Global Partners Project - Best Practices Conference in June, 2001

Kalamazoo College

Participants:

Joseph L. Brockington
Zaide Pixley

Project Title: Articulation and integration of the study abroad experience into Kalamazoo's stated mission and curriculum

Project Description:

In its continuing mission to "prepare its graduates to better understand, live successfully within, and provide enlightened leadership to a richly diverse and increasingly complex world," Kalamazoo College seeks to refine the programs, policies, and procedures that better integrate the academic and experiential activities of the "K" students during their time at the college. Of particular interest in the context of the Global Partners Project is the articulation and integration of the study abroad experience, in all of its facets, into the "Dimensions" of the "K-Plan" (Lifelong Learning, Career Readiness, Intercultural Understanding, Social Responsibility, and Leadership) as these are expressed in the tripartite structure of the curriculum in "Foundations," "Explorations," and "Connections." Special consideration will be given to how to better use the College's portfolio requirement to achieve this articulation/integration.

Participants:

Name: Joseph L. Brockington

Title: Associate Provost for International Programs, Director of the Center for International Programs, and Associate Professor of German Language and Literature

E-mail: brocking@kzoo.edu

Presentation: Kalamazoo's Integrative Cultural Research Project, Friday 1:30-3:00

Biographical Information: Joseph L. Brockington received his Ph.D. from Michigan State University and has been a Fulbright scholar at the University of Cologne and the University of Hamburg, Germany. Since coming to Kalamazoo in 1979, he has taught all levels of German language and literature, European Studies, and First Year Seminars. He has served as Chair of the German Department and Director of the Kalamazoo Program in International and Area Studies. He has published in the area of modern German literature and since coming to the Center for International Programs at "K," has done numerous conference presentations and workshops at state, regional and international conferences on topics related to education abroad. During the 2000-01 academic year he was the Chair of SECUSSA (the Section on U.S. Students Abroad) of NAFSA: Association of International Educators.

Name: Zaide Pixley

Title: Assistant Provost for Advising & Director of the First-Year Experience at the College

E-mail: pixley@kzoo.edu

Biographical Information:




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	Best Practices Conference in June, 2001

	Kalamazoo College Participants: Joseph L. Brockington Zaide Pixley Project Title: Articulation and integration of the study abroad experience into Kalamazoo's stated mission and curriculum Project Description: In its continuing mission to "prepare its graduates to better understand, live successfully within, and provide enlightened leadership to a richly diverse and increasingly complex world," Kalamazoo College seeks to refine the programs, policies, and procedures that better integrate the academic and experiential activities of the "K" students during their time at the college. Of particular interest in the context of the Global Partners Project is the articulation and integration of the study abroad experience, in all of its facets, into the "Dimensions" of the "K-Plan" (Lifelong Learning, Career Readiness, Intercultural Understanding, Social Responsibility, and Leadership) as these are expressed in the tripartite structure of the curriculum in "Foundations," "Explorations," and "Connections." Special consideration will be given to how to better use the College's portfolio requirement to achieve this articulation/integration. Participants: Name: Joseph L. Brockington Title: Associate Provost for International Programs, Director of the Center for International Programs, and Associate Professor of German Language and Literature E-mail: brocking@kzoo.edu Presentation: Kalamazoo's Integrative Cultural Research Project, Friday 1:30-3:00 Biographical Information: Joseph L. Brockington received his Ph.D. from Michigan State University and has been a Fulbright scholar at the University of Cologne and the University of Hamburg, Germany. Since coming to Kalamazoo in 1979, he has taught all levels of German language and literature, European Studies, and First Year Seminars. He has served as Chair of the German Department and Director of the Kalamazoo Program in International and Area Studies. He has published in the area of modern German literature and since coming to the Center for International Programs at "K," has done numerous conference presentations and workshops at state, regional and international conferences on topics related to education abroad. During the 2000-01 academic year he was the Chair of SECUSSA (the Section on U.S. Students Abroad) of NAFSA: Association of International Educators. Name: Zaide Pixley Title: Assistant Provost for Advising & Director of the First-Year Experience at the College E-mail: pixley@kzoo.edu Biographical Information:

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