Tuesday, March 31, 2009

Fellowship

The Carsey Institute has extended the deadline for the popular John G. Winant Fellowship to April 15th.
Faculty, please share this information with your students.



Fellowship recipients receive a stipend of $3,250 for full-time summer work with a non-profit organization or government agency of their choice, and recipients are recognized for their award in university publications.

Application details can be found here or by visiting http://carseyinstitute.unh.edu/winantfellowship.htm.

Questions? Please contact Amy Sterndale at the Carsey Institute at amy.sterndale@unh.edu.



Applications are due at the Carsey Institute in Huddleston Hall by 5pm on April 15. Decisions will be announced by April 30th.



Thank you.

Monday, March 23, 2009

Arabic 504

Marhaba guys,

Don't forget about your take home quiz due on Thursday, 3/26.

Sunday, March 22, 2009

Studying Arabic in Syria

A very interesting article.

http://www.campus-watch.org/article/id/1029

Friday, March 13, 2009

Fulbright Scholarship

U.S. Student Fulbright Scholarship information sessions


General information
Whether for the next competition or one in a future year, exceptional students at all levels are invited to attend one of the upcoming U.S. Student Fulbright Program information sessions to learn about scholarships for post-baccalaureate study, research or English teaching abroad.


The Next Competition
To be eligible for the coming year’s competition (for grants in academic year 2010-11), applicants will need to have at least a bachelor’s degree earned by the start of the 2010 grant period -- students who are currently juniors, seniors and graduate students..



Thursday, March 26, 2009
12:30 p.m.
Hood House 203

If you plan to attend one of these sessions, please contact Fulbright advisor Sheila McCurdy at sheila.mccurdy@unh.edu.




Sheila McCurdy
Assistant Director
University of New Hampshire
Center for International Education
Hood House, 89 Main Street
Durham, NH 03824

Tel: 603 862-4788
Fax: 603 862-0169

e-mail: sheila.mccurdy@unh.edu

Saturday, March 7, 2009

Midterm Study Guide

Ahlan,

Tullaab Arabic 402:

-Please practice your possessive pronouns, so as to know how to say "his book, our school....."
-Know the fields of study in Tamreen 12, page 46.
-know how to conjugate verbs.
-know the interrogative particles , page 14, so as to know how to ask questions.
-Know your plurals.
-Learn to identify an "Idafa" relationship.
-Know how to negate a present tense.

Tullaab Arabic 504 :

-Know when a "Fa'l Mudaare'" needs to be "Marfoo', Munsoob or Majzoom" and what kind of ending it should have.
-Learn how to identufy "Jumlat Al-Sifa".
-Learn your Quantifiers and how to use them in sentences (page 195).
-Know how to change back and forth from "Jumleh Ismyyeh to Jumleh Fi'lyyeh" page 214.
-Know how to use the verbs in pages 232&234 in sentences.