SiS Newsletter - July 2012

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Recent News July, 2012

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• Soccer camp as a language inmersion program.
http://www.sacbee.com/2012/07/08/4614603/ex-kennedy-high-star-offers-soccer.html

• Foreign language instruction must be increased.
http://blogs.cfr.org/renewing-america/2012/06/26/foreign-languages-and-u-s-economic-competitiveness/

• Rhode Island committed to learning languages.
http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/curriculum/2012/06/rhode_island_crafts_roadmap_to.html

• The relevance of Spanish at work.
http://www.eduespa.org/en/boletin.asp?idb=144#c

SiS Student Ambassadors

• Kelly Burns

SiS on the road

• Study in Spain will be traveling throughout the US again this academic year.

Amigos del español

• Charlize Theron

Institution Profile

Cesine Business School

Interview Lounge

• Elizabeth Dille

 

Kelly Burns

"Since middle school, studying abroad in Spain was always a dream of mine.
In September of 2011, that dream became a reality when I began my full academic year in Madrid. Without a doubt, those ten and a half months marked the most incredible and surreal time of my life.
During my year abroad, I was lucky enough to travel to several other Spanish cities as well as other European countries.
I immersed myself within the Spanish culture, especially though music, art, food, and language exchanges. I gained an entire new appreciation of cultures and became more globally aware. Now that I’m home, I am thrilled to be named a Study in Spain Student Ambassador. Not only do I still feel tied with Spain and my cherished memories there, but also now I have the opportunity to affectively promote studying in Spain to other students.
The knowledge that I gained while studying in Spain changed my life indefinitely and has already proven to benefit my career goals and has enriched my day-to-day life."

 

 

Study in Spain will be traveling throughout the US again this academic year

Following the path of 2011, in 2012 Study in Spain will keep its participation in the most important education fairs and events.

Since its opening, the Embassy of Spain-Trade Commission Miami, with the support of ICEX (Spanish Institute for Foreign Trade) and EDUESPAÑA have carried Study in Spain all across the US in an effort to promote international education in Spain.

The rewards have been undeniable, as Spain is the third preferred destination for American students worldwide.

This is a brief preview of the projected participation of Study in Spain. The dates and/or events may be subject to changes.

NOVEMBER
ACTFL - American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages.
November 16-18
Philadelphia, PA
Spain group participation of Spanish providers.

DECEMBER
STUDY IN SPAIN Annual Meeting and Student Ambassador Award Presentation.
Washington, DC
Reception and award ceremony for the top-10 SiS Student Ambassadors.

DECEMBER
Spain Workshop.
December 10-16
Madrid and selected cities
Spain Participation of 15 U.S. university administrators, faculty and study abroad program administrators.


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Charlize Theron
Actress

Charlize Theron is the “it” actress of the moment. This summer comes to the big screen with two movies Prometheus and Snow White and the Hunter where she plays the devil queen who wants to kill Snow White. At 35, Theron confess that her Spanish is very limited, in fact she only knows the dirty words of our language, she learned those words in the set of the movie The Burning Plan that she shot two years ago with the Mexican director Guillermo Arriaga.

Do you feel freer now to play more characters since you won the Oscar?
I just feel lucky. I feel lucky to have been given the opportunities that I’ve been given. I don’t know if I ever want to feel free. I mean I feel lucky to have been given the opportunities. I don’t know how else to put that. You know I think the first maybe eight years of my career was what it was because that’s all I was kind of being allowed to do. When you need to work, all bets are off. You have to take the job and try your best to kind of make whatever is there as good as you possibly can, but you can’t really make a rabbit come out of the hat if it’s not there, you know. So I feel very lucky that people like Patty Jenkins have come into my life, and Niki Caro and Jason Reitman and directors who have kind of seen something and said, “Yeah. You know what, here’s an opportunity.”

Do you have to find something good when you have to play someone bad. You played the evil queen. Do you think she has a good side or you just didn’t care?
No. I think you’re trying to play human beings and human beings are – I think we’re kind of a melting pot of a lot of things. I mean if anything I’ve discovered and the more kind of conflicting characters that I’ve played. Maybe my greatest lesson in life was to come to the realization that there is no such thing as good or bad. We all kind of are victims of our circumstance. I think the older I’ve gotten, the more I’ve been aware of that, the more I understand how easy it is for somebody to sit at the Four Seasons and drink tea and say “I would never do that” until you’re sitting on a freeway and you’ve been homeless for 30 years and been raped. I mean it’s like circumstance of life, you know. Life is who we become and especially in our formative years when we’re young and things like that. I never went into this thinking she’s the evil queen. I wanted to understand how she kind of gets to this place of wanting so desperately to survive in this horrible way.

She is the archetype of the character that looks at the mirror and the reflection she sees she doesn’t like it. Everybody just plays with the mirror saying what this character does.
That’s not really the prime focus. We got the fairytale aspect of Mirror Mirror on the Wall which was like “arrrggh” really, really hard. First day of shooting, I was like, “Oh my god, don’t make me do this on my first day.”

What do you think of the reflection when you look at yourself in the mirror?
I think I’m like every other woman. It depends on the day, you know. I think this idea that we are somehow different than other women, I’m like every single woman sitting at this table right now.

Why do you think there is a trend now to make films about fairytales?
I don’t know. I mean I think there has been – Hollywood has suffered from the one hit recipe but I don’t know. I mean maybe there’s something people are tapping into, maybe you understand bigger themes, and maybe that’s what it is. I haven’t really thought about it that much because I think a good story is a good story no matter what it is. I think when you start getting stuck on genre or ideas of you know, if it’s a good story, it deserves being told.

How is your knowledge of the Spanish Language?
Guillermo Arriaga taught me some dirty stuff shutting The Burning Plan. He had a really good friend with him and I was kind of like this little messenger between them. Guillermo's friend Adrian would be like, 'Go to Guillermo and say, blah blah blah.' I'd be the little person rushing over to Guillermo saying the words really loud, and half the crew understood. I was embarrassed at not being able to converse with Guillermo in his native tongue, especially as I convinced him I would learn the language before shooting began.

So you don’t speak Spanish?
I'm really embarrassed to say I don't speak Spanish. I've lived in California for ten years and I just think it should be a prerequisite - you should be able to speak Spanish if you live in California. I had this fantasy that I would learn Spanish before I shot the movie with Guillermo that he would be really impressed with me, that he could direct me in Spanish. Of course it never happened. I’m still trying to learn.

What are the moments in your own life that feel like a fairytale?
Those moments like when you get seven people like one doing your nails, and one doing your makeup and the hair and you get to go to the Oscars or you get to do Dior shoot, those are total princess moments. Are you kidding me? For sure, yeah.

When do you feel comfortable playing a character?
You do it. It’s your job, you got to do it. I mean it’s what I’m trying – well, actually what I’m saying is once I understand what the objective is and then I can do it. It’s when you don’t know what the objective is when you haven’t done the work to understand what the character needs to do. I think that’s when you can’t do it. I think for me, if I understand who I’m playing, what she needs, what she wants, who she is, what she’s scared of, what makes her tick, you know when I understand all of those things and the director and I are on the same page, then that stuff is like living under your skin. You can’t make something happen. That’s when it’s bad. When you can see an actor make something happen, what you’re trying to do is to not do anything but to just be in it. Rupert allowed me to improve which was great. The whole litter slip through your tiny little fingers like all of these belittling things were allowed that I kind of improved because at that moment, that actor had to represent everything that I was long to lose and so that’s what I had to do as an actor. It’s great when the director gives you that and the actor that I get to play with is just amazing.

 

 

Cesine Business School

Description:
CESINE Business School, founded in 1993, is a private institution for university, post-graduate and specialised training for firms. It has consolidated itself as one of the most prestigious centres in the north of Spain in the areas of Business Administration, Advertising and Marketing, Information Technology Engineering, and Industrial Design and Multimedia Engineering.

CESINE is accredited by the Regional Government of Cantabria, according to Royal Decree 557/1991, art. 19, on the creation and recognition of universities and the Organic Law 6/2001 of Universities. CESINE is also accredited by QS Stars, becoming the second university in Spain having this prestigious award.

CESINE is mainly characterised by being the “Business School of the Companies” due to the career opportunities we offer. Every year the Career and Placement department handles a large number of job opportunities for our graduates and currently our graduates are fully employed. This department also provides companies with top
candidates for their hiring needs. The success is three-fold, being shared by CESINE, students and companies. In fact more than 400 top companies use our placement service.

Programs Offered:

• Certificate in International Business Management
• Bachelor Honors in Advertising & Marketing
• Bachelor Honors in Business Administration
• Bachelor Honors in Information Technology Engineering
• Bachelor Honors in Industrial Design and Multimedia Engineering
• Programa Intensivo en Estrategia y Gestion de Negocios (Master Level)
• Executive MBA
• MBA International Marketing
• MBA International Management
• Master in Golf Management

For more information:
Cesine Business School
Simon Cabarga, 6
39005 Santander, Cantabria
Web: http://www.cesine.com
Phone: + 34 942 281 858
Fax: + 34 942 276 180
Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

 

Elizabeth Dille

When was the last time you have been to Spain?
- This will be my first trip to Spain. I am very excited for the opportunity.

What do you enjoy most about Spain?
- I have never had the opportunity to visit Spain, but I look forward to the experience.

What do you think are the advantages of Spain as a destination for American students?
- Spain is an ideal study location for American students for many reasons, but for the purpose of this interview I will only name a few. First, the opportunity to have a full language immersion experience, which is so important for language majors in order to grasp the nuances of a second language. Second, students see Spain as the gateway or starting point of their international adventure. Not only do they get to experience the culturally rich and unique traditions of Spain, but they have easy access to Europe and North Africa.

Could you describe the Study Abroad programs your university has with Spain?
- Presbyterian College has exchange partnerships with three universities in Spain for both semester and year long programs. Presbyterian College also hosts several short term faculty led trips each year and Spain is one of the most popular destinations.

How satisfied are, in general, American students going/studying in Spain?
- Spain is a very popular study desination for our students and they always return with positive experiences and desire to return to Spain the in future.