RWANDA: COLLABORATING WITH FACULTY TO BUILD STUDENT ENGAGEMENT ABROAD M Sheridan Embser-Herbert, Kari Richtsmeier, and Linda Umwali

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Introductions

M Sheridan Embser-Herbert, Ph.D., J.D.Professor of Sociology and Director, Center for Justice and Law

Kari Richstmeier, Ph.D., Director, Global Engagement Center

Linda Umwali, CLA ’18, Economics and Finance

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Learning Objectives/Goals

How to identify potential faculty partners

How best to support faculty development

Rwanda – A ‘Case Study’

IDENTIFYING POTENTIAL

FACULTY PARTNERS

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Identifying Potential Faculty Partners

Get to know your faculty - connect with new hires right awayCampus events- International Education Week- Admission Events

Utilize other units’ existing programs - New Faculty Orientation Seminar- First Year Seminar

SUPPORTING FACULTY

DEVELOPMENT AND

COLLABORATION

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Supporting Faculty Development and Collaboration

Grants – e.g., CIEE and multi-agency grantsOn-campus events – e.g., international visitorsTeam site visits - e.g., SenegalStaff colleague program

RWANDA: A ‘CASE STUDY’

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Rwanda: A ‘Case Study’

“Wouldn’t it be great…?”2010 – Collaborative opportunity2011 – Faculty development opportunity2011 – First Year Seminar2012 – Hamline to Rwanda2013 – Hamline to Rwanda, part II – scholarship!2014 – 20th commemoration – visit to PIASS2016 – Hamline to Rwanda, redux

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Rwanda: A ‘Case Study’

http://www.mprnews.org/story/2015/01/13/linda-umwali

Course planning with independent study students

Peer mentor while on the ground

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Rwanda: A ‘Case Study’

Protestant Institute of Art and Social Science workshop

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Rwanda: A ‘Case Study’

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Rwanda: A ‘Case Study’

Student curated, student organized, student executedHamline to Rwanda: Hope and Healing After the Genocide

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Rwanda: A ‘Case Study’

What does the future hold?January 2017Courses in Cambodia, Cuba, BelizeInternships in Shanghai, ChinaGlobal Service Learning through Education, Thailand

May 2017Courses in The Netherlands and Greece

2018 and beyond?

THANK YOU