Subject: The
UVM Asian Studies Outreach Program is the Recipient of a National International
Education Award
From: Dr.
Juefei Wang, ASOP Director
Dear Friends,
The Asian Studies
Outreach Program of the University of Vermont has been given the inaugural
Goldman Sachs Foundation Prize for Excellence in
International
Education. ASOP is the only winner in the prize category for higher education.
In the evening
of November 18, 2003, Dr. Juefei Wang, ASOP Director, received the award.
Attending the award ceremony were Secretary of Education
Paige, Under
Secretary of State Dobriansky, and President Bell-Rose of the Goldman
Sachs Foundation.
Ambassador
Nicolas Platt, President of Asia Society, presented the award to ASOP.
In his introduction, Ambassador Platt indicated that
ASOP “is recognized
for its work in assisting schools throughout Vermont to introduce
the study of Asia into their curriculum and for its effect in inspiring
the state of
Vermont to examine the needs for international education for all
students. … For
superior achievement in engaging students, teachers and school administrators
in learning about other world regions, cultures and languages, the
2003 Goldman Sachs Foundation Higher Education Prize for Excellence
in International Education
goes to the University of Vermont Asian Studies Outreach Program.”
In his speech
at the award ceremony, Juefei expressed his gratitude to the Goldman Sachs
Foundation and Asia Society for promoting
international education
at the national level, the Freeman Foundation for providing generous,
strong support since 1994, the U.S.-Japan Foundation for supporting
an
ASOP program
in Japan, and to “hundreds of Vermont teachers and school
administrators who have spared no effort in learning and teaching
about Asia. It is their
work in schools that counts. This award is for them.”
ASOP takes this
opportunity to express its sincere appreciation to Vermont schools and educators.
Without their efforts, Vermont
would
still be
isolated from Asia. Together, we can make a difference.
Asia
Society Awardees
The Goldman Sachs Foundation Prizes for Excellence in International Education
Washington, DC (November 18, 2003)
Responding to
recent reports documenting that US students are woefully uninformed about
the rest of the world, The Goldman
Sachs Foundation and Asia Society today announced the inaugural winners
of The Goldman Sachs Foundation Prizes for Excellence in International
Education.
The winners,
who will receive $25,000 in each category, are:
* The John Stanford
International School, Seattle, Wash. (Elementary/Middle School)
* Evanston Township High School, Evanston, Ill. (High School)
* University of Vermont, Asian Studies Outreach Program (Higher Education)
* North Carolina (State)
* International Education and Resource Network (iEARN), New York, N.Y.,
and Sesame Workshop's Global Grover, New York, N.Y. (Co-Recipients,
Media and Technology)
The
Prizes were established to identify effective and replicable models of
international
education that address concerns about the economic,
social, and
diplomatic costs of educational isolationism. For more information
on this Prize and to read about the winners, click
here and here.
