| Show Only a White Building But It's a Contribution It's just another white structure among the many annex buildings on the upper University of Utah But its contribution to the University is very It is the Center for Intercultural Studies which has been developed to promote an understanding of Middle Eastern customs and AS YOU ENTER the you will immediately grasp the atmosphere of the eastern Oriental rugs deck the Ancient manuscripts are on One is an illuminated Persian epic decorated in A sample of an eight-century Arabic papyrus is displayed against an ancient brocade Statues and pictures also add to the middle eastern The center has obtained the services of Aziz S. Atiya as professor of languages to teach Arabic as well as courses in middle east history and Islamic Assisting Atiya is Sami Hanna who also teaches WILLIAM Mulder is director of the One very valuable asset of the Center is that its services are always open to students from a.m. to 12 noon every day including Saturdays and ATIYA and Hanna feel it is important that one of them always be available to answer questions and help the students with their Both men expressed a deep love for teaching and both were enthusiastic about the University of Utah and its The Center offers two National Defense Graduate Language Fellowships in Arabic each William Wilson and David hold these fellowships this In order to use one of these the students must promise to teach the language they are Morten-sen will travel to Egypt this summer as a group He will be able to further his knowledge of the country he is learning as well as exchange his cultural ideas of America with the middle eastern A program in Latin America be launched next fall when limited amount of students will study under the direction of a University professor at Mexico The first experiment in a bi-National concept of cultural studies advanced by A. Ray is the Center's ultimate It is hoped that a program will be instituted in the Middle East to the Latin American Among the other classes offered by the Center are courses in Modern cultures and histories of various Middle East political anthropology and DURING THE past the Center has been conducting Middle East social During each social one country from the Arab world is Slides are music is played and refreshments are served in the mode of the country These social hours were extremely successful and will be continued winter THE CENTER has a vast library contributed to the University through the auspices of the Howard Reed the Center has acquired more than volumes of Middle and Turkish histories and By next Atiya hopes to have vast selections of Arabic literature which will equip the University with materials that will make it rank as one of the chief centers for a study of the Middle East amongst all higher institutions in the United ACCORDING TO the three major attributes of the Center It is one of the greatest contributions of the University to America because of its association and integration of the ideas of the Middle East and It has only been on campus for one year and has already made great strides in development as is evident in the above and It gets support from and is one of 14 centers in the U.S. Take time out to visit this interesting corner of the University of Someone will be there to talk with you at anytime of the By spending one hour at the Center for Intercultural you can obtain a much sharper insight into the wonderful culture and personality of the Middle |
