Tracks

Student Exposure

What are colleges doing to intentionally expose students to global perspectives?

Equipping Faculty and Staff

What are the colleges doing to ensure faculty and staff are equipped to develop the intercultural competence of students?

8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
Breakfast

Breakfast (Room 214/215)

9:00 - 9:50 a.m.

The Limits of Cultural Competence: Tackling the Will Rogers Conundrum

Guest Speaker: Dr. Andrew Law, Academic Dean, The College of Global Studies, Arcadia University.

Room 214/215

10:00- 10:50 a.m.
Session 1

Gaining Global Competencies through Global Challenges

Catherine M. Roche, Business Department Faculty

Rockland Community College

Inter-culture "Policy or Behaviour"

HRH Prince Adnan El-Hashemite, Executive Director & Associate Professor

Felician University

11:00 - 11:50 a.m.
Session 2

Local is Global – Study Abroad without Going Abroad

Kathleen Smith-Wenning, Director Health-Related Programs

Hudson County Community College

Learning from each other: Mindful Travel Experiences

Donna Acerra, Professor of Communication

Northampton Community College

12:00 - 12:30 p.m.
Lunch

Lunch (Room 214/215)

12:30 - 1:20 p.m.

Moving at Human Speeds: Teaching Global Perspectives in Search of Peace, Justice, and Social Responsibility

Dr. Stephen Ferst, Executive Director, The Center for Global Engagement at the College of Staten Island.

Room 214/215

1:30 - 1:55 p.m.
Session 3

Intercultural Competence in Theory and in Practice

Jehan Mohamed, Success Coach, Adjunct Faculty, and a Ph.D. Candidate at Rutgers University.

Mercer County Community College

1:55 - 2:20 p.m.
Session 3

A Ground-Level View: Challenges and Strategies for Teaching Global Literature at a Community College

Barbara Hamilton, Assoc. Prof. of English, Chair of Liberal Arts Program Group at Mercer County Community College.

Mercer County Community College

1:30 - 2:20 p.m.
Session 3

From Elephants to Culture: Using Students’ Passions and Experiential Learning to Inspire Global Opportunities

Stephanie Wobensmith, Study Abroad and International Student Services Coordinator

Delaware Valley University

8:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.

Poster Session One: Re-examining the CNN effect: how does knowledge and media coverage of genocide influence public opinion on US interference abroad?

Ella Norman, Sophia Craver, Raisa Rubin-Stankiewicz from Princeton High School.

Poster Session Two: Strategies that CRCC Asia and our partnering universities have used to increase program development and participation in education abroad experiences.