Month: October 2018

In April 2018, a team of faculty and student affairs educators presented a workshop titled “Working Beyond Boundaries: Cross-Disciplinary Approaches to Bridging Ethical Global Learning and Campus Context” at the 5th Global Service-Learning Summit at the University of Notre Dame. The team included Dennis McCunney and Nichelle Shuck, Center for Leadership and Civic Engagement, Archana Hegde, Human Development and Family Science, Kim Larson, College of Nursing, Derek Maher, Religious Studies, and Susan McCammon, Psychology.

This cross-disciplinary panel representing student affairs and academic affairs addressed some of the large-scale challenges of institutionalizing ethical global learning across campus. The presenters discussed ECU programs and partnerships representing several continents and social issue areas, including conflict transformation in Northern Ireland, public health and community health nursing in Guatemala, sacred spaces and community service in India and Nepal, and family health care services in the Dominican Republic.

Armin Krishnan and Magda Giurcanu have invited Dr Istvan Hegedus, Chairman of the Hungarian Europe Society (a Budapest-based NGO), from Brussels to ECU. Dr Hegedus will attend Magda Giurcanu’s Visegrad course, will meet with interested students and faculty, and will give a public lecture. The topic of the public lecture is “Hungary’s Relations with the European Union: An Anti-Liberal Experiment.” The lecture will take place in Rivers 105 on October 23, 2018 from 6pm to 7:30pm. All interested students and faculty are welcome.