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⇒ Student & Scholar Advising ⇒ Faculty, Staff, & Visitors ⇒ J-1 Scholars ⇒ Scholar Newsletter: July 2008
Campus Bus services will be reduced during second summer session due to reduced ridership and escalating fuel costs. Click here for more information.
The City of Bloomington Parks and Recreation Department has opened the Tuesday Market, a weekday version of the popular Saturday Farmers’ Market. The Tuesday Market is open from 4–7pm at Sixth and Madison Streets, next to Bloomingfoods Near West, and will be offered every week through the end of September. The market offers fresh-from-the-farm products and live entertainment. Click here for more information.
Each month we recognize the activities and accomplishments of a visiting scholar. We recently had two scholars arrive in our office with such energy and enthusiasm that we thought it would be fun to present them together as our featured scholars. Please welcome Fiala Abdullayeva and Vafa Yunusova.
Fiala and Vafa are both visiting from Baku, Azerbaijan, and are hosted by the Department of Central Eurasian Studies. Fiala is teaching Intermediate Azerbaijani, while Vafa is teaching Introductory Azerbaijani. Both are teaching for the 2008 Summer Workshop in Slavic, East European and Central Asian Languages (SWSEEL). Many teachers in the SWSEEL program are returning to IU, but this is the first visit for both of our featured scholars.
Fiala Abdullayeva
Fiala Abdullayeva has been teaching English since 1989, first at an international high school, then at Azerbaijan University of Languages since 1990. She also offers private classes to children and adult learners of English and Azerbaijani. She attended the British Council summer school in Oxford (1994), and participated in TACIS Vet project on adult language teaching both in Nice, France and Baku, Azerbaijan (1998–2000). She defended her thesis on Linguistics for the degree of Candidate of Philological Sciences in Baku, Azerbaijan (2000). At present, she is Associate Professor at the English Translation Department, Azerbaijan University of Languages, where she is also the UNESCO Chair in Translation Studies and Intercultural Communication. Since 2000, she has delivered lectures and workshops on translation and has worked as a free-lance translator and interpreter, hence her present research interests in languages and cultures. Fiala is proud to be an aunt to her niece, Fakhrintaj, and her nephew, Sanan, both of whom are interested in American culture and ask her many questions about American life.
Vafa Yunusova
Vafa Yunusova graduated from the Azerbaijan University of Languages in 1991. She earned a certificate for a two-week intensive course in Development Skills in Training Teachers and Trainers held by the University of Warwick (UK) in 2004. She completed an online course in English as a Foreign Language through IU in 2006. She passed ESOL Examinations (English for Speakers of Other Languages) through the British Council Azerbaijan in 2007. She enjoyed volunteering with the British Council Azerbaijan INSETT (In-Service Teacher Training) for 5 years in Baku and remote regions of Azerbaijan, where she helped English teachers acquire innovative methods for teaching. Vafa currently teaches English at Azerbaijan University of Languages in Baku, where she is also doing research on methods and instruments of assessing written work. Vafa is also an aunt to one niece (Ayan, 8 years old) and one nephew (Sabir, 7 years old).
Indiana University is considered one of the leading US universities and the diversity of languages taught here indicates that the university attaches great importance to cultures and languages, which means also to my language and culture. I have always felt proud of teaching English and the cultures of English–speaking people. When I chose IU, I felt that now I could do the similar job with the help of IU where I will enjoy mutual respect.
To present my country, people and teach my language to help students to acquire it as much as possible and identify their own Azerbaijani, to give them chance to experience with the totally different culture and find similarities in tradition and customs and find differences to get them tolerantly.
The faculty is very helpful and I learn new things here every day—especially how to apply the latest technology in my language classes.
I like it here. Indiana University is like a very huge castle where all students and professors feel like home, so it’s great. Bloomington makes me feel safe and sound. It has a very nice nature. As I say you feel peace and relaxed.
To continue teaching Azerbaijani to foreigners alongside with my full-time University job, and also to work at the teaching material I am developing now to publish it as a teaching manual or a textbook.
My future plans are to go back to my university to teach general English and Azerbaijani to foreign students, and continue my research work.
Make good use of your chances to learn the experiences gathered at IU.
Please encourage yourself to use all technology that this university provides you with. It’s very important; it offers a lot of opportunities to make learning authentic.
We welcome Fiala, Vafa, and all teachers visiting IU this summer!
National holiday. University offices will be closed and there are no classes. The Bloomington Fourth of July Parade will be at 10:00 am. The route runs down College Avenue and up Walnut Street between 11th and 5th Streets. The Fireworks Show will begin at dusk at the IU athletic stadiums.
The Office of International Services will be closed Wednesday, July 9th for our annual staff retreat. The office will have normal operating hours the rest of the week.
Saturday, July 19th, hosted by the International Center. Register by July 3rd. Cost of $20.00 includes transportation and admission fee. The $20 fee must be paid at the time of reservation and it is not refundable after the due date. Bring a check or money to the International Center office on the 2nd floor, 9:30am–5:30pm Monday–Friday. The group will leave the IC at 8:00am and return at 5:30pm on Saturday, July 19th. For more information about Squire Boone Caverns, visit their website.
The IU Art Museum has new exhibits including: Kobayashi Kiyochika: Bridging East and West in the Gallery of Asian and Ancient Western Art (2nd floor) and Scenes of Summer in the Gallery of the Art of the Western World (1st floor). The Jazz in July concert series begins July 11. A tour and demonstration called China Painting will be offered July 12. The IU Art Museum is located at 1133 E 7th Street and admission is free.
The IU Summer Music Festival continues through August 9, 2008. The festival includes free and ticketed events, with performances by IU Jacobs School of Music students and faculty, as well as special guests.
IU Recreational Sports will offer Family Night @ SRSC, Friday, July 11, 2008, 7:00–9:00pm. The event is free and held at the Student Recreational Sports Center, 1601 Law Lane.
The Bloomington Parks & Recreation Summer Performing Arts Series continues through September. Events include the People’s Park Tuesday Lunch Concert Series, Third Street Park Concerts and Plays, Bryan Park Blue to Bluegrass music, and a movie series.
The 2008 Monroe County Fair will be held July 19–July 26, 2008 at the Monroe County Fairgrounds, 5700 W. Airport Road. The fair will include rides, exhibits, animals and fair foods.
The English Conversation Club has continued to meet during the summer at the International Center. Their schedule is Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays from 1:00–3:00pm. Join the club to practice the language and improve your English speaking skills.
Leo R. Dowling International Center
The Leo R. Dowling International Center was built in 1927 by Alpha Chi Omega (ΑΧΩ) sorority, whose members occupied it until moving to a new house in the mid-1950s. It was designated as a meeting place for American and international students in 1956. Prior to that time, groups of students from abroad, American students, and faculty had convened in a variety of locations.
One of the first priorities for the center was to hold classes for English language training. The center also provided a suitable place for foreign students to hold social events, sing songs, and gather in a congenial environment.
During Herman B. Wells’ presidency, the late Leo R. Dowling was appointed the first advisor to international students. He served in that capacity for 30 years, during which the international student population grew to nearly 1,500 individuals from more than 100 countries.
Today, Indiana University has more than 6500 internationals students and scholars from more than 130 nations in all parts of the world. Click here for more information.
As a J-1 scholar, you are only permitted to work (do research and/or teach) at Indiana University as described on the form DS-2019. Occasional lectures or consultations at other institutions or locations may be permitted if you obtain authorization from OIS ahead of time. Engaging in any employment for which you are not authorized may affect your immigration status.
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