ESTUDIO INTERNACIONAL SAMPERE-LEONOR ULLOA SCHOLARSHIPS

The Instituto ESTUDIO INTERNACIONAL SAMPERE of Madrid will award two scholarships to be used in the year 2002 for a four-week course of study at any of the ESTUDIO SAMPERE sites in Spain. Each scholarship will cover the cost of tuition for the program selected, lodging, activities associated with the program, and medical insurance. Cost of transportation to/from the study site (selected by the scholarship recipient) is not included.

Estudio Internacional Sampere (EIS) is a pioneer institution in the teaching of foreign languages in Spain. Founded in 1956, it is a family enterprise with a staff of over forty people, including teachers, administration and management personnel. The EIS schools have an international atmosphere with students from more than twenty countries. The main characteristics of the Sampere programs are: INDIVIDUALIZED ATTENTION IN SMALL GROUPS, QUALITY TEACHING IN A FRIENDLY ENVIRONMENT, QUALIFIED TEACHERS AND UP-TO-DATE MATERIALS.

EIS is also a flexible organization. It offers many starting dates throughout the year, Special Courses designed to fit each individual's needs, social activities, a varied offer of accommodation ... and an endless number of "small" services that make EIS one of the most prestigious Spanish language schools.

ALL the teachers at EIS are college degree or college diploma holders. They make up a co-ordinated and enthusiastic team and many of them have been with the Sampere for many years. The director or co-ordinator organizes the groups and supervises each student's progress. For more information, please go to

http://www.sampere.com/

Leonor Alvarez de Ulloa is Dalton Distinguished Professor at Radford University in Radford, Virginia. A professor of Spanish, she is a devoted advocate of Study Abroad and for many years has cooperated with Estudios Sampere to make exciting opportunities available to her students. Students say that she transforms an ordinary classroom into a dynamic learning environment that engenders appreciation for diverse expressions of human culture. Beyond the classroom, she is a publishing scholar and is active in many professional organizations. She is a leader in the Mountain Interstate Foreign Language Conference and serves as Editor-in-Chief of the MIFLC Review.

Eligibility requirements: A candidate for a 2002 award must be a teacher or professor of Spanish and a registrant at MIFLC 2001; preference will be given to teachers whose native tongue is English and who have never been to Spain.

Application instructions: Only candidates who meet the eligibility requirements described above need apply. Please complete and return with supporting documents as explained on the application form. [Click here for Application Form.]

[MIFLC 2002 will be hosted by Furman University. For information on that conference, contact Dr. Ronald Friis, Department of Modern Foreign Languages and Literatures, Furman University, Greenville, SC 29613, after October 13, 2001.]