About the lector: Brandon worked teaching English in various regions of Spain before returning home to pursue a masters degree in linguistics. He received two masters degrees from the University of Colorado Boulder, one in Hispanic Linguistics and one in TESOL. While studying there he taught coordinated Spanish courses at the university and helped run…
Walt Whitman and Langston Hughes are two of America’s most inspirational poets, one white, the other Black. Whitman’s 19th century poetry depicted a new nation, increasingly urban, increasingly diverse, and with unlimited prospects. Yet, he also noted the challenges in preserving a democratic form of government. Hughes, writing in the 20th century, also acknowledged the…
Who are influencers and what do they do? Influencers are a reality of the current Internet age, with many of us encountering them on social media. While there can be different categories of influencers, most seem like ordinary people, except they have a side hustle selling skin creams, beauty products, and gadgets. Who are these…
Как появился Пасхальный кролик? Почему американцы катают пасхальные яйца (Easter Egg Roll) по газону перед Белым домом? И какие еще необычные традиции празднования Пасхи существуют в США? Узнайте на дискуссионном клубе с американской студенткой Лилли О’Флагерти! Лилли О’Флагерти учится на четвертом курсе Американского университета и специализируется на российских исследованиях и международных отношениях. А еще Лилли…
Group 1 @ 17:00-18:30 Minsk time Group 2 @ 18:30-20:00 Minsk time Led by Rachel Koch - an educator and an optimist. She has been working in higher education for the last thirteen years. From 2010 to 2018, she taught writing and ran a first-year writing program at Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff, Arizona.Then, from…
About the lector: Brandon worked teaching English in various regions of Spain before returning home to pursue a masters degree in linguistics. He received two masters degrees from the University of Colorado Boulder, one in Hispanic Linguistics and one in TESOL. While studying there he taught coordinated Spanish courses at the university and helped run…
Рекомендательные письма играют очень важную роль в вопросах трудоустройства или поступления в зарубежные университеты. Однако, чтобы использовать их потенциал по максимуму, необходимо понимать требования, которые предъявляют западные университеты и работодатели к таким документам. Важно избегать типичных ошибок в подготовке и планировании таких документов, а также уметь самостоятельно составлять сценарий в использовании этих важнейших составляющих успеха.…
Join a virtual session with VSFS intern Sarah Bender - a second-year undergraduate student in Political Science and Statistics at the University of Notre Dame. Sarah will share her personal experience of studying in the U.S. and important tips on how to make your application to the U.S. colleges and universities more successful. Higher education…
Group 1 @ 17:00-18:30 Minsk time Group 2 @ 18:30-20:00 Minsk time Led by Rachel Koch - an educator and an optimist. She has been working in higher education for the last thirteen years. From 2010 to 2018, she taught writing and ran a first-year writing program at Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff, Arizona.Then, from…
About the lector: Brandon worked teaching English in various regions of Spain before returning home to pursue a masters degree in linguistics. He received two masters degrees from the University of Colorado Boulder, one in Hispanic Linguistics and one in TESOL. While studying there he taught coordinated Spanish courses at the university and helped run…
Group 1 @ 17:00-18:30 Minsk time Group 2 @ 18:30-20:00 Minsk time Led by Rachel Koch - an educator and an optimist. She has been working in higher education for the last thirteen years. From 2010 to 2018, she taught writing and ran a first-year writing program at Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff, Arizona.Then, from…
Jazz is a distinctly American musical form but it has its roots in Africa and among European immigrants sharing diverse musical traditions. How this musical form evolved from the Southern piney woods to New Orleans and, eventually, to Chicago and New York and beyond is a story of blending -- both of musical forms and…
