AGENDA ITEM 5.d.
2014-15 GLOBAL EDUCATION CALDENDAR OF EVENTS (sponsored or co-sponsored)
South Central College - Global Education Committee Event Calendar 2014-15
Overview
One of the Committee’s goals for this year was to create a calendar of events that would span the academic year and complement other events happening around the college. The primary purpose of this work was to create a thoughtful approach to programming that would be promoted far enough in advance to encourage strong attendance.
In general, events and initiatives that promote diversity and global competence are planned and supported by several groups or offices. Most of the activity to support this work originates in the following places:
· Global Education Committee
· Student Life and Student Clubs
· LAPC Office of the Academic Dean (Global Connections Conference)
· Synapse Lecture Series (Many lectures often support global and/or diversity themes.)
· Diversity Committee
· Sakatah Reads
Planning begun Spring 2014 and August 2014 resulted in preliminary planning for several events and for established offerings such as the Global Education groups reads & film series:
· Global Education Series: Country of Focus for 2014-15: Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam & Thailand – Events, films and book reads to support education about rich cultural heritage and traditions of South East Asia aligning with the 2014 Global Connections Conference emphasis on Laos (Global Ed Comm)
· Global Social Justice Events – Two events are being planned. The OxFam Hunger Banquet - November Day Without Shoes - April. (w/Student Life & Diversity Comms & Global connections committee)
o OxFam Hunger Banquet: This is a world-wide activity supported by OxFam International to raise awareness about hunger around the world. This event will be held over a lunch period in November. For this event, 100 people will gather to eat but will be given different food depending on the “luck of the draw”. Most will eat very little while a few will have access to much more. This reflects food disparities in the world.
o Day Without Shoes: This event involves collecting new or gently used shoes to donate to other parts of the world and culminates in a day where we do not wear shoes to be more aware of the reality of people in other parts of the world who go without shoes every day.
· Sakatah Reads Event – Co-sponsored by Global Education Committee
· SCC Annual Common Read for 2014-15 -Poverty- Working Poor Series – Events, panels, discussions and reading groups to support the selected book for the 2014-15 common read, “The Working Poor: Invisible in America” – by David Shipler (w/Diversity Comm)
AGENDA ITEM 5.d.
2014-15 GLOBAL EDUCATION CALDENDAR OF EVENTS (sponsored or co-sponsored)
Date / Time / Campus / Event / Accomplishments/OutcomesFALL / SEMESTER / 2014
9/09 / 12-12:50pm / NM & ITV / SCC Common Read: - Poverty –“Working Poor: Invisible in America” – Introduction to the Book - SCC Faculty Presenter: Kurt Dershem / Co-sponsored event w/Diversity Committee - Presentation held – attended by 28 students and 6 faculty & staff. Very informative & introduced folks to D2L Global Education Resources link.
10/9 & 10 / All Day / NM / Global Connections: Variety of speakers, panels, Keynotes and Cultural Dancers Presenters: Many / 10 Global Education Committee members hosted luncheon each day, took tickets, cleaned tables, attended to garbage collection. Also assisted in Speaker Introductions, room monitors and Keynote presenters during the two days.
10/10 / NM / Global Connections: Global Student Panel / SCC Faculty & Global Ed Committee member, Ray Schmidt, facilitated the Global Student Panel on 10/10/14.
11/6 / 12-12:50pm / Both / Global Ed Series: Book Read – “The Latehomecomer” / Group read discussion was not held due to low turnout this semester.
11/18 / 12-12:50pm / NM / Oxfam Hunger Banquet – Social Justice Event / Co-sponsored event with Student Life & Diversity Committee was held 11/18 – attended by 70 people -50 students & 20 faculty/staff members. Role play & discussion was very interesting & participation was good.
12/03 / 12-12:50pm / NM & ITV / SCC Poverty –Working Poor Series: Health Care Panel
Presenters: SCC students and Fanah Adam / Event Co-sponsored with Diversity Committee – Health Care Panel was attended by 35 persons, 27 students and 8 staff/faculty. Panel was knowledgeable and fielded many questions along with presentation.
12/03 / 12-1:50pm / NM & ITV / Global Ed Series: “Small Voices” Cambodian Film Documentary / Film was attended by 26 persons, 22 students and 4 faculty & staff. Documentary was informative and provided information for discussion after film.
SPRING / SEMESTER / 2015
2/04 / 11:00-12:50 / NM Conf C / Global Ed Series: Film – “The Three
Seasons” –Vietnamese film showing / Film was attended by 46 persons, 41 students and 5 faculty & staff.
Historical fiction film was informative and provided platform for discussion after film about life in Vietnam after Vietnamese war ended.
2/19 / 11:30-12:30pm / NM - Crossroads / Global Ed committee – Vietnamese New Year Luncheon offering – Chef Michael, SCC students, R Hageback / Vietnamese Luncheon was held – sold out! – Tickets sold 75, attended by students, faculty and staff.
2/24 / 12-12:50 / Conf C / Dr. Joseph Mbele – “Africans and Americans” / Co-sponsored w/Sakatah Reads. Presentation of Dr. Mbele’s book drew an audience of 77 students & 6 faculty & staff.
3/04 / 12-12:50pm / NM Conf B / Hmong Farmers Market panel – Growing your Own / Hmong Farmers Panel held – attended by 52 students from Ag & Culinary Arts programs + 8 faculty & staff. Formal Evaluation complete – very well received.
3/19 / 12-12:50pm / NM E130 & B109 / Global Ed Series: Book Read – “The Dragon Prince –Stories & Legends from Vietnam” – Thich Nhat Hanh / 7 students and 3 faculty met & had a good discussion on the short stories and tales from the book.
4/1 / 11-11:50 am / NMkto –Conf C / Global Ed Series: Global Student Panel / Thirty-two students & 4 faculty/staff attended student panel. Panel included students from Moldova, Somalia, Mexico and Canada. Panel facilitated by Ray Schmidt, SCC faculty.
4/14/15 / Keynote-Lunch
All Day / NM Conference B FBT Rm TBD / SCC Poverty/Working Poor Series: “The Working Poor: Invisible in America” Presenter: Mr. David Shipler / Co-sponsored event with Student Life & Diversity Committee, Mr. Shipler presented to audience of 30 students & staff on the Faribault campus & one class w/Barb Piper on 4/14. On the NMkto campus to an audience of almost 300 persons on 4/15/15, as well as to 2 classes w/Karen Snay, Lori Hood & Deborah Selbach. Information on Working Poor well received & informative.
4/22/15 / 12-12:50 / Room E121 / Global Ed Series: Art in SE Asia – Presenters: SCC faculty Lu Muldar & Michelle Johnson / Presentation attended by 14 students & 6 faculty/staff.
Presentation focus was on Cambodian Architecture & Temples very good.
4/28/15 / 11:30-12:15 / Meet in CrossRoads Cafe / Day Without Shoes – Social Justice Event / Co-sponsored w/Student Life – SCC collected gently used or new shoes on both Faribault & NMtko campuses. Almost 600 pairs of shoes were collected. 21 students & 4 faculty/staff conducted a shoeless march throughout the halls of North Mankato campus on 4/28/15. Collected shoes donated to several non-profit organizations.