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October 29, 2020
Preparing for the 2020 Election
As the election approaches, I have heard from members seeking suggestions and resources to help them prepare for and respond to whatever transpires on and after November 3. Below, you will find practical ideas for fostering an environment that brings members of your campus community together both before and after the election. Before turning to those action steps, however, I think it’s important to spend a few moments characterizing the challenge these suggestions are intended to meet. If we don’t have clarity about the problem, it can be hard to know whether proposed solutions are likely to work. At one level, the challenge results from the degree and intensity of polarization in our politics. Along with many others, students are fired up about the election. Many believe that if the election does not turn out as they hope, irreparable damage will be done to the country and to specific communities within it. That level of intensity makes it difficult to…
October 28, 2020
Upcoming Event: Cultural Humility and Historical Understanding – Understanding What is Now Pennsylvania through Indigenous Experience
The Community-based Global Learning Collaborative, the Pennsylvania Council for International Education, and the Philadelphia Higher Education Network for Neighborhood Development are cooperating to support a series of fall events designed to deepen understanding of local inclusivity and its relationship with global processes and understanding. Join us for these free, discursive webinars. Tuesday, November 10, 4:00-5:15 p.m. EST: Cultural Humility and Historical Understanding – Understanding What is Now Pennsylvania through Indigenous Experience As awareness grows regarding the overly simplistic conception of history packed into the Thanksgiving Holiday, we will hear from Adam DePaul, a Council Member of the Lenape Nation of Pennsylvania. Much of Pennsylvania is on the unceded ancestral homelands of the Lenape. Part of the Haverford College Center for Peace and Global Citizenship’s 20th Anniversary event series. Register here (closes at 11:59 p.m. EST on November 8)
October 28, 2020
Recording and Resources: Global-Local Curricular Connections and Experiential Education Webinar
On Friday, October 16, 2020, members of the Global Engagement in the Liberal Arts Conference Community, along with the Community-based Global Learning Collaborative and the Haverford College Center for Peace and Global Citizenship, joined together for this important and current conversation. This event was part of the Haverford College Center for Peace and Global Citizenship’s 20th anniversary series. In the name of education that is enriching, engaging and relevant both with respect to students’ trajectories and in terms of understanding and addressing 21st Century Challenges, faculty, staff, students and community partners have worked to better align interdisciplinary global engagement programs. During this opportunity for connection and conversation a range of faculty, staff, and administrative voices shared about the progress they have made on these efforts at selective liberal arts institutions. 00:00 – Welcome and tech overview 02:47 – Eric Hartman introduces the co-sponsors and the presentations 06:00 – Wesleyan University: Stephen Angle, Professor of East Asian Studies and Philosophy and…
October 28, 2020
Recording and Resources: The State of the State and International Education
On Thursday, October 15th, 2020, Lisa Donatelli, Chief of Staff at the Arcadia University College of Global Studies, and Jeff Whitehead, Director of the University of Pittsburgh Study Abroad Office, presented The State of the State and International Education. Everyone is asking – what’s next for international education? While we don’t have definitive answers to this question, two of Pennsylvania’s leading international education thinkers and administrators shared some insights and participated in open discussion with this international education community of practice. 00:00 – Welcome, tech overview 3:00 – Eric Hartman introduces the presenters 6:47 – Lisa Donatelli discusses the state of the field, and Arcadia University’s thinking around international education moving forward. 19:09 – Jeff Whitehead discusses how global education at Pitt has evolved over the last 15 years, and where it’s headed. 33:00 – Open discussion and Q&A The webinar was co-sponsored by The Community-based Global Learning Collaborative, the Pennsylvania Council for International Education, and the Philadelphia Higher Education…
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