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International Week brings global learning to campus
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epresentatives from several ofTrinity's Global Learning Sites
gathered on camp us in October for a week of worksh ops, class visits, and informational sessions for students as part of the first annual Interna tion al Week initiative, which was sponsored by the Office of International Programs. The week's activities included staff training sessions focusing on transfer credits, budgets and finance, internships, and academic honesty. A highlight of the program was the International Programs Festival, which featured food and music from a va ri ety of co untri es as well as opportunities to talk with faculty members and students who have recently returned from studying abroad. " International Week was the first time the College has brought together its overseas staff to meet each other and to engage in focused conversations with key facu lty and administrators in H artford," explains Nancy Birch Wagner, dean of international programs. "We all learned from each other." The week's events also included a human rights lecture by Pedro Matta, director of the Trinity Program in Santiago.
Matta gave a talk entitled "The Mothers of the 'Disappeared' in
In addition to Matta, other Global Lea rning Sites personnel
Chile: a Powerful Catalyst in the
on ca mpus durin g International
Search for Truth and Justi ce" to
Week included Alexei C hagin,
a packed room in Mather H all.
professor of literature, Moscow;
A student leader during th e 1973 coup d'etat that overthrew
Tony Hall, academic director,
the democratically elected gov-
ship coordinator, Barcelona;Jo
Trinidad; Fiona Kelso, intern-
ernment of Chilean President
Milne, studio arts professor,
Salvador Allende, Matta was
Barcelona; Naima Mohammed, on-site administrator, Trinidad;
arrested, tortured, and impris-
Subithra Moodley-Moore, on-
The College has established Global Learning Sites in seven countries since 1997. This international network enables students to gain valuable experience and insights in key locations around the world. oned for more than 13 months, although he was never charged
site coordinator, Cape Town ; and Mario Villagran, academic exc ursion coordinator, Santiago. The College has established Global Learning Sites in seven countri es since 1997. This internati o nal network enables stu-
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with a crime. H e then went
academic study, internships, and
into exile. "Our relationship with Pedro
cross-cultural interaction, th e
Matta is uniqu e in the world of study-abroad programs," says
live and think as citizens of th e
D ario Euraque, faculty director of international programs.
Global Learning Sites in Barcelona, Spain; Cape Town,
"Many programs have able
South Africa; Istanbul, Turkey;
administrators on-site, but few, if
Kathmandu , N epal; Moscow,
program prepares stude nts to world. There are cu rrently
any, enjoy professional and intel-
Russia; Port of Spain, Trinidad;
lectual ties with a perso n with
and Santiago, C hil e. Planning is
the kind of social and ethical stature that Pedro offers. Our
under way for new sites in
students are very privileged not
Vienna, Paris, and the Himalayas. In addition, the
only to meet him, but also to
Trinity College R ome Campus
have him as a mentor in
has been offering students inter-
Santiago de Chile."
national experiences since 1971.
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tions around the world while
At least two Trinity alumni were eyewitnesses to the Asian tsunami disaster, and they have forwarded first-hand accounts of their experiences to the College. Robert (Gus) Reynolds '79 reported from Thailand, and Charlie Stewart '76 was in Sri Lanka when the waves struck. To read their reports, go to the Trinity Web site at www.trincoll.edu/pub/reporter/winterOS/tsunami.htm.
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