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Joanna Holvey Bowles Contributes to NAFSA Report on Chile Earthquake

Senior Vice President Joanna Holvey Bowles co-wrote NAFSA's official crisis response to the February 27 earthquake in Chile. Read the report. The response has been a critical resource for study abroad professionals who are seeking further information about conditions in the country, especially as they relate to the safety of study abroad students in Chile.

Peru Resident Director Invited to Give Lecture

Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú's Institute for Philosophical Studies has invited IFSA-Butler's Peru Resident Director Laura Balbuena to be part of a well respected lecture series. The series, titled "In a Different Voice: Women and Philosophy," will be held at the Peruvian-British Cultural Center on March 22. Laura's lecture will be "With a Different Sight: Re-thinking the Philosophical Canon from a Gender Perspective."

IFSA-Butler Peru Office Awarded Recycling Certificate

IFSA-Butler's office in Lima, Peru recently received a certificate from Hewlitt-Packard for its recycling efforts. Congratulations to all our staff who are dedicated to recycling and the environment!

Joanna Holvey Bowles Interviewed for International Educator Supplement

IFSA-Butler Senior Vice President Joanna Holvey-Bowles was recently interviewed for an article in NAFSA's International Educator Supplement on Health and Insurance 2010.

You can download the article in two parts:
Part 1
Part 2

IFSA-Butler Instructor’s Research Gains Worldwide Acclaim

An archaeologist who works closely with IFSA-Butler students in Mexico is gaining worldwide attention for his research and discoveries in the Yucatán. Professor Giullermo de Anda (pictured with students at left) has been featured in National Geographic and numerous Mexican media outlets following his discovery of Mayan temples and pyramids in the in the village of Tahtzibichen. Among the items found were a 1,900-year-old vessel and earthenware and sculptures dated to A.D. 750 to 850.