November; 2009
Issue 65
In This
Issue:
*Consul General's message
*Photo Contest Results
*The Anticorruption School
*NASA - 50th Anniversary
*Study in the U.S. Conference
*Democracy Video Challenge
*Supreme Court
The Consulate enjoyed an excellent close to October hosting a tour of the US Air Force Band in four different cities – Wroclaw, Opole, Nowy Sacz, and Radlin – and participating in the successful Milosz Literary Festival. We are looking forward to the shared Polish and American holiday on November 11, as we celebrate again this
90th anniversary year of Polish – American diplomatic relations. Of course, November is also a month of remembrance and thanksgiving, starting with the beautiful Polish traditions of All Saints Day and ending with Thanksgiving, both times for reflection and gathering with family and friends.
November sees an exciting change for the Consulate as we take over the responsibility for covering the Swietokrzyskie Voivodship from the Embassy on November 15. This transfer of coverage will allow individuals in Swietokrzyskie to take the shorter trip to Krakow for consular services and will allow the US mission to provide more cultural opportunities in the region. In fact, we’re so excited about the change that we already opened an exhibit celebrating 50 years of the NASA program at the university in Kielce on November 9, a few days before the formal change takes place. Hope some of you will have a chance to see it!
As always, we’re including below a list of other interesting activities over the next month and we remind you that you can always visit us at our American Corner in Wroclaw or Information Resource Center here in Krakow.
Allen Greenberg
Consul General
Allen Greenberg
The photo contest: "Jak dbamy o przyrode a jak ja zaniedbujemy" (How We Care for and How We Neglect Nature) organized by the American Consulate General in Krakow and the American Corner in Wrocław has been resolved. Here are the results:
Category: "Jak dbamy o
przyrodę": 1st Prize - ...Zmień na rower
2nd Prize - Odnawialne źródła energii; 3rd Prize - Chlewiska
Category: "Jak zaniedbujemy przyrodę"; 1st Prize - Martwa natura
2nd Prize - Kenia 2; 3rd Prize - Smutna historia ptasich gniazd
Selected photos will be exhibited in the American Corner in Wrocław in
December. The opening of the exhibit will take place on December 3.
Click here to see the winning photos: http://photos.state.gov/galleries/krakow/10474/nature2009/index.html
The Eastern European College Wroclaw in partnership with the US Consulate General in Krakow and other Polish and international institutions will hold the School on Anticorruption on Nov. 14-21, 2009 in the Wroclaw Ossolineum. It will be a week long course for 15 local Ukrainian leaders. The school will offer a number of meetings and discussions with Polish local leaders, experts and activists in organizations such as Transparency International and Helsinki Human Rights Foundation. “
The photo exhibit “The New Era of Discovery - 50th Anniversary of NASA” will open on November 9 at the Department of Mathematics and Science of Jan Kochanowski University in Kielce, ul. Świętokrzyska 15 as part of the celebrations of the UNESCO International Year of Astronomy. It will be accompanied by the lecture by Prof. Paweł Rudawy titled “Why do we need NASA.“
The exhibit, prepared by the Public Affairs Section of the U.S. Consulate General in Krakow, shows spectacular photographs from six of the most important programs in America's history of space exploration: The Apollo Program, Mission to Saturn and Titan, Hubble Space Telescope, Earth Observing System, Space Shuttle Program and Mars Exploration Mission. It will be open until November
30.
The Consulate’s Public Affairs Office, in cooperation with Nowodworski High School in Krakow is organizing a conference on college and university studies in the U.S. on November 19. The aim of the conference is to reach out to high school students at schools with extended English language programs, bilingual classes and IB programs.
The program of the conference will include presentations on basic information about the U.S. educational system, criteria for choosing the right school, the college application process, funding opportunities, standardized tests and other related topics. The speakers will be American diplomats, Fulbright scholars and students, educational advisers and teachers from International School of Krakow. .
If you have the students interested in participating in the conference, please contact the Public Affairs Section at 012 424 5140 or 012 424 5190 or email:
brzostekmr@state.gov
The Second Annual Democracy Video Challenge
The Second Annual Democracy Video Challenge contest organized by the State Department has been launched. Through this Challenge, the State Department and its partners in youth and democracy organizations, academia, and the film/entertainment industry seek to enhance our global dialogue on democracy.
The Democracy Video Challenge asks filmmakers, democracy advocates, and the general public to create short videos that complete the phrase, "Democracy is..." The deadline is January 31, 2010. Submissions can be downloaded at: www.youtube.com/democracychallenge
The winners will be selected by the online voting public. Six regional winners receive an all-expense paid trip to the United States. Contestants who wish to compete anonymously may also submit videos. One anonymous video will be selected as a winner; however, that contestant will not be eligible to claim the travel prize. To learn more, please visit the Democracy Video Challenge web site at: www.videochallenge.america.gov.
E-journal: The U.S. Supreme Court: Equal Justice Under Law
The U.S. Supreme Court is respected both in the United States and abroad. The October 2009 edition of eJournal USA describes many aspects of the U.S. Supreme Court. Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. and Solicitor General Elena Kagan present their introductions and contributions by legal scholars and journalists focus on the elements of judicial decision making and independence of the justices. Four Court officials and a former Supreme Court law clerk also describe their jobs.
Publication available at http://www.america.gov/publications/ejournalusa.html
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