Students will be able to take classes taught in English or Portuguese in social sciences and humanities, business, economics, STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) and other academic disciplines while living in Lisbon and experiencing Portuguese culture.
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The Fresno State Portuguese Beyond Borders Institute (PBBI) and the Media, Communication and Journalism (MCJ) department have combined to create the documentary film “Untold Stories: Portuguese-Americans along the 99 Corridor.”
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The Portuguese Beyond Borders Institute (PBBI) has announced its Spring 2021 events schedule, including panel discussions, lectures, book launches and even an original documentary film.
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In their best of 2020 edition, the Portuguese Tribune named Fresno State’s Portuguese Beyond Borders Institute (PBBI) the “Organization of the Year.”
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The Portuguese Beyond Borders Institute invites the community to join Monique Kelley-Vallance, Ph.D. in Portuguese history from U.C. Santa Barbara, in a conversation on “Portuguese Monarchy: A Discussion of Gender and Power in the Portuguese Royal Court.”
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As Dr. Jaydene Elvin, assistant professor of linguistics, and Cheryl Chan, director of the American English Institute, worked on a public event to launch their Hub for Language Teaching and Learning, the COVID-19 virus suddenly shut everything down. However, the two quickly pivoted and, within weeks, developed the course, “Functional Spanish for EMRs,” to help the front lines of the pandemic.
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Perspectives from Young Fadistas” at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 14, on Zoom. To celebrate the 100th birthday of the “Queen of Fado” Amália Rodrigues, a panel of young Portuguese-American fadistas as we discuss fado music.
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The Portuguese Beyond Borders Institute at Fresno State and the Luso-American Education Foundation present the 45th annual Luso-American Education Conference from Saturday, Sept. 26, through Saturday, Oct. 3, hosted virtually at Fresno State.
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Diniz Borges, founding director of the Portuguese Beyond Border Institute, will give a public lecture entitled “Alfred Lewis: A Valley Writer from the Azores” at 7 p.m., Thursday, Sept. 17 on Zoom.
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The Portuguese Beyond Borders Institute in collaboration with the California Portuguese-American Coalition present “Racism and Discrimination: A California Portuguese-American Perspective” at 6 p.m., Wednesday, Sept. 9 on Zoom.
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The College of Arts and Humanities at Fresno State 