American Corner Port Moresby

06/11/2023

06/11/2023

🔊Which MOOC has had a significant impact on your professional development journey? 📚 ✍️ Don’t miss out on our FREE MOOCs open for enrollment. Tag a friend who should enroll.

👉 Register here: https://www.openenglishprograms.org/MOOC

06/11/2023

Mark your calendar! 📅 🗓️

Visit the AWE Alumni Fair and connect, be inspired and empowered with the Alumni, and the program benefits.

See you at Nature Park, UPNG! November 16 & 17th, 2023.
Academy for Women Entrepreneurs- PNG & Solomon Islands

Mark your calendar! 📅 🗓️
Visit the AWE Alumni Fair and connect, be inspired and empowered with the Alumni, and the program benefits.

See you at Nature Park, UPNG! November 16 & 17th, 2023.

11/10/2023

NOTICE
To all our valued patrons,please be advised that the American Corner Port Moresby is temporarily closed.

We will keep you all updated in the coming days.

04/09/2023

25? 40?100? What's your largest class size? How do you manage to teach them effectively? This addresses this very issue to help you develop new strategies to engage and motivate students in large classes.

https://bit.ly/AEWebLargeClasses

04/09/2023

Looking for some new professional development opportunities? Our FREE MOOCs are a great resource for you to start with. Stay tuned for more courses to come! 🤩

👉 Find the details and register here: https://www.openenglishprograms.org/MOOC

👉 Let us know which MOOC you have enrolled in the comments!

29/08/2023

29/08/2023

29/08/2023

Congratulations 🎊🎉 to the 2023 Academy for Women Entrepreneurs cohort.

CDA Zadrozny met the alumni, mentors, and participants of the Academy for Women Entrepreneurs in a networking event on Friday August 18th staged at the American Corner, hosted by the Academy for Women Entrepreneurs Alumni Association Inc. He shared that entrepreneurship can be challenging especially for women, and now more than ever, women need to be empowered to accelerate recovery from the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring that they have access to opportunities to better their lives, their families, and their community.

29/08/2023

Awesome collaboration.
For more information, visit the American Corner Port Moresby, inside the National Library, Waigani.

03/08/2023

Congratulations Hana!

For more information about professional and academic exchange programs, please visit the American Corner Port Moresby, inside the National Library at Waigani.

We are so proud of you, Hana!

Hana Dawn Uiari will soon depart to pursue a Bachelor of Astronomy degree at the University of Hawaii, Manoa under the Department of State funded United States South Pacific Scholarship Program. Hana worked hard for this opportunity: “I had to complete advance placements and honors subjects, take the Standardized Aptitude Test (SAT), and achieve the required GPA and SAT score to apply through College Board and the American System to the University of Hawai’i.”

Hana recently graduated from Ukarumpa International Secondary School (UISS) and, in addition to studying the stars, hopes to develop her musical, visual, and studio arts skills while studying at UH.
The United States South Pacific scholarship program is a competition open to the ten (10) South Pacific islands nations to purse undergraduate and graduate studies at the University of Hawai’I and is administered by the East West Center.

Congratulations, Hana!

09/03/2023

2023 CHANGING FACES WOMEN’S LEADERSHIP SEMINAR
NOW ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS!

DEADLINE: THURSDAY, MARCH 16, 2023

Theme: Women as Innovators and Entrepreneurs

Dates: July 23 - August 5, 2023

Study Destinations: Oahu & Hawaiʻi Island

The Changing Faces Women’s Leadership Seminar focuses on the vital role that innovation and entrepreneurship play in contributing to economic growth, job creation, and strengthening communities. During this 12-day professional training, dialogue, and travel program, participants engage in a series of workshops focused on leadership and entrepreneurship. Participants also expand their knowledge of entrepreneurship, economic growth, leadership, and community building through carefully selected field visits and meetings with experts, practitioners, business owners, and policymakers in Hawaiʻi. Participants are individually matched with local women leaders in a Host Mentor Program and, in return, Changing Faces participants act as mentors for a select group of high school students in a Next Generation Service Project. The Changing Faces Seminar also provides training and consultative sessions to help participants develop and actualize a concrete Action Plan for the betterment of their business or their community. Finally Changing Faces women serve as panelists, moderators and attendees at the publicly ticketed , a purposeful, collaborative, and dynamic forum.

Who Can Apply: The Changing Faces Seminar targets women business owners and social entrepreneurs who have demonstrated leadership and ability to affect change and influence others in their communities. Innovative entrepreneurs, business managers, government and industry policymakers, and civil society leaders with at least seven years of work experience and who play a leadership role in their community are eligible to apply. Innovators may generally be defined as those who have created an original idea or product or are recognized for their ability to improve upon an original idea or system. Eligible countries include the United States and Afghanistan, Australia, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Cambodia, China, East Timor, Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Kiribati, Laos, Malaysia, Maldives, Marshall Islands, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nauru, Nepal, New Zealand, Niue, Pakistan, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Samoa, Singapore, Solomon Islands, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Tonga, and Vietnam. Applicants must have the ability to communicate in English in a professional setting. Preference is given to candidates with limited opportunities for international exchange and professional development as well as those who offer to cost-share programmatic costs. A phone interview may be conducted with finalists.

Funding: The 2023 Changing Faces Seminar is funded by the East-West Center, the Fish Family Foundation, and others. EWC plus individual scholarships will fund six to eight women from the United States and the Asia Pacific region. A full scholarship for the 2023 Changing Faces Seminar is valued at USD$3,250/per participant. Changing Faces Women are all individually responsible for their roundtrip airfare to and from Honolulu, visa related expenses, health insurance, baggage fees, and vaccination costs. Given the limited number of scholarships available, EWC strongly encourages additional cost-sharing of the programmatic costs. For more information about this seminar and instructions on how to apply, visit our website www.eastwestcenter.org/changingfaces.

Application Deadline is Thursday, March 16, 2023

Apply Now!

06/03/2023

Professional Fellows Program for Young Economic Empowerment Leaders

OPENING DATE
Mar 6, 2023

CLOSING DATE
Apr 14, 2023

APPLICATIONS NOW BEING ACCEPTED for the Professional Fellows Program for Young Economic Empowerment Leaders from the Pacific Islands. THEME: Post-Pandemic Equitable and Sustainable Economic Recovery

06/02/2023

LAST CHANCE! The application deadline for the PROJECT Governance Graduate Fellowship program is March 1, 2023.

For more information or to apply, click here: https://www.EastWestCenter.org/.../project-governance

LAST CHANCE! The application deadline for the PROJECT Governance Graduate Fellowship program is March 1, 2023.

For more information or to apply, click here: https://www.EastWestCenter.org/apply/project-governance-graduate-fellowship-application

The ProGov Fellowship is designed to support promising young leaders from Pacific Island countries to earn a one-year professional degree at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa in the fields of finance, information systems, or law.

Don't miss out on this opportunity! Apply now!

PROJECT Governance is a partnership of the East-West Center, The Pacific-Community-SPC, CARE, The International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES), USAID - US Agency for International Development – funded by the American People.

02/02/2023

U.S. Embassy Human Resources Team, today successfully delivered a open information session presentation on, how to use the new Electronic Recruitment Application (ERA) online system, when applying for job vacancies through the embassy.

This information session was open to anyone who is interested to attend can attend, and attended on the schedule date.

The information session was well attended with lots of Q&As.

For those who missed out, follow American Corner Port Moresby page for the notice for the next session.

Current various open vacancies here at the embassy:

Consular Assistant – LE 8.
Painter – LE 4.
Procurement Agent – LE 7.
Procurement Assistant – LE 8.
Administrative Assistant – LE 7.

For detailed information to each vacancy, click the link below to view.

All interested applicants MUST apply through the Electronic Recruitment Application (ERA).

Go to this link and click ERA Site: https://pg.usembassy.gov/jobs/

Email and or hand delivered paper applications will NOT be accepted.

01/02/2023

American Corner today reopened our Story Time Program for the year 2023.

25 students plus 2 teachers from the New Literacy College, located at 9 Mile, outside of Port Moresby attended today.

30/01/2023

Good to see kids are back to school, going back to their respective schools this morning.

On the same note, American Corner Port Moresby is also officially open today 30 January, 2023. Students from all levels of education and to the general public are welcome to visit the AC.

Visitors can come excess our reading books, get information about Education USA, US Culture and History, and access free WiFi for research.

We have a American Corner also in Lae, inside the Matheson Library, which will be open to students and public on Monday 6 February, 2023.

27/01/2023

American Corner hosts a two day Misinformation Workshop for Journalists.

Participants include 3 student journalists, 7 cadet journalists and 1 senior journalist. They came from different media organizations such as PNG Loop, Sunday Chronicles, EMTV, Inside PNG, Wantok Niuspepa and The National Newspaper.

The goal of the workshop was to teach new and future journalists how to spot fake news. The program was implemented by three media professionals, two of whom are our IVLP alumni.

26/01/2023

U.S. Embassy Human Resources Team, will be doing a presentation on, how to use the new Electronic Recruitment Application (ERA) online system, when applying for job vacancies through the embassy website.

24/01/2023

USAID/Pacific Islands has a need for a Project Management Specialist (Strategic Information/Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning).

How to Apply:
1) Offers must be received on or before 17 February 2023, 11:59PM Philippine time and submitted at [email protected] with subject line indicating the solicitation number - 72049223R10005.
2) Eligible offerors are required to complete and submit the following: 1) Cover letter/Letter of interest; 2) Current resumé/curriculum vitae; 4) References - minimum of three; and 4) Transcript of records (TOR).

For the full details of the position, click this link: http://ow.ly/X0LE50MvN5F

23/01/2023

U.S. Embassy - Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea.

Various Open Vacancies:

Consular Assistant – LE 8.
Painter – LE 4.
Procurement Agent – LE 7.
Procurement Assistant – LE 8.
Administrative Assistant – LE 7.

For detailed information to each vacancy, click the link below to view.

All interested applicants MUST apply through the Electronic Recruitment Application (ERA).

Go to this link and click ERA Site: https://pg.usembassy.gov/jobs/

Email and or hand delivered paper applications will NOT be accepted.

10/01/2023

: Are you a high-achieving student looking to excel? Check out the Stamps Scholars Award at the University Of Missouri - Mizzou

Stamps Scholars receive a four-year, full scholarship, plus an additional $16,000 USD academic and leadership development fund. Mizzou Stamps Scholars will also enroll in the Honors College for all four years.

Learn more about the application process ➡️ https://educationusa.state.gov/scholarships/stamps-scholars-award.

10/01/2023

10/01/2023

U.S. copyright: Protecting authors, preserving culture

Every year in the U.S., thousands of old classics become free for use, thanks to protections in U.S. copyright law that spur creativity.

17/11/2022

Are you interested in impacting change in your community but don’t know where to start? The Community Engagement Exchange (CEE) Program equips young people in over 100 countries with the skills, networks, and tools to catalyze change in their communities. Strengthen your technical and leadership skills and join a strong, global network of young activists, innovators, and leaders driving positive change. Submit your application by November 30: cee.irex.org

09/11/2022

American Corner Story Time Program hosted second lot of students from the Children of Light Learning Centre this morning.

33 students, plus 4 teachers and few parents attended the program today inside the American Corner at the National Library at Waigani, Port Moresby.

The Children of Light Learning Centre, located at Tuna Bay, Taurama, Port Moresby, and yes they are the second school now to be part of the Story Time Program, the first school was New Literacy College.

Story Time is an hour session, were primary school age students will be listening to the instructor reading a book to them, and they will all discuss the book after, and later they will be given reading time to read.

Interested schools who want to participant can contact American Corner Port Moresby page, and or come to American Corner, and see Simon for more information. American Corner Port Moresby is located inside the National Library and Archives, Waigani, Port Moresby.

04/11/2022

OUR STORY TIME PROGRAM PARTICIPATING SCHOOL HAD THEIR GRADUATION TODAY!

Congratulations to our American Corner’s Story Time Participating School, the New Literacy College, located at 9 Mile, Port Moresby, for successfully having their graduation event today.

New Literacy College today graduated 19 grade 2 students. The school takes in prep to grade 2 students each year and graduate them into the mainstream schools around Port Moresby. NLC first open their doors in 2017, the year in which the school graduated only 4 students.

Story Time is an hour session, were the students (6-12 years old), will be listening to the instructor reading a book to them, and they will all discuss the book after, and later they will be given reading time to read here at the American Corner.

02/11/2022

Just before their graduation comes November 4, 2022, students from New Literacy College were all excited today, when each student receiving a bag pack each, donated by the U.S. embassy staff and family members.

The bag pack contains shoes and school supplies for the 2023 academic year.

02/11/2022

Story Time Program Welcomes Children of Light Learning Centre

This morning, the American Corner Port Moresby gladly received our second participating school, for our Story Time Program.
The Children of Light Learning Centre, located at Tuna Bay, Taurama, Port Moresby, is the second school now to be part of the Story Time Program, the first school was New Literacy College. First 20 students and 3 teachers from Light Learning Centre attended today’s session.

Story Time is an hour session, were the students (6-12 years old), will be listening to the instructor reading a book to them, and they will all discuss the book after, and later they will be given reading time to read.

Interested schools who want to participant can contact American Corner Port Moresby Facebook, and or come to American Corner, and see Simon for more information. American Corner Port Moresby is located inside the National Library and Archives, Waigani, Port Moresby.

27/10/2022

Are you positively impacting your local community by tackling complex global challenges like
civic engagement, gender equality, environmental sustainability, inclusion, human rights, and
conflict resolution? If so, now to collaborate with other grassroots leaders who
are developing creative solutions to some of today’s most challenging issues:
http://bit.ly/csp2023apply