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March 27, 2012
The One World Experience

After shaking up Prague for ten days, from 6 to 15 March, the One World Documentary Film Festival and before moving on to towns including Brno, Liberec, Plzen and 36 other places, AAU students talk about their experience as visitors.

After shaking up Prague for ten days, from 6 to 15 March, the One World Documentary Film Festival whose major theme is “youth quake” moves further in the Czech Republic, to towns including Brno, Liberec, Plzen and 36 other places. The festival will continue with its mission – to build awareness, educate, initiate public debates and promote social inclusion.

March 4, 2012
Making Prague Talk

This week Prague's 14th One World film festival opens. Focussing on human rights, it is the biggest of its kind in Europe. Director Hana Kulhánková explains what it is about.

 

From March 6 to March 15, human rights issues from around the world come to Prague in the form of the 14th annual One World film festival, organized by the NGO People in Need.

February 2, 2012
Migration to Europe: Can It Work for Development?

The Czech Council on Foreign Relations and Anglo-American University requests the pleasure of your company at the opening reception of the poster exhibition at AAU's Art Space.

The Czech Council on Foreign Relations and Anglo-American University requests the pleasure of your company at the opening reception of the poster exhibition.

 

MIGRATION TO EUROPE

December 18, 2011
"He was like a kid, pushing buttons and going, whoa!"

Dissident and former president Václav Havel dies aged 75

Today playwright dissident and the president Václav Havel died aged 75. Havel was a signatory of Charta 77 and one of the leaders of the movement that led to the Velvet Revolution in 1989. Then he became president of Czechoslovakia and in 1993 the first democratically elected president of the Czech Republic. Despite surgery because of lung cancer in 1996 he stayed in the position until 2003.

November 6, 2011
Social Integration Through English?

The English Club, which has been running for several years, allows the children to “form a positive relationship to English through fun activities and games and then it is also easier for them to learn English at school,” explains Tučková.

On a late Friday autumn afternoon a group of six students from the International School of Prague are making their way up a crowded street to start their first day this year as volunteers. 

They arrive at a five-story apartment building in Prague 2 with their mentor, Christine Reeb. They navigate their way through a small courtyard before entering a brightly lit hallway lined with a shelves overflowing with a variety of colorful informational brochures about programs at InBáze Berkat, the community center.

May 9, 2011
Will China be nice?

As the West is overwhelmed by debt, developing countries are playing a vital role in economic and global stability. The 21st century belongs to Asia, but will those countries abuse their new sense of power and prosperity?

As the West is overwhelmed by debt, developing countries are playing a vital role in economic and global stability. The 21st century belongs to Asia, but will those countries abuse their new sense of power and prosperity?

May 3, 2011
American students push indulgence to the edge

“Maybe I had a hangover or two, but so what? Partying at night is what it’s all about.”

Say a 17-year-old Czech student goes to a club with a bunch of his friends one Friday night. Though the drinking age is 18 here, the student walks in, makes a comment to the bouncer, the two share a smile and he and his buddies are in.

Now imagine this with a 17-year-old American testing his luck at a bar in the heart of New York. The bouncer takes one look, spots the fake ID, rips it in half and hands it back. So it will go for the next four years.

April 30, 2011
Citizenship “Lite”*

Location: Richtrův dům, Malé náměstí 11, Praha 1

February 6, 2011
Americans have eyes for only one football

Americans cannot stand all the faking, whining, and complaining involved in the game play of soccer.

December 6, 2006

February 6, 2011
Donald Fuller: A life in learning, teaching and travel

"I was a Depression baby," says Fuller.

April 3, 2006

February 6, 2011
Famous international writers visit Prague for in an intimate event

"The first and last nights of the program are sold out, with 460 seats booked, and that the other days also look very promising."

 June 14, 2006

February 6, 2011
Ferreting out online student travel deals

A little Internet savvy allows them to compare sites and modes of transportation and then tell their friends - all with a click of a button.

April 30, 2010

February 6, 2011
Gimme shelter: the race for housing

"There just wasn't anyone who could help," said McDonough. After searching through the AAC website, she said, she did find that the school provides assistance, but her inquiry email was unreturned.

November 15, 2006

February 6, 2011
New directions and in AAC's journalism program

"I want to help extend this department," she says about the journalism program. That is why she helps organize new classes and makes them open to all students.

November 15, 2006

February 5, 2011
Czechs lead Europe in marijuana smoking

Less than four years after their entrance into the European Union, Czechs have become some of the continent's best cannabis consumers. It's an image that the country is not especially proud of.
"Everybody must get stoned," sang Bob Dylan, The Doors, the Wailers... and the list of bands endorsing marijuana goes on and on. Their message is clear: Weed is a soft drug so let's roll, folks!

February 8, 2008

Less than four years after their entrance into the European Union, Czechs have become some of the continent's best cannabis consumers. It's an image that the country is not especially proud of.
"Everybody must get stoned," sang Bob Dylan, The Doors, the Wailers... and the list of bands endorsing marijuana goes on and on. Their message is clear: Weed is a soft drug so let's roll, folks!

February 5, 2011
Hit the road (skies and rails) for fall

Travel opportunities like this are few and far between, so while we're in Prague, sightseeing around Central and Eastern Europe is imperative.

October 15, 2009

February 5, 2011
King finds Czech roots in East Bloc revolution

In November, Fredo Arias King, a Mexican political scientist lectured an enthralled audience on revolutionary youth and transitions to democracy in Eastern Europe, a talk that was at the last moment renamed to Czechoslovakia and Collapse of the Soviet Bloc.

February 8, 2008

In November, Fredo Arias King, a Mexican political scientist lectured an enthralled audience on revolutionary youth and transitions to democracy in Eastern Europe, a talk that was at the last moment renamed to Czechoslovakia and Collapse of the Soviet Bloc.
Being a quarter Czech, King said that "Czechs themselves think that they are not good enough." However, his presentation offered definite proof against this.

February 5, 2011
National Library a distant goal for students

Many students feel the library at The New Anglo-American College in Prague is small for university use and the National Library in Prague may be intimidating for international students. So does the new National Library project represent eventual hope for international students?

February 8, 2008

Many students feel the library at The New Anglo-American College in Prague is small for university use and the National Library in Prague may be intimidating for international students. So does the new National Library project represent eventual hope for international students?
Political power plays are jeopardizing the plans to build what, to some, is a great work of art instead of a dull and outmoded library.

February 5, 2011
SMS services company sets sights on Europe

If you cannot live without text messaging, and your thumbs have actually hurt, then you are what the company Mozeo would call "textually active." This company, a new energetic startup based in Syracuse, New York, has fused the worlds of chat, blogs, and text messaging. Bringing them together has created an entirely new level of group communication.

September 1, 2008

If you cannot live without text messaging, and your thumbs have actually hurt, then you are what the company Mozeo would call "textually active." This company, a new energetic startup based in Syracuse, New York, has fused the worlds of chat, blogs, and text messaging. Bringing them together has created an entirely new level of group communication.

February 4, 2011
American students flock to Prague

 

In years past, cities like Barcelona and Florence have consistently trumped Prague as a popular study abroad destination for American students. Now, after a nearly five-fold increase over the last five years, it seems the Czech capital's catching up fast.

 

February 4, 2011
American students flock to Prague

In years past, cities like Barcelona and Florence have consistently trumped Prague as a popular study abroad destination for American students. Now, after a nearly five-fold increase over the last five years, it seems the Czech capital's catching up fast.

In years past, cities like Barcelona and Florence have consistently trumped Prague as a popular study abroad destination for American students. Now, after a nearly five-fold increase over the last five years, it seems the Czech capital's catching up fast.

February 4, 2011
Combining work and travel pays off

As summertime nears, students plot their plans for months of freedom, the perfect chance for extended trips to explore new cultures. But preparing for life after college is also critical, and summer employment is a perfect way to do this. There are many opportunities to do both work and exploration, although few students take advantage of them, setting apart those who do.

April 30, 2009

February 4, 2011
Ferreting out online student travel deals

 

Study abroad student Julie Colletti of Boston University has a typical outlook on the subject of travel. "I want to see as much of Europe as I possibly can for the lowest and most reasonable price I can possibly find," she says.

April 30, 2010

Study abroad student Julie Colletti of Boston University has a typical outlook on the subject of travel. "I want to see as much of Europe as I possibly can for the lowest and most reasonable price I can possibly find," she says.

February 4, 2011
Some sick students find clinic too remote

"At my university back in the U.S. there is a clinic on campus we can go to," says AAU student Michael Rogers. "Then if you need to see a specialist they'll send you to one." AAU has no such campus clinic.

March 26, 2009

Anglo-American University student Elizabeth Fuhr knew she needed antibiotics. She felt that her glands were swollen and she was suffering a low-grade fever. 

February 4, 2011
Spring break is nice in Nice

Prague's location at the heart of Europe makes it is easy and cheap to take an outstanding vacation. The options are overwhelming - you just need to choose what you want to do. 

After long months of tests and teachers, most students feel the yen for a break. Prague's location at the heart of Europe makes it is easy and cheap to take an outstanding vacation. The options are overwhelming - you just need to choose what you want to do.