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Establish a Center
for International Study to consolidate, highlight, and draw attention to the
college’s multiple efforts and opportunities in global education. (Adrian
Beaulieu, Mlada Bukovansky, Elliot Fratkin, Howard Gold, Christopher Gole,
Jim Hicks, Jefferson Hunter, Leslie King, Catharine Newbury, David Newbury,
Malgorzata Pfabe, Nola Reinhardt, Tom Rohlich, Hrayr Tamzarian, Greg White,
Margaret Zelljadt) SD4-1 |
- Establish International Center for Cross-Cultural Communication. (Departments
of Foreign Languages and Cultures and Comparative Literature Program) SD4-2
- Utilize a center to provide greater visibility for international visitors and
to expand support for international efforts, including better publicity about campus
opportunities to engage international issues.
- Offer an annual one to two-week residency by a non-English speaking writer hosted
by the poetry center, comparative literature, and language departments. (Ellen
Watson) SD4-10
- Integrate internship component into international study, such as is done in many
programs offered by the School for International Training. (SIT interested in co-designing
programs with institutions.)
- Increase volunteer opportunities for students abroad to work more closely with
local populations, not just other students.
- Develop interdisciplinary seminars for students on JYA programs organized around
community service or topical current issues that lend themselves to interdisciplinary
treatment. (Janie Vanpee) SD3-6
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Identify more flexible
study abroad and language immersion opportunities taking advantage of January
term and summer break. |
- January term offers underutilized opportunity for international study, perhaps
linked to first-year seminars or in junior year related to student chosen course
theme for that year.
- Pursue off-campus options for intensive language instruction in less commonly
taught languages during January term and summer break.
- Pursue research collaborations and other opportunities that facilitate study
abroad for science and engineering students.
- Offer one or more First Year Seminars with January term travel to a foreign country.
(Tom Rohlich) SD4-3
- Offer one or more upper level interdisciplinary seminar with January term travel
to a foreign country. (Tom Rohlich) SD4-3
- Develop a program specifically targeted for neuroscience and biology majors in
a Spanish-speaking country, also adding a sophomore preparation course in Spanish
for the life sciences. (Mary Harrington) SD4-4
- Expand exchange program beyond Sorbonne to include exchange with another, more
science-oriented, university in Paris as part of our JYA agreement. (Martine Gantrel) SD4-5
- Improve science-related opportunities for students abroad by:
- Establishing more formal ties between our four JYA sites and science and engineering
opportunities in those cities;
- Establishing a scholar exchange program to bring talented students from JYA cities
to Smith, including a research internship;
- Teaching of one or two courses meant to prepare students for studying/doing science
abroad;
- Creating a half-year opportunity for overseas study for Division 3 students;
and
- Creating a set of capstone courses meant to integrate the intellectual experience
of JYA with the academic activities of the senior year. (Rob Dorit) SD4-6
- Create fund to allow organizations, teams, and other co-curricular groups to
travel abroad for trips of less than 10 days in duration. (Lynn Oberbillig) SD4-7
- Develop 10-day January term or month-long summer study opportunities abroad,
such as the recent London theatre trip. (Luc Gilleman) SD4-8
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Better integrate the
study abroad experience into returning student’s experiences at Smith. |
- Develop senior-level interdisciplinary seminars targeting returning students,
aimed at exploring international issue from multiple perspectives.
- Teach more courses than literature taught in foreign language, such as those
addressing social issues. Offer opportunity for students to pursue a particular
topic in a foreign language as an independent project.
- Establish language specific houses or floors. (Nancy Sternbach) SD4-9
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Strengthen
Essential Student Capacities
Promote a
Culture of Research, Inquiry,
& Discovery
Encourage
Purposeful Engagement with Society’s Challenges
Deepen
Students’ Awareness &
Appreciation of
Other Cultures &
Global Issues
Prepare Women
for Rewarding Lives in a Rapidly Changing
World
Support & Promote
Environmental Sustainability
Open Doors
to
Women of Promise
Extend Smith’s
Impact on the World
Other Proposals
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