IOU Foundation The Graduate School of Intercultural Open University Foundation specializes in educational programs designed to accommodate working adults in a personalized, mentored educational experience for graduate learners. http://www.ioufoundation.org/index.php 2012-05-18T04:16:44Z Joomla! 1.5 - Open Source Content Management hometop 2011-01-16T07:25:19Z 2011-01-16T07:25:19Z http://www.ioufoundation.org/component/content/article/46-iou-news/146-hometop Yaniv Sadeh yjsadeh@gmail.com <table style="width: 647px; height: 180px;" border="0" width="647"> <tbody style="text-align: left;"> <tr style="text-align: left;"> <td style="text-align: left;" valign="bottom"> <h1 style="text-align: center; font-size: 11px;"><span style="font-size: 13pt;"><span style="font-size: 18pt;">Accredited Dual Degree PhD Programs in Social Change and Sustainability designed to accommodate working adults in a personalized, mentored educational experience for graduate learners.</span></span></h1> <p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; FONT-SIZE: 12px"><em><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Intercultural Open University Foundation believes that the world needs well-educated social change agents who will help resolve pressing global problems through research and capacity building.</strong></span></em></p> <p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; FONT-SIZE: 12px"> </p> <p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; FONT-SIZE: 12px"><strong><span style="font-size: 12pt;">IOU Foundation Believes that IOU a Better World!</span></strong></p> </td> <td style="text-align: left;"> <p><img src="http://www.ioufoundation.org/images/bird-globe.jpg" alt="Intercultural Open University Foundation" width="183" height="157" /></p> <p><a style="margin: 0px; color: #006699; text-decoration: underline; padding: 0px" href="http://www.ioufoundation.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=69:core-faculty&layout=blog&Itemid=125"></a></p> <div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></div> </td> </tr> <tr style="text-align: left;"> <td style="text-align: left;" valign="top"> <p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; FONT-SIZE: 12px"><em><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>IOUF invites you to apply for admission and then to develop a shared plan of study and research to achieve your educational goals with our Graduate School faculty and external scholars along with our international partners, Universidad Azteca and Universidad Central de Nicaragua.</strong></span></em></p> </td> <td style="text-align: left;"> <ul style="padding-left:20px;text-align: left;"> <li style="text-align: left;"><a style="margin: 0px; color: #006699; text-decoration: underline; padding: 0px" href="http://www.ioufoundation.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=69:core-faculty&layout=blog&Itemid=125">Core Faculty</a></li> <li style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><span style="color: #006699; text-decoration: underline; padding: 0px; margin: 0px;"><a style="margin: 0px; color: #006699; text-decoration: underline; padding: 0px" href="http://www.ioufoundation.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=65:external-scholars&layout=blog&Itemid=126">External Scholars</a></span></span></li> <li style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><span style="color: #006699; text-decoration: underline; padding: 0px; margin: 0px;"><a href="http://www.ioufoundation.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=229:fellows&catid=77:fellows&Itemid=151">Fellows</a><br /></span></span></li> <li style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><span style="color: #006699; text-decoration: underline; padding: 0px; margin: 0px;"><a style="margin: 0px; color: #006699; text-decoration: underline; padding: 0px" href="http://www.ioufoundation.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=76:resource-scholars&layout=blog&Itemid=146">Resource Scholars</a></span></span></li> <li style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><a style="margin: 0px; color: #006699; text-decoration: underline; padding: 0px" href="http://www.ioufoundation.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=189:staff&catid=40:staff&Itemid=131">Staff</a></span></li> </ul> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <table style="text-align: center; border-width: 0px;" border="0" cellspacing="8" cellpadding="8" width="540"> <tbody style="text-align: left;"> <tr style="text-align: left;" valign="top"> <td style="text-align: left; width: 260px; background: url(images/hpcentralbg2.jpg);"> <p><span style="text-align: left; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif; color: #333333; font-weight: bold;"><span style="padding-left: 20px; font-size: 14pt;">PhD and Post PhD</span></span></p> <ul style="margin-top: -12px;margin-left: 15px;padding-top:-12px;padding-bottom:10px; "> <li><span style="text-align: left; line-height: 16px; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif; color: #006699;"><a style="margin: 0px; color: #006699; text-decoration: underline; padding: 0px" href="http://www.ioufoundation.org/index.php/programs/124-individualized-doctoral-degree-programme">PhD and post PhD</a></span></li> <li><span style="text-align: left; line-height: 16px; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif; color: #333333;"><a style="margin: 0px; color: #006699; text-decoration: underline; padding: 0px" href="http://www.ioufoundation.org/index.php/programs/thesisdissertation">Dissertation Conceptualization</a></span></li> <li><a style="margin: 0px; color: #006699; text-decoration: underline; padding: 0px" href="http://www.ioufoundation.org/index.php/programs/overview">Overview of PhD Program</a></li> <li><span style="text-align: left; line-height: 16px; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif; color: #333333;"><a style="margin: 0px; color: #006699; text-decoration: underline; padding: 0px" href="http://www.ioufoundation.org/index.php/programs/application-form">Application Form</a></span></li> <li><a style="margin: 0px; color: #006699; text-decoration: underline; padding-bottom: 0px" href="http://www.ioufoundation.org/index.php/component/forme/?fid=1"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Information request form</span></a><br /></li> </ul> </td> <td style="text-align: left; width: 260px; background: url(images/hpcentralbg2.jpg);"> <ul style="margin-top: 8px;margin-left: 15px;padding-top:15px; "> <li><span style="text-align: left; line-height: 16px; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif; color: #333333;"><a style="margin: 0px; color: #006699; text-decoration: underline; padding: 0px" href="http://www.ioufoundation.org/index.php/intercultural-open-university-foundation/introduction">Introduction to the IOUF</a></span></li> <li><span style="text-align: left; line-height: 16px; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif; color: #333333;"><a style="margin: 0px; color: #006699; text-decoration: underline; padding: 0px" href="http://www.ioufoundation.org/index.php/university-governance/86-admission-committee-handbook">Admission Committee Handbook</a></span></li> <li><span style="text-align: left; line-height: 16px; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif; color: #333333;"><a style="margin: 0px; color: #006699; text-decoration: underline; padding: 0px" href="http://www.ioufoundation.org/index.php/university-governance/88-iou-faculty-constitution">IOUF Faculty Constitution</a></span></li> <li><span style="text-align: left; line-height: 16px; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif; color: #333333;"><a style="margin: 0px; color: #006699; text-decoration: underline; padding: 0px" href="http://www.ioufoundation.org/index.php/admission/tuition-and-fees">Tuition and Fees</a></span></li> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"> <li><span style="text-align: left; line-height: 16px; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif; color: #333333;"><a style="margin: 0px; color: #006699; text-decoration: underline; padding: 0px" href="http://www.ioufoundation.org/index.php/university-governance/criteria-for-professorship">Criteria</a><br /><br /></span></li> </span></span> </ul> </td> </tr> <tr style="text-align: left;" valign="top"> <td style="text-align: left; width: 260px; background: url(images/hpcentralbg2.jpg);"> <p style="margin: 20px"><span style="text-align: left; line-height: 16px; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif; color: #333333;"><strong><span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 10pt; padding: 0px;">Rene Goris, PhD, 2009 Director, Oriental College, NL<br /><em><a style="margin: 0px; color: #006699; text-decoration: none; padding: 0px" href="http://www.ioufoundation.org/index.php/intercultural-open-university-foundation/testimonials" target="_self"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px">"As a result of my studies, I developed and became the director of the International Oriental College in Amsterdam."</span></a></em><span> </span></span></strong></span></p> </td> <td style="text-align: left; width: 260px; background: url(images/hpcentralbg2.jpg);"> <p style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: left; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif; color: #333333; font-weight: bold;"><span style="padding-left: 20px; font-size: 14pt;">Scholarships</span></span></p> <ul style="margin-top: -10px;margin-left: 15px;padding-top:-10px; "> <li><span style="text-align: left; line-height: 16px; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif; color: #333333;"><a style="margin: 0px; color: #006699; text-decoration: underline; padding: 0px" href="http://www.ioufoundation.org/index.php/scholarships/scholarships-for-social-activism">IOUF Scholarship</a></span></li> <li><span style="text-align: left; line-height: 16px; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif; color: #333333;"><a style="margin: 0px; color: #006699; text-decoration: underline; padding: 0px" href="http://www.ioufoundation.org/index.php/scholarships/scholarships-for-peace">Scholarships for Peace Studies </a></span></li> <li><span style="text-align: left; line-height: 16px; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif; color: #333333;"><a style="margin: 0px; color: #006699; text-decoration: underline; padding: 0px" href="http://www.ioufoundation.org/index.php/scholarships/scholarships-for-social-change">Scholarships for Social Change </a></span></li> <li><span style="text-align: left; line-height: 16px; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif; color: #333333;"><a style="margin: 0px; color: #006699; text-decoration: underline; padding: 0px" href="http://www.ioufoundation.org/index.php/scholarships/scholarships-for-gender-related-issues">Scholarships for Gender Related Issues </a></span></li> </ul> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p style="text-align: center; font-size: 11px;"> </p> <table style="width: 647px; height: 180px;" border="0" width="647"> <tbody style="text-align: left;"> <tr style="text-align: left;"> <td style="text-align: left;" valign="bottom"> <h1 style="text-align: center; font-size: 11px;"><span style="font-size: 13pt;"><span style="font-size: 18pt;">Accredited Dual Degree PhD Programs in Social Change and Sustainability designed to accommodate working adults in a personalized, mentored educational experience for graduate learners.</span></span></h1> <p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; FONT-SIZE: 12px"><em><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Intercultural Open University Foundation believes that the world needs well-educated social change agents who will help resolve pressing global problems through research and capacity building.</strong></span></em></p> <p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; FONT-SIZE: 12px"> </p> <p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; FONT-SIZE: 12px"><strong><span style="font-size: 12pt;">IOU Foundation Believes that IOU a Better World!</span></strong></p> </td> <td style="text-align: left;"> <p><img src="http://www.ioufoundation.org/images/bird-globe.jpg" alt="Intercultural Open University Foundation" width="183" height="157" /></p> <p><a style="margin: 0px; color: #006699; text-decoration: underline; padding: 0px" href="http://www.ioufoundation.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=69:core-faculty&layout=blog&Itemid=125"></a></p> <div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></div> </td> </tr> <tr style="text-align: left;"> <td style="text-align: left;" valign="top"> <p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; FONT-SIZE: 12px"><em><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>IOUF invites you to apply for admission and then to develop a shared plan of study and research to achieve your educational goals with our Graduate School faculty and external scholars along with our international partners, Universidad Azteca and Universidad Central de Nicaragua.</strong></span></em></p> </td> <td style="text-align: left;"> <ul style="padding-left:20px;text-align: left;"> <li style="text-align: left;"><a style="margin: 0px; color: #006699; text-decoration: underline; padding: 0px" href="http://www.ioufoundation.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=69:core-faculty&layout=blog&Itemid=125">Core Faculty</a></li> <li style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><span style="color: #006699; text-decoration: underline; padding: 0px; margin: 0px;"><a style="margin: 0px; color: #006699; text-decoration: underline; padding: 0px" href="http://www.ioufoundation.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=65:external-scholars&layout=blog&Itemid=126">External Scholars</a></span></span></li> <li style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><span style="color: #006699; text-decoration: underline; padding: 0px; margin: 0px;"><a href="http://www.ioufoundation.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=229:fellows&catid=77:fellows&Itemid=151">Fellows</a><br /></span></span></li> <li style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><span style="color: #006699; text-decoration: underline; padding: 0px; margin: 0px;"><a style="margin: 0px; color: #006699; text-decoration: underline; padding: 0px" href="http://www.ioufoundation.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=76:resource-scholars&layout=blog&Itemid=146">Resource Scholars</a></span></span></li> <li style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><a style="margin: 0px; color: #006699; text-decoration: underline; padding: 0px" href="http://www.ioufoundation.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=189:staff&catid=40:staff&Itemid=131">Staff</a></span></li> </ul> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <table style="text-align: center; border-width: 0px;" border="0" cellspacing="8" cellpadding="8" width="540"> <tbody style="text-align: left;"> <tr style="text-align: left;" valign="top"> <td style="text-align: left; width: 260px; background: url(images/hpcentralbg2.jpg);"> <p><span style="text-align: left; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif; color: #333333; font-weight: bold;"><span style="padding-left: 20px; font-size: 14pt;">PhD and Post PhD</span></span></p> <ul style="margin-top: -12px;margin-left: 15px;padding-top:-12px;padding-bottom:10px; "> <li><span style="text-align: left; line-height: 16px; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif; color: #006699;"><a style="margin: 0px; color: #006699; text-decoration: underline; padding: 0px" href="http://www.ioufoundation.org/index.php/programs/124-individualized-doctoral-degree-programme">PhD and post PhD</a></span></li> <li><span style="text-align: left; line-height: 16px; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif; color: #333333;"><a style="margin: 0px; color: #006699; text-decoration: underline; padding: 0px" href="http://www.ioufoundation.org/index.php/programs/thesisdissertation">Dissertation Conceptualization</a></span></li> <li><a style="margin: 0px; color: #006699; text-decoration: underline; padding: 0px" href="http://www.ioufoundation.org/index.php/programs/overview">Overview of PhD Program</a></li> <li><span style="text-align: left; line-height: 16px; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif; color: #333333;"><a style="margin: 0px; color: #006699; text-decoration: underline; padding: 0px" href="http://www.ioufoundation.org/index.php/programs/application-form">Application Form</a></span></li> <li><a style="margin: 0px; color: #006699; text-decoration: underline; padding-bottom: 0px" href="http://www.ioufoundation.org/index.php/component/forme/?fid=1"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Information request form</span></a><br /></li> </ul> </td> <td style="text-align: left; width: 260px; background: url(images/hpcentralbg2.jpg);"> <ul style="margin-top: 8px;margin-left: 15px;padding-top:15px; "> <li><span style="text-align: left; line-height: 16px; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif; color: #333333;"><a style="margin: 0px; color: #006699; text-decoration: underline; padding: 0px" href="http://www.ioufoundation.org/index.php/intercultural-open-university-foundation/introduction">Introduction to the IOUF</a></span></li> <li><span style="text-align: left; line-height: 16px; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif; color: #333333;"><a style="margin: 0px; color: #006699; text-decoration: underline; padding: 0px" href="http://www.ioufoundation.org/index.php/university-governance/86-admission-committee-handbook">Admission Committee Handbook</a></span></li> <li><span style="text-align: left; line-height: 16px; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif; color: #333333;"><a style="margin: 0px; color: #006699; text-decoration: underline; padding: 0px" href="http://www.ioufoundation.org/index.php/university-governance/88-iou-faculty-constitution">IOUF Faculty Constitution</a></span></li> <li><span style="text-align: left; line-height: 16px; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif; color: #333333;"><a style="margin: 0px; color: #006699; text-decoration: underline; padding: 0px" href="http://www.ioufoundation.org/index.php/admission/tuition-and-fees">Tuition and Fees</a></span></li> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"> <li><span style="text-align: left; line-height: 16px; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif; color: #333333;"><a style="margin: 0px; color: #006699; text-decoration: underline; padding: 0px" href="http://www.ioufoundation.org/index.php/university-governance/criteria-for-professorship">Criteria</a><br /><br /></span></li> </span></span> </ul> </td> </tr> <tr style="text-align: left;" valign="top"> <td style="text-align: left; width: 260px; background: url(images/hpcentralbg2.jpg);"> <p style="margin: 20px"><span style="text-align: left; line-height: 16px; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif; color: #333333;"><strong><span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 10pt; padding: 0px;">Rene Goris, PhD, 2009 Director, Oriental College, NL<br /><em><a style="margin: 0px; color: #006699; text-decoration: none; padding: 0px" href="http://www.ioufoundation.org/index.php/intercultural-open-university-foundation/testimonials" target="_self"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px">"As a result of my studies, I developed and became the director of the International Oriental College in Amsterdam."</span></a></em><span> </span></span></strong></span></p> </td> <td style="text-align: left; width: 260px; background: url(images/hpcentralbg2.jpg);"> <p style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: left; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif; color: #333333; font-weight: bold;"><span style="padding-left: 20px; font-size: 14pt;">Scholarships</span></span></p> <ul style="margin-top: -10px;margin-left: 15px;padding-top:-10px; "> <li><span style="text-align: left; line-height: 16px; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif; color: #333333;"><a style="margin: 0px; color: #006699; text-decoration: underline; padding: 0px" href="http://www.ioufoundation.org/index.php/scholarships/scholarships-for-social-activism">IOUF Scholarship</a></span></li> <li><span style="text-align: left; line-height: 16px; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif; color: #333333;"><a style="margin: 0px; color: #006699; text-decoration: underline; padding: 0px" href="http://www.ioufoundation.org/index.php/scholarships/scholarships-for-peace">Scholarships for Peace Studies </a></span></li> <li><span style="text-align: left; line-height: 16px; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif; color: #333333;"><a style="margin: 0px; color: #006699; text-decoration: underline; padding: 0px" href="http://www.ioufoundation.org/index.php/scholarships/scholarships-for-social-change">Scholarships for Social Change </a></span></li> <li><span style="text-align: left; line-height: 16px; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif; color: #333333;"><a style="margin: 0px; color: #006699; text-decoration: underline; padding: 0px" href="http://www.ioufoundation.org/index.php/scholarships/scholarships-for-gender-related-issues">Scholarships for Gender Related Issues </a></span></li> </ul> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p style="text-align: center; font-size: 11px;"> </p> Dr. Lisa Shaffner Awarded PhD Degree from Universidad Azteca 2012-05-07T07:08:37Z 2012-05-07T07:08:37Z http://www.ioufoundation.org/component/content/article/46-iou-news/250-dr-lisa-shaffner-awarded-phd-degree-from-universidad-azteca Administrator pieters@iouedu.com <img style="float: right;" src="http://www.ioufoundation.org/images/stories/dr._Lisa_Shaffner.jpg" alt="" /><span lang="EN-US">On May 4, 2012, Lisa Shaffner, PhD, NCC, LPCMH was formally awarded her PhD Degree in Psychology from the Universidad Azteca by John M. Toothman, PhD, Board of Governors for the Intercultural Open University Foundation.<span> </span>Dr. Shaffner is a faculty member of the Psychology Department at Goldey-Beacom College in Wilmington, Delaware (USA). </span> <img style="float: right;" src="http://www.ioufoundation.org/images/stories/dr._Lisa_Shaffner.jpg" alt="" /><span lang="EN-US">On May 4, 2012, Lisa Shaffner, PhD, NCC, LPCMH was formally awarded her PhD Degree in Psychology from the Universidad Azteca by John M. Toothman, PhD, Board of Governors for the Intercultural Open University Foundation.<span> </span>Dr. Shaffner is a faculty member of the Psychology Department at Goldey-Beacom College in Wilmington, Delaware (USA). </span> Alan Dunning, MPHIL, MA, LLB is Appointed Fellow to Intercultural Open University Foundation 2012-04-25T18:51:47Z 2012-04-25T18:51:47Z http://www.ioufoundation.org/component/content/article/46-iou-news/249-alan-dunning-mphil-ma-llb-is-appointed-fellow-to-intercultutal-open-university-foundation Administrator pieters@iouedu.com <p>The President, Board of Governors, Faculty, and Staff welcome the appointment of Alan Dunning as a Fellow.  Mr. Dunning brings to IOUF a world of experience in distributed education, curriculum writing, and e-learning.  He will assist in the development of Intercultural Open University Foundation's Dual PhD Programs in the United Kingdom.</p> <p>The President, Board of Governors, Faculty, and Staff welcome the appointment of Alan Dunning as a Fellow.  Mr. Dunning brings to IOUF a world of experience in distributed education, curriculum writing, and e-learning.  He will assist in the development of Intercultural Open University Foundation's Dual PhD Programs in the United Kingdom.</p> Dr. Gulab Kothari Receives the Bharatiya Jnanpith Award 2012-04-02T06:49:38Z 2012-04-02T06:49:38Z http://www.ioufoundation.org/component/content/article/46-iou-news/243-dr-gulab-kothari-receives-the-bharatiya-jnanpith-award Administrator pieters@iouedu.com <p>Intercultural Open University Foundation (IOUF) is honored to announce that on March 20, 2012, Dr. Gulab Kothari was awarded the 25th Edition of the Bharatiya Jnanpith Moortidevi Award for his book, <em>Mein Hi Radha, Mein Hi Krishna (I am Radha and Me Krishna Too)</em>.  Dr. Kothari serves as an International Advisor to IOUF and is the Chief Editor of the Rajasthan Patrika Group of Newspapers in India.</p> <p>Intercultural Open University Foundation (IOUF) is honored to announce that on March 20, 2012, Dr. Gulab Kothari was awarded the 25th Edition of the Bharatiya Jnanpith Moortidevi Award for his book, <em>Mein Hi Radha, Mein Hi Krishna (I am Radha and Me Krishna Too)</em>.  Dr. Kothari serves as an International Advisor to IOUF and is the Chief Editor of the Rajasthan Patrika Group of Newspapers in India.</p> Intercultural Open University Foundation Awards the First Two Accredited Dual Degrees 2012-02-23T20:00:15Z 2012-02-23T20:00:15Z http://www.ioufoundation.org/component/content/article/46-iou-news/238-intercultural-open-university-foundation-awards-two-accredited-dual-degrees Administrator pieters@iouedu.com <p>The President, Board of Governors, faculty, and staff of Intercultural Open University Foundation (IOUF) are pleased to announce that Bremley W. B. Lyngdoh, PhD and Lisa L. Shaffner, PhD, LPCMH have completed accredited dual PhD degrees through our partnership with the Universidad Azteca and the Universidad Central de Nicaragua. Dr. Lyngdoh's doctorate is in Sustainable Development and Dr. Shaffner's doctorate is in Psychology.</p> <p /> <p>The President, Board of Governors, faculty, and staff of Intercultural Open University Foundation (IOUF) are pleased to announce that Bremley W. B. Lyngdoh, PhD and Lisa L. Shaffner, PhD, LPCMH have completed accredited dual PhD degrees through our partnership with the Universidad Azteca and the Universidad Central de Nicaragua. Dr. Lyngdoh's doctorate is in Sustainable Development and Dr. Shaffner's doctorate is in Psychology.</p> <p />