UALR’s Arkansas Global Program has received a $500,000 grant from the Freeman Foundation to fund for three years its Bringing China to Arkansas Program (BCAP), which provides direct teacher education and extensive efforts in Arkansas schools and community, and in both countries.

Since the program began in 2001, the UALR program had directly impacted 14,768 students, 1,345 teachers, 119 schools, and 70 Arkansas communities. It also directly impacted attendees at local museum exhibits, professional educational conferences, yearly university symposia, and public programs and lectures at the local and state levels.

“We began BCAP in 2001 and by 2009, the program will have invested $1.5 million in Arkansas teachers, schools, and communities by the Freeman Foundation through Bringing China to Arkansas Program,” said Martha Morton, director of the Arkansas Global Programs. “In learning about China’s culture and sharing what they’ve learned with others, Arkansas teachers are improving relations between countries and through intercultural understanding are learning important ways of improving human relations at home.”

For more information about Arkansas Global Programs, call (501) 569-8618.