The
College of St. Scholastica Joins HECUA
Scholastica's
partnership interest in HECUA is
part of their new initiatives in
global studies and experiential
education. HECUA is seen as a vehicle
to help activate their vision to
foster global perspectives. The
college is a liberal arts institution
with a Benedictine foundation located
in Duluth, Minnesota. Like many
HECUA members, enrollment is between
2,500-3,000 students. Prof. Dorothea
Diver in the Languages and International
Studies Department has been named
the first Board Representative effective
July 1.
HECUA
Executive Director Amy Sunderland
and Enrollment Services Director
Michael Eaton will visit campus
April 24-25 to meet with faculty
and prospective students.
For
more about the College of St. Scholastica,
click here.
NEW
Environmental Program Director Brings
Passion for Teaching
Julia
Frost Nerbonne has been named Program
Director for the new Twin Cities Environment
Sustainability program for Fall 2003.
This
new program offers classroom and internship
experience for students interested
in patterns of environmental resource
use, current social inequities and
strategies for sustainability.
Frost
Nerbonne has taught Conservation Biology
and Environmental Ethics classes at
the University of Minnesota and Hamline
University. She has additional grassroots
organizing experience around civic
engagement in environmental issues.
Her enthusiasm for the material and
her passion for teaching are additional
reasons to recommend this new program
for students. She will complete her
Ph.D. in Conservation Biology at the
University of Minnesota this spring.
Click
here for information on the core
curriculum is available at
Space Available on Alumni Continued
Learning Program
-Two spaces have become available
on HECUA's new alumni program looking
at politics and culture in Cuba from
May 31 through June 7, 2003. This
may be a once in a lifetime chance
to experience Cuba!
-For
more information click
here, or contact Michael
Eaton via e-mail or 651/287-3310.
Program
Innovations for Scandinavian Urban
Studies Term
Einar Vannebo from HECUA's partner
institution, the University of Oslo,
visited the U.S. March 3-7 for program
planning and development.
Senior
HECUA Program Director Phil Sandro
will lead the Norway program this
fall. Sandro will help develop an
on-going curriculum focused on contemporary
issues, including identity and immigration.
He will also train a group of faculty
on experiential methods and community
partnership.
More
than 20 students have applied for
the Fall 2003 program. Students are
based in Oslo and participate in field
studies in other parts of Norway,
as well as Stockholm, Sweden and Tallinn,
Estonia. For more information about
this program, click
here.
StudentsTell
Their Own Stories
HECUA's
significance is seen through the
quantitative results of the 2002
Impact Evaluation and individual
examples of student learning. Click
here to read reflections of
alumni sharing their experiences.
Excerpts
here are reminders of the powerful
learning on HECUA programs:
*During my first day of “real”
work at my internship, FINCA, I
was incredibly nervous. I was to
conduct a short meeting with fifteen
female loan recipients – IN
SPANISH! The women were patient,
compassionate, and wanted to share
their stories, their lives, and
a coke! At the end of the day, I
knew that, although my time in Ecuador
was short, I would be able to develop
relationships and share intercultural
experiences that would make long-lasting
impressions on me. - Tricia, Fall
2002 CILA Alumna
*HECUA
is much more than an academic or
even experiential program. It connects
students to wisdom within the community.
One community artist talked to our
class about leading a neighborhood
arts project. She taught me that
social change is not just means
to empowerment; it is the expression
of human dignity, self-determination,
and community. She taught me that
leadership is a process of letting
go, of enabling other people to
take ownership of their own goals.
She taught us to engage perspectives
different from our own. For the
first time in my life, I found “people.”
- Chris, Fall 2002 MUST Alumnus
New
Bremer Graduate Fellows Program
Draws Broad Interest
The Philanthropy and Human Rights
Fellowship for graduate students
coordinated by HECUA through a grant
from the Otto Bremer Foundation
has shown strong interest. Thirty-two
applications have been received
for the six paid fellowships. Applicants
represent graduate programs at four
member schools: College of St. Catherine,
Hamline University, the University
of Minnesota and the University
of St. Thomas. Click
here for additional information
on HECUA coordinated internships
and fellowships.
