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Sept. 12 , 2006
Contact: Bob Adams
(425) 564-3081
badams@bcc.ctc.edu
BCC one of first two community colleges ever selected
for Fulbright foreign language teacher program
BELLEVUE, WASH.– Bellevue Community College (BCC) has been named one of the first two community colleges ever to participate in the U.S. Fulbright Foreign Language Teaching Assistant Program.
The Fulbright award will bring Fahad al-Balushi, an English instructor from Oman, to BCC to teach courses in Arabic language and culture during the 2006-07 school year.
Al-Balushi is the fourth international scholar to be placed at BCC by one of the various Fulbright programs.
BCC’s international scholar-in-residence program is a project of the college’s Center for Liberal Arts. Information on the Center’s academic, cultural and civic engagement activities is available online at www.bcc.ctc.edu/liberalarts.
Al-Balushi will be available for presentations and discussions in the community. To arrange a presentation, contact Diane Douglas at (425) 564-2550 or ddouglas@bcc.ctc.edu.
The other community college selected for the Fulbright Foreign Language Teaching Assistant Program is Quincy College in Quincy, Mass.
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