Educators Inquiry Meetup: Internationalizing Community College Curriculum and Community Through the Fulbright Scholar-in-Residence Program

Date
Fri April 28th 2023, 4:00 - 5:00pm
Event Sponsor
Global Educators Network
Location
Zoom - Registration closed.

Inquiry question: How can Community Colleges Internationalize their Curriculum and Academic Community through Participation in the Fulbright Scholar-in-Residence Program?

Description:
St. Philip’s College created a new study abroad program to the Corrymeela Ballycastle Centre in Northern Ireland. The program offered courses in philosophy, social psychology, and humanities, helping participants understand contemporary divisions and conflict, ethical reflection, and theory and practice of peace and reconciliation. Following the study abroad, faculty and staff immediately recognized how a Fulbright Scholar-in-Residence could enhance and deepen curriculum internationalization and global learning for the campus and beyond.

Within a year, the college welcomed the first Fulbright Scholar-in-Residence, resulting in high impact to the academic community and the city of San Antonio, Texas. Essential to the goal of internationalizing the campus, the college welcomed another Fulbright Scholar-in-Residence, two years anon. The impact allows students to develop multicultural awareness and expand worldview, and encourages faculty professional development in global teaching and learning. Consequently, global learning course offerings have increased and ongoing academic and socio-cultural collaborations related to peace and reconciliation studies are activated as St. Philip’s College prepares to welcome the third Fulbright Scholar-in-Residence from the transcontinental country of Georgia.

Additional questions to be explored:

  • What initial steps can community colleges take to benefit from the Fulbright Scholar-in-Residence program?
  • How can community colleges garner community and university support and participation in hosting a Fulbright Scholar-in-Residence?
  • To what extent does hosting a Fulbright Scholar-in-Residence encourage community college faculty to apply for Fulbright Scholar opportunities?
  • How can students become actively involved in the planning process of hosting a Fulbright Scholar-in-Residence?
  • To what extent can students become part of internationalizing the campus community beyond Fulbright?

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Featuring:

Andrew Hill, J.D. is an Associate Professor of Philosophy at St. Philip’s College in San Antonio, Texas. He has served as an international volunteer in Mexico, Costa Rica, and the United Kingdom and has studied abroad at Cardiff University (Wales), the National University of Ireland, Galway (Republic of Ireland); Trinity College Dublin (Northern Ireland), and participated in the TCD study abroad experience to The Hague (Netherlands). Andrew earned the Doctor of Jurisprudence from Loyola University School of Law and attended the Advanced Seminar in International Humanitarian Law for University Lecturers and Researchers, sponsored by the International Committee of the Red Cross. He was faculty lead for study abroad Northern Ireland that traveled to Corrymeela Ballycastle Centre. Andrew is a previous EPIC fellow for the Global Studies Division of Stanford University and a participant in the first planning meeting of Stanford GEN. He has been a member of the Board of the San Antonio Chapter of the Fulbright Association and is faculty lead for the St. Philip’s College Fulbright Scholar Planning Committee. Andrew is recognized by the Alamo Colleges District for his dedication toward global learning and international education. He is the recipient of the St. Philip’s College Philosophy award for Teaching Excellence and the NISOD excellence award, a national teaching honor.

Irene Young, Assistant Professor of Psychology, St. Philip’s College (San Antonio, Texas) is a national certified counselor, with 20+ years of higher education experience. A previous Air Force family life program specialist in Incirlik, Turkey, Irene served, on-site, as adjunct professor at the University of Maryland-European Division and Central Texas College-Mediterranean Division. She is a previous EPIC Fellow for the Global Studies Division at Stanford University where she participated in the first planning workshop of Stanford GEN. Irene was faculty co-lead for study abroad Northern Ireland and is recognized by Alamo Colleges District for her outstanding faculty accomplishments in international education, receiving awards for study abroad leadership, global learning courses, Texas Piper Professor nomination, and two-time recipient of the National Institute of Staff and Organizational Development award for teaching excellence. Irene is an Alamo Colleges International Faculty Fellow for Curriculum Internationalization and part of the Fulbright Scholar Planning Committee at St. Philip’s College where her students have participated in international relationship discussions with visiting Fulbright Scholars.