News for and about University of Portland faculty and staff.
The latest edition of the CISGO Newsletter is available now at this link, according to Lisa Reed, business. It contains information on the current Collaborative for International Studies & Global Outreach Executive Board, the Kate Regan Faculty Development Grant program (our dear Kate pictured), the newly launched World Citizen Certificate Program, and International Education Week.
For questions please contact Reed reedl@up.edu or go to the CISGO page at this link.
The Collaborative for International Studies and Global Outreach (CISGO) invites all to attend this year’s graduating Sojourner Scholars’ portfolio presentations on Founders’ Day, Tuesday, April 9. Presentations will take place in Franz Hall room 026, 10:15 to 11:05 a.m.
Each Sojourner Scholar must submit a portfolio that they use to document their competencies in the Sojourner level Global and Intercultural Learning Outcomes (GILOs). The portfolio is a collection of student work that has been compiled over time that uses learning artifacts (e.g. classroom assignments, journal reflections, photographs, etc.) to demonstrate concrete examples of learning.
For more information contact Lisa Reed, business, at x7224 or reedl@up.edu.
Please note that the Thursday, February 28 CISGO event planned for recipients of a 2018 Diversity, Inclusion and Internationalization Grant to present their projects has been cancelled due to teaching and travel conflicts for participants. For more information, contact Eduardo Contreras (contrera@up.edu) assistant provost for international education, diversity, and inclusion, or Lisa Reed (reedl@up.edu), associate dean of undergraduate programs and global initiatives for the Pamplin School of Business.
In support of Vision 2020 and the University of Portland mission, the Collaborative for International Studies and Global Outreach (CISGO) will continue the University-wide efforts to infuse a greater sense of internationalization and diversity into the UP community. Faculty and professional staff are invited to submit a grant proposal to advance diversity and inclusion on campus. Grants are available for the following purposes:
An additional pool of money will be available for students seeking seed grants from CISGO.
The new deadline for grant applications is Friday, April 12. For more details (and the application form) use this link.
Questions? Email Eduardo Contreras (contrera@up.edu), assistant provost for international education, diversity, and inclusion and CISGO Executive Board member; or CISGO chair Lisa Reed (reedl@up.edu), associate dean of undergraduate programs and global initiatives, Pamplin School of Business.
The Collaborative for International Studies and Global Outreach (CISGO) has new vision and mission statements, according to Lisa Reed, business. In fall 2018, CISGO sponsored a Vision and Mission Review workshop for staff and faculty. Under the facilitation of CISGO executive board member Casey Shillam, nursing, the group contributed ideas about what the CISGO values (the “what”) and the personality (the “how”) are or should be. Kimberly Ilosvay, education, gathered the data and analyzed and synthesized it for common themes, words, and phrases. The CISGO executive board then crafted new vision and mission statements to reflect the “Values” and “Personalities” that came from the fall workshop.
You can find the new CISGO Vision and Mission statements on the CISGO website.
Effective July 1, 2018, a new academic unit, the Office of International Education, Diversity, and Inclusion, will be created that will include the following functions and personnel:
Offering support to the director of equity and inclusion will be Yuri Hernandez Osorio, coordinator for diversity and inclusion programs in the Office of Student Activities.
Based on Tactic D 1.1 of the University’s Vision 2020 Strategic Plan (“Create a position to lead and support existing campus-wide international and intercultural endeavors, and to expand opportunities”), Eduardo Contreras will assume responsibility for this unit as assistant provost. The unit will be housed in Buckley Center and it will include a space where students can gather in a supportive environment that embodies the University’s commitment to diversity, inclusion, and equity.
For more information contact the president’s office at x7101 or simek@up.edu.
Providing global learning experiences for students in the UP community has taken many forms since the development of the strategic plan, according to Kimberly Ilosvay, education. Under the umbrella of CISGO, all of the professional schools and the College of Arts and Sciences are developing experiential international learning opportunities in partnership with Global ADE, a non-profit organization founded in Portland by Kenny King ’12, ’17, and Kurt Berning when they were Entrepreneur Scholars at UP. Global ADE’s mission is “to strengthen and support education in developing countries by funding programs driven by local community leaders.” If you want to know more, visit their website at this link or consider attending this year’s Global ADE fundraising dinner at UP on Saturday, March 24. The dinner is really fun and also a great way to learn more about this amazing organization. You may also contact members of the executive board of CISGO: Eddie Contreras, Lisa Reed, Kimberly Ilosvay, Mark Kennedy, Casey Shillam, and Laurie McLary.
In support of VISION 2020 and the University of Portland mission, the Collaborative for International Studies and Global Outreach (CISGO) will continue the University-wide efforts to infuse a greater sense of internationalization and diversity into the UP Community. Faculty and professional staff are invited to submit a grant proposal to advance diversity & inclusion on campus. Grants are available for the following purposes:
An additional pool of money will be set aside for students seeking seed grants from CISGO. All grant applications are due on March 1, and notifications will occur during the week of March 19. For more details use this link.
The Collaborative on International Studies and Global Outreach (CISGO) invites faculty members and staff to attend their next fall meeting on Thursday, October 12, 4-5:30 p.m., in the Bauccio Commons Terrace Room. There will be a brief update on the many university-wide initiatives that are advancing core strategy 4 of Vision 2020, “to infuse our entire community with a sense of internationalization and diversity.”
Following the updates, Blair Woodard, history, the first recipient of the Kate Regan Faculty Development Award for Junior Faculty in the Humanities, will discuss the research he conducted in Cuba this past summer and the ways in which this work will enhance his own teaching materials and further develop intercultural and international learning at UP.
Light adult refreshments will be served. Please RSVP here. For more information contact Eduardo Contreras, international languages and cultures, at contrera@up.edu.
With so much going on this fall on the weekends, CISGO has retooled its Saturday half-day workshop into a 90-minute Friday afternoon session, now scheduled for Friday, September 30, from 4 to 5:30 p.m., in Franz Hall Murphy Conference Room. The diversity-focused presentations and panels will provide plenty of food for thought and plans for action.
In anticipation of lots of good dialogue and curricular improvements, CISGO invites faculty to participate in a conversation on using the new Global and Intercultural Learning Outcomes (GILOs). Moving from broad learning outcomes to assignments and activities can feel like a steep climb, but CISGO is here to help. Learn more about work already taking place on campus to increase international and intercultural teaching and learning. Participants will have the opportunity to learn from colleagues who are integrating the GILOs into their courses here on campus and for study abroad.
Please register here.
Thanks to the provost’s office, generous libations and refreshments will be served. Look for two workshops in the spring semester focused on using the GILOs in your own courses.
Please contact the CISGO executive committee if you have questions: Eddie Contreras (chair), Mark Kennedy, Laurie McLary, Norah Martin, and Lisa Reed.