Overseas Prep
Course Registration
All China-bound Flagship students are required to
take a 1 credit hour cultural prep course during the
2nd block of the Winter semester (the course meets on
Wednesdays from 4-6pm). While your participation to
the overseas capstone component in China is contingent
upon your successful completion of your domestic
Flagship courses at BYU, we request that all 2 year
students complete an ISP application and register for
the course at this time.
Please note that if you have accompanying spouse then
he or she will also be required to participate in this
course. Therefore, all students, (spouse included)
must first complete an ISP application and must be
done online by January 31, 2011. As soon as your
application is completed, you will be eligible to
register for the 1 credit hour course. The following
are instructions on completing the ISP application:
- Go to https://kennedy.byu.edu/isp/online/app/home.php
- Read the form and select continue
- Sign in with RouteY ID
- Select "Fall 2011" "Internship" "China Flagship
Internship Fall-Winter" from the pull-down menus
- In the Letter of Intent area say something about
being in the flagship program (Have your spouse
mentioned that they are part of the Flagship
program)
- The application must be complete – all items
filled in. If you have any questions, please contact
our ISP facilitator Jimmy at byuchinainternship@gmail.com.
There is also an application fee/applicant that
students need to be pay but the Flagship Center will
include this amount to reimburse students when we
discuss your overseas budget next semester.
Internship
Opportunity
Internship opportunity with the State Department. All
of the work is done virtually, and there are a goodx
number of interesting China positions. The following
are some links to find out more information about this
opportunity.
Job Description:
http://tinyurl.com/27om9r2
eIntern Positions:
http://www.state.gov/vsfs/149942.htm
BYU Marriot School Case Competition Results
Congratulations to
two of our Flagship students, Jonathan Carroll and
Matthew Eley and their third teammate, Benjamin Van
Noy, for winning first place in the BYU Business
Language Case Competition, and Spencer Christensen,
one of our three-year Flagship students who won
third place.
The BYU Business Language Case Competition has
different components to it, but mainly consists of
each team coming up with a solution to an
international business case. They have two weeks to
come up with a solution, and then along with the
other teams, they present their solution to a panel
of judges. This opportunity provides business
students with the opportunity to showcase their
theoretical business knowledge and foreign language
skills, while sharpening their presentation skills
to real-life global business situations.
Twenty-two teams
from sixteen universities attended and out of them,
the BYU Chinese team won first place and BYU
Portuguese took third. Congratulations to our
Flagship Students as well as to all the other
language students of BYU!
To learn more about the Case Competition
results, visit: http://marriottschool.byu.edu/news/?article=631.
BYU Chamber Orchestra joined by Yangzte Melody
Yangzte Melody is a
group of top Chinese artists and will be joining the
BYU Chamber Orchestra this Thursday, December 9,
2010 at 7:30pm in the de Jong Concert Hall. Tickets
can be purchased online at byuarts.com and the prices range from $6-$10.
In addition to
Yangzte Melody, three "Outstanding Artists" from the
People's Republic of China will be featured
including; soprano Wang Li, tenor Liming Chi, and
violinist Liang Chai.
For more information, visit the full
article: http://news.byu.edu/archive10-nov-china.aspx?utm_campaign=12022010&utm_source=ynews&utm_medium=emailhtml.
Dr. Dana Bourgerie Quoted in Kennedy Center
newsletter
Dr. Dana Bourgerie was quoted in
the Kennedy Centers monthly newsletter on the topic of
Writing Winning Essays: Improving BYU Student
Applications for International and Area Studies
Scholarships
At this seminar, in a mixed presentation format,
faculty and administrators gave their firsthand
experience into the importance of taking the time to
write and rewrite, how to avoid “snowshoeing”
through more careful organization, and what not to
do. Students learned how to stand out and approaches
for conceptualizing your essay, writing strategies,
tips, and examples. Dana Bourgerie, director of
BYU’s Chinese Flagship program noted that a top
scholar from another university ultimately chose not
to award a scholarship to a BYU student even though
he said “she was qualified in every other way.” The
reason? “A poorly written essay.”
So take note students, your essays
do matter, so make sure they're prestigious.
Flagship Students in Documentary Video
Flagship students across the country, from ASU, BYU, UM,
and UO were included in a documentary in January 2010.
The video is based off of the "Spring 2010
Pre-Internship Workshop in Qingdao. To view a compressed
version of the video, visit the Flagship Facebook Page
and/or our YouTube page to view that video as well as
other Flagship videos. Part II of the video is
forthcoming, but the release date is yet TBD.
