Steve Wilmarth's Page

Location (Country, State, District):

Westbrook, CT

I am a:

teacher, administrator, non-profit employee, college or university professor

Title:

Managing Director

Grade Level or Age of Students You Work With

Secondary, College, & Graduate students

Web Site:

http://www.nscgroup.org

Blog:

http://www.nscgroup.org/profiles/blog/list?user=swilmarth

Global Education Projects Sponsored By You or That You're Involved In:

Ningxia Dragon Student Ambassadors
New School Curriculum Group

About Me/Reason for Joining the GEC:

I'm managing director of New School Student Ambassadors, Inc., a community supported non-profit organization that develops and manages educational and cultural exchange programs between private independent and public secondary, community college, and higher ed schools, colleges and universities in the US and students in private and public learning centers in northwest China (Ningxia, western Inner Mongolia, Gansu, Qinghai, and Xinjiang provinces and regions). This area of China is well known to me. I serve as a visiting lecturer at Ningxia Polytechnic and TV University in Yinchuan, Ningxia, PRC, and I've created a network of joint venture partnerships with private English language learning centers in the region. Northwest China is culturally, economically and politically sensitive with large minority populations (Muslim, Tibetan Buddhist, Mongolian, Uyghurs, etc.) who have yet to feel the full impact and benefits of modernization and globalization, and whose educational and cultural exchange opportunities are limited by virtue of location and distance from the highly developed and prospering regions of eastern China. Through the programs offered by New School Student Ambassadors, Inc., we plan to help US and Chinese students learn more about each other and their cultures, and create educational opportunities that will serve the future interests of both regions.

Skype Name:

swilmarth

AIM Name:

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Twitter Name:

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