Alumni of American Councils – administered exchange programs return to their home countries and participate in a number of community outreach, professional development, and continuing education activities, funded in part through American Councils by the US Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA).

This page will highlight some of the most recent activities JFDP alumni of American Councils programs have carried out in SE Europe, as well as selected professional updates submitted to us by alumni.


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Alumni Profiles

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June 17, 2009 - Slobodan Jovanović's Exhibition in Raška
April 2009 - Julijana Vučo publishes a book on learning foreign languages through history
March 12-15, 2009 - JFDP Regional Conference "Teaching Methods and Techniques at Universities in SEE", Zagreb, Croatia
October 17-19 - Julijana Vučo: Second Language Research Forum (SLRF) Conference in Honolulu, Hawaii
July 2008 - Julijana Vučo: Activities Report 2008
Dejan Grba - "Conceptual Aspect of Art and Pop Culture" series of lectures April - June, 2008
December 2007 - Zoran Bogetic: Lee Highway paradigma trgovinske utakmice
December 21 - Promotion of the proceedings of the conference "Current issues in the learning and teaching of languages and literatures" at Faculty of Philology
September 27 and October 22, 2007 - Dejan Grba - the U.S.A.
September 28, 2007 - Sanja Bauk's lecture "Women in World Relgions: An Overview"
November 2006 - May 2007 - Milica Savic and Nina Lazarevic's Salinger project
June 26 and 29, 2007 - Radmila Dabanovic, JFDP alumna, organizes training "How to give an oral presentation" for her colleagues at University of Novi Sad
23 June - Workshop "Experiences in implementation of American models at institutions of higher education in Serbia: JFDP alumni - case studies"
January 15, 2007 - Maranda Webb, student at Radford University, is intern at Faculty of Organizational Sciences of the University of Belgrade
October 2006 - Dr Dejan Petrovic conducts series of lectures at Radford Univesity
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June 2, 2006 - SUMMER WORKSHOP: "Service Learning: Improving Educational Outcomes and Community Impacts in Higher Education"
American Councils introduces SERVICE LEARNING - A cutting-edge methodology for alumni and their colleagues to increase educational outputs while improving their communities.
May 16, 2006: Professor Steven Franks, colleague of JFDP alumna Jelena Runic, gave a lecture at the Belgrade Faculty of Philology
May 11, 2006: Dr. Joseph Flory, colleague of JFDP alumnus Dejan Petrovic, visits Serbia.
May 6, 2006 - JFDP Alumnus Rasid Hadzovic and his students compete in the Faculty of Civil Engineering Competition - Gradjevinijada 2006 at Zlatar
May 3, 2006: Educators! Download "PRILOZI ZA PEDAGOŠKO-ANDRAGOŠKU
PRAKSU NA UNIVERZITETU" by JFDP Alumna Zalkida Hadzibegovic and others.
April 15, 2006 - American Councils conducts an "Academic Writing Workshop" for alumni of the Junior Faculty Development Program.
April 7-8, 2006 - American Councils, the Belgrade Faculty of Philology and JFDP alumna Jelena Runic put on a two-day conference in Belgrade: "Current Issues in the Learning and Teaching of Languages and Literatures"
March 15-18, 2006: JFDP alumna Radmila participates in the 40th Annual TESOL conference "Daring to Lead", held in Tampa, FL.
August 26, 2005 - American Councils and local Higher Education Institutions Organize Summer Physics Workshop for High School Students in Sarajevo
May 2005 - JFDP Alumna Organizes Regional American Studies Conference in Macedonia
April 2005 - American Councils Alumni Invite Colleagues to Technical Writing Seminar
April 24-25, 2005 - American Councils JFDP Alumna Leads Professional Development Seminar for Teaching Assistants in Bosnia & Herzegovina
November 2004 - American Councils Organizes Regional Conference entitled "Education Leadership in a Global Society"

To read about the activities of JFDP alumni worldwide, including in SEE, check out the alumni activity reports at the JFDP site.