamad (Brandeis University), Sahera Bleibeh (University of Washington, Seattle), and Kefah A. Barham (University of Massachusetts, Amherst share their thoughts on open educational tools and the impact of the movement for their academic development. |
Alumni
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DAAD-OSI Alumni Meeting in GeorgiaIn conjunction with the DAAD-OSI Program selection meeting for the year 2009-2010, an alumni meeting was organized in Sighnaghi, Georgia. Fifteen alumni from various years of the grant joined the tour in the beautiful mountain city. |
Call for Alumni: Regional Alumni Conference–Romania 2009Network Scholarship Programs is currently planning the 3rd Regional Alumni Conference, to be held in November 2009 in Romania and is seeking the active collaboration of Romanian, Hungarian and Moldovan alumni in shaping the agenda for the event. |
News & Announcements
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OSI Summer School 2009This year’s OSI Summer School at Bilgi University, Istanbul, will bring approximately 180 students from 29 countries to prepare for the rigors of academic life in North America and Europe in 2009. |
Facebook: The New FanpageScholarship Programs now has a more convenient link to current students, alumni and all other infested followers: a Facebook page. All interested parties are encouraged to join! |
ScholarForum 13—Central Asia and Mongolia / The Politics of the EnvironmentThe 2010 ScholarForum invites all NSP scholars and alumni to contribute content to the edition by way of personal essays, research synopses, opinion pieces, pictures, and recipes. Articles can be published anonymously upon request, and submissions in German or French from our DAAD and CNOUS fellows are welcome. |
ScholarForum 13: A Call for Academic Working PapersScholarForum would like to dedicate more of its print space to giving young academics the chance to get their early working papers and journal submissions printed. |
New Address for Scholarship ProgramsAs of June 2009, the Scholarship Programs of OSI New York have changed locations. Please send all paper correspondence to the new address: Open Society Institute |
