News and Updates
AEA is pleased to announce the winners of our 2009 Photo Contest. We received many amazing entries and enjoyed seeing all the cool activities in which students engaged this past spring and fall. The winner in each category is as follows:
Portrayal of Host Culture: Manny Fassihi, Buddhist Studies in India, "After School"
AEA Student Engaged with Culture or Learning: Zephyr Mohr-Felsen, Brazilian Ecosystems, "Genus Leptodactylus and Us"
Scenery: Whitney Stark, Comparative Women's and Gender Studies in Europe, "Princess Island"
Artistic and Technical Quality: Suzanne Parker, Buddhist Studies in India, "Bangle Rainbow"
You can view all photo contest entries in our photo gallery here.
The updated AEA Scholarships and Grants Guide is now available. You can download it here or visit our Financial Aid page. We have added several NEW scholarships, so even if you have a copy of our Guide, you may want to review the updated version. To receive a hard copy, please call or email AEA and we will be happy to send one to you.
Antioch Education Abroad and Antioch University Seattle have just launched a new B.A. in Liberal Studies Degree Completion Program! Students in this program spend 2 semesters abroad and 3 quarters in residence at Antioch Seattle. Students have the opportunity to combine in-depth immersion abroad with real work experience during the internship and academic program in Seattle. Click here for more information about this exciting new program!
Dhamma Dana (The Gift of Dhamma), a documentary filmed by Theodore Martland while on independent study during AEA's Buddhist Studies in India program, has just won at the 2009 Queens International Film Festival! The film was selected as the Best Domestic Documentary in the 2009 Queens International Film Festival in New York City. The film beat out 36 documentaries by United States filmmakers and over 1000 submissions in the competition. Theodore Martland was the only young filmmaker to win an award outside the Young Filmmaker category. He filmed it entirely in Myanmar (Burma) while on independent study during the 2008 Antioch Buddhist Studies in India Program. (Check out http://www.lowpressurefilms.com for more information.)
Both of AEA's Buddhist Studies programs were featured on a popular website for all issues relating to travel abroad. Our programs in Japan and India were highlighted in "Experience Mormonism (or Hinduism or Islam or Buddhism) For Yourself...," an article written by the Glimpse staff about various study abroad programs that relate to religions. Feel free to check it out or read more about our Buddhist Studies in Japan or Buddhist Studies in India programs!
AEA Alumnus Theodore Martland was recently featured in a New York Times "Education Life" slideshow. You can check out the photo and a brief caption here. The photo shows him working on his second film, Dhamma Dana. He filmed it entirely in Myanmar (Burma) while on independent study during the 2008 Antioch Buddhist Studies in India Program. It is a 30-minute documentary that takes you inside the Theravada monastic tradition of Myanmar. He had to obtain permission and special documents from the Burmese Ministry of Religious Affairs and the Burmese military government in order to travel throughout Myanmar on a special visa and film the rich Buddhist culture. More information about Theodore's film can be found here. We, at AEA, are very proud of Theodore's success!
The 30th Reunion of AEA's Buddhist Studies in India Program was a huge success! Alumni and faculty spanning several decades joined together in Yellow Springs to share memories, photos, and a few laughs. Sayadaw U Nyaneinda, abbot of the Burmese Vihar, and Sister Molini and Sister Dharmavijaya traveled from Bodh Gaya to visit with old friends. Robert Pryor, Director of the program since 1979, and Dianeah enjoyed sharing memories and discussing life with former students and faculty. Feel free to check out the photo gallery, which is filled with pictures from the Reunion weekend. You can also read the article that appeared in the Yellow Springs newspaper about our India Program and the Reunion.
Congratulations to the winners of AEA's 2008 Photo Contest! We received many amazing photos from our programs around the world, making it difficult to choose the winning images. We are delighted to announce that the following student photos have been selected:
Best of Show: Olivia Postell, Wesleyan University, India Program, "Sleeping Ganesh"
Second Place: Gina Potestio, College of the Atlantic, Brazil Program, "Amazon Rainforest"
Third Place: Kaitlyn Orr, Goucher College, Mali Program, "Laura ni Koumba"
Honorable Mention: Kelsey Shanesy, Macalester College, Japan Program, "Unity in Purpose"
Honorable Mention: Kristina Johnson, Davidson College, India Program, "Rupees or Peace"
For photo descriptions and to view all photo contest entries, visit our photo gallery.
AEA is happy to announce that Antioch's Buddhist Studies in China program, is currently under development! Please contact us for more information and continue to visit our website for updates. Feel free to also take a look at the Buddhist Studies in China photo gallery for pictures of the potential program area.