Fulbright teaching scholars visit Caldwell County

Nov. 4—Caldwell County Schools and Caldwell Community College and Technical Institute hosted a group of 22 international educators as part of the Fulbright Teaching Excellence and Achievement Program through Appalachian State University.

The group spent the first half of the day, on Oct. 5, visiting Caldwell Early College High School and the Caldwell Applied Sciences Academy. In the afternoon, the group took a walking tour of the CCC&TI campus, visiting some of the campus Career and Technical Education areas.

The Fulbright scholars also participated in an informal question-and-answer session with instructors from CCC&TI's Art and Sciences Department.

Countries represented by visiting students included Bangladesh, Turkey, Venezuela, Tunisia, Egypt, Jordan, Sri Lanka, Uzbekistan, India, Vietnam, Nigeria, Chile, Thailand, Croatia, Mozambique, Ukraine, and Kyrgyzstan.