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  • Columbia University Hosts InteRDom Information Session

    January 29, 2009 - The next stop in New York for the internship program InteRDom, an initiative of Global Foundation for Democracy and Development (GFDD) and Fundación Global Democracia y Desarrollo (FUNGLODE), will be at Columbia University.  InteRDom will hold an information session together with Columbia’s Center for Career Education on February 17, 2009 at 6 p.m. for all... Continue Reading >

  • InteRDom Will Hold Information Session at Johns Hopkins University to Increase Awareness of Internship Opportunities Available in the Dominican Republic

    January 29, 2009 - InteRDom will hold an information session at the Career Services Department of the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University on February 10, 2009. InteRDom seeks to inform students interested in carrying-out projects in the areas of economic and social development, multimedia arts and intercultural communication about the internship opportunities... Continue Reading >

  • InteRDom Will Organize Presentation at Fordham University in Collaboration with the Department of Career Services to Foster Increased Cooperation

    January 28, 2009 - InteRDom will hold an information session for students at Fordham University in Bronx, New York on Thursday, February 5, 2009. The gathering will be coordinated by the University’s Department of Career Services and will take place the faculty lounge from 1-2 pm. Through this event, InteRDom seeks to promote collaboration with students interested in furthering... Continue Reading >

  • DRGFF Supports Celebration of First Dominican Film Screening in Nagua

    January 28, 2009 - The Dominican Republic Global Film Festival, an initiative of Global Foundation for Democracy and Development (GFDD) and Fundación Global Democracia y Desarrollo (FUNGLODE), is lending support to Nagua’s First Dominican Film Screening, being celebrated January 28 – February 1, 2009. The Festival is providing the technical support in the form of human resources needed to... Continue Reading >

  • DRGFF Begins Its Journey to Visit World’s Most Renowned Film Festivals

    January 26, 2009 - The Dominican Republic Global Film Festival (DRGFF), an initiative of Global Foundation for Democracy and Development (GFDD) and Fundación Global Democracia y Desarrollo (FUNGLODE), attended the 2009 edition of the Sundance Film Festival, which took place January 15 – 25 in Park City, Utah. This year the world’s most prominent independent film festival celebrated 25... Continue Reading >

  • InteRDom Increases Baruch College Students’ Connection with the Dominican Republic

    January 23, 2009 - The internship program InteRDom, an initiative of Global Foundation for Democracy and Development (GFDD) and Fundación Global Democracia y Desarrollo (FUNGLODE), is scheduled to participate in the spring semester Study Abroad Fair at Baruch College on February 19, 2009. Through this event InteRDom seeks to increase students’ awareness of the vast internship and academic opportunities... Continue Reading >

  • UNA-DR, GFDD and FUNGLODE Will Host Seventh Annual Model United Nations in NYC

    January 22, 2009 - More than 400 Dominican students will participate in the 2009 New York Dominican Republic Model United Nations (NYDRMUN), which will take place April 2 – 3 at the Millennium Plaza Hotel and April 4 at United Nations Headquarters in New York City. This will be the seventh occasion that the United Nations Association of the... Continue Reading >

  • InteRDom Will Participate in Opportunity Knocks Fair at George Washington University

    January 9, 2009 - For the second year in a row, the internship program InteRDom, an initiative of Global Foundation for Democracy and Development (GFDD) and Fundación Global Democracia y Desarrollo (FUNGLODE), will participate in the “Opportunity Knocks Career and Information Fair” at George Washington University on February 12, 2008.   InteRDom will have a stand at the fair... Continue Reading >

  • Apply Today to One of InteRDom’s Summer Programs

    January 9, 2009 - Undergraduate and graduate students -- don’t miss the opportunity to gain professional and international experience by interning with a business or organization in the Dominican Republic. InteRDom, the premiere internship and academic program in the Dominican Republic, is now offering new and exciting internship opportunities in the areas of Communications and Marketing, Business, Engineering, Journalism... Continue Reading >

  • Students Learn About Moving Image Techniques During 2-D Animation Class Offered by GMAI

    January 5, 2009 - Twenty students participated in the 2-D Animation Class organized by the Global Media Arts Institute (GMAI), in association with Daytona State College that took place December 15 – 19, 2008 at FUNGLODE Headquarters. Course instruction provided by Visual Arts Professor at Daytona State College Bart Christner focused on 2-D animation utilizing traditional methods and software... Continue Reading >

  • GFDD and FUNGLODE Launch Dominican Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Environment

    December 22, 2008 - Today Global Foundation for Democracy and Development (GFDD) and Foundation Global Democracies y Desarrollo (FUNGLODE), through their website Dominicanaonline.org, launched a new project without precedent, the Dominican Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Environment, http://www.dominicanaonline.org/diccionariomedioambiente/es   The Dictionary, the result of four years of intense work carried out by an international team of experts, is being launched... Continue Reading >

  • Participate in the InteRDom Hot Summer Seminar Survey

    December 22, 2008 - The InteRDom team is currently preparing the HOT Summer Seminar offerings for the academic term Summer 2009 and would like your input!   InteRDom’s HOT Summer Seminar series is a feature of its summer academic offering, and deals with a recent topic of great importance on both the Caribbean and international scale. These topics are usually... Continue Reading >

  • GFDD and FUNGLODE Announce the Winners of the 2008 GFDD/FUNGLODE Awards

    December 19, 2008 - Global Foundation for Democracy and Development (GFDD) and Fundación Global Democracia y Desarrollo (FUNGLODE) held a press meeting Wednesday, December 17 to announce the winners of the 2008 GFDD/FUNGLODE Awards in the categories of: Photography, Short Film, Documentary Film, Novel, Short Story, Poetry, Essay and Journalism. Present at the event were many members of the... Continue Reading >

  • InteRDom Attends Library Inauguration at Dominican Studies Institute

    December 17, 2008 - Members of the InteRDom team attended the inauguration of the Dominican Studies Institute’s library at the City College of New York on Wednesday, December 1o in New York City.    The library is the one in the United States that focuses solely on Dominican studies. It has a large and up-to-date collection of primary materials including... Continue Reading >

  • GMAI, One Race Film Foundation and NYU’s Opportunity Programs Organize Screenwriters Group

    December 16, 2008 - GFDD and FUNGLODE’s Global Media Arts Institute joined together with Once Race Global Film Foundation and New York University’s Opportunity Programs in July 2008 to organize a Screenwriting Group. NYU’s Opportunity Programs Multimedia Director, Irving Vicent, has met with students of former television and film workshops in order to form this group. Meetings have taken... Continue Reading >

  • InteRDom Participates in Summer Opportunities Fair at Harvard University

    December 15, 2008 - Members of the InteRDom team travelled to Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts on Friday, December 12 to participate in the Summer Opportunities Fair given by the Office of Career Services.    The fair, which was attended by more than 1,000 students, provided students with the opportunity to visit the InteRDom booth and talk with representatives... Continue Reading >

  • Dominican Republic Global Film Festival Participates in International Film Festival Summit

    December 15, 2008 - Members of the Dominican Republic Global Film Festival attended the V International Film Festival Summit (IFFS), which united more than 200 professionals from the film festival and entertainment community.   The fifth edition of the Summit relied on the participation of important film festival representatives from Sundance, Tribeca, Sarasota, Milán, Cannes, Los Angeles, San Diego... Continue Reading >

  • GMAI and Daytona State College Offer 2-D Animation Class

    December 12, 2008 - The Global Media Arts Institute (GMAI), an initiative of Global Foundation for Democracy and Development (GFDD) and Fundación Global Democracia y Desarrollo (FUNGLODE), in association with Daytona State College, will offer a class on 2-D Animation. The class will take place December 15 – 19, 2008, from 6:00 pm – 10:00 pm at FUNGLODE Headquarters.... Continue Reading >

  • GMAI Organizes II Forum on Investment in Film and Audiovisual Media

    December 12, 2008 - The Global Media Arts Institute (GMAI), an initiative of Global Foundation for Democracy and Development (GFDD) and Fundación Global Democracia y Desarrollo (FUNGLODE), organized the II Global Forum on Investment in Film and Audiovisual Media (II Foro Mundial de Inversión en Cine y Medios Audiovisuales), November 23 – 26, 2008. The conference was directed towards... Continue Reading >

  • The Path to 2009

    December 1, 2008 -   The countdown begins. The Dominican Republic Global Festival team has already begun working towards the celebration of the third edition of the Festival, to take place November 18-22, 2009. However, we do not want to move forward with the next edition without thanking everyone for their enthusiasm and participation in the 2008 Festival –... Continue Reading >

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