Celebrating Cambodian Environment Week at AC Battambong (June 04, 2009)
On June 04, 2009, the U.S. Embassy participated in Cambodian Environment Week by hosting a session on energy and environmental challenges with students at the University of Management and Economics’ (UME’s) American Corner in Battambang. Students viewed an episode of the U.S. Public Broadcasting Service’s “e2 energy” series entitled “Energy ...
AC in Kampong Cham Celebrates Earth Day with a Temple Clean up (April 22, 2009)
On April 22, 2009, the Deputy Chief of Mission for the US Embassy in Phnom Penh Theodore Allegra met with a group of 60 university and high school students at the Embassy’s American Corner in Kampong Cham. The group discussed the environmental challenges facing Cambodians, and the overall importance of environmental awareness. The cleanup was ...
Five more years for Pannasastra’s American Corner (March 25, 2009)
On March 25th Ambassador Rodley, along with the President of Pannasastra University Dr. Chia Chanton, signed a new memorandum of understanding (MOU) which provides five more years for the American Corner which is currently housed in the University’s library, the third largest in the country. The new MOU extends the original which was signed...
Fulbright Scholar helps to improve English teaching methods (March 19, 2009)
On March 19th Dr. Wayne Wright and members of the Public Affairs Staff traveled to Battambong for an English language workshop held in the city’s American Corner. The Strategies for Interaction in Cambodian ESL Classrooms workshop was created by the Public Affairs Section to help teachers better understand and teach the English language...
Battambong students discuss racial politics in the U.S. (March 12, 2009)
On March 12, 2009 Public Affairs staff traveled to Battambong to judge an essay contest held at the University of Management and Economics. The American Corner, located inside the University, held the contest for students in order to answer one question - what does the election of an African American president mean for racial politics in the...
Embassy’s FMO Talks Southern Politics with PUC Students (January 21, 2009)
On the heels of Martin Luther King Day and the historic inauguration of President Barack Obama, Mr. Jason Williams, the Embassy’s Financial Management Officer spoke to Pannasastra University political science students about the politics of the South, focusing specifically on Dr. King’s legacy and the Civil Rights Movements of the 1960s at...
A New President, a New Ambassador & a New 5 Years for the AC (January 21, 2009)
On the 21st of January, one day after Ambassador Carol Rodley presented her credentials to His Majesty the King and just hours after President Obama’s inaugural the PAO visited with students at the American Corner in Pannasastra University (PUC) to reflect on the past five years of its existence and to look forward to the future. Joined by one...
Cambodian Students Learn About the U.S. Elections (January 11-16, 2009)
In developing countries around the world, attracting youth to become more politically involved is one of the best means of assuring long-lasting democracy and stability. During the week of January 11th the Information Resources Officer resident in Bangkok, Wendy Simmons, spoke to approximately 400 Cambodian students at American Corners in...