The American Center for Mongolian Studies is pleased to announce its fellowship programs for the summer and fall of 2012. There are fellowship grant opportunities for advanced undergraduate and graduate students, post-docs, and faculty, as well as library and information science students and professionals. More information about the fellowship opportunities is available at: www.mongoliacenter.org/fellowship.

The American Center for Mongolian Studies (ACMS) is pleased to announce the second year of the ACMS Mongolian Visiting Scholar Program. The Visiting Scholar Program provides funding support for 3-12 week short-term visits by Mongolian scholars to US universities and academic research centers to work with US based counterparts on collaborative projects and public outreach activities. The Program is supported by the US State Department Educational and Cultural Affairs Bureau (ECA) and the Council of American Overseas Research Centers, and is intended to build ties between Mongolian and US scholars and to increase understanding about Mongolia in the United States. Project proposals in all academic fields are eligible, and small colleges and universities are especially encouraged to apply. Learn more...

In early November 2011, Dr. David Tinnin began his tenure as the new Resident Director of the Ulaanbaatar office of the ACMS. Current Resident Director Robin Charpentier will continue working in Mongolia and we wish her the best of luck in her new endeavors.

David Tinnin

Dave brings a wealth of experience and knowledge to the position as a researcher and educator. He completed his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees at the University of New Mexico and his Ph.D. at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Dave is a biologist who has spent the last fifteen years studying mammal and parasite biodiversity, systematics, and the ecology of wildlife borne diseases in the U.S., Mongolia, and South America. He has been a Principle Investigator for a multi-year NSF funded project studying parasite biodiversity in Mongolia that has been supported by the ACMS. He is a Research Associate of the H.W. Manter Laboratory of Parasitology of the University of Nebraska State Museum and has served as a as a Biologist at the Museum of Southwestern Biology, University of New Mexico and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Fort Collins, Colorado.

Dave has been involved in biodiversity research and education in Mongolia since 1999, and has spent many summers since then working in the country. In 2005, Dave attended the Mongolian Biodiversity Database Workshop, which resulted in the publication of the Mongolian Red List of Mammals. Being a native of the deserts and mountains of New Mexico, Dave feels an affinity for the similar nature in Mongolia. He is also excited about the opportunity to help others in their work, and to promote research and education in Mongolia.

The American Center for Mongolian Studies is pleased to announce the spring semester of Mon 102: Introduction to Mongolian Language and Culture, an online Mongolian course being offered at University of Maine at Augusta (UMA) from January 9 to May 5, 2012. The course is co-organized by UMA, University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF), and ACMS. The course is open to anyone (you do not need to be a student at UMA or UAF to participate), and it is the second semester in a two semester offering of beginner Mongolian.

The class is divided into two cohorts. The first cohort, having participated in a previous semester of the course, builds on the previous semester's work with 13 new lessons and two exams aimed at reaching the high-beginner/low-intermediate level. The second cohort, having participated in no previous semester of the course, begins with lesson one of the course completing 13 lessons and two exams in all to gain an introductory undestanding of the Mongolian language in preparation for the second semester.

Enroll by January 3, 2012 to ensure a place in the course.

MON  102 - Introduction to Mongolian Language and Culture

Three Credits, Three Instructors, No Textbook
Register through University of Maine at Augusta
http://www.uma.edu/enrollmentservices.html
1-800-868-7000

No prerequisites
Taught totally online
Highly interactive weekly assignments
No required times for student meetings

Students will interact with fluent Mongolian speakers
using a variety of web-based tools to gain practical
competence speaking, reading, writing, and listening in
Mongolian at the Beginner Level.

Email info@mongoliacenter.org with questions or for additional information.