I1 fidigan Oaim Ann Arbor, Michigan Tuesday, November 25, 2008 michigandaily.com INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS At 'U; rise in study abroad leads trend Moi to fi ne The dents creasec nations the nu institut studyi. acaden Last ranked Dur year, studied studen ing the to the a natis public The resent more t erage o Nic tor of t ternati re students going fice has amped up its recruitment efforts to encourage more students oreign countries, to study abroad. She said the OIP has organized w report shows presentations in residence halls and spoke to numerous student or- By NICOLE ABER ganizations on campus, while also Daily StaffReporter advertising more frequently in an effort to generate more interest in number of University stu- -studying abroad. The office is cur- studying abroad has in- rently running a half-page adver- d at a rate faster than the tisement in its off-campus maga- al average, propelling it into zine. mber six spot for doctoral LeBlanc also said that instead tions with the most students of sending postcards to all incom- ng abroad in the 2006-2007 ing students at their homes dur- sic year. ing the summer, as it did last year, year, the University was the office now sends them to the 15th. students' on-campus addresses ing the 2006-2007 academic closer to the study abroad fair. 2,055 University students This has been effective in cap- d abroad, up from the 1,701 turing the attention of more stu- ts who studied abroad dur- dents," she said. 2005-2006 year, according LeBlanc said University admin- Open Doors 2008 report, istrators have also made an effort onal study abroad statistics' to get involved with advertising ation, released last week. the study abroad option. She said University's.numbers rep- LSA Dean Terrence McDonald, in an increase of 20.8 percent, particular, has reached out to stu- han double the national av- dents on campus about the ben- tf 8 percent. efits of taking courses in another ole LeBlanc, assistant direc- country. :he University's Office of In- "There is a lot of interest from onal Programs, said the of- See STUDY ABROAD, Page 7 Williams receives Carnegie award as teacher of the year Dramatic English professor will retire after winter term By ELAINE LAFAY Daily StaffReporter The first time LSA senior Lau- ren Sarkesian walked into her "Shakespeare's Principal Plays" lecture, she thought it was a nice gesture when the professor went around and shook everyone's hand in the Angell Hall Auditorium, but figured it was simply a one-time thing on the first day of the semes- ter. Then he did it again the next class. And the one after that. His insistence on greeting all students - even in large lecture classes - is only one trademark of English Prof. Ralph Williams who was recently awarded the state- wide 2008 Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching Michigan Professor of the Year Award. Sarkesian said she thought his persistent effort to get to know all his students on, a personal level make him an ideal candidate for the Carnegie award. "People will bring their parents to lecture really often because he's so unique," she said. "The lecture hall is always packed." Though Williams said he was honored to win the award, he said he mostly sees himself as a representative of the larger style of teaching that the foundation wants to acknowledge. "There are so many professors who give their lives to their stu- dents and to their studies at the University of Michigan, let alone the state," he said. "There's no way obviously to honor them all - it would be a virtually endless list - so I reckon that they settle on someone who does many of the things that they would like to honor more generally." The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and the Council for Advancement and Support of Education sponsor the award. There are four national winners and 46 state-level win- ners, of which Williams is one winner. Past winners include Central Michigan University Education Prof. Norma Bailey and Wayne State University Communication Prof. George Ziegelmueller. Williams's experience at the University of Michigan is long and distinguished. He has served as chair of the University's graduate English program, head of the Uni- versity's Great Books program, di- rector for the Program on Studies in Religion and, most recently, as the associate chair of the English department. He has also become something of a celebrity among his current and former students. That's due in large part to his dramatic ap- proach to lecturing. He recites lines form works as if acting on a stage. He infuses so much energy and emotion into some lectures that they end with Williams wiping tears from his face. Some of his favorite lines - he starts every most lectures by See PROFESSOR, Page 7 GOING AWAY The University saw a 20 percentjump in the number of students studying abroad 2005- 2006 2006- 2007 1,701 2,055 0 500 1000 1500 2000 2500 SOURCE: 2008 OPEN DOORS REPORT CHARITY RIVALRY Wolverines defeat Buckeyes finally 1 Michigan donors BY THE NUMBERS give more blood for first time since 2001 2333 OBJECTIVE: A BETTER RESUME FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDIES Student pushes to add conversational classes By VERONICA MENALDI Daily StaffReporter At least Michigan beat Ohio State in something this weekend. The University of Michigan broke a six-year run by Ohio State University this weekend, giving the most blood during this year's Blood Battle competition. Michigan donors gave 2,333 pints during the 18-day drive, compared to the 2,152 pints given by students at Ohio State. "It'sjustfantasticbecausewith2,333 pints, with each pint having the poten- tialto save three lives,nearly7,000 lives could be saved" said LSA sophomore Mary Rock, one ofthe Blood Battle co- chairs."It's not just about beatingOSU. See BLOOD BATTLE, Page 7 Pints of blood donated by people at the University of Michigan 181 More -pints given at Michigan than from Ohio State The record in the competition, with Michigan leading by one in the history of the series SOURCE: BLOOD BATTLE ORGANIZERS Sophomore thinks Spanish courses should teach more than literature By JENNA SKOLLER Daily StaffReporter Most visitors to a foreign country spend more time asking for directions and ordering food than they spend discussing great works of literature. That's why LSA sophomore Laura Hlebasko wants to help make the University's Spanish classes more conversational. "Many students wish to learn a lot more colloquialisms and to converse with people," she said. "You know, you're not going to go to a foreign country and talk about Don Quixote." In an effort to move Spanish courses in the College of Litera- ture, Science and the Arts away fromtheir traditionalfocus on an- alyzing written works, Hlebasko has spoken with several profes- sors to see how classes could be more more conversational. Hiebasko, a member of the LSA Student Government's Academic Affairs Committee, said she sur- veyed the University's existing Spanish programs and found the Residential College's system to be "fantastic." The RC's Spanish program of- fers Tertulia, or Spanish coffee hours, four times a week to en- courage students to speak Span- ish in informal situations. Several students and teachers usually at- tend the meetings. Students enrolled in the pro- gram are expected to attend Tertulia regularly and are permit- ted to bring other Spanish-speak- ing faculty and friends, according to the program's website. "In these situations, students See SPANISH, Page 7 tRISTA BOYD/DaisD Shamille Orr (right), an assistant tutor from The Career Center, helps School of Information graduate student Chih-Ming Yi improve his resume during a workshop yesterday. WEATHER HI: 35 TOMORROWS LO 27 GOT A NEWS TIP? Call 734-763-2459 or e-mail news@michigandaily.com and let us know. ON THE DAILY BLOGS Big directors on the small screen THEFILTER.BLOGS.MICHIGANDAILY.COM INDEX NEWS.. . . . . 2 SPORTS ..............................5 Vol. CXIX, No. 59 SUDOKU . ................ ........3 CLASSIFIEDS................. .6 OPIhgar l OPINION................ . :4 'SPORTS.......................... . michiooodoily.com f ,M