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Heritage Days brings home global battle to resist discriminationThe United Nations chose March 21 as the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination; on that date in 1960, 69 South African protestors were killed by police during a peaceful protest against apartheid. The day is aimed at reminding people that racial and ethnic discrimination are still taking place, and it’s everyone’s responsibility to put an end to it. |
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Student credits language program for academic successFor nearly fifteen years the University of Calgary’s English for Academic Purposes (EAP) program has helped students improve their English language proficiency in order to gain admission to both undergraduate and graduate programs. Approximately 90% of EAP students go on to pursue their degree programs after successful completion of EAP. |
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EAP celebrates Heritage Day 2012Every semester the EAP Program’s faculty, administration and entire student body celebrate the cultures represented within the program. It is a highly anticipated event as food dishes from around the world are presented for all to enjoy. |
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EAP Program welcomes students from Shanghai and TaiwanCurrently more than 40 students from the Shanghai University of Electric Power and the National Kaohsiung First University of Science and Technology are on campus as part of the Intensive English for Academics Program. |
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Taking it globalA couple of times each year, the English for Academic Purposes (EAP) Program leaders organize a pot-luck lunch and an afternoon of entertainment for their students, who hail from all over the world.. |
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Marking 30 years at the University of CalgaryIn 1981, the population of the city of Calgary was just under 600,000, and the University of Calgary welcomed 16,644 students to campus. A lot has changed since then, but one thing has remained constant—the dedication of Karen Campbell. |
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Farewell NKFUST StudentsBefore the twelve visiting NKFUST students returned home, the EAP program hosted a farewell banquet in their honour. |
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Faculty of Education partners with Taiwanese universityThe National Kaohsiung First University of Science and Technology is a young organization that describes itself as a growing and evolving institute with great potential, adjectives that could easily describe the University of Calgary. Perhaps this like-mindedness is the reason why NKFUST chose to bring 12 of their top students to the U of C to participate in an exchange with the Faculty of Education’s English for Academic Purposes program. |
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Welcome NKFUST StudentsThe cultural, educational and research opportunities afforded by an international experience during a post-secondary career are incomparable. I congratulate you on seizing the opportunity to study with us in the English for Academic Purposes program. |
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EAP celebrates Heritage Day 2011Some of the EAP students shared their thoughts on Heritage Day 2011. |
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EAP celebrates Heritage Day 2010Every semester the EAP Program’s faculty, administration and entire student body celebrate the cultures represented within the program. It is a highly anticipated event as food dishes from around the world are presented for all to enjoy. |
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Celebrating ten years of language learningDr. Anuradha Sengupta is thinking about the numbers. The Director of the English for Academic Purposes (EAP) program at the University of Calgary has been asked to pull some figures together about the program on the eve of its tenth anniversary. |
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EAP holds fundraiser for HaitiWhen news of the devastation in Haiti reached the students of the Faculty of Education’s English for Academic Purposes program, as a whole, their first reaction was ‘How can we help?’ |
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EAP celebrates cultural diversityDelicious food and cultural exchange were on the menu during the English for Academic Purposes inaugural Heritage Day luncheon. |
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EAP bridges the gap for international studentsAn amazing jump of 50 per cent in enrollment in the Faculty of Education’s English for Academic Purposes (EAP) program is the result of a three-year overhaul to the program. |
