Introduction: Effective teaching is critical for student learning, especially in professional fields such as dentistry and dental hygiene and further, the effective behavior of educator must include organization, enthusiasm, empathy, rapport, clarity, general knowledge, and being available for students. Aim: The aim of this study is to assess teachers' perception regarding the final-year dental students' classroom behavior. Materials and Methods: Data for this qualitative study came from three focus group discussions (FGDs) with teachers teaching final-year BDS students. Participants (n = 15) represented the department of pedodontics, prosthodontics, and conservative and endodontic dentistry. FGD was conducted department wise with participation of five teachers each. A conceptual framework was prepared with seven questions for conducting FGD. Data from the FGD were analyzed by combining similar quotes into categories. Results: The data from the FGD led to the formation of seven categories with similar quotes in each category. Teachers reported about different behaviors of students depicting their lack of attention in lectures with the most common reason being: engaging in electronic gadgets, chatting with each other, yawning, and getting bored after 5 min of commencement of lecture. Teachers also mentioned the hectic schedule of students being one of the reasons for lack of attention. Suggestions of improving students' behavior were also reported which included different meditation techniques and change in classroom structure. Conclusion: The study reveals that teachers face a lot of inappropriate behavior from the students' side while delivering a lecture in the classroom. Different ways can be employed to increase the concentration of the students.
Every dental college has its own academic schedule to fit in clinical working hours and lecture hours as per the Dental Council of India. Most often, the arrangement for the final-year BDS teaching followed is, one lecture in the morning, succeeded by clinical posting and one/two lectures in the afternoon. For years now, the 60-min classroom lecture pattern has not changed much, except that there has been a shift in the method of teaching, from chalk and board, to slide projectors, and presently to PowerPoint presentations.
Effective teaching is critical for student learning, especially in professional fields such as dentistry and dental hygiene and further, the effective behavior of educator must include organization, enthusiasm, empathy, rapport, clarity, general knowledge, and being available for students. Talwar and Weilin in their study identified that women dental educators valued basic lecturing skills as most important, whereas men perceived organization and subject knowledge as critical.
Teaching–learning process goes hand in glove. Given that there is an effective dental educator, it is very important that the learner complements the educator with effective learning behavior to absorb the transmitted information.
The mind has a peculiar tendency of wandering. It is an unintentional and automatically occurring phenomenon which happens anywhere, and at any time of the day with no exception to dental students' mind during classroom lectures. Thus, maintaining students' attention in the classroom is a challenge for the teachers and an essential task as this is linked with the learning outcome of the students.
A study in the literature depicts the inherent nature of wandering of mind among students. In this study, the teachers were asked about their perception regarding students' classroom behavior and it was reported that students lack attention in lectures, they sit idly and daydream. Teachers also mentioned about the use of electronic gadgets by students for texting, listening to music, surfing on the web, and playing mobile games to avoid their boredom in the lecture class. Stuart and Rutherford reported about an average attention span of students being of 15 min, but lecture time is for 60 min and hence students' attention needs to be of a longer duration to be able to acquire knowledge.
Literature is replete with studies,,,,, discussing the uncivil behavior of the dental students in the classroom, however, there is no research reflecting the students' learning behavior.
Hence, this qualitative study was undertaken among the teachers, to know their perception regarding the final-year dental students' classroom behavior related to the teaching–learning process.
A qualitative study was undertaken at a Dental College in the month of December 2015 among teachers, teaching the final-year undergraduate dental students. Ethical approval was obtained from the institutional ethics committee (DPU/RandR (D)/99 (4)/16) before starting the study.
According to the Dental Council of India, the final year of BDS is divided into two semesters with four subjects in each semester. This study was conducted among teachers teaching final-year second-semester batch. The subject teachers of the following four departments were chosen for this study: pedodontics, oral surgery, endodontics, and prosthodontics. Criterion sampling was used to include the teachers for focus group discussion (FGD). Five teachers per department, who had conducted at least one lecture for the final-year students in that specific academic year and were willing to participate in this study, were randomly chosen.
For conducting an FGD among teachers, a conceptual framework was prepared [Table 1] which consisted of seven open-ended questions. The questions asked were regarding the kind of behavior noticed in the classroom, about students' lack of attention and concentration signs observed, attitude reflected in the classroom while the lecture is in progress and response towards introducing any technique to have overall improvement in the classroom behavior.
Three FGD were carried out separately with five teachers in each group in the Department of Public Health Dentistry. FGD was conducted in the English language by the facilitator and assisted by a note taker. An audio recorder was placed in center of the group and informed consent of group members was obtained before starting the FGD. All the participants were assigned a number, along with the sitting arrangement done in a circle [Figure 1]. Initially, all the group members were asked to introduce themselves following which the facilitator opened questions one after the other for discussion in the group. Throughout the discussion, the participants were encouraged to put their views to the facilitator and other group members and probing was done whenever required. All the FGD lasted for approximately 20 min.
Inductive method was adopted for analysis, wherein information obtained through audio recordings was transcribed verbatim. Data were analyzed by first reading the notes; this was followed by coding the data and then selecting similar codes and quotes to combine them into groups to generate different themes and subthemes.
Three FGDs were carried out separately with five teachers in each group. Those teachers teaching the final-year BDS students from the department of pedodontics, prosthodontics, and conservative and endodontic dentistry participated in FGDs. Senior lecturers (n = 12) and readers (n = 3) participated in the FGDs. A total of three participants (readers) had an experience of 6 ± 0.3 years, while 12 respondents (senior lecturers) had 3 ± 1.2 years of experience. There were 11 male teachers and 4 female teachers. Data saturation was obtained after three FGDs, and hence no further FGDs were carried out (thus oral surgery teachers' FGD was not conducted).
"Soon after 2 min I start with the lecture, I can see students losing their attention. And after few more minutes, they will open their mobile phones and will either start playing mobile games or would keep texting their friends." Teachers face a lot of difficulty in maintaining their students' attention. They show some or the other behavior changes such as writing journals, yawning, and talking during the lecture which distracts the teacher.
"I can see only first two benchers attentive or maybe they are forced to remain attentive as they are sitting on the first bench (laughs)." Teachers have reported that this gets reflected when they ask random questions during the lectures, wherein only two to three students would answer correctly. "Their attentiveness gets reflected when they are not able to answer the questions asked in viva." Their poor attention gets noticed in the marks obtained during exams. Maximum, the students can be attentive for 20–30 min after the lecture commences.
"Whenever they are asked questions in the middle of the lecture, they can never answer them except for few. Moreover, they will pretend as if they know the answers but are not able to recollect and will get lost in their thoughts." Almost all teachers responded that students fail to answer the questions asked, showing their distraction in the lecture.
"Few students are so not into the lecture that when asked about which topic is being taught since past 5 min they would fail to answer this too." Teachers reported that the timetable about the topic to be taught is made available to the students well in advance through the college site. Since they are told in advance, they are expected to read and come to the lecture for better grasping of the topic. But hardly any student goes through the topics.
Teachers reported adopting various ways so as to improve student's concentration in the lecture. "I prefer to ask them question randomly. May be I will call out random roll numbers to answer my questions… At least in the fear of getting asked they would pay some attention towards what is being taught in the classroom." Asking random questions was adopted by few while few believed in making the lecture interesting by showing videos related to the topic taught.
When asked about introducing a meditation technique just before the lecture in a hope that it will improve overall students behavior, mixed responses from the teachers were observed. "It's a nice idea. I have heard a lot on how meditation helps students in improving their concentration. This might definitely be of use." While there were also few of them who responded "Meditation…… I am not sure… may be that will induce more sleep in the students." "Let's see if it helps." Many of the teachers felt that meditation would relieve the stress among students; it will make them feel fresh thus improving their overall classroom behavior.
"May be we should allow them to bring a cup of coffee or juice into the lecture and then they can have sips of it while lecture continues just to remain fresh throughout the scheduled time." Few teachers also mentioned about using more video-based learning and cracking jokes in between the lecture to lighten the classroom atmosphere.
Being attentive during lectures is very important in the learning process for students. Adequate attention during lectures helps students to gain knowledge and implement it accordingly. The mind has a peculiar tendency of wandering not only when a person is unoccupied but also when he is engaged in a very demanding task.
The FGD of teachers revealed that there are very few students being attentive in class, most of them lose their concentration within 5 min of commencing the lecture, the students are found chatting with each other, busy with mobile phones, daydreaming, yawning, tired, and completing journals. These findings were similar to the observations reported by Sun and Shek. This may be because the lectures are considered monotonous and it becomes difficult to pay attention throughout the lecture. Thus, students keep themselves engaged in some other activity during lectures to avoid boredom.
The present study focused on the classroom behavior of the students related to the teaching–learning process. Rowland and Srisukho have evaluated the perception of teachers regarding the uncivil or inappropriate behavior of dental students in the classroom. The list of was as follows: cell phone use during class, challenging the authority in class, demanding special treatment, "I paid for this" attitude, making offensive remarks, prolonged chattering, walking in and out of class, talking out of turn, surfing the web, sleeping in the class, arriving late in class, not paying attention, reluctance to answer questions, cheating in class, reading newspaper or magazine, and leaving class early. Furthermore, the study reported that women teacher, young faculty with less experience, and teachers of different color faced more uncivil behavior from students in class.
Further, an Indian study revealed that among all students, the mean perception of uncivil classroom behavior was significantly high among the undergraduates (68.17 ± 14.5) and 88.6% of the students agreed that they were involved in uncivil classroom behavior previously. Their study focused on uncivil behavior and more serious unethical practices by the students like forgery of the staff signature, not completing assignments, staff abuse, proxy attendance, not following dress code, and missing classes.
In the present study, the responses given in regard to the strategies adopted for maintaining students' attention in the classroom: Teachers said that they use question technique to keep students engaged and some expressed that audiovisual aids helped in holding students' attention during lectures. In the present study, teachers adopted a technique of showing more videos and teaching student through these videos. This technique adopted is similar with the study done in the past, wherein different methods were adopted to keep students engaged during lectures which included audiovisual aids as one of the technique. Asking random questions to students was also adopted by few teachers in the present study which is similar with the study and a review by Szpunar et al., which mentions the use of quizzes during lecture to reduce wandering of students' mind.
Teachers in the present study also gave few recommendations of changing the classroom structure to round classrooms, giving frequent short breaks in between the lecture to sustain students' attention and reducing lecture time. A study done by Stuart and Rutherford also discussed about giving short breaks during lectures to medical students for sustaining their attention for a longer time and also suggested to limit the lecture time to 25–30 min over conventional 50–60 min.
In the present study, teachers responded positively for incorporating meditation techniques before lecture to improve students overall classroom behavior. Different meditation techniques have also been introduced to students to check for their improvement in attention span. Few of them found in the literature are yoga, pranayama, light instrumental music, gibberish meditation, and mantra meditation. All these meditations have been found to be effective in improving students' concentration in lectures along with disciplined and active classroom behavior. In addition, Yoga can also help to increase students' ability to concentrate, focus, and improve memory.
Some ground realities cannot be ignored. Although teachers take a lot of effort from their side to make the lecture interesting and students too, try hard to concentrate on the lectures but sometimes when it comes to teaching, there are few topics in each subject which are very theoretical and cannot be made interesting for the students as they are to be taught the way they are. In addition, the total lecture time is of 60 min from which 15 min goes off in assembling and taking attendance. Teachers too are obligated to finish their lecture in just 45 min due to which they may have to rush with the topics. Moreover, students too may have hectic schedule of lectures and clinical posting along with the stress of quota completion. The lectures scheduled in the afternoon after lunch tends to make students sleepy after having food, which is evident to the teachers in the lecture. All these things together have a propensity to divert students' attention more easily in the classroom. Hence, the classroom behaviors observed among students maybe a result of different circumstances.
The students about whom the teachers have given their perception in the current study belong to Generation Z (iGen or Gen z) who have a "digital bond with the internet." These students want their professors to help them engage with and apply the content rather than simply share the information. In addition, they are the multitaskers and switching between different tasks and paying simultaneous attention to a wide range of stimuli comes naturally to them. It is also the time that teachers need to make some changes in the way of taking lectures.
The study reveals that teachers face a lot of inappropriate behavior from the students' side while delivering lecture in the classroom. Given the constraints, the timetable committee can take steps to schedule the lecture classes for the morning and the teachers can try to implement the various suggestions discussed in this paper to generate interest and to keep up the concentration of the students.
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Part-time Professor in the Dept. of Urology M.D. Anderson Cancer Center. Dr. Grossman was awarded his medical degree from Temple University. He then completed a residency in Urology at the University of Michigan. He obtained additional training in a clinical and research fellowship at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center and returned to the University of Michigan where he rose to Professor. In 1994, he joined the faculty of The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center where he is Professor and Deputy Chairman of the Department of Urology. Dr. Grossman has numerous publications and continues to have an active research laboratory.
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Seth P. Lerner, MD, is Professor of Urology and holds the Beth and Dave Swalm Chair in Urologic Oncology, in the Scott Department of Urology, Baylor College of Medicine. He is Director of Urologic Oncology and the Multidisciplinary Bladder Cancer Program and Vice-Chair for Faculty Affairs. His research interests include use of selective estrogen receptor modulators for treatment of bladder cancer, gene therapy, surgical quality and outcomes and integrated genomic characterization of bladder cancer. He has 27 years of experience as a clinical investigator for both NCI and industry funded clinical trials. He is chair of the Local Bladder Cancer committee of SWOG, co-chair of the GU Steering Committee for CTEP and co-chaired the Analysis Working Group of The Cancer Genome Atlas Project for muscle invasive bladder cancer.
Prof. Maria J. Ribal
Maria J. Ribal received her medical degree in 1994, followed by her PhD in 2002, both at the University of Barcelona. After 5 years residency in urology at the University Hospital Clinic in Barcelona, she became a member of the Spanish Board of Urology in 1999. She did a research Fellowship with an Investigation Grant at the Hospital Clinic in 2000-2001. She attended as Visiting Clinician at Mayo Clinic in Rochester (USA) in 2002. Fellow in Laparoscopic Surgery at the University College London Hospital (UCLH) from June till December 2006. She has been member at the Oncology Unit of the Department of Urology at Fundacio Puigvert (2002-2005). Since February 2005, she is member of the Department of Urology at the University Hospital Clinic of Barcelona. Currently, she is Associated Professor of Surgery at the University of Barcelona. From December 2011 she is the Head of the Multidisciplinary Unit of Uro- Oncology at Hospital Clinic. Her main interests include urologic oncology, major oncologic surgery, laparoscopic surgery and transplantation and genetic research of urological tumors. She is the author of 53 national and 22 international publications, 10 book chapters, and 195 invited lectures at conferences and courses. She is an active member of European Association of Urology: Member of the Muscle Invasive and Metastatic Bladder Cancer Guidelines Group of the European Association of Urology (EAU) since 2006, Member of the ESUT Working group from European Association of Urology since 2010. Board member of the EUSP Office of the European Association of Urology since April 2012. In 2009, during the EAU Annual Meeting held in Stockholm, she received the Crystal Matula award.
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Dr. Peter Mazzone
Peter Mazzone is a pulmonologist at the Cleveland Clinic where he directs the Lung Cancer Program for the Respiratory Institute and the Lung Cancer Screening Program for the hospital system. His clinical interests include prevention, screening, nodule management, lung cancer diagnosis, staging, and characterization. He has research interests in each of these clinical areas, including work on the development of molecular biomarkers for lung cancer detection. He has served in leadership positions within Chest and the American Thoracic Society which have allowed him to lead policy development projects related to quality metrics for the evaluation of lung cancer, components necessary for high-quality lung cancer screening, and the clinical application of molecular biomarkers for lung cancer detection. He has also been an active member of evidence-based guidelines related to lung cancer screening and lung nodule management.
Prof. Mina Gaga
Dr Mina Gaga MD, PhD is Director of the 7th Respiratory Medicine Dept and Asthma Centre at Athens Chest Hospital "Sotiria". The hospital is a center of excellence for lung disease, catering to more than 50000 inpatient and 100000 outpatient and emergency patient visits. Among those, more than 2000 new lung cancer patients are diagnosed, staged and treated per year. Dr Gaga is much involved in clinical work, focusing particularly in lung cancer and asthma, in clinical research and in medical education programs. She has been actively involved as PI in multiple clinical trials, has been active internationally in guideline development for screening in lung cancer and severe asthma and has published extensively in these research areas. She has moreover served as Director of Learning Resources of the ERS School, Secretary of the European Board of Accreditation in Pneumology (EBAP), Secretary General and president of the ERS, serves in the HERMES examination committee and the European Αdult and Thoracic Oncology HERMES Diplomas.
Prof. John Field
Professor John Field, PhD, FRCPath has a Personal Clinical Chair in Molecular Oncology at the University of Liverpool. He is a Visiting Professor at University College London, holds the post of Director of Research of the Roy Castle Lung Cancer Research Programme. He is the Chief Investigator for the UK Lung Cancer Screening Trial (UKLS). Previous Chair of the IASLC Screening Prevention & Early Detection Committee and he formed IASLC Strategic Screening Advisory Group. Member of the ILCCO Steering Committee He was presented with the IASLC Joseph Cullen Award at the WCLC 2011, in recognition of lifetime scientific achievements in lung cancer prevention research. He is Chair of the IASLC Strategic Screening Advisory Committee. He is the principle investigator of the Liverpool Lung Project, a molecular- epidemiological study into the early detection of lung cancer (~12,000 recruited), funded by the Roy Castle Lung Cancer Foundation. The UKLS and the LLP form part of the NCRI Lung Cancer portfolio. He is also a Partner in the FP7 CURELUNG and LCAOS projects and the NIH GWAS non-smokers and the Oncoarray studies. He is also heavily involved in the identification of molecular diagnostic markers in lung and head & neck cancers. His research funding has been provided mainly by the RCF, NWCRF, MRC, CRUK, EU, NIH and the HTA. Professor Field is the author of over 270 international (peer reviewed) papers in his area of expertise and has given more than 350 presentations at medical and scientific conferences around the world.
Prof. Martin C. Tammemägi
Tammemägi has MSc and PhD degrees in Epidemiology from the University of Toronto. He served as co-investigator in the US NIH NCI sponsored National Lung Screening Trial. Currently, he is Professor of Epidemiology in the Department of Health Sciences at Brock University in Canada and is Scientific Lead on Cancer Care Ontario's Lung Cancer Screening Pilot for People at High Risk. His research has a focus on lung cancer screening, lung cancer risk prediction modelling and prediction modelling of which pulmonary nodules detected on computed tomography screening are cancer. His lung cancer risk prediction models, including the PLCOm2012 (Tammemagi MC et al. NEJM 2013) and his nodule malignancy probability model (PanCan model; McWilliams A, Tammemagi M, et al. NEJM 2013) have received widespread validation and implementation. Regarding programmatic public health implementation of lung cancer screening, he has a strong research and applied interest in indicators and measures of screening performance through the different phases of lung cancer screening programs.
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Dr. George Bogden
Program: Budapest Fellowship Program – Senior Fellow
Host Institution: Danube Institute
Research Focus: The global politics of the COVID-19 pandemic
Quote: "Pursuing research and teaching in Hungary will allow me to gain a greater appreciation of the country's history and the views of its population. I will fulfill the 'give' as much as the 'take' of this endeavor by conveying what I admire about the U.S. in my day-to-day activities. Through this commitment to intercultural communication, I will strive to know Hungary authentically and to serve as an envoy of shared values."
Publications: The complete list of George's publications
Read his introduction here: hungaryfoundation.org
Dr. George Bogden is a J.D. candidate at New York University School of Law. He previously served as Associate Director of the Office of Professor Walter Russell Mead at the Hudson Institute, in Washington, D.C. In this capacity, he assisted in founding the Center for the Future of Liberal Society. During the last year of his doctoral studies, Dr. Bogden served as a Fulbright Public Policy Fellow in Kosovo, where he was a seconded Special Assistant in the Ministry of Trade and Industry. He obtained M.Phil. and D.Phil. degrees in international relations at the University of Oxford, where he was awarded a Clarendon Scholarship and served as Book Reviews Editor of The St. Antony's International Review. Before beginning his graduate studies, he received his B.A. in political science from Yale, serving as the university's Fox International Fellow in Istanbul the following year.
The Danube Institute exists to provide an independent center of intellectual debate for conservatives and classical liberals and their democratic opponents in Central Europe. The Institute promotes its aims through two main programs: the publication of studies on issues of public controversy and through seminars, debates, and public lectures. Activities, however, go beyond a purely economic or political agenda to address the cultural and moral topics which increasingly shape attitudes to public policy issues
Program: Budapest Fellowship Program – junior Fellow
Host Institution: Committee of National Remembrance
Research Focus: The United State's Intelligence Community's view of Hungary during the Cold War
Quote: "I think that the US and Hungary have a lot of things in common both culturally and strategically, they both serve as natural allies of each other. There's a lot to build on."
Born outside of Washington, D.C., Stephen Sholl grew up in a world saturated by politics. Raised with a deep appreciation for history, Stephen pursued a B.A. in History with a minor in Law and Politics from Freed-Hardeman University in Tennessee. During his undergraduate experience, Stephen became familiar with Europe while studying abroad in Greece and traveling throughout the continent. After earning his degree Stephen used his undergraduate degree to build a career in international relations.
In the Fall of 2018, Stephen began his first master's program at the Brussels School of International Studies. His experience in Brussels gave him first-hand knowledge of the political landscape of the European Union. It was during his time in Brussels that Stephen became interested in studying and understanding Hungary. Against the backdrop of rising tensions between Budapest and Brussels, Stephen wrote his dissertation on Hungary's recent traumas, specifically Trianon and the Soviet occupation, as explanatory factors for Hungary's current foreign policy. Stephen's dissertation earned him a MA in International Conflict and Security Studies as well as graduating with merit.
Returning to the United States, Stephen continued to build upon both his academic and professional experiences by enrolling in a second master's program at Virginia Tech's Washington D.C. campus. His second master's, a degree in Public and International Affairs, serves as an American supplement to his European degree. Stephen split his time between his academic studies and working at several private think-tanks and non-profits in the D.C. Area.
Committee of National Remembrance
The role of the Committee is to preserve memory of the Communist dictatorship in Hungary, to explore the operation of power in this system, and to cooperate with the prosecutors in order to pinpoint and identify all persons responsible for imprescriptible crimes of Hungarian Communism.
Host Institution: Ludovika – University of Public Service
Research Focus: US–Hungarian military cooperation
Quote: "I expect to get a better understanding of Hungary in general, and this Program will lead us in this direction. Also, in order to focus on our research topics, this program will certainly provide the necessary tools to be able to do our best."
Ryan Brockhaus has a Bachelor of Arts in Global Studies at Arizona State University and is in the process of obtaining his Masters in Global Security at Arizona State as well. His main interests are US and European history, as well as geopolitics. Prior to his acceptance into the BFP, Ryan spent the Fall of 2019 at Corvinus University in Budapest where he studied the transition and post-transition challenges within Hungary and other CEE countries. While at Corvinus, Ryan was also a part-time intern at the Institute for Foreign Affairs and Trade, in which he conducted research on Russia's political, economic, and military coercion of Ukraine under the administration of Zolodymyr Zelensky.
Prior to his university studies, Ryan was a certified paramedic and worked in the Emergency Medical Service for more than a decade in the state of Arizona. He is married for nine years and has a seven-year-old son. After the fellowship program, Ryan plans to complete his Master's program at ASU, with the intent of working as a regional specialist in either the Defense Intelligence Agency or the US State Department.
Ludovika – University of Public Service is a specialised higher educational institution, the principal aim of which is to educate highly qualified personnel for the civil service, the military as well as the different branches of law enforcement. Besides the faculties, the Ludovika research institutions focus on topical international questions as well as the theory of the state. In the autumn, new programs like the College of Visegrád and the Hungarian Diplomatic Academy will be launched. The beautifully restored old Royal Ludovika Academy symbolises the important heritage of the university, while the newly built educational facilities are equipped with state of the art technology to help the educational activities. The campus in Orczy Park is easy to reach by public transport and home to sports facilities, like a swimming pool, a sports hall as well as horse riding stables. The dorms for visiting fellows are self-contained units. Erasmus as well as Stipendium Hungaricum students ensure vibrant international student life.
Izabella Markó
Program: Budapest Fellowship Program Intern
Host Institution: The Hungary Foundation & Mathias Corvinus Collegium
Research Focus: International relations, international economic relations, diplomacy and politics
Quote: "With the help of the Budapest Fellowship Program, one can not just develop professionally and personally, but can also kickstart a professional career, and last but not least, one can help in building bridges between our region – specifically talking about Hungary – and the United States, which is quite unique."
Read her introduction here: hungaryfoundation.org
During her high school years, Iza was already interested in multiple disciplines – IR, social sciences and politics, just to name a few – so she took the opportunity and applied to Mathias Corvinus Collegium's (MCC) Secondary School Program. While at university, she remained a student at MCC where she first concluded the Junior Program, then the Faculty of Central Europe, and now she is a member of the Leadership Academy that MCC offers.
During her time as a BA student in IR, Iza – as an intern – contributed to the work of the Danube Institute and the Institute for Foreign Affairs and Trade (IFAT) in Hungary. The fields she was mainly focusing on at both institutions were either in connection with Central Europe or with the Anglo Saxon countries. She also contributed to the work of Takarékbank Zrt. through a scholarship program offered by Takarékbank itself. Her interest in international relations, international economic relations, diplomacy and politics led her to choose not just her field of study but her field and place of work too: she is currently working at the Budapest based think-tank, Danube Institute. Besides work and university, she also had the chance to challenge and develop her skills by taking part in various student projects – for example organizing theme-oriented summer schools for youngsters from all around the world or competitions for high school students.
Being an MCC student led her to HIF and specifically to the Budapest Fellowship Program also, and soon she realized the great opportunity and potential that is actually in it.
The Hungary Foundation is a solely charitable 501(c)3 non-profit organization. The Foundation pursues its mission and goals by supporting Hungarian-American organizations and by supporting programs that strengthen interaction and cooperation between Hungarian and American citizens and institutions. In particular, the Foundation is focused on supporting cultural, educational and scholarly activities. The Foundation does not participate in political activities, political or election campaigns.
Mathias Corvinus Collegium is an extracurricular educational institution and knowledge center in Hungary with an outstanding reputation for its academic excellence. With more than twenty years of experience in talent promotion, MCC aims to educate well-prepared intellectuals with critical thinking who are also able to responsibly address the challenges of our time. MCC Research is the "university think tank" of the Collegium which aspires to elaborate on relevant yet socially divisive topics while communicating them for the public applying clear and plain language in a thoughtful, logical manner.
Máté Vincze
Program: Graduate Scholarship Recipient
Host Institution: New York University Tisch School of the Arts
Current Position: Freelance filmmaker
Quote: "Being able to study in the United States was an eye-opening experience, I have learned and acquired skills that shaped me as a director and I also got to value diversity way more than ever before which I believe is crucial in our profession."
Read his interview: hungaryfoundation.org
Máté Vincze is a freelance filmmaker, who graduated from the University of Theatre and Film Arts Budapest in 2012. The hands-on courses taught him not only the theoretical part of communication and video production but also ways to combine his storytelling ambitions with the world of digital media. He quickly fell in love with documentaries and continued his studies in the Directing Documentaries M.A. program. Máté has a Master's Degree in Filmmaking from the New York University (NYU) Tisch School of Arts. He received the HIF Graduate Scholarship for Fall 2017 and Spring 2018 to support him in completing the program.
The New York University Tisch School of the Arts (commonly referred to as Tisch) is the performing, cinematic and media arts school of New York University, and is among the most competitive film schools in the world to enroll in. With many famous alumni having gone to work in the American film industry, Broadway theatre, and in entertainment industries around the world, Tisch is typically ranked among the top American film schools, as such with yearly consistency in notable industry publications such as THR and Variety, and is often considered as one of the top film and theater schools in the United States and the world.
Founded on August 17, 1965, Tisch is a training ground for artists, scholars of the arts, and filmmakers; the school merges the technical training of a professional school with the academic resources of a major research university to immerse students in their intended artistic disciplines. The school is divided into three Institutes: Performing Arts, Emerging Media, and Film & Television. Many undergraduate and graduate disciplines are available for students, including: acting, dance, drama, performance studies, design for stage and film, musical theatre writing, photography record producing, game design and development, and film and television studies.
Noémi Szakonyi
Current Position: Freelance film director and producer
Quote: "Living and learning in New York allowed me to have a broader, complex perspective on art, everyday life, different cultures, and even myself. This experience contributed tremendously to make my first steps in the field of narrative filmmaking and helped me to thoroughly define my career path."
Read her interview: hungaryfoundation.org
Noémi Veronika Szakonyi is a freelance film director and producer who earned both a Bachelor's and a Master's degree in International Relations from Corvinus University of Budapest. She graduated in 2011 from the Beijing Film Academy. After leaving China, she applied to the University of Theatre and Film Arts Budapest for the directing documentaries Master course. She graduated in July 2015 with an animated documentary. At the end of 2014, Noémi co-founded Match Frame Productions with one of her classmates to support young Hungarian filmmakers. The film production company has become a place where young filmmakers can exchange ideas and apply for Hungarian and international grants. She is also a Sundance Documentary Film Program grantee, thanks to her first feature-length documentary, which received a development grant from the Sundance Institute. Noémi pursued her Master of Fine Arts degree in filmmaking at New York University Tisch School of the Arts with assistance from HIF's graduate scholarship program in 2018.
Krisztián Jójárt
Program: CEPA Andrássy National Security Fellowship
Host Institution: CEPA
Current Position: External Research Fellow at the Institute for Strategic and Defense Studies (SVKI)
Quote: "My experience in the United States helped me to become more confident in myself, and also to be more critical. I learned a lot during the 6 months about the work of Washington think tanks. I learned that an analysis does not only have to be written but also has to be sold. Writing for American think tanks requires a very different approach than what usually researchers in Europe got used to. Both approaches have their pros and cons. It must be noted however that the big think tanks in Washington do not necessarily produce better analyses than their smaller European counterparts, including the studies of my excellent colleagues and mentors with the Institute for Strategic and Defense Studies."
Publications: Find them all listed at Krisztián's Academia site.
Prior to arriving to Washington in 2018, Krisztián has been an external fellow at the Center for Strategic and Defense Studies in Budapest where his research has covered the Russian military reform, contemporary Russian military thinking, and Russia's ongoing wars in Ukraine and Syria. He also holds an M.A. degree in security and defense policy and has pursued studies in international relations at Corvinus University of Budapest. During his six-month research, Krisztián provided a thorough analysis of Russia's asymmetric warfare strategy based on the critical evaluation of the writings of prominent Russian military thinkers.
He is currently working with the Budapest-based Institute for Strategic and Defense Studies (SVKI) as an external research fellow, where he focuses on Russian strategic thinking and foreign policy. He is pursuing his Ph.D. in Military Studies and he will submit his doctorate thesis in the upcoming years.
The Center for European Policy Analysis (CEPA) is a 501(c)(3), non-profit, non-partisan, public policy research institute. Their mission is transatlantic: to promote an economically vibrant, strategically secure, and politically free Europe with close and enduring ties to the United States. Their analytical team consists of the world's leading experts on Central-East Europe, Russia, and its neighbors. Through cutting-edge research, analysis, and programs they provide fresh insight on energy, security and defense to government officials and agencies; they help transatlantic businesses navigate changing strategic landscapes; and they build networks of future Atlanticist leaders.
Anna Biczó
Host Institution: Fordham University
Current Position: Legal Counsel at Vodaphone Hungary
Quote: "It was an eye-opening journey to study and work in the US. Meeting international students from all over the world, studying from knowledgeable professors with exciting backgrounds, creating life-long friendships with people from different nations, and being able to live abroad, especially in one of the most amazing cities in the world was a life-changing experience. I believe these two years in New York made fundamental changes in my way of thinking, taught me to be open and acceptable to differences, however at the same time it deepened my beliefs in my fundamental values and important matters to me."
Anna Biczó graduated from Pazmany Peter Catholic University Faculty of Law with a legal diploma in 2010. She was then a practicing lawyer in Budapest, Hungary for 7 years. She I always felt the desire for continuous development in her life, so she applied to LLM studies in the United States and attended Fordham University in New York City, which allowed her to satisfy my hunger for new knowledge and new experiences.
With the generous support from HIF, she graduated with an LLM degree in International Business and Trade Law in 2018. After the LLM, she was able to stay for an additional year and work for big corporations such as Apple in the compliance area and as a financial contract negotiator for BNP Paribas Bank. After these two amazing years in New York City, she moved back home to Budapest, Hungary.
With her LLM diploma in international business and trade law, her aim was to find a company to work for and contribute my Hungarian and US legal knowledge as well as international legal and business experience. She found a perfect opportunity with Vodafone Group Legal, where as part of the Hungarian legal team, she supports Vodafone business worldwide and negotiate different international contracts.
Fordham University is a private research university in New York City. Established in 1841 and named for the Fordham neighborhood of the Bronx in which its original campus is located, Fordham is the oldest Catholic and Jesuit university in the northeastern United States, and the third-oldest university in New York State.
Founded as St. John's College by John Hughes, then a coadjutor bishop of New York, the college was placed in the care of the Society of Jesus shortly thereafter, and has since become a Jesuit-affiliated independent school under a lay board of trustees. The college's first president, John McCloskey, was later the first Catholic cardinal in the United States. While governed independently of the Church since 1969, every president of Fordham University since 1846 has been a Jesuit priest, and the curriculum remains influenced by Jesuit educational principles. Fordham is the only Jesuit tertiary institution in New York City.
Dávid Kosztrihán
Program: Széll Kálmán Public Policy Fellowship
Host Institution: TFAS
Current Position: Junior Associate at the Parliamentary State Secretariat of the Prime Ministers' Office
Quote: "The bedrock of my attitude in regards to pursuing more and more was significantly strengthened by the Széll Kálmán Public Policy Fellowship in DC. The new environment that I was seeking suddenly appeared at the right time in my life and motivated me to reach new heights. Meeting the requirements of my university at home in line with the recognition of outstanding performance by the program showed me it is all about willpower. The personal bonds I established in DC only deepened this belief. These valuable impulses keep pushing me even today by providing the confidence to do several things at the same time with everything I can give."
Dávid Kosztrihán successfully completed his studies of Public Administration Manager summa cum laude at the National University of Public Services Faculty of Public Administration in 2014. Since 2017, also completed his Master's degree in Political Science at the Faculty of Political Science and Administration, where ha was awarded a national scholarship and a national excellence award by the Minister of Education. Dávid also completed a thesis in which he examined the political role of the Prime Minister's Office in light of institutional and personal changes, which ranked second in the legal competition section of the institutional competition (also a national competition).
He is a junior associate at the Parliamentary State Secretariat of the Prime Ministers' Office and a member of the largest higher education student association called HÖOK / The National Union of Students' in Hungary, responsible for foreign affairs.
The mission of The Fund for American Studies, its board, staff and our thousands of supporters is to change the world by developing leaders for a free society.
TFAS offers transformational programs that teach the principles of limited government, free-market economics and honorable leadership to students and young professionals in America and around the world.
TFAS programs inspire these future leaders to make a difference in their communities and throughout the world by upholding the values essential to the preservation and success of a free society.
The Fund for American Studies (TFAS) is a 501(c)3 nonprofit educational organization, based in Washington, D.C.
Martin Takács
Current Position: Accredited Parliamentary Assistant (APA) for MEP in the European Parliament
Quote: "After returning from Washington DC all the goals I have set have been achieved so it can be confidently stated that my journey towards a "cum laude" at Sciences Po and a position in the European Parliament has begun during the Széll Kálmán Fellowship. I am immensely grateful to HIF for the opportunity and trust it placed in me."
Publications: A shotgun wedding in Eastern Europe: The role of Ukraine in the EU-Russia gas trade: past, present and future
When Martin started his Széll Kálmán Fellowship with us back in 2018, he was halfway through his Master's program at the Sciences Po Paris School of International Affairs. He was a scholar of international energy policy, with a genuine interest in the oil and natural gas markets, as well as renewable energy policies. Martin's internship experiences at the time included the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Hungary, ExxonMobil, and MET.
His fellowship through The Fund for American Studies' Summer program in Washington DC consisted of taking two courses at George Mason University. He also completed an internship at LNG Allies, a Washington-based non-profit, which unites and leads the U.S. liquefied natural gas (LNG) community.
Following the completion of my studies at the Paris School of International Affairs (PSIA) of Sciences Po in July 2019, Martin has begun his full-time professional career. He is working as an Accredited Parliamentary Assistant (APA) for MEP András Gyürk in the European Parliament focusing on the policies covered by the Parliament's Committee on Industry, Research and Energy.


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It has been said that about two thirds of the population suffers or will suffer some sort of back pain. Most people attribute their back pain to an experience that occurs right before the back discomfort starts. The majority of the time, the back discomfort is merely the end of a line of issues.
Over-the-counter products do work wonders for back discomfort, and one of the best you can get is a sports injury product called Icy Hot. This hot-and-cold treatment cream is really inexpensive and can be used for a wide assortment of muscle-related issues. If you have muscle-related back discomfort, this cream may help.
It is pretty much impossible to sleep on a distended stomach, and lying on your back exerts pressure on the back. To distribute your weight more evenly and to sleep more comfortably, position yourself on your side.
Many women and some men who frequently cross their legs, deal with back discomfort and cannot understand why. Crossing and/or locking your legs is a very unnatural position for your back, so try to avoid crossing legs to prevent back pain. Allow your legs to stay in front of you naturally to ease muscle strain and to keep proper alignment.
Even children can experience a lot of back discomfort, so make sure that your kids aren't carrying heavy loads in their backpacks. This tip also goes for hikers and campers out there who lug around heavy luggage on their backs. Lighten your load to assist in eliminating your back pain.
Always be aware of your posture. When you type, have a straight back, both feet on the ground with one a little more in front, and both your elbows at the sides of your body. You shouldn't be looking down or stretching out your neck in order to see the computer screen.
Avoid watching television in bed. Typically people prop themselves up while enjoying some late night television. These postures tend to be very bad and stressful for your back. So to decrease your back pain, keep your television activities to your living room and use your bedroom for what it does best!
When dealing with back discomfort, it's always a great idea to ensure that your weight is distributed evenly when standing. Do not put more weight on one leg than the other. Of https://nortonhealthcare.com/locations/immediate-care-centers/ course, you cannot avoid this while walking, but while standing, maintain good posture and even weight distribution to help with back discomfort.
Keep your living and work environment safe from potential falls or slips. Chronic back discomfort can often be a result of a slip or fall. Be proactive and remove potential hazards in your home or workplace that can cause these incidents. Awareness of your environment can keep you safe from potential injury that can cause or increase back pain injuries.
In conclusion, you were provided with some of the best pack pain advice, as promised at the beginning of this article. Use the tips and tricks that have been provided for you, as a way to take care of your painful condition. Use this today and stop your back from slowing you down.


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WDR: "You have hundreds turn up at your gigs in Leeds now. Was it very different in the past?"
Xero, Louis and Gene collapse into fits of helpless laughter.
WDR: (also laughing) "......Tell me about those great successes."
Louis: "You mean when it was just us and the landlord. Us, the landlord and the person on the door"
Xero: "Yeah but Joshua's usually there in spirit isn't he?"
Xero: "Behind the bar, upside down usually"
WDR: (Totally mystified) "Who is Joshua?"
Xero & Louis (in unison) "Joshua Tetley"
WDR: (still nonplussed and wondering what the hell they are on about): "Oh yeah?"
Gene: " Mr Yorkshire "
Xero: "Yeah - Mr Yorkshire"
WDR: (starting to bristle) " Who is Mr Yorkshire...I don't know? "
Xero & Gene: (in unison): "Joshua Tetley!"
Xero: "Wears a red jacket and a silly hat and he's got a monacle and he's always looking at half a pint of beer....isn't he?"
Xero: "Everybody knows who Joshua Tetley is!"
WDR: " Well....I don't, and I don't suppose the people in Ger...."
Xero: "The Famous Brewing Magnate.....He's got a brewery in Leeds"
Louis: "That's the nicest thing about Europe.....Not having to buy your own drinks...the free beer"
Xero: "Yeah you play some gigs in England and you get paid and you spend it all on booze and you wind up with no money...just beer"
WDR: " So you used to get, like thirty five quid a night back then?"
Xero: " We used to....A long time ago.....In the olden days....When dinosaurs roamed the Earth"
WDR: "But why is it so difficult to get anywhere in your own country?"
Gene: ( almost shouting ): "Sharks!"
Xero: "Sharks! The world's full of sharks, with teeth like this, trying to rip us off and drag us down into the depths."


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Whitmer Defends Easing Michigan COVID-19 Restrictions
Tony LaBrie Published: March 23, 2021
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It's pretty crazy that Gov. Whitmer is having to defend her recent loosening of the state's COVID-19 restrictions especially since she was extremely strict during the pandemic. Michiganders criticized the hell out of her for her restrictions and the same is happening as she eases up on some of those same restrictions.
Whitmer recently took some criticism from Dr. Anthony Fauci after he called her out on CNN last week. He said she was a good governor but he didn't necessarily approve of her decision to loosen some of Michigan's restrictions.
Dr. Anthony Fauci:
When you get the overwhelming majority of your population vaccinated, the chances of there being a surge are minuscule. So just hang in there, don't turn the switch on and off, just pull back gradually, not all at once everything all things are off and everything goes, that's not a good idea.
I'd say it's been gradual all along (if you can even call it that), she didn't just all of a sudden open the state up. We still have a bunch of restrictions in place. Yes, she bumped up capacity limits at restaurants and stadiums but she didn't open things up 100% and people are still required to wear facemasks.
According to MLive, Whitmer stood by the state's reopening decisions:
I think that sometimes at the national level there is interchange between the thought that a state is dropping their mask requirement is the same as a state moving from 25% restaurants to 50% of restaurants.
She also talked about how cases of COVID-19 have been trending up in recent weeks.
We do see our numbers up. We have the variants, which are highly contagious, and we've re-engaged these things. So he's concerned, I'm concerned, Dr. J's concerned.
All we can do is hope people will get their vaccine shot so we can get back to the way things were prior to March of 2020.
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Filed Under: COVID-19, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer


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Images from the early days of colonial America as shown from divergent perspectives of the times.
English Farmhouse
An English Farmhouse is reflected in a pond in Staunton, Virginia. Most of the American colonies that became the United States were founded by England, and initially settled by English men and women. This English Farmhouse, built in 1692, shows life in a yeoman farmer household in England's West Midlands in the 1600s. It was relocated and reconstructed at the Frontier Culture Museum in Staunton, Virginia.
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The June CoreLogic Hedonic Home Value Index results show Australian property values continue to trend lower in June amidst tight credit conditions and less investment activity.
The largest falls over the financial year have largely been confined to Sydney. The Central Coast however, has been a top performer for NSW and is the only region to record a rise in dwelling values over the financial year, where values are up 1.6% over the past twelve months.
Lifestyle markets continue to show strong demand as well, with capital flowing into holiday home markets and areas popular with retiring baby boomers, which is partly why the Central Coast has out performed the Sydney market.
Whilst other markets have declined over the last 12 months, the Central Coast continues to draw a crowd from first home buyers, investors and the prestige market. Offering a wide variety of property types and budgets, the Central Coast region has continued to perform and attract buyers from other markets.
Combined regional markets across the country have significantly outperformed the metro areas, showing a 7.3% return over the last 12 months.
Whilst credit is tightening, this is partly to do with declining values in metro areas. As the Central Coast is performing well and property values experiencing growth, most property valuations are coming in at the purchase price. This is good news for borrowers, as the bank valuation is one of the biggest hurdles to jump when applying for a home loan.
Interest-only options have increased, and investment property interest rates are becoming more competitive. Borrowers looking to buy on the Central Coast now have more lender options, but it's always important to work with a local Central Coast mortgage broker like Mint Equity to ensure you get the best home loan.
The new financial year brings changes to the way borrower's credit data is shared, so it's even more important to work with a mortgage broker to prepare for your home loan application at the early stages of your property search.
If you've been out of the market for a while, the lending landscape has changed over the last few years. Years ago, if was a relatively quick and easy process to secure a home loan. Nowadays, every aspect of your credit history and borrowing capacity is scrutinised by the lenders.
Before you go house hunting, always speak to an experienced mortgage broker like Mint Equity so you know exactly how your application will be viewed by the lenders and how to prepare your finances for the best chance of a home loan approval.


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Label: Ear Music,
Genre: Rock,
Format CD+DVD
CD+DVD - £12.99 GBP
Available to buy
In 1982, the most soulful band from NYC - Mink DeVille - performed at the prestigious Montreux Jazz Festival. By the time the band took the stage at the Montreux, Mink DeVille had four albums under its belt.
More importantly, frontman Willy DeVille had established himself as one of the most uniquely idiosyncratic singers in New York. "Live At Montreux 1982" cap- tures a show as inspiring and intriguing as its performer: Willy DeVille in front of an adoring crowd, skillfully supported by his band, brought a little Spanish temper and a lot of American pop culture onto the stage.
This sweat-drenched 16 song set, captured in high definition, comes in a CD+DVD Digipak Edition with a runtime of just over an hour featuring DeVille- classics such as "Spanish Stroll", "Savoir Faire" and "Mixed Up, Shook Up Girl" plus their cover of the Ben E King all-time hit "Stand By Me"- a true must-have for every DeVille-fan.
Harlem Nocturne (Instrumental) / Slow Drain / Savoir Faire / Cadillac Walk / She's So Tough / Mixed Up, Shook Up Girl / Just Your Friends / Love And Emotion / Maybe Tomorrow / This Must Be The Night / Teardrops Must Fall / Love Me Like You Did Before / Spanish Stroll / Lipstick Traces / Oyeah / Stand By Me