Event Title
Global Citizenship: Education, Public Health, and Grassroots Exchange in Cambodia, Japan, Kenya and Trinidad
Location
Hart 212
Start Time
14-5-2008 11:05 AM
End Time
14-5-2008 11:50 AM
Description
Several faculty have recently engaged in international research on promoting education, public health, and grassroots exchange abroad. Kevin Curry collaborates with the Rotary International and the University of Victoria to implement and evaluate a study of biosand water filters in Seam Reap, Cambodia. Diana Fox conducts research and supervises students at the Center for Gender and Development Studies in the University of West Indies to explore water conservation and management in Trinidad. Wing-kai To engages in a historical memorial project of Bridgewater alumnae of 1877 Shuji Isawa in Nagano, Japan and explores a sister-city relationship between Isawa’s hometown in Ina and Bridgewater. Jonathan White empowers young citizens in building schools and promoting development in rural Kenya through international service learning in non-profit organizations. Taken together, these four panelists highlight the significance of their research on local communities and its implications for the role of global studies at BSC.
Global Citizenship: Education, Public Health, and Grassroots Exchange in Cambodia, Japan, Kenya and Trinidad
Hart 212
Several faculty have recently engaged in international research on promoting education, public health, and grassroots exchange abroad. Kevin Curry collaborates with the Rotary International and the University of Victoria to implement and evaluate a study of biosand water filters in Seam Reap, Cambodia. Diana Fox conducts research and supervises students at the Center for Gender and Development Studies in the University of West Indies to explore water conservation and management in Trinidad. Wing-kai To engages in a historical memorial project of Bridgewater alumnae of 1877 Shuji Isawa in Nagano, Japan and explores a sister-city relationship between Isawa’s hometown in Ina and Bridgewater. Jonathan White empowers young citizens in building schools and promoting development in rural Kenya through international service learning in non-profit organizations. Taken together, these four panelists highlight the significance of their research on local communities and its implications for the role of global studies at BSC.
Comments
Moderator: Nancy Kleniewski