Summer 2004
CENTER SET TO ACHIEVE 1st YEAR GOALS
The Center for Global Studies completed its annual report to the Department of Education. Having engaged a professional staff, equipped its office suite and set in motion multiple grants to units, faculty and colleges to promote global studies, CGS is now positioned to complete its objectives for the 2003 – 2006 period. The Center also created an Advisory Committee comprised of 13 senior faculty members from units across campus. The committee evaluates CGS progress in meeting its grant objectives and assists the Center in developing future programs. Drawing on a core of over 100 faculty associates spread across 29 units, CGS broadened the University's language instruction, especially in colloquial Arabic; developed new undergraduate and graduate courses, initiated new degree programs; and organized conferences, workshops lectures and outreach activities. Follow this link to access our all of the faculty members associated with the Center for Global Studies: Center for Global Studies Faculty
CGS works closely with five campus units identified as "Clusters of Excellence." These units are continually developing new courses and seminars. Some examples are listed below along with a corresponding link to the location on the Center's website:
- The College of Education is initiating a new Masters of Education in Global Studies. Follow the link to learn more about this exciting endeavor: Masters of Education initiative
- CGS is supporting many new LAS humanities courses concerning global issues. For a description of these new courses please follow this link: LAS global studies courses
- The Program in Arms Control, Disarmament and International Security is initiating advanced interdisciplinary seminars on homeland, regional, and global security within an expanded program in technology and security. Specifically supported are a new seminar that focuses on risk management and homeland security as components of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering by Professor Thomas Macken in the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering and a new course in the history of terrorism by Professor John Lynn from the Department of History: Security courses and initiatives
- The Graduate School of Library and Information Science will develop a new advanced undergraduate course titled "Global Information Systems" that will draw upon Professor Fernando Elichirigoity's research in globalization and information infrastructure: GSLIS course
PRISMS OF GLOBALIZATION
The Center for Global Studies and Illinois CIBER collaborated on the Center's first symposium, Prisms of Globalization. The symposium attracted 15 educators from universities, community colleges and technical schools from around the country. From June 28-30 participants engaged in discussion and debate on contrasting and contending conceptual maps of an emerging and expanding world society with discussions led by esteemed UIUC faculty. The invited speakers led lively discussion and debate on global issues in the disciplines of history, communications, economics, political science, and library information science. The symposium's agenda can be found at our archive of the Prisms symposium.
NEW CENTER WEBSITE
CGS has built, with the help of OJC Technologies, an entirely revamped website to reflect its enlarging program activities, to establish its UIUC NRC identity, and to create a community of interacting scholars on this campus. Please check us out! The Center welcomes any comments or feedback you might have.
NEW RESOURCES
As a National Resource Center, The Center for Global Studies develops and promotes resources for faculty, students, K-12 teachers, business, media, and the community. The Center created a section on our own website allowing educators to easily locate these resources. Some of the new resources that we have created are available below:
