Category Archives: NCUSAR Study Visit

Model Arab League students & faculty advisors visit the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Winter 2014

The National Council, in partnership with the Saudi Arabian Cultural Mission (SACM) and Saudi Arabian Ministry of Higher Education (MOHE), escorted a delegation of Model Arab League students and faculty advisors on a cultural immersion study visit to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, December 27, 2014-January 6, 2015.

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Model Arab League students visit the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Winter 2012

The National Council, in partnership with the Saudi Arabian Cultural Mission (SACM) and Saudi Arabian Ministry of Higher Education (MOHE), escorted a delegation of Model Arab League students on a cultural immersion study visit to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, December 27, 2012-January 7, 2013.

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Converse student finds new interest in Saudi culture, Spartanburg Herald Journal, July 14, 2013

Education and understanding have no borders, The Captain’s Log, April 10, 2013

MT Spotlight: MSU sophomore traveling to Saudi Arabia, KZBK , December 4, 2012

MSU’s Collaer wins national travel fellowship to Saudi Arabia, Montana State University News Service , November 16, 2012

المجلس الوطني للعلاقات العربية الأمريكية يشيد بتجربة جامعة الأمير محمد بن فهد, al-Sharq News, January 9, 2013

Articles on Lebanon by Linda Funsch

From June 21-July 3, 2012, the National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations, in partnership with the Lebanon Renaissance Foundation, organized and escorted ten students on a study visit to Lebanon. The delegation was led by National Council Malone Fellow and Model Arab League advisor Professor Linda Pappas Funsch, who lived in Beirut for several years in the 1970s while working for the Ford Foundation. Professor Funsch contributed several stories about the visit to the Frederick News-Post.

Linda Pappas Funsch, “Lebanon,” The Frederick News-Post, December 2, 2012.

United States Air Force Academy Cadets visit the UAE, Fall 2012

The National Council, in coordination with the Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research (ECSSR), organized and led a November 16-25, 2012 study visit to the United Arab Emirates for twelve Cadets and two faculty members from the United States Air Force Academy (USAFA) in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

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U.S. Airforce Academy visits NMC, WAM – Emirates News Agency, November 20, 2012

Student Study Visit to Lebanon, Summer 2012

From June 21-July 3, 2012, the National Council, in partnership with the Lebanon Renaissance Foundation, organized and escorted ten students on a study visit to Lebanon. The delegation was made up primarily of alumni from the Council’s Model Arab League Student Leadership Development Program. Through the study visit the students gained direct personal experience in Lebanese culture, society, and economics, and came away with a more deeply informed knowledge of Lebanon’s strategic aims and requirements as they pertain to Lebanese-U.S. relations and Lebanon’s role in regional and world affairs.

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“Lebanon” by Linda Pappas Funsch, The Frederick News-Post, December 2, 2012.

MSFS Student Peter Billerbeck Leading On Lebanese Issues, Georgetown University School of Foreign Service News, November 3, 2012

Fellowship takes cadet to Lebanon; Rising senior leads Model Arab League, The Citadel Newsroom, May 8, 2012

Arts & Sciences students chosen for international honors, John Carroll University News, May 8, 2012

The “Near-East” Awaits, Bloomsburg University of PA News

UH-Clear Lake grad student receives study abroad experience, University of Houston Clear Lake Newsroom, June 27, 2012

Student travels to Lebanon for fellowship on U.S.-Arab relations, Centenary College of Louisiana News, August 17, 2012