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This VIRTUAL SISTERS OF UKRAINE development project of Jan-Apr and Aug-Nov 2009 will introduce LANGUAGES AND CULTURES courses, both off-line and online, which are likely to form curriculum of interest between KNTU and RCC during the second five years (2009-2014 school years) of their sister college partnership. For those courses that are already described within their curricula, please include links here to existing course descriptions. For any courses expected to be offered no sooner than August 2009, please include here a short description of what any such course might be expected to include, and explain why it might be of interest to exchange students within the context of the sister colleges partnership, potential cousin organizations, sister schools and/or sister cities.
Also, whatever exchange courses that might appeal to high school students and nontraditional students should be described briefly here, in the context of potential sister schools and sister cities partnerships that might form during the next five years. Finally, sister nongovernmental/nonprofit organizations are expected to take form during this same five years. For them this page might serve as a webportal to describe particular PROJECTS AND PROGRAMS (in this case focusing mainly upon Languages and Cultures) about which they hope to learn within their potential sister (or cousin) partnerships during 2009-14. So, please click on EDIT at the top of this page and go ahead and state suggestions & ideas you might have about what PROJECTS AND PROGRAMS about LANGUAGES AND CULTURES should be included in forthcoming exchanges between Ukraine and US institutions.
Potential exchange courses:
- semester-long for-credit course in AMERICAN STUDIES taught by KNTU faculty & Peace Corps volunteers about:
- history, current events
- sports, entertainment
- native citizens and their culture, politics, literature, art, tech development.
- short noncredit course in UKRAINIAN STUDIES taught online by KNTU faculty & current exchange students about:
- history, current events
- sports, entertainment
- native citizens and their culture, politics, literature, art, tech development.
- short noncredit course in RUSSIAN SPEAKING taught by instructors from KNTU & graduate students about:
- everyday routine life, politics, nature, business
- culture of USA & Ukraine
- RUSSIA & UKRAINE as neigbouring countries. Equal and different nations.
- on-line English Composition courses as in 2005 at RCC in which 3 at KNTU participated
- The Cossack Ride: Kiev, Crimea and Istanbul — a 2-week trip and course by RCC:
Trip participants will gain an appreciation for Ukraine and Turkey’s cultures and customs, history, geography and art. Riverland Community College instructors Nancy Christopherson and Debra Schnell will be the trip tour leaders. The summer immersion trip is being planned for May 24th through June 7th of 2011.
The adventure begins with an exploration of Kiev including St. Sophia’s cathedral. Trip participants will have the opportunity to tour Riverland Community College’s sister college in Kherson and meet fellow college instructors.
We will enjoy the Crimea peninsula’s Mediterranean climate while touring area museums, palaces, castles and winery.
In Istanbul, shoppers will have the opportunity to browse through 4000 vendors’ merchandise while visiting the Grand and Spice Bazaars. The tour group will enjoy touring mosques, palaces and cruising the Bosphorus Straits.