rwanda: collaborating with faculty to build student engagement abroad
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RWANDA: COLLABORATING WITH FACULTY TO BUILD STUDENT ENGAGEMENT ABROAD M Sheridan Embser-Herbert, Kari Richtsmeier, and Linda Umwali
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Introductions
M Sheridan Embser-Herbert, Ph.D., J.D.Professor of Sociology and Director, Center for Justice and Law
Kari Richstmeier, Ph.D., Director, Global Engagement Center
Linda Umwali, CLA ’18, Economics and Finance
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Learning Objectives/Goals
How to identify potential faculty partners
How best to support faculty development
Rwanda – A ‘Case Study’
IDENTIFYING POTENTIAL
FACULTY PARTNERS
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Identifying Potential Faculty Partners
Get to know your faculty - connect with new hires right awayCampus events- International Education Week- Admission Events
Utilize other units’ existing programs - New Faculty Orientation Seminar- First Year Seminar
SUPPORTING FACULTY
DEVELOPMENT AND
COLLABORATION
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Supporting Faculty Development and Collaboration
Grants – e.g., CIEE and multi-agency grantsOn-campus events – e.g., international visitorsTeam site visits - e.g., SenegalStaff colleague program
RWANDA: A ‘CASE STUDY’
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Rwanda: A ‘Case Study’
“Wouldn’t it be great…?”2010 – Collaborative opportunity2011 – Faculty development opportunity2011 – First Year Seminar2012 – Hamline to Rwanda2013 – Hamline to Rwanda, part II – scholarship!2014 – 20th commemoration – visit to PIASS2016 – Hamline to Rwanda, redux
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Rwanda: A ‘Case Study’
http://www.mprnews.org/story/2015/01/13/linda-umwali
Course planning with independent study students
Peer mentor while on the ground
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Rwanda: A ‘Case Study’
Protestant Institute of Art and Social Science workshop
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Rwanda: A ‘Case Study’
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Rwanda: A ‘Case Study’
Student curated, student organized, student executedHamline to Rwanda: Hope and Healing After the Genocide
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Rwanda: A ‘Case Study’
What does the future hold?January 2017Courses in Cambodia, Cuba, BelizeInternships in Shanghai, ChinaGlobal Service Learning through Education, Thailand
May 2017Courses in The Netherlands and Greece
2018 and beyond?
THANK YOU