NEWS BRIEFS -- May 5, 2000 Volume III, Issue 2

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The Association Liaison Office for University Cooperation in Development

Vol. II ~ No. 6 ~ Nov./Dec. 2001

November 20, 2001 was an extraordinary day in Tetovo, Macedonia, and in the life of a region long torn by ethnic conflict and the attending divisions in state systems such as education. This date marked the opening of the new South East European University (SEEU) in Tetovo, a new multi-lingual, multi-ethnic university supported in part by an Association Liaison Office for University Cooperation Development (ALO) partnership between SEEU and the Indiana Consortium for International Programs. [read more]

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Institutions in Search of Partners: New CUPID matches

The Association Liaison Office
for University Cooperation in Development

Established in 1992, ALO coordinates the efforts of the nation's six major higher education associations to build their partnership with the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and to help their member institutions plan and implement development programs with colleges and universities abroad. Copyright 2001 by the Association Liaison Office. All rights reserved. Send comments, requests for addition to the distribution list, or submissions to "News Bits" to ALO.

DIRECTOR Joan M. Claffey
COMMUNICATIONS COORDINATOR Laurie Arnston
EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT Regina Butler
PROGRAM ASSOCIATE Charlie Koo
PROGRAM ASSISTANT Laura Laskofski
ADMINISTRATIVE ASSOCIATE Johnson Niba
PROGRAM ASSOCIATE FOR AFRICA Beth Whitaker
PROGRAM ASSOCIATE Michelle Wright

USAID/Mexico

Taking advantage of the unique opportunity created by two Administrations that are fully engaged in creating a new relationship between the U.S. and Mexico, the Government of the United States of America is pleased to announce a bold, six-year, $50 million Training, Internship, Education and Scholarship (TIES) Partnership Initiative that will work with and benefit many segments of U.S. and Mexican society: higher education institutions, citizen's and nongovernmental groups, the for-profit business sector and national, state and local governments. [read more]

Read the full report from Synergy in Development 2001

ALO &

For Dale Hunter, improving science and math education in South Africa is not just a way to transmit knowledge, it is also a means to reverse one of the legacies of apartheid. "Science and math can be scary for children, especially if there is no one around who understands it. And during apartheid, black teachers were poorly trained in general, especially in science so the children there need more people who can explain it," she said. [read more]

News Briefs Online The Association Liaison Office for University Cooperation in Development *Vol. II ~ No. 6 ~ Nov./Dec. 2001*
	November 20, 2001 was an extraordinary day in Tetovo, Macedonia, and in the life of a region long torn by ethnic conflict and the attending divisions in state systems such as education. This date marked the opening of the new South East European University (SEEU) in Tetovo, a new multi-lingual, multi-ethnic university supported in part by an Association Liaison Office for University Cooperation Development (ALO) partnership between SEEU and the Indiana Consortium for International Programs. *[read more]*	In Every Issue... News Bytes Institutions in Search of Partners: New CUPID matches The Association Liaison Office for University Cooperation in Development Established in 1992, ALO coordinates the efforts of the nation's six major higher education associations to build their partnership with the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and to help their member institutions plan and implement development programs with colleges and universities abroad. Copyright 2001 by the Association Liaison Office. All rights reserved. Send comments, requests for addition to the distribution list, or submissions to "News Bits" to ALO. DIRECTOR *Joan M. Claffey* COMMUNICATIONS COORDINATOR Laurie Arnston EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT Regina Butler PROGRAM ASSOCIATE *Charlie Koo* **PROGRAM ASSISTANT Laura Laskofski ADMINISTRATIVE ASSOCIATE** Johnson Niba PROGRAM ASSOCIATE FOR AFRICA Beth Whitaker PROGRAM ASSOCIATE *Michelle Wright*
USAID/Mexico	Taking advantage of the unique opportunity created by two Administrations that are fully engaged in creating a new relationship between the U.S. and Mexico, the Government of the United States of America is pleased to announce a bold, six-year, $50 million Training, Internship, Education and Scholarship (TIES) Partnership Initiative that will work with and benefit many segments of U.S. and Mexican society: higher education institutions, citizen's and nongovernmental groups, the for-profit business sector and national, state and local governments. [read more]

	Read the full report from Synergy in Development 2001
ALO &	For Dale Hunter, improving science and math education in South Africa is not just a way to transmit knowledge, it is also a means to reverse one of the legacies of apartheid. "Science and math can be scary for children, especially if there is no one around who understands it. And during apartheid, black teachers were poorly trained in general, especially in science so the children there need more people who can explain it," she said. *[read more]*