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Portugal: a Different Perspective 1 Portugal: A Different Perspective January Term Program, 2-13 2018 University of Missouri-Kansas City Powered by: 3 Bem Vindos a Portugal! Congratulations, you will shortly land in one of the most beautiful countries in the world. The Study in Portugal Network (SiPN) is pleased to host you for this January 2019 term session. Our goal is to help you and your faculty achieve all of the curricular aims of your program while leveraging our know-how and connections to provide you with co- curricular experiences that you simply could not find with any other program. Your time in Portugal will fly by in an instant, so we have prepared this booklet to help you hit the ground running once you land on January 6. If you find Portugal as intriguing a place as we think you will, we encourage you to consider spending a summer or semester or even an academic year with us during our regular academic sessions. As a four-university consortium, SiPN provides an unmatched selection of course choices in either English or Portuguese at a price that is cheaper than most other programs in Western Europe. About Portugal 5 Portugal is one of the world’s oldest nation-states, with over 800 years of history and relatively stable territorial borders, is a member state of the European Union since 1986. Located on the southwestern coast of Europe, Portugal and its capital city, Lisbon, have been at the center of various waves of “globalization” linking Europe to Africa, the Americas and Asia. This propitious location, among other factors, allowed for an age of Portuguese “discoveries” during the 15th and 16th centuries that brought the language to the other continents. Whereas the Portuguese were the “first in and last out” of the European imperialist project, the positive legacies of that era are now visible in the cosmopolitanism of its cities, and the growing cultural and economic links between the various regions of the Lusophone world—which now represents the world’s 6th most spoken language. For the second consecutive year Portugal won the title of “World’s Leading Tourism Destination” of the World Tourism Awards (Tourism’s “Oscars”), a designation that was preceded by its award in October 2017 as “Best European Destination”. Besides these awards, Portugal also won Best Tourism Board (Turismo Portugal) and Best Official Tourism Site (visit portugal.com). About SiPN The Study in Portugal Network (SiPN) study abroad program is managed by the non-profit Luso-American Development Foundation (FLAD), with the support of the Portuguese Ministry of Science, Technology and Higher Education. It offer Ministry of Education and Science, the US Embassy in Portugal, the Fulbright Commission in Portugal, Portugal Global - Trade & Investment Agency (AICEP), and the Lisbon City Municipality, among others. It offers students the opportunity to spend a semester, year or a summer and/or more specialised programs in the Azores and Coimbra. SiPN provides an academically rigorous but flexible study abroad program that is designed to meet the needs of undergraduates from a variety of majors. Its core curriculum is focused on Portugal’s place in Europe and Lisbon as a safe and attractive cosmopolitan hub from which to explore themes related to the larger Lusophone community of some 260 million people. 7 About FLAD The Luso-American Development Foundation is a private, financially self-sufficient Portuguese institution. Its mission is to contribute to Portuguese development by financially and strategically supporting innovative projects and encouraging cooperation between Portuguese and American societies. The Luso-American Development Foundation was created in 1985 by decree of the Portuguese Government to establish a private, non-profit institution that promotes relations between Portugal and the United States in a permanent, flexible and independent way, in the hope that this exchange would further the economic, social and cultural development of Portugal. Its initial assets were based on monetary transfers made by the Portuguese State, as a result of the Cooperation and Defense Agreement signed by Portugal and the United States in 1983. About SiPN The SiPN consortium is presently made up of 4 of Portugal’s top universities: Catholic University of Portugal - Lisbon ISCTE-University Institute of Lisbon NOVA University of Lisbon University of Lisbon Starting in Fall 2018 the SiPN consortium expects to expand to the city of Porto and will include: Catholic University of Portugal - Porto Polytechnic Institute of Porto University of Porto Our summer programs already involve the University of the Azores and Minho, and we soon also expect to launch a summer program in sustainability studies with the University of Coimbra. Through this network, SiPN is able to provide a rigorous academic experience with a large degree of flexibility, reaching a diverse student audience from a variety of different majors and/or levels of Portuguese fluency. 9 For the UMKC 2018 program, two of our partner universities are involved: Universidade NOVA de Lisboa (UNL or NOVA) was founded in 1973 and is the youngest of Lisbon’s three public state universities. It is highly ranked and was distinguished for the 6th year in a row by the Times Higher Education ranking that elects the best 200 universities in the world under 50 years, leading the Citations performance and International Outlook indicators in Portugal. There are 3 Schools of NOVA that integrate SiPN: NOVA Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities NOVA IMS Information Management School NOVA Faculty of Law NOVA IMS is the only undergraduate program in Europe with a coveted ABET accreditation from the US, and Eduniversal ranks its master program for information and management as the top program worldwide. Católica Porto Business School is a school of the Catholic University in Portugal, known for the development of business professionals, focused on sustainability and respect for individuals. For over 25 years the school has being training professionals in the area of Economics and Management for the global business context, who then follow national or international careers. The school sustains strong industry bonds, enabling a continuous adaptation of the skills development according to the market needs, resulting in an unceasing pace of innovation of programmes and teaching and development methodologies. An international dimension of the school is experienced by completing courses abroad through interchange or double degree programmes, by participating in international weeks abroad, by completing assignments and working in groups with international students and through the completion of the many courses taught in English by invited professors from our international partnership network. Allan J. Katz U. S. Ambassador to Portugal (Ret.) Allan J. Katz served as Ambassador of the United States of America to the Republic of Portugal from March 2010 until August 2013. Upon his return to private life, Ambassador Katz joined UMKC as a Distinguished Professor with a joint appointment from the Bloch School of Business Management and the College of Arts and Sciences. He is the Founder of the American Public Square which is modeled after The Village Square, a local initiative he started in Tallahassee Florida in 2006. He serves as Executive Committee Chair of the Academic and Corporate Board to ISCTE Business School in Lisbon, Portugal. He is a Non-executive Board Member of EDP Renewables and a Board Member of the International Relations Council of Kansas City. He is a frequent speaker and moderator on developments in Europe and on American politics. Ambassador Katz is a lawyer by background who has been active in local and national politics for many years. In the private sector, he was the National Director of the Public Policy practice group at the firm of Akerman Senterfitt from 2004 to 2010. Previously, Ambassador Katz was the managing partner of Katz, Kutter, Alderman & Bryant, P.A., in Tallahassee, Florida from the firm’s inception in 1987 until 2004. He was the Assistant Insurance Commissioner and Assistant State Treasurer for the State of Florida from 1978 to 1983. Prior to that he served in Washington, DC as legislative counsel to Congressman Bill Gunter and David Obey and was the General Counsel to the Commission on Administrative Review of the US House of Representatives. Ambassador Katz received his BA from UMKC in 1969 and his JD from Washington College of Law at American University in Washington DC in 1974. He is married with two grown children. About UMKC 11 The University of Missouri–Kansas City (UMKC) is a public research university located in Kansas City, Missouri, United States. It is a part of the University of Missouri System. Its main campus is in Kansas City’s Rockhill neighbourhood east of the Country Club Plaza. The university’s enrolment is approximately 16,500 in 2017. In 2014, the Princeton Review named the University of Missouri–Kansas City a “Best Value” public university, for the third consecutive year. In the 2015 U.S. News and World Report Best Colleges rankings, UMKC is ranked 189th in the National Universities category. As of 2017, Niche ratings placed UMKC 112th in terms of Best Public Universities in the United States, and at 313th overall for Best Colleges in the United States. Notable distinctions for the University include Chemistry, where UMKC ranks 46th among public universities nationally and 99th overall nationally. Also notable are the rankings for Criminal Justice at 175th nationally, Business at 217th Nationally, Education at 330th Nationally, and Biology at 366th Nationally. UMKC is also ranked 22nd for the category of “Standout Colleges in America”. Program Description The January 2019 UMKC program in Portugal will introduce students to the study of public service systems. Course topics will address policy developments, business and third sector contributions. Unlike previous years, this year’s program will place some emphasis on the EU and the implications for EU policies in Portugal.
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