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Connecticut College awarded $100,000 grant to plan new campus international culture center
October 16, 2007
NEW LONDON, Conn. - Connecticut College has been awarded a $100,000 grant from the Otto and Fran Walter Foundation to begin planning the college´s International Cultural Commons.
International engagement is a vital aspect of Connecticut College´s mission, and the International Cultural Commons will position the college at the forefront of innovative internationalization programming. The college envisions the International Cultural Commons to be a living and learning center that will integrate research, teaching and residential experiences related to global issues, study away and foreign languages and culture.
"This grant will help Connecticut College advance to a new level of globalization within our campus community, a critical component of education for students in today´s increasingly global environment," said Connecticut College President Leo I. Higdon Jr.
The Walter Foundation grant is being used to establish an executive planning committee to coordinate all aspects of the Commons, develop more coordinated services and programs for international students and students wishing to study away and develop innovated curricular approaches to foreign language acquisition and study of global issues.
The Walter Foundation, established by Otto and Fran Walter, supports a wide variety of charitable organizations whose interests include classical music, fine arts, German-American relations, Jewish heritage, international amity, higher education, legal education and the alleviation of hunger and poverty.
Among the most selective private liberal arts colleges in the nation, Connecticut College enrolls 1,900 men and women from 41 states, the District of Columbia and 75 countries. The college is known for putting the liberal arts into action through interdisciplinary studies, international programs, funded internships, student-faculty research and service learning. Founded in 1911, the college operates under an 86-year-old honor code. The college is located at 270 Mohegan Ave, New London, about two hours by car from Boston and New York. The 750-acre campus is an arboretum overlooking Long Island Sound. For more information, visit www.connecticutcollege.edu.
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For more information contact: Amy Sullivan (860) 439-2526; amy.sullivan@conncoll.edu