Summer institute (with student financial support opportunities): SEASSI 2009 -- DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS 28 FEBRUARY

[Francis Hult]

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Please forward this announcement to students, so that they are aware of the funding opportunities available for Southeast Asian language study at SEASSI 2009.  We are extending the scholarship application deadline to February  28, 2009.  Thank you for your help in circulating this announcement to your students!!


The Southeast Asian Studies Summer Institute <http://seassi.wisc.edu/>  (SEASSI) offers intensive language and culture instruction from First-Year to Third-Year level  for Burmese, Filipino, Indonesian, Hmong, Khmer, Javanese, Lao, Thai and Vietnamese.  SEASSI will take place at the University of Wisconsin-Madison from June 15 to August 7, 2009.  SEASSI is an intensive language program where students have an opportunity to study only Southeast Asian languages, five days a week, for two months.  Students receive one year (2 full semesters) of foreign language credit for the program.  SEASSI is an integral part of a nationwide network of language teaching faculty from the institutions that are members of the SEASSI Consortium: Arizona State University, Cornell University, Northern Illinois University, Ohio University, University of California-Berkeley, University of California-Los Angeles, University of Hawaii-Manoa, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, University of Mi!
 chigan, University of Washington, University of Wisconsin-Madison, and Yale University.  

Several scholarship competitions are open for SEASSI students.  The deadline to apply for the following scholarships has been extended to February 28, 2009. 

*	Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) fellowships:  Applicants for SEASSI FLAS awards must be American citizens or permanent residents of the United States.  Currently enrolled graduate students and students admitted to a graduate program for Fall 2009 are eligible to receive FLAS awards.  FLAS awards consist of: 1) payment of the SEASSI tuition, and 2) a living stipend of $2500. 

*	Undergraduate Scholarship Competition:  Applicants for SEASSI Undergraduate Scholarships must be American citizens or permanent residents of the United States who have not completed their undergraduate studies as of Summer 2009.  Undergraduate Scholarships consist of: 1) payment of the SEASSI tuition, and 2) a living stipend of $1800. 

*	Heritage Language Awards:  Applicants must be undergraduate or graduate students who are Filipino-American, Hmong-American, Vietnamese-American, Lao-American, or Cambodian-American who will attend SEASSI for the study of the language of their heritage.  Heritage Language Awards consist of 1) payment of the SEASSI tuition, and 2) a living stipend of $1200. 

The online application form and further information about SEASSI is available at:  http://www.seassi.wisc.edu <http://www.seassi.wisc.edu/>  

Thanks for your help!!!

Mary Jo Wilson, SEASSI Program Coordinator
Center for Southeast Asian Studies
Room 207 Ingraham Hall, 1155 Observatory Dr.
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Madison, WI  53706
phone:  608-263-1755
fax:  608-263-3735

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