EA Faculty News
EA Faculty News
Fall 2022 Edition
Welcome to the Education Abroad (EA) Faculty News, our publication curated for faculty directors of CU Global Seminars and CU Global Intensives! It has been too long but what perfect timing following International Education Week! We are happy to report that education abroad enrollment is back to pre-Covid levels and faculty-led numbers for summer 2023 are already looking very promising. Thank you for all your hard work! We hope you will enjoy the many wonderful highlights for Fall 2022.- Sylvie Burnet-Jones, Director, Education Abroad
Faculty Highlights
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Dr. Lauren Collins Published in Frontiers Dr. Lauren Collins, Program Director and Teaching Professor in the Asian Studies Program, published the article Leveraging Foreign Higher Education Institutional Affiliation to Support Preservation of Local Knowledge and Fight Displacement in Thailand in the latest edition of Frontiers: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Study Abroad. You can read it here: https://frontiersjournal.org/index.php/Frontiers/article/view/668. Dr. Collins is the Faculty Director of the new Tang-Funded Global Seminar: Memory and the Politics of Heritage in Taiwan. |
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Prof. Ruth Heisler named Teaching Professor of Distinction |
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Dr. Catherine Kunce earns Marinus Smith Award Dr. Catherine Kunce, Teaching Associate Professor in the Program for Writing and Rhetoric, has been awarded the Marinus Smith Award by the New Student & Family Programs. This award recognizes faculty and staff who provide outstanding support to students and make a significant impact on the experience of students throughout their college career. Her nominator, Grace Rojas, offered the following praises of Dr. Kunce: “Dr. Kunce was the only person who didn’t give up on me when everyone else did. Not only did she mentor and help shape me as a writer, she gave me life advice. Even now, two years post grad, she checks in on me. I owe my current career as a writer to her.” CU students have the opportunity to learn the craft of writing in Ireland with Dr. Kunce each summer on the Global Seminar: Writing in Ireland program. |
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Dr. Colleen Scanlan-Lyons attended 2022 UN Climate Change Conference Dr. Colleen Scanlan-Lyons, Associate Research Professor in the Department of Environmental Studies, was one of three CU Boulder faculty— with James Anaya and Max Boykoff—who traveled to Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, for the 2022 United Nations Climate Change Conference. The CU faculty observed the negotiations and contributed valuable insights on the impact of climate change on human rights, the importance of forest conservation and trends in climate change communication. You can read more here: https://www.colorado.edu/today/2022/10/31/cu-boulder-faculty-staff-attend-worlds-largest-climate-conference. Dr. Colleen Scanlan-Lyons co-directs the Global Intensive: Sustainability in Brazil with Professors Bernard Amadei, and Peter Newton. |
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Dr. Rai Farrelly elected to TESOL International Board of Directors Dr. Raichle Farrelly, Teaching Associate Professor and director of the TESOL program at CU Boulder Linguistics, was elected to the Board of Directors for the TESOL International Association in late 2021. Dr. Farrelly brings her expertise in TESOL to her program, Global Seminar: Exploring Social Justice through Teaching English in Yerevan, Armenia. |
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Dr. Scott Taylor awarded the 2021 Bicentenary Medal The Linnean Society awarded Dr. Scott Taylor, Assistant Professor in the Ecology and Evolutionary Biology department, the Bicentenary Medal by the Linnean Society in June of 2021 for his ornithology . This award recognizes an exceptional scientist under the age of 40 conducting excellent biological research and contributing to the natural history community at large. You can read more about this accomplishment in the Colorado Arts & Sciences Magazine. Dr. Taylor is the co-faculty director of the Global Intensive: Ecology & Evolution in the Galapagos Islands. |
Congratulations to Faculty Directors who have made tenure! Dr. Toby Hopp - Associate Professor - Advertising, Public Relations, & Media Design - Co-Faculty Director Global Seminar: International Strategic Communication in Paris, France Dr. Scott Taylor - Assistant Professor - Ecology and Evolutionary Biology - Co-Faculty Director of Global Intensive: Ecology & Evolution in the Galapagos Islands Dr. Brian Valente-Quinn - Associate Professor - French & Italian - Faculty Director of Global Seminar: Cultures of Activism in Dakar, Senegal and co-faculty director of Global Seminar: Underground Paris |
Student News
Education Abroad Crowdfunding Campaign Madi's Story We are working with CU Advancement who has secured a pledge of $15,000 to serve as a matching gift for this initiative. We have featured various student experiences on the campaign page - click here if you’d like to learn more! The campaign will continue through November. Gifts will go directly to student scholarships for any of our 400 programs across 65 countries on all 7 continents, helping students gain independence and self-reliance through their Education Abroad experience and opening up a world-wide CU Boulder classroom for students to thrive.
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Jessica Yan, Tang Fund Scholar, wins Schwartzmann Scholarship |
Faculty Director Resources
IDEAS Workshop Resources |
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WISE Conference |
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Embedding Sustainable Practices into Education Abroad Programs Melissa Torres, Karen McBride, Daniel Ponce-Taylor, & Thomas E. Carter As sustainable travel grows as a priority in international education, the question of how to best integrate sustainable practices has become a popular topic of conversation in the field. Melissa Torres (The Forum on Education Abroad), Karen McBride (Bound International, LLC), Daniel Ponce-Taylor (Intercultural Outreach Initiative), and Thomas E. Carter (SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry) tackled this conversation at NAFSA X, you can review their presentation and findings here. |
New Programs
New Summer 2023 Global Seminars & Global Intensives Education Abroad is excited to welcome the following new Global Seminars and Global Intensives for Summer of 2023!
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Arcadia STEM Summer Research Programs |
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