Middlebury: Language Schools http://www.middlebury.edu/giving/priorities/language_schools en http://www.middlebury.edu/giving/priorities/language_schools/node/22481 <h4><span>In a world that needs peaceful, sustainable solutions, the Language Schools provide the tools to make change happen.</span></h4> <p><iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/1DW5ntfYeko?rel=0&amp;autoplay=0&amp;wmode=opaque" width="200" height="138" class="video-filter video-youtube video-right vf-1dw5ntfyeko" frameborder="0"></iframe>There is no substitute for having a deep understanding of other languages and cultures. There's no shortcut for truly being able to communicate with people in a common tongue. And there's no other program in the world that offers the depth of language learning that students find at the <a href="/international/languages">Middlebury Language Schools.</a></p> <h4></h4> <h4>The Impact</h4> <p>The Language Schools have been helping students build foreign language fluency for nearly 100 years. Language Schools graduates develop curriculums and teach the next generation in secondary schools around the country. They develop global business strategies. They create solutions for government, NGOs, and nonprofits. They put the skills gained here to work for the world.</p> <h5>How You Can Help<br /></h5> <p>Donors to the Language Schools become partners in advancing understanding of other cultures and languages. They are helping to develop peaceful, sustainable solutions to the world's challenges and to take advantage of the opportunities that our interconnected world presents.</p> <h3>Selected Funding Opportunities<br /></h3> <p><table border="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td>Annual Scholarship: supports portion of tuition</td> <td>$2,500</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Annual Fellowship: supports tuition and some expenses</td> <td>$5,000</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Annual Teaching Fellowship</td> <td>$10,000</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Endowed Teaching Fellowship</td> <td>$200,000</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Endowed directorship for individual schools</td> <td>$500,000</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Endowed Professorship: Dean of Language Schools and Schools Abroad</td> <td>$2.5 million</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Individual school endowment</td> <td>$10 million</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </p> <p> </p> language schools Thu, 04 Feb 2010 01:07:17 +0000 Margaret Paine mpaine@middlebury.edu 22481 at http://www.middlebury.edu