Rotary District 6290 Club Visits

East Jordan, Elk Rapids, Petoskey, Traverse City, Charlevoix, Holland

Sarah Sanderson2015 Rotary Peace Scholar

Bom Dia! / Greetings!• Pronounced “Bone Gee-ah” in Brazilian Portuguese• Thank you for this opportunity and for your generosity in

giving to the Rotary Foundation

“Life in the Middle”Finding Linguistic and Cultural Competency in a Global Age

Sarah SandersonRotary International Peace Fellow

Goals for Today

• Outline of presentation:– My journey in becoming a Peace Fellow– Involvement with Rotary– The Peace Fellowship program– Questions

Personal Introduction• Born and raised in Holland,

Michigan• Holland High School• Hope College (B.S. Biology

and B.A. Spanish)– Vienna Summer School, May

Terms to Kenya/Tanzania and Amazon/Galápagos Islands

• Mission Year / AmeriCorps– Southwest Inner-city

Philadelphia public schools• San Diego, California

Humane Society– Weekend visits to Mexico to

stay with families

Personal Introduction

• Semester Study Abroad in Santiago, Chile

• M.A. Spanish Linguistics, The Ohio State University– Taught Spanish 101, 102, 103

and 104– Summers in Montana

working with Mexican J1D Visa program

• Resident Director for OSU Study Abroad Program in Quito, Ecuador

Personal Introduction

• Professor at Jiangsu University in Changzhou, China (2 years)

• National Outdoor Leadership School (NOLS)

• English/Spanish Instructor in Queenstown, New Zealand (1 year)

Fulbright – Brazil 2013

• English Instructor at Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz in Ilhéus, Bahia

• U.S. Cultural Presentations

• Community Side Project• Rotary / Rotaract /

Interact Involvement• Portuguese Language

Focus on “LEA” Degree Program

• Linguas Estrangeiras Aplicadas ás Negociações Internacionais (Applied Foreign Languages in International Negotiations)

• Elite group of 30 Brazilian undergraduates

• Spanish, French and English

Rotary Involvement

• Rotary Presentation in Ilhéus

• Rotaract Meetings• Language Week– Connecting Rotary study

abroad students• Community Events– Library Fundraising– Ride for Breast Cancer– Casa de David (David’s

House)

“Language Week”

Brazil 2014 Fulbright Extension

• “Science Without Borders” – Brazilian Scientific Mobility Program

• English support for the TOEFL Exam

• Preparation to study abroad

• Amazon Regional Coordinator / Teaching Mentor

Activities in Michigan 2015• District 6290 Club Visits• Fulbright Enrichment

Seminar in D.C.• Global Ties / Colleagues

International “Diplomacy Begins Here” Conference

• Rotary 6290 District Conference

• Local high school and university presentations “Opportunity Knocks . . . From Abroad”

The Rotary Peace Fellowship• Candidates for the Peace Fellowship seek to make a

significant impact on the world by promoting tolerance and cooperation.

• Rotary selects 100 dedicated and passionate professionals each year to receive fully funded fellowships to study at the Rotary Peace Centers.

• In just over a decade, the Rotary Peace Centers have trained more than 900 fellows for careers in peace building.

• Many alumni go on to serve as leaders in national governments, NGOs, the military, law enforcement, and international organizations like the United Nations and World Bank.

The M.A. Program in Peace and Conflict Resolution

• Master’s degree fellowships are offered at premier universities in fields related to peace and conflict prevention and resolution.

• Programs last 15 to 24 months and require a practical internship of two to three months during the academic break.

• Each year, up to 50 master’s degree fellowships are awarded at five different institutions.

Professional Development Certificate

• For experienced professionals working in peace-related fields who want to enhance their professional skills, a three-month program in peace and conflict prevention and resolution is offered at Chulalongkorn University in Thailand.

• This program incorporates two to three weeks of field study.

• 50 certificates are awarded each year.

My Peace Fellowship• International Christian

University, Tokyo, Japan• M.A. Peace Studies, Dept. of

Public Policy and Social Research

• Focus: International exchange and foreign language education as a means for peace building and conflict prevention

• Applied Field Experience (AFE) Internship during the summer break

• Japanese language courses year round

• Begins this year in early August

Have a future Peace Fellow in mind?• Applications for the 2016-17 Rotary Peace

Fellowships program are now being accepted.• The deadline for candidates to submit

applications to their district is 31 May. • Districts must submit endorsed applications to

The Rotary Foundation by 1 July.• My email: sanderson.58@osu.edu

Thank you!Questions?

Please keep in touch: 616-335-0419 / Sanderson.58@osu.eduhttp://sarahsandersonwanderlust.blogspot.com