Global Education Seminar-Africa (Ghana & Cameroon)
2018-2019 Request for Nominations
Overview
The Global Education Seminar-Africa (Ghana & Cameroon) serves as a key faculty development opportunity and supports academic units’ strategic plans for internationalization. The program is an educational and scholarly initiative, providing an exciting opportunity for a coordinated team of faculty to be immersed in international locales, with intensive faculty study about a strategic site(s) in advance of a three-week exploratory visit. The initiative seeks to broaden the pedagogical and scholarly horizons of faculty members, providing them with concrete, site-specific resources and relationships that can motivate and shape revision of the courses they teach, as well as inform additional international collaborations.
The seminar will familiarize a growing body of UD faculty in undergraduate and graduate programs, who formerly have had little or no international experience in the target region, with selected international locations as sites for academic exploration and study. Participants will have opportunities to strengthen the University’s network of international resources and relationships that can enrich curriculum revision (including revisions in support of the Common Academic Program), motivate new scholarly projects, and expand international faculty exchanges and grant opportunities.
Seminar Objectives
1. Accelerate the revision of existing curriculum, both at the course and the program levels, to incorporate academically meaningful global and intercultural perspectives;
2. Familiarize a growing body of UD faculty, who formerly have had little international experience, with international locations as sites for academic exploration and study;
3. Strengthen the University’s current network of international resources and relationships; which can enrich and support curriculum revision, motivate new scholarly projects, and expand international faculty exchanges and grant opportunities;
4. Foster an appreciation of and engagement with current UD initiatives and partnerships at the site, as well as on-campus expertise;
5. Align more closely on-campus curricula with education abroad opportunities and support the development of signature education abroad sites.
Key Dates
Deadline for academic units to submit nominations to development team with written feedback about each nominee from the deans / October 27, 2017Notify deans and chairs of recommendations for who will receive RFP invitation / November 6, 2017
Request for individual faculty proposals sent to selected nominees / November 10, 2017
Deadline to submit individual faculty proposals / January 16, 2018
Notification of selected participants / February 9, 2018
Begin 2018-2019 Global Education Seminar-Africa (Ghana & Cameroon) / August 2018
Information Sessions
To learn more or ask questions about the GES program, please try to attend an information session. To RSVP or schedule a time to learn more, email Sangita Gosalia at .
Thursday, October 5 / 2:00-3:00 p.m. / Rike 207
Wednesday, October 11 / 10:00-11:00 a.m. / Rike 207
Site Selection for 2018-2019
The International Education Council is committed to developing University engagement with Africa, and the Global Education Seminar is one of the key strategies to advance this goal. Over the next 2-4 years, the GES will focus on Africa. The continent is vast and diverse and has much to offer. After careful consideration, four countries in West and Southern Africa were chosen as the focus for three years.
Ghana and Cameroon have been selected as the site for the eighth year of the Global Education Seminar. The array of economic, political, social, cultural, and natural environments, along with the opportunity to advance partnerships provide an excellent context. This location also offers an opportunity to experience a wide variety of cultural settings and to explore economic development, human rights and natural resources that link to issues around sustainability, energy and the environment.
Projected sites[1] for the coming years are:
§ 2017-2018 Ghana & Togo (complete)
§ 2018-2019 Ghana & Cameroon
§ 2019-2020 Ghana & South Africa OR Cameroon & South Africa
Health and Safety
The health and safety of UD employees is a priority. Travel in Ghana & Cameroon can be strenuous. At times, faculty will not have access to U.S. style heating, cooling, communication or transportation. Also, some aspects of the in-country travel can be unpredictable, and therefore require flexibility. Walking more than an hour may also be required. Participation in the program comes with the expectation that faculty are in good physical health and comfortable walking for a long period of time and rough travel.
Faculty are highly encouraged to speak with his/her health care provider or contact International SOS to fully understand the health and safety risks of traveling in this region. All participants must take vaccinations required by the host country and/or by the US Center for Disease Control. Faculty may also choose to take recommended vaccinations. All vaccinations can be obtained by Public Health-Dayton and Montgomery County, or other local provider. The University will cover up to $325 for the cost of vaccinations.
Faculty Responsibilities
As a participant in the seminar, faculty are expected to engage in the following ways:
Prior to the start of the fall term:
§ Be accessible by e-mail during the summer for essential communication.
§ Prepare for the seminar, which will likely include some readings during the summer months.
§ Complete and submit the required assessment tools.
As part of the seminar and trip (fall, spring and summer):
§ Attend and fully engage in each session of the seminar (ten sessions plus two shorter trip preparation sessions during the academic year). All required sessions will take place on Thursdays from 2 to 5 p.m. (exact dates to be determined). Each cohort member will be expected to make a commitment to active participation and being present for each session. Faculty are expected to arrange with their department chair for fall 2018 and spring 2019 classes to occur outside of this day and time, prior to submitting their proposals for participation in the program. Any potential conflicts (conferences, regular meetings, etc.) should be addressed prior to the start of the school year.
§ Identify a plan for moving the project forward through course revisions, on campus and international collaborations, etc. As part of the plan, faculty should consider and make clear how the plan will contribute to the internationalization of their departments and academic units.
§ Provide feedback on the itinerary for the summer trip in collaboration with the development team.
§ Meet with department chair throughout the year to communicate project development and plans for the in-country experience.
§ Fully engage in the in-country experience while travelling to the selected site for three weeks in the summer, as the culmination of the seminar. The trip will take place during a three-week period between the dates May 18 and June 15, 2019 (Please note: Only members of the cohort will be able to participate in the in-country experience; because of the nature of the trip, family will not be able to join).
Following participation in the seminar and trip:
§ By mid-July (2019), create a report to share results of participation in the seminar with campus, dean’s office, department chair and the Center for International Programs. The report should include the specifics of the curricular revisions and the proposed projects. Report guidelines will be provided.
§ Complete and submit the required assessment tools.
§ Complete and submit the post-program survey.
§ Complete a status update survey for years one and two following completion of program.
§ Be available for consultation for future cohorts.
§ Provide input and updates on projects as requested.
Faculty will be awarded $2,000 stipend for their participation in the seminar and completion of their research and curricular projects. The stipend is paid during the summer after the trip. Faculty earning the equivalent of a twelve-month salary or at his/her 100% compensation mark are not eligible to receive the stipend. In addition, all study materials, travel and living expenses (on a per diem basis) as part of the summer travel will be supported by the program.
Faculty Selection Process
Faculty will be selected through a nomination process by academic units. The selection of faculty may include individuals from both the undergraduate and graduate level, from a number of disciplines. Proposals that focus on curricular development will be accepted, as will proposals that focus on scholarship and research, provided that the projects outlined align with the priorities of the academic unit. Faculty are responsible for clarifying priorities with their dean. Faculty selection will be made based on the potential impact of the proposed project on the department and academic unit with some, but limited, consideration given to potential collaborations found among the pool of nominations. All faculty must be available to meet during the seminar session time and day and for the summer trip to Africa: Ghana & Cameroon.
Deans should submit a nomination form, which includes a written rationale for each nominated faculty member. The development team will recommend a group of nominees to the Executive Committee of the International Education Council (IEC), which will approve the final list. The development team will then request a proposal from the selected nominees. A final cohort will be recommended to the IEC by the development team.
Global Education Seminar-Africa (Ghana & Cameroon),
2018-2019 Request for Nominations
Academic units are invited to nominate departmental faculty for the 2018-2019 Global Education Seminar-Africa (Ghana & Cameroon). Nomination forms must be received by October 27, 2017.
When selecting faculty for nomination, academic units are asked to consider that priority should be given to faculty members who have little or no previous international experience in the target region or who teach courses in programs that are identified as priority areas for internationalization within the department or academic unit. Faculty members with administrative duties who have a 12-month contract normally will not be eligible for the program. Consult with your chair and/or dean if you have questions. Nominations should be individual, not joint.
A. Nominated faculty’s general information
First Name: Last name:
Department: Title:
Phone: E-mail:
Is this individual on a 12-month contract? __Yes __No
B. Rationale
Please attach a brief rationale (approximately 250-300 words) for the nomination of this faculty member for the 2018-2019 Global Education Seminar-Africa (Ghana & Cameroon). As part of the rationale, please identify how participation by this faculty member will:
1. contribute to the individual faculty member’s development;
2. support courses in your academic unit that are high-priority areas for internationalization;
3. contribute to the internationalization of his/her department; and
4. contribute to the academic unit and the internationalization plan for that unit.
Please include the faculty member’s international experience. You may also wish to include the ways in which this faculty member has demonstrated an interest in internationalization despite limited international experience or limited experience in the region, and how he/she might contribute to the internationalization of the campus through participation in this seminar.
C. Signature
Signature of the Dean Date
D. Submit
Submit this form, in person or through campus mail, by October 27, 2017 to Rike Center 203, +1701 (campus zip) Attn: Sangita Gosalia
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[1] Subject to change