[DDN] => C O N G R A T U L A T I O N S !! 2007 Doors to Diplomacy Award Winners Announced

Thu May 17 17:16:49 EDT 2007

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Media Note
Office of the Spokesman
Washington, DC
May 17, 2007

2007 Doors to Diplomacy Award Winners Announced
Minnesota and Taiwan Students Take Top Honors in International Diplomacy Competition

The Department of State is pleased to announce the selection of two winning websites for its 2007 Doors to Diplomacy Award, which is co-sponsored by Global SchoolNet. The awards recognize the websites that best teach young people about the importance of international affairs and diplomacy. Participants, ranging in age from 13 to 18, included more than 190 student teams from 38 countries.

The winning sites are:

*Doors 2 Cambodia, http://www.roch.edu/course/doors2cambodia/

This site was built by a team of three students in Rochester, Minnesota. The team built upon a service class trip to Cambodia promoting citizen diplomacy. Their website shows what they learned about the country and the specific projects they undertook to support education and advocate for human rights.

*International Medical Aid, http://oa.mingdao.edu.tw/~foo/www9/index.swf

Built by four students in Taichung County, Taiwan, this site explores the international community’s development of health services in Taiwan, and Taiwan’s interest in paying back to the world community with assistance to those whose health care remains insufficient.

Each student member of the two winning Doors to Diplomacy Award teams will receive a $2,000 scholarship. In addition, the winning coaches will each receive a $500 cash award.

Judging was performed by student peers and educational professionals, with the final selections made by a team of State Department judges from the Bureau of Public Affairs. The winning sites will be linked from the State Department's youth site at www.future.state.gov later this month.

Global SchoolNet is a non-profit, Internet-based education program. The Doors to Diplomacy Award was specially created for CyberFair, a contest that encourages students and educators to join together to build high-quality, educational websites on a variety of topics. These website entries will be available on the web as learning tools to millions of people around the globe.

To learn more about Doors to Diplomacy projects, visit http://globalschoolhouse.org/doors/

For more information, contact:

Yvonne Marie Andres
Global SchoolNet
Telephone: 760-635-0001
E-mail: diplomacy at globalschoolnet.org

or

Janice Clark
U.S. Department of State
Telephone: 703-875-5086
E-mail: clarkje4 at state.gov

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Doors to Diplomacy PLATINIUM Award Winners
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Project ID 4272, Doors 2 Cambodia
Cat 2. Promotion of Peace and Democracy: Social Issues
Triton Public Schools
Rochester, Minnesota, USA

Project ID 4801,The Role of Taiwan in World Health – International Medical Aid
Cat 7. Health and Environment
Ming-Dao High School
Taichung, Taiwan

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Doors to Diplomacy GOLD Awards
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Project ID 5076, End Family Violence for Better World
Category 2. Promotion of Peace and Democracy: Social Issues
SMA Negeri 8 Yogyakarta
Yogyakarta, Indonesia

Project ID 5039, A Healthy World - Pneumonia, the Silent Killer
Category 7. Health and the Environment
International School of Kuala Lumpur
Ampang, Malaysia

Project ID 4916, Globalisation: A Tool to Promote Human Rights
Category 2. Promotion of Peace and Democracy: Social Issues
Hwa Chong Institution, High School Section
Singapore

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Doors to Diplomacy SILVER Awards
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Project ID 5020, 4th World Teacher
Category 2. Promotion of Peace and Democracy: Social Issues
Agusan del Sur National High School
Philippines 

Project ID 5086, Greenhouse Effect and Climate Changes
Category 7. Health and the Environment
Chingshin Middle School,
Taipei, Taiwan

Project ID 5032, A Doorway to the Riches of Turkmenistan
Category 8. Arts and Culture
Secondary school #50
Ashgabat, Turkmenistan

Project ID 4881, Stem Cell Research and the Controversy
Category: 4. Science/Technology
Foshay Learning Center
Los Angeles, California, United States

Project ID 4813, Panda Diplomacy
Category 7. Health and the Environment
John Muir School
San Diego, California, United States

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Doors to Diplomacy HONORABLE MENTION
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roject ID 4985,  European Union - Diverse people, one union
Category 6. History of Foreign Relations
A&B, , Shumen
Bulgaria

Project ID 5098, Terror trails
Category 5. International Security
Ryan International School
Gurgaon, Haryana, India

Project ID 5096, Srijan- birth
Category 1. Leadership Traits
Ryan International School
Gurgaon, Haryana, India 

Project ID 5099, Karmanya Vadhikareste: To Us... Our Deeds
Category 2. Promotion of Peace and Democracy: Social Issues
Ryan International School
Gurgaon, Haryana, India

Project ID 4928, Can you return my childhood?
Category 2. Promotion of Peace and Democracy: Social Issues
ST. Lawrence High School
Mumbai, India

Project ID 4910, Bioterrorism - Threat Comes In A New Face
Category 5. International Security
Ryan International School
Navimumbai, India

Project ID 5120, SPACE, Humanity & Handshakes
Category 4. Science/Technology
Kuwait English School
Salwa, Kuwait

Project ID 5003, The Destroyer: From Rags to Riches
Category 1. Leadership Traits
Agusan del Sur National High School
San Francisco, Agusan del Sur, Philippines

Project ID 4825, Terror Day
Category 5. International Security
Colegiul National Eudoxiu Hurmuzachi
Radauti, Suceava, Romania

Project ID 4724, Flower-bridge
Category 6. History of Foreign Relations
Colegiul National "EUDOXIU HURMUZACHI"
Radauti,  Suceava, Romania

Project ID 4789, Mr. Turgut Ozal
Category 1. Leadership Traits
Cagdas Egitim Koleji
Izmir, Turkey

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C  O  N  G  R  A  T  U  L  A  T  I  O  N  S !!  to all teams!

Doors to Diplomacy 2008 will begin in October 2007

To learn more about Doors to Diplomacy projects, visit http://globalschoolhouse.org/doors/