JEEM SCHOLAR—September 21 – November 1, 2017

During a six-week program, the MSU College of Education, Health and Human Development will host Enkhchimeg Sharav from Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.  She is this year’s recipient of the JEEM Memorial Scholarship, which was established by the family of Dr. James G. Hauwiller to support international educational exchanges.  While in Bozeman, Enkhchimeg will experience a home stay with Yvonne Hauwiller.

Brief Biography

My name is Enkhchimeg Sharav, from Mongolia, Ulaanbaatar.  I am called Chimgee by my friends and family. After getting my bachelor’s degree at the University of the Humanities, I started working at Shine Mongol secondary school as an English language teacher. I teach English to students ranging from the 10th - 12th grades. My main professional responsibilities are to develop the semester program, unit and lesson plans for each grade and class in accordance with the national English curriculum, to teach English and to prepare students for English Olympiads. 

Shine Mongol is considered to be the first school holding 12 years’ academic studies, with similar structure and methodologies of Japanese educational system.  When I started working at Shine Mongol secondary school, it didn’t have its own officially approved standard manuals and textbooks. For this reason, I started to research English textbooks at Japan’s Tokyo International University.  So, in 2011, as a result of my research, I published a new English textbook named “Advanced English Preparation” for the 12th graders and applicants of MEXT Japanese government scholarship. In April 2017, I developed and published the second edition of “Advanced English Preparation” to meet the needs of our 12th grade students. 

By participating in JEEM, I will review and differentiate between existing curricular, experience new teaching method by observing real-life classes, learn more about the American educational system, gain cultural insights, and in so doing, improve my own overall English proficiency.  This scholarship will play a key role in achieving my professional goals.  Finally, I will have seen Western educational and cultural activities in their own environment.  

My principal is pleased that I have been chosen as the JEEM Scholar to study at MSU in Bozeman.  He says, “Our school has no existing partnership with any English-speaking country, and I believe it is high time we started institutional connections between American Schools and ours.” I am so happy to have been chosen as the 2017 JEEM Scholar.  I look forward to developing friendships and partnerships with educators and community members from Montana.  

Welcome Chimgee to MSU, Bozeman, and Montana