Institute for Global Engagement

Mission

In support of SUNY Oswego's mission and goals, the Institute for Global Engagement promotes world awareness in students, faculty, and staff. The Institute is a network of the many offices, programs and committees at SUNY Oswego committed to expanding world awareness and global engagement. It encourages curricular reform and professional development, promotes international research and scholarship, partners to seek funding for global initiatives, acts as a resource for expanding global knowledge and skills, and initiates new projects in support of these goals.

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Upcoming Events 2012-2013

1st Annual IGE Discussion Series:
War in a Global and Historical Perspective

• Small Wars, Big Consequences: Military Orientalism and Western Identity
  Tarak Barkawi - New School for Social Research, Respondent: Walter Opello
  February 18, 4 pm, CC Auditorium
• Death from Above: A Panel on the US Drone Program
  Brett Kaufman - American Civil Liberties Union,
  Ed Kinane - Voices for Creative Nonviolence, Moderator: Ulises Mejias
  March 6, 12:40 pm, CC 114
• When Warrior Women Become Heroines:
  The Rani of Jhansi Regiment in World War II
  Geraldine Forbes - SUNY Oswego, Respondent: Faith Maina
  March 28, 12:40 pm, CC 114
• The 'See Something/Say Something' Campaign and the War on Terror:
  Monitoring America's Others
  Neelika Jayawardane - SUNY Oswego, Respondent: Craig Warkentin
  April 16, 4 pm, CC 114

Membership

Membership in the Institute includes anyone on campus contributing to internationalization at SUNY Oswego through related programs, committees, or other projects. Members teach in programs that integrate global, international and intercultural knowledge and skills. They are doing research on international topics or with international collaborators. They mentor students seeking global opportunities, take students abroad, work with international students and visiting scholars, and plan cultural programs for the campus.

Coordinating Board

The Director of the Institute for Global Engagement convenes the Coordinating Board. Faculty members and program directors/chairs representing the offices and programs most involved with global engagement at SUNY Oswego have a seat on the Coordinating Board. In addition, the chairs of campus advisory committees for global engagement will be represented on the board.

Director

For more information about the Institute for Global Engagement or to become involved in the Institute, please contact:

Professor Susan Coultrap-McQuin, Ph.D.
316 Campus Center (office); 231 Campus Center (Institute Office)
susan.coultrap@oswego.edu or 315 312 3071