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The Fulbright
Gateway Orientation Program
Program
Description The
5-day Gateway Orientation program will focus on providing participants
with an overview of the U.S. culture as well as the academic,
political, and legal systems. In addition, topics that include
rights and responsibilities; professional development and leadership;
and key elements of the Fulbright program and its administration will
be covered.
Faculty will focus
on enabling the transition from home-country academic conventions
to American academic conventions written and oral communication (Standard
American English), discipline-based research paradigms (library and
internet), and generally with relevant customs of
academic culture in American higher education, including different
aspects of graduate workload and faculty expectations from graduate
students. Sessions will concentrate on Cross-Cultural Awareness
Forums that will provide opportunities for Fulbright students to develop
their understanding of the cultural values and cultural diversity
of American society.
Lincoln University
is fortunate to be located in a culturally rich region of the country
and participants will visit institutions in Philadelphia and Lancaster, home of the Amish community.
Lincoln
University of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
1570 Baltimore Pike, P.O. Box 179, Lincoln University, PA 19352 \
(484) 365-8000
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