FXUA Students Jingle All the Way to the Finish Line
On Sunday, December 9th, seven FXUA students and staff ushered in the holiday season at the Jingle All the Way 8K Race. The race was held in downtown Washington, DC and included over 4,000 participants. Participants ran past the monuments the Capitol, and other DC landmarks. Even on a chilly and damp December morning, the […]
FXUA Collects Food for Local Food Bank
All through November, FXUA collected donations of non-perishable food items for the Capital Area Food Bank, a non-profit organization that provides meals for local people in need. At the end of the month, FXUA Student Affairs staff delivered the donation to the Food Bank distribution center – FXUA had collected 165 pounds of food! The […]
Dr. Ashiru Takes the Lecture Into the Real World
On November 27, 2012, Dr. Victoria Ashiru led her Labor Relations class on a field trip to the AFL-CIO Headquarters in Washington, DC. The American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations is the umbrella organization of 56 U.S. labor unions, which collectively represent about 12 million Americans. “The purpose of this field trip […]
Globalization Leads to New International Direction for U.S. Education
Following the growing trend toward globalizing education, last month, the U.S. Department of Education published a new international education strategy for 2012-2016. This strategy comes on the heels of the second International Summit on the Teaching Profession held on March 14-15, 2012 in New York and the 13th annual International Education Week,November 12-16, 2012. The […]
2012 FXUA Thanksgiving Lunch
2012 FXUA Thanksgiving Lunch Over 130 students, staff and faculty gathered in the Waples Mill Conference Room for FXUA’s traditional Thanksgiving Lunch. The annual event was started in 2007 to introduce our international students to an integral part of American culture and make all of our students, staff and faculty feel at home. FXUA Vice-President […]