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The Scholar Program consists of two parallel tracks. 1. The first is a science focused initiative between the Tenzin Gyatso Institute and Emory
New Arrivals in 2011
Empowering Tibetan Women One Ladakhi and two Zangskari nuns have been selected to study Western Humanities and Education at Smith College for three years, beginning in the fall of 2011. This innovative program would equip the nuns to introduce Western Humanities subjects and innovative educational methods to students, especially women students, in severely disadvantaged areas of the Indian Himalayas. Due to the enormous importance the local people accord to their Buddhist cultural heritage, these nuns are seen as the vanguard of a new chapter in the history of ideas in their homelands. After receiving an education in Western liberal arts, these nuns will have a special role to play in the future of their communities. Not only will they be able to help preserve their ancient cultures, but they will be able to introduce new ways of thinking and teaching methods, integrating the best of East and West. These three chomos, “revered women,” Tsering Angmo, Lobzang Angmo and Yangchen Drolma are thrilled to be given the opportunity to follow in the footsteps of their seven predecessors. They will blaze a new trail for women in the far reaches of the Himalayas and enrich the cultural life of Smith students in the bargain.
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University in Atlanta, Georgia, through its Science Faculty and the Emory-Tibet Science Initiative (ETSI), an annual science education program offered in India for approximately 100 Tibetan Buddhist and Bön monks and nuns from throughout the Himalayan region.
Program with a focus on a broad curriculum of subjects, primarily in the social sciences and humanities. The Tenzin Gyatso Institute has selected three Tenzin Gyatso Scholars to study at Hampshire College, part of the Five Colleges Consortium. The Scholars are students of Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche and Tsoknyi Rinpoche.