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India: Culture, Traditions, & Globalization

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Tempting, Astounding, Challenging – Read All About It in the ACM Student Blogs Tempting, Astounding, Challenging – Read All About It in the ACM Student Blogs Sep 24, 2010
With words and photos, and in their distinctive voices, Global Ambassadors offer unfiltered views of their off-campus study experiences around the world.
Engaging in a Dialogue that Can Both Surprise and Inspire Engaging in a Dialogue that Can Both Surprise and Inspire Apr 11, 2010
Students will gather in Chicago on April 16-17 to reflect on their off-campus study experiences at the 2010 Student Symposium on Off-Campus Study.
Service Project with Maitri in India Is an Service Project with Maitri in India Is an "Amazing Experience" Mar 8, 2010
ACM’s partner for service learning in the India Summer Program provides opportunities for students to get involved in health and education projects.
Portraying the Journey of Life Portraying the Journey of Life Dec 16, 2009
Encounters with people, cultures, history, and the physical environment are among the experiences chronicled in the prize-winning photos from the 2009-10 ACM Off-Campus Study Photo Contest.
ACM Students Take to the Streets in India ACM Students Take to the Streets in India Nov 12, 2009
Newspaper articles chronicle the service project of students on the ACM India Program as they participate in the International Day of Climate Action and learn about waste collection in India.
Leaving Footprints Behind ... Learning Lessons Along the Way Leaving Footprints Behind ... Learning Lessons Along the Way Apr 24, 2009
Students shared compelling stories about adventure and discovery, academic and personal growth, and insights gained at the ACM Off-Campus Study Student Symposium.
Excitement of Off-Campus Study Reflected in Students' Photos Excitement of Off-Campus Study Reflected in Students' Photos Jan 30, 2009
As part of the 50th Anniversary celebration, ACM sponsored the Off-Campus Study Photo Contest, inviting students to share the images and impressions they gathered from studying around the world.

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Christian Novetzke The ACM India program was the keystone in my career as a scholar of South Asia. I learned to live in India and to conduct real field research on the program, while I was introduced to key scholars and intellectuals in Pune, and this gave me inspiration for future work. At the time, it was perhaps the only opportunity in the American academy to study Marathi, and the program gave me a firm foundation in that language. My experience made it possible for me to enter Harvard University as a funded Masters student, and then to complete a PhD at Columbia University in the History of Religions. As a faculty member first at the University of Pennsylvania then at the University of Washington, I have drawn on my ACM experiences and contacts, which are now vital to my work. As someone who has run study abroad programs to India, I see the ACM India Studies program as a model template that I continue to hold in high regard.

—Christian Novetzke, India, 1991

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