Show L JL J T J 0 Breaking re a In Barriers ers 1 From Russia From Russia With Love Do Russian educators think highly of America BY OLGA OLCA Community Editor A delegation of 13 Russian Russian school educators visited the Salt lake Community College on November 7 2001 The purpose of their visit was to 3 establish the roots of exchanging ing prof professional information between the educational 1 nations tuti ns of the USA and Il Russia d' d i i j 1 The delegat delegation on spent spent a whole day at the 1 I meeting with the school officials officials officials including the President Cundiff Vice President of Academic Services Marjorie Carson and Director for International Stud Studies es Phil Rivera During their visit isit Russian educators familiarized familiarized familiar familiar- familiarized themselves with the Redwood Campus such as q the Science and Industry B Building i SI and the Students a l. l dt r-r r m. m E w. w Center ter S SC r Li r. I In the Oak Room at at at the the r Student Center Russian guests had a lunch I They were warmly welcomed by the Marjorie who Carson said We honor your country as you honor honor- us thanking the delegation for its visit The 11 guests then listened to the speech of the President Cundiff and were entertained by the choir In his speech President Cundiff expressed his hope for the closer relationship relationship relationship rela rela- between the USA and Russia and to have a better understanding of the education education education tion systems of two countries The members of the delegation hosted by the Rotary Club of Salt Lake City were provided with the home- home stay program transportation events schedule and were given a list of the educational institutions to visit as asa a part of their professional development develop develop- ment program The Rotary Club had taken partial financial responsibility responsibility responsibility to sponsor the Russian delegates during their monthly stay say in S Salt lt Lake ake City Gity G Besides th that t- t the Productivity Continued Page 5 e d c P r sr g F s y h hk k j Y ff f y a y i ry L Ar a f s Fv ms rry N t t f i jI r 4 r tt r it 11 f k l ti m z lj t f 1 it iti V ti tiA tit Li i Jl jj t A Meeting Of Countries Photo by Carrie Crawford Russians continued Enhancement Program PEP that is funded by the US State Department and run by the San Francisco-based Francisco nonprofit nonprofit nonprofit non non- profit Center for Citizen Initiatives financially contributed to the trip and made it possible for Russian educators to come to the USA During their stay the Russian delegates visited schools like BYU Westminster College University of Utah and others where they received educational educational educational training The experience the delegation received during those visits is believed to be effective for improvement of 7 th the education programs in schools across across Russia One of the delegates Tatyana Director of the private school a in St. St Petersburg said I believe we can use a lot of what we learn during our trip although the Russian schools desperately need financial support and te technological improvements to achieve the best results She also added Some of the professional strategies such as raising fund-raising campaigns that Ive I've learned about in the USA might be somewhat helpful to solve this problem Overall found her trip hip very pleasant and wishes the to develop the short- short term foreign exchange programs programs programs pro pro- grams for both teachers and students making it easier for them come to the country and see the unique structure of educational system in the USA She states Its important tant not only for the educational educational educational but also for cultural and social experiences The Russian delegation delegation delegation tion will spend one more day visiting the Business College on November 8 2001 and leave back to Russia on November 11 2001 A |