Global Engagement Faculty Development Award Showcase

About This Event

Global Engagement Showcase – Welcome and introduction by Provost Sacha Kopp and Irv Zakheim

The International Education Council (IEC) strives to build upon Gonzaga’s mission to develop a comprehensive international ethos on campus. The IEC promotes internationalism activities by fostering the internationalization of curricula and encouraging international experiences among faculty, staff, and students.

Of the several functions, one is to award Global Engagement Faculty Development funds. This fund’s purpose is to make opportunities available for faculty to create and/or share global knowledge by:

• Developing global engagement components for a course,
• Pursuing research/scholarly and creative endeavors, or
• Creating opportunities for collaboration with international faculty and students.

The Global Engagement Showcase is a collaborative event with the Center for Global Engagement and brings together faculty from across the disciplines to share their insights on how their research and activities impact Gonzaga's strategic commitment to offering student experiences to deepen their understanding of cultures and global issues while also bringing back to students new ideas at the forefront of their disciplines that positively impact the world and our community. Although their projects have different focuses, the thread that ties them together is that they were made possible by the Global Engagement faculty development fund, and they respond to the Jesuit imperative to be contemplatives in action (i.e. where the intellect is engaged as we go about doing the nitty-gritty work of the world).

Welcome and introduction by Provost Sacha Kopp and Irv Zakheim.

20 presentations in lightning ‘high-top’ table format in two 30 minute sessions.

Refreshments provided.