The University of Georgia, Tulane University and Vanderbilt University are collaborating to offer a Summer Institute on Brazilian Culture and Portuguese Language. K-12 educators of any discipline and grade-level are welcome to apply to attend this 4 day institute at the University of Georgia (UGA) in Athens, GA. The goal of this institute is to …
Twelve students seeking to internationalize their UGA education in Brazil will head south of the equator in February where they will spend a year immersed in language and cultural training. Students participating in the inaugural class of the Portuguese Flagship Program will spend 2013 attending language and content courses at São Paulo State University and …
For the first time, this Summer 2013, high school students from Georgia and nationally, will be able to participate in a Portuguese summer immersion program at the University of North Georgia’s Federal Service Language Academy in Dahlonega, GA. This three week intensive program in the north Georgia mountains,will provide motivated high school sophomores, juniors, and …
UGA administrators and faculty visited São Paulo, Brazil in October 2012 to officially recognize the establishment of the Portuguese Flagship Program, celebrate the PFP’s partnership with São Paulo State University (UNESP), and to expand relations with other Brazilian educational institutions. The delegation consisted of: Kavita Pandit, Associate Provost of International Education; Noel Fallows, Associate Dean …
Acclaimed Brazilian Poet Salgado Maranhão and distinguished translator Alexis Levitin gave a bingual reading (English/Portuguese) from Maranhão’s work of poetry Sol Sanguíneo (Blood of the Sun). The event took place outside at sunset, under the trees in LACSI’s backyard garden, on Monday, December 3rd at 3:30pm. Salgado Maranhão is one of Brazil’s leading contemporary poets. …