Appalachian Global Symposium
Appalachian State University is starting a new tradition of hosting an annual Appalachian Global Symposium that will be held each November during International Education Week.
The Symposium will highlight global activities engaged in by faculty, staff, and students by bringing these groups together during this four-day annual event. While the first Symposium is purposely broad, subsequent symposiums will be focused on carefully selected narrower themes.
The first Symposium will be held on November 13 – 16, 2012 under the theme of “Appalachian Global Engagement: Internationalized Teaching, Research, and Learning at Appalachian." Please put these dates on your calendar.
Daily schedules
Tuesday, November 13, 2012
Opening (12:00 - 12:30pm)
Solarium, Plemmons Student Union
Musical performances will begin at 11:30am.
Special session (12:30 - 1:45pm)
201A Price Lake Room, Plemmons Student Union
| Time | Session | Presenter(s) |
|---|---|---|
12:30 - 1:45pm | Fin de Siècle Vienna Short Term Study Abroad Program | Alexandra Sterling-Hellenbrand, Victor Mansure, Jim Toub and Students |
Student sessions (2:00 - 3:15pm)
201A Price Lake Room, Plemmons Student Union
| Time | Session | Presenter(s) |
|---|---|---|
2:00 - 2:15pm | Internship Abroad in Brazil | Rachel Duffus |
2:15 - 2:30pm | Study Abroad at Universidad Pablo de Olavide, Seville, Spain | Erin Hostetler |
2:30 - 2:45pm | Study Abroad at University of Haifa, Israel | Alexandra Markward |
2:45 - 3:15pm | Study Abroad at Appalachian State | Hazel Chang and Kimberley Martin |
Teaching & student sessions (3:30 - 4:45pm)
201A Price Lake Room, Plemmons Student Union
| Time | Session | Presenter(s) |
|---|---|---|
3:30 - 3:55pm | Study Abroad + Service Learning = Amazing Experience | J. Joy James |
3:55 - 4:20pm | Global Appalachia: Mountain to Mountain Dialog in a Senior Seminar | Katherine Ledford |
4:20 - 4:45pm | An Interdisciplinary, Cross-Curricular Experience | Tiffany Christian |
Oxfam Hunger Banquet (6:00 - 7:30pm)
Legends
Sponsored by Student Government Association, this is an interactive event to help change the way people think of poverty and hunger. Please sign up for this event by November 7 in the ACT Outreach Center or at the Hunger and Homelessness. This event supports Oxfam and there will be a $2 charge for entry at the door. Learn more
Wednesday, November 14, 2012
8th Annual International Fair (9:00am - 12:00pm)
201 AB Blue Ridge Ballroom, Plemmons Student Union (2nd floor)
Explore a world of global opportunities! Study overseas this holiday break, spring break or summer! Learn about the 60+ newly approved international faculty-led programs offered in over 30 countries around the world! Bring a friend and meet one on one with the program leaders!
The International Fair will also feature representatives of other study abroad opportunities, international ventures, and global outreach opportunities available to students, faculty, and staff! Free food and refreshments! Learn more
Research sessions (2:00 - 3:15pm)
201A Price Lake Room, Plemmons Student Union
| Time | Session | Presenter(s) |
|---|---|---|
2:00 - 2:15pm | Formative Research to Identify Priority Areas for Rural-Focused, Interdiscipinary Training to Enhance Cultural Competence in Students of the Allied Health Professions | Melissa Gutschall and Kyle Thompson |
2:20 - 2:35pm | My Life Changing Experience of Developing US-Pakistan Educational and Cultural Exchange Program | Arshad Bashir |
2:35 - 2:50pm | The Raspberry Pi: The $35 Computer that Puts the Fun Back in ICT | Kinney Baughman |
2:55 - 3:15pm | Integrate ICT teachers in the classroom? | Ana-Belén Sánchez García, Juan-José Mena Marcos and Joaquín Pinto Escribano |
Research sessions (3:30 - 4:45pm)
201A Price Lake Room, Plemmons Student Union
| Time | Session | Presenter(s) |
|---|---|---|
3:30 - 3:55pm | Toward a Poetics of Healing in Chinese Theatre and Dance | Kin-Yan Szeto |
3:55 - 4:20pm | After Coal: Welsh and Appalachian Mining Communities | Patricia Beaver and Tom Hansell |
4:20 - 4:45pm | Fossil Human Footprint Research in Tanzania | Cynthia Liutkus-Pierce and Brian Zimmer |
Fall Appalachian Dance Ensemble (7:30pm)
Valborg Theatre
Presented by the Department of Theatre and Dance, the annual Fall Appalachian Dance Ensemble features faculty and student work. Included in this year's performance will be a piece entitled Le Martye, a work set on Appalachian students by international Butoh artist Paul Ibey during a week long residency in early November. Le Martyre is a butoh-based dance work, inspired by the life of dancer/actress Ida Rubinstein, and more specifically, the theme of spirituality that runs through her work. Learn more
Thursday, November 15, 2012
Poster Fair (12:00 - 2:00pm)
Plemmons Student Union
Students’ International Research at Contact Tables in Student Union.
Teaching sessions (12:30 - 1:45pm)
220 Whitewater Room, Plemmons Student Union
| Time | Session | Presenter(s) |
|---|---|---|
12:30 - 1:45pm | Experiments in Cultures and Languages Across the Curriculum at Appalachian | Alexandra Sterling-Hellenbrand, Renee Scherlen, Ed Brewer and Jeanne Dubino |
Teaching sessions (2:00 - 3:10pm)
220 Whitewater Room, Plemmons Student Union
| Time | Session | Presenter(s) |
|---|---|---|
2:00 - 2:20pm | The Genocidal Landscape: Laura Buxton’s Paintings of Mostar during the Bosnian Civil War | Jim Toub |
2:25 - 2:45pm | Travel Writing and the International Experience: Bringing the World Home | Jeanne Dubino, Sarah Gorry, Sara Leinbach, and Erika Sundeen |
2:50 - 3:10pm | Globalization in My Backyard * (Suggested audience faculty) | Vachel Miller |
Teaching sessions (3:30 - 4:40pm)
220 Whitewater Room, Plemmons Student Union
| Time | Session | Presenter(s) |
|---|---|---|
3:30 - 3:50pm | Skype Studio * (Suggested audience faculty) | Jeanne Mercer-Ballard |
3:55 - 4:15pm | Promoting Global Understandings through Videoconferencing with Classes in Thailand, Taiwan, and China | Tony Carey, Jeanne Dubino and Ray Miller |
4:20 - 4:40pm | Student Self-Discovery and Self-Reflection Abroad | Paulette Marty and Sue Williams |
"Give A Damn?" Documentary Screening (7:00pm)
Greenbriar Theatre, Plemmons Student Union
Sponsored jointly by Appalachian & the Community Together; PeaceJam; Amnesty International and People Fighting Poverty, there will also be an information session and discussion panel for students will follow the showing of the film.
"Give A Damn?" is a feature length documentary about three friends, two idealistic activists and one skeptic, attempting to live in poverty, on $1.25 a day, across 3 continents. The adventure takes a devastating turn when two of them survive a deadly plane crash in Africa, and all three must fight to finish what they started. Learn more
Friday, November 16, 2012
Roundtable discussions (12:00 - 3:45pm)
201A Price Lake Room, Plemmons Student Union
The roundtable discussions are open - drop in anytime to learn more. Topics and discussions include...
- Semester-long Study Abroad Programming - Ken Lewandowski
- Promoting Cultural Competence with International Service Learning - Selena Hilemon, Beth Davison and Tiffany Christian
- Adding Global Content via Technology - Pam Brewer, Paul Wallace, Alanah Mitchell
- Connecting Effectively with International Partner Institutions - Rene Scherlen and Unal Boya
- Academic and Cultural Connections via Interactive Video - Greg Williams
- For Beginners: Planning and Implementing Short-term Faculty-led Study Abroad Programs - Garner Dewey and Meg Kennedy
Closing and recognition session (4:00 - 4:30pm)
Solarium, Plemmons Student Union
- Chancellor Peacock and/or Provost Gonzalez
- Recognitions – Awards (Faculty, Staff, Students - International, Undergraduate, Graduate)
Closing reception (4:30 - 6:00pm)
Solarium, Plemmons Student Union
Music provided by the Hayes School of Music – Mid-East Performance
Second Annual AIESEC FIFA Tournament (5:00pm)
Whitewater Room, Plemmons Student Union
This 64-player FIFA 13 tournament will offer three top prizes totaling over $150. Door prizes will also be given away. All proceeds benefit AIESEC Appalachian, which is a non-profit organization.
AIESEC is the world’s largest student run organization and is focused on providing a platform for youth leadership development. We attract and cultivate young people with global mindsets while giving organizations an incredible opportunity to interact and access young people from all corners of the globe. AIESEC also runs a non-profit exchange program that affords over 5,500 students and recent graduates the opportunity to live and work in another country. Learn more
Fall Appalachian Dance Ensemble (7:30pm)
Valborg Theatre
Presented by the Department of Theatre and Dance, the annual Fall Appalachian Dance Ensemble features faculty and student work. Included in this year's performance will be a piece entitled Le Martye, a work set on Appalachian students by international Butoh artist Paul Ibey during a week long residency in early November. Le Martyre is a butoh-based dance work, inspired by the life of dancer/actress Ida Rubinstein, and more specifically, the theme of spirituality that runs through her work. Learn more
Download full schedule: Appalchian Global Symposium Schedule 2012 (PDF 32K)
Foundation
The Internationalization Review conducted by Appalachian through the American Council on Education’s Internationalization Laboratory in 2009 revealed that the University was “engaged in a great deal of activities; however, these activities are fragmented, disjointed, and not widely reported to others within the University and sometimes within the same department.” The Appalachian Global Symposium is one of the approaches that we will use to address the problem identified in the Internationalization Review.
Appalachian Global Leadership Awards
The Global Leadership Awards Program is an annual award to recognize students, faculty and staff who have made a significant contribution to advance global learning at Appalachian. This award recognizes extraordinary contributions of students, faculty and staff who have initiated, developed and/or supported opportunities for global learning. Recipients will be recognized during the Appalachian Global Symposium at a reception on November 16, 2012.
Upcoming events
| May 20 | ISESA information session |
| May 23 | ISESA information session |
| May 27 | ISESA information session |
| May 30 | ISESA information session |
| Jun 3 | ISESA information session |
