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In September, FIU’s Global Learning for Global Citizenship initiative and The New York Times sponsored a student essay contest designed to make students reflect on and think deeply about the legacy of the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the United States in 2001. The contest was part of “Unity/Diversity: Reflecting on [...]
Name: Stephanie Doscher Hometown: Miami, Fla. Job Title/Department: Associate Director, Office of Global Learning Initiatives Campus: Modesto A. Maidique Campus In a nutshell: We coordinate the myriad moving parts involved in the development, design and implementation of “Global Learning for Global Citizenship,” FIU’s Quality Enhancement Plan for undergraduate education. Number [...]
Race, immigration, LGBT issues, the Libyan conflict and more will be explored during a week of special events Diversity Week has traditionally been a show and tell of world cuisine, fashion and music. At FIU, Diversity Week 2011, “FIU: Where Worlds Unite,” will be much more – an exploration of [...]
Event to provide strategies for engaging students in global learning in the classroom and community and to recognize leaders of FIU’s global learning initiative. To celebrate the successful implementation of FIU’s Global Learning for Global Citizenship initiative, the Office of Global Learning Initiatives will be hosting the inaugural Global Learning [...]
Richardson’s Tikkun, a monumental chiseled glass sculpture, is on loan to FIU’s Sculpture Park . The Frost Art Museum is hosting a reception in honor of American master glass sculptor Henry Richardson on Jan. 19 at 12:30 p.m. Richardson will then deliver a lecture at 2 p.m. in Rafael Diaz-Balart [...]
The Board of Trustees of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS) – Commission on Colleges has approved Florida International University’s reaffirmation of accreditation. The decision represents years of planning and documentation for the university’s Compliance Certification Report, Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP) and March 2010 site visit. “The reaffirmation [...]
Eleven global learning foundations courses will be offered in spring 2011. In fall 2010, FIU launched the first phase of its new global learning graduation requirement as part of the Global Learning for Global Citizenship initiative. Starting this academic year, first-time-in-college freshmen take two global learning courses prior to graduation–one [...]
An excerpt from Appiah’s book, Cosmopolitanism: Ethics in a World of Strangers, will serve as common reading in global learning courses beginning fall 2010. By Sissi Aguila ’99, MA ’08 Internationally known philosopher and cultural theorist Kwame Anthony Appiah asked one thing of FIU students, faculty and staff during a [...]
The Graham Center at Modesto A. Maidique Campus now welcomes visitors in a Worlds Ahead fashion. On March 4, the map of the world previously over the benches was moved over the entrance doors of GC. To highlight the university’s commitment to educating globally engaged students, FIU’s new initiative Global [...]
By Sissi Aguila “Does anyone want to be President today?” asked Carol Giacomo, foreign policy journalist and member of The New York Times editorial board. The audience of more than 75 FIU students, faculty members and staff gathered at the Wertheim Performing Arts Center was silent with the exception of [...]
