Philippine State College of Aeronautics Faculty visits TJIC

Faculty and students from Philippine State College of Aeronautics visited Thomas Jefferson Information Center to learn more about eLibraryUSA's online resources on aviation and aeronautics.

 

CAO Kristin Kneedler welcomes the visitors from Philippine State College of Aeronautics at TJIC library — at Thomas Jefferson Information Center.

DMMSU visits American Spaces TJIC

On September 12, Sixty-three faculty and students of Don Mariano Marcos Memorial State University visited the center to learn more about online resources and study opportunities and exchanges in the United States! #eLibraryUSA #educationUSA

More Info at https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.340146629485038.1073741893.226448287521540&type=1

PUP students visit the educationUSA advising center at TJIC

Five students from Polytechnic University of the Philippines visited TJIC to learn more about educationUSA resources. The students read books and accessed the online resources of the center. #educationUSA

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Principles of Written English, Part 1 MOOC Program (US Embassy MOOC Program)

The American Spaces Thomas Jefferson Information Center at the U.S. Embassy in Manila cordially invites you to join a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) entitled "PRINCIPLES OF WRITTEN ENGLISH PART 1.” This course is sponsored by the U.S. Department of State and administered by the University of California Berkeley through edX platform. 

The course is a free resource for international students and designed for high school and college students to learn more about academic writing focusing on essay development, grammatical correctness and self-editing. The course begins September 17, 2014.

Participants should visit the link below to enroll for the course.   You will need a valid email address to complete enrollment.  This MOOC is free and open for all; there are no registration limitations. 

HOW TO REGISTER:

STEP 1: Sign-up for a Coursera account and enlist the "Applying to U.S. Universities”

https://www.edx.org/course/uc-berkeleyx/uc-berkeleyx-colwri2-1x-principles-2581#.VBf5Hvmx7st

STEP 2: Get in touch with us by joining the Facebook Open Group. The American Spaces team will use this platform for official announcements and collaborative engagement with the participants.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/723346841070848/

REGISTER NOW! 

2015-2016 Fulbright U.S.-ASEAN Visiting Scholar Initiative

The Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) at the US Department of State located in Washington, DC and the Philippine-American Educational Foundation (PAEF, also referred to as the Fulbright Commission in the Philippines) are pleased to announce the FY 2015 competition for the U.S.-ASEAN Fulbright Visiting Scholar Initiative, regionally competed awards for non-U.S. Scholars that will support ASEAN initiatives. This is open to university faculty, foreign ministry and government officials, and professional staff of think tanks and other NGOs in ASEAN Member States (AMS), including the Philippines, to travel to the U.S. for scholarly and professional research for 3-4 months on issues that are relevant and useful to AMS, and central to the U.S - ASEAN relationship.

Application period for the 2015-16 Fulbright U.S.-ASEAN Visiting Scholar Initiative Competition is from August 1 to October 10, 2014.

Read moreDownload Application FormDownload Letter of Reference Form

For more information, please visit:http://www.fulbright.org.ph/ 

#TuesdayReads: Study in the USA

#TuesdayReads How to find the U.S. university that best fit for you? Check out some tips and narratives of international students currently studying in the United States.

http://photos.state.gov/libraries/amgov/133183/publications/1406_Study_in_the_USA_Low_Res.pdf

educationUSA MOOC Camp at TJIC

Last Leg of the MOOC Camp at Thomas Jefferson Information Center! We hope that all 100+ Filipino students enrolled in the program will get a Statement of Accomplishment from University of Penn soon! Goodluck to us!