Bennett College received a Fulbright-Hays grant to study Women and Democracy in Morocco. Currently, six Bennett faculty, five Middle College at UNCG teachers and their principal are in Morocco conducting research. The above photo was taken in the Hassan II Mosque in Casablanca on July 8th at the beginning of their tour. Dr. Anne Hayes, Executive Director of Global & Interdisciplinary Studies at Bennett College (fourth from right) and Sofyan Essarraoui, former Arabic Fulbright Foreign Language Teaching Assistant (FLTA) at Bennett College (seated), have put together a very special itinerary. Between July 6th-August 4th, the group is traveling to eight different cities in Morocco in order to experience the diversity of culture and terrain in the country. Along the way, they are participating in meetings with several Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) and interviewing Moroccans about contemporary issues.
Since 2009, several Moroccan Fulbright FLTAs have taught Arabic at Bennett College, which has created a special connection between Bennett College and Morocco. This connection will continue in August, when an FLTA from Rabat arrives to teach Arabic at Bennett and to take classes. We are so lucky to have this HBCU, with so much civic and global engagement, in Greensboro. Writing the grant for this study experience and including public school teachers and their administrator in the opportunity is just one example of the fine things happening at this global-minded institution at the corner of East Washington and Bennett Streets.
A proverbial world away.
Posted by: William Kendall | Monday, July 24, 2023 at 02:08 PM