Call for Proposals: Fostering Global Citizenship in Higher Education

Call for Proposals -- Due June 5, 2009

We are seeking proposals for the 3rdAnnual Fostering Global Citizenship in Higher Education Conference to be held October 5-6, 2009 in Brattleboro, Vermont.

The conference planning committee seeks proposals for conference workshops to be presented on Monday, October 5th that are interactive and geared toward varying levels of expertise from novice to intermediate to advanced. Workshops should provide participants an opportunity to engage with each other in learning about the session topic and applying it to their unique situations. Workshops will be 75 minutes long and may be presented by individuals or teams.
Workshop topics should relate to fostering global citizenship in higher education and may include but need not be limited to the following topics:

• Program models for promoting global citizenship, both local or global;
• Promoting global citizenship in challenging economic times;
• Campus or institutional strategies for fostering global citizenship;
• Defining and exploring global citizenship concepts.

The proposal should be clear and concise and must include the following:
1) a session title that accurately reflects your session content,
2) a brief session description to be used in the program (75-100 words),
3) a longer workshop proposal (500 word maximum) that describes your presentation in more depth,
4) details on your expertise in this subject area, such as how long you have been engaged in this work, whether you have presented on this topic previously – if so, when and where – etc.
5) a brief presenter bio for each presenter. These bios will be used in the program.
6) full contact information for each presenter,
7) AV needs for your presentation.

In your proposal description, you should:
1) indicate the level of experience for which your workshop is most appropriate,
2) identify the intended audience,
3) identify the theme of your presentation, discuss the content that you will address and indicate how they relate to the conference theme,
4) indicate the outcomes participants should expect from your session and examples of how you will facilitate achievement of those outcomes,
5) describe the strategies you will use to engage participants in discussing, analyzing, synthesizing, and applying the information you will share.

Please submit workshop proposals via email by Friday, June 5, 2009 to: clower@middlebury.edu. Confirmation emails will be sent upon receipt of proposals; potential presenters will be informed of decisions via email by July 15. Conference presenters will be expected to register for the conference but registration fees for up to two presenters per workshop will be waived for the conference (October 5); the waived registration fees do not apply to the post-conference institutes (October 6).

For questions or additional information, please contact:
Cheryl Whitney Lower, Vermont Campus Compact, clower@middlebury.edu, (802) 443-2507 or Marianne Jorgensen, World Learning/SIT Abroad, marianne.jorgensen@sit.edu, (802) 258-3235.