Hungarian Heritage Review, 1991 (20. évfolyam, 1-11. szám)
1991-03-01 / 3. szám
HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. - Scholarships of up to $1500 are available to American high school students and graduating seniors to spend a semester in Hungary and Poland beginning in fall of 1991. As part of reciprocal exchanges administered by the OPEN DOOR STUDENT EXCHANGE in New York, the SOROS FOUNDATION in Hungary, and the MINISTRY OF NATIONAL EDUCATION in Poland, American students will have the opportunity to study at a high school, while living with a family. Upon arrival, U.S. students will receive special language instruction in Hungarian or Polish. American students between 15 and 18 years of age are eligible to apply. Applicants applying should have an above average academic record, strong teacher/ school recommendations, and two years of study in a foreign language with a "B" average or better. The OPEN DOOR'S exchange program with Hungary and Poland, which are supported by a United States Information Agency grant, also offer scholarship assistance to graduating students interested in serving as assistants to English language, high school teachers in both countries. These interns will participate in and help coordinate classroom activities with the instructor. As native speakers, American interns will not only serve as valuable sources of information with respect to the English language, but be able to provide Hungarian and Polish students with first-hand knowledge about American culture and society. The OPEN DOOR STUDENT EXCHANGE, a not-for-profit international high school exchange organization in existence since 1964 and based in Hempstead, New York, has active programs with 34 countries throughout the world, and has been in the forefront of efforts to develop exchange with Eastern Europe ever since political changes began to take place in these countries. High school students and graduating seniors interested in studying or interning in Hungary or Poland should contact: Mr. Richard Banasikowski OPEN DOOR STUDENT EXCHANGE P.O. Box 71, Fulton Avenue Hempstead, New York 11551 Telephone (Toll Free): 800-366-6736 NEW BRUNSWICK, NEW JERSEY - The Summer Session Office of Rutgers University recently announced that it's Rutgers - New Brunswick Institute on Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union will conduct sessions May 28 - July 3, 1991, and July 8 - August 14, 1991. These sessions will offer a diversity of courses designed to help students keep pace with rapid global changes and permit intensive study of regional languages. Courses offered include Elementary Hungarian, Elementary Russian, Soviet Government and Politics, History of East-Central Europe and the Soviet Union, Economy of the U.S.S.R., Geography of East Europe and the U.S.S.R. The Institute will also sponsor a weekly series of programs featuring guest lecturers and performances of regional music and theater. For information write or phone: Summer Session Office, Rutgers University, 122 College Avenue, New Brunswick, New Jersey 08903 (Tel: 1- 800-HI-Rutgers; 908-932-7565). MARCH 1991 HUNGARIAN HERITAGE REVIEW 7
