Page 4, Portland Observer, September 2. 1987 Nabisco Fellowship Award Enables Teacher to Visit USSR “ Everyone in this country is always saying We've got to be as good as the Russians. We've got to be as good as the Russians.' So I've always wondered: Are the Russians really that great?" The woman asking the question is Bobby Robinson, a social studies teacher at Carver High School. This month, Robinson is getting the chance to witness firsthand what Russian life has to offer —thanks to a grant from RJR Nabisco, Inc. Robinson is one of 15 teachers selected to participate in this year's RJR Nabisco Fellowship Program, which annually provides $30,000 for teachers in the Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools to participate in professional development programs during the summer months. This is the 28th consecutive year the company has sponsored the program. Robinson's trip to the Soviet Union, arranged through the Soviet- American Conference on Comparative Education, is something she has yearned to do since she read a book about the Russian revolution while in graduate school. "I'm very excited," Robinson says. "I'll be going to several places. Moscow, of course. And I'll be going to Leningrad, and a province in Lithu ania—a small city called Vilnius." She'll also be spending a few days in Kishinev, the capital city of the Modlavian Republic in southwestern Russia. During her 15 days in the Soviet Union, Robinson will study Soviet culture and education. "I'm going to visit a collective farm and attend one of the Russian Bal lets,’’ she says. "One of the things they're really into is folk art, so I'll have two days to look at folk art and its influence on Russian culture." She'll also get the chance to indulge one of her passions—visiting medieval castles. "I'm really interested in that part, because in 1975 I had a Reynolds fellowship and I spent six weeks in Europe. Now I'm interested in seeing how the castles in the communist country compare to those I saw in Europe. "I'm really into architecture," she notes. "I think architecture tells a lot about culture." When she returns to school in the fall, Robinson intends to treat her students and colleagues to an old back-to-school theme—but with a new twist. This time it will be the teacher telling "H ow I Spent My Summer Vacation." She should have a lot to tell. "Another thing that we'll be doing that seems interesting is seeking an exhibit of economic and scientific achievement —sort of like a Russian world's fair," she says. "That's in Moscow. "The Russians like to parade their achievements, and I'm interested in seeing what they will consider their greatest achievement in science." Robinson says she's thankful for the RJR Nabisco program. "It's an excellent fellowship," she says. "It's a tremendous opportunity for the teachers in Forsyth County. Reynolds has been very generous to us, and none of the other major school systems in North Carolina have anything like it." She adds that the program benefits teachers and students alike. She cites an example from her 1975 fellowship in Europe. "A fter the trip, I had slides to show my students of the places, and I could talk to them better because I had been there," she says. "Students feel more in tune when you say. 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Lombard St. Tues...........................7:00 p.m. WITH ANYOTHER SERVICE, REG. $15.95 COUPON MUST BE PRESENTED PRIOR TO ESTIMATE EXPIRES 9 30 87 DON’T PUT OFF TIL TOMORROW WHAT YOU CAN LOSE TODAY! Mon $ 4 9 .9 5 M O ST CARS ». INSTALLED M O ST CARS PROGRAM, T illa m o o k Park Bldg. 2108 N.E. 41st Ave. 7 00p.m . • Tues............7:00p m. • W ed. ! PER AXLE M O ST CARS THE 1987 QUICK START T em ple Baptist Church 1319 N.E. 7th Fireside Room T uesday.................12:00 noon (Brown Bag Lunch Class) • COUPON I University o f Portland 5000 N. Willamette Blvd. Columbia Hall (Enter from Portsmouth) W e d .....................5:00 p.m. Bobby Robinson, a social studies teacher at Carver High School, is one of 15 W inston-S alem /Fosyth C ounty school teachers w ho are p articipa tin g in special educational program s this sum m er thanks to a $30,000 annual fe llo w s h ip awarded to the school system by RJR Nabisco, Inc. Robinson's share of the fe llo w s h ip m oney is taking her to the Soviet Union to study Russian art, a rch itectu re and culture. Rome, but let me show you what Rome was like in '75,' " she adds. "I still use those slides. Then we look at the Roman Empire 2,000 years ago. It's must more rewarding for the kids, because the minute you tell them you've been somewhere, it immediately sparks their interest." The other teachers selected to participate in this year's RJR Nabisco Fellowship Program are: • Judith Briggs, a health occupations teacher at South Park High School, who will study special education topics through the International Comparative Education Program at the University of London. • Alice Dodson, a choral music teacher at Parkland High School, who will research choral music techniques of Africa and the Near- and Far East at the World Symposium on Choral Music in Vienna, Austria. • Evelyn Henighan, a business and computer science teacher at the Career Center, who will take computer operator and user training spon sored by Data General Corp, in Massachusetts. • Gail Howell, an exploratory home economics teaci.er at Wiley Middle School, who will study home economics education programs of urban and outback Australia. • Jim Knight, a third-grade teacher of academically gifted students at Jefferson Elementary School, who will participate in an underwater re search expedition in the British Virgin Islands. 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