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MU
() OverviewIn 1996 the University of Missouri-Columbia (MU) announced an international vision and mission statement for the 21st century, with the intention of significantly expanding international opportunities for undergraduate students within the land-grant tradition. To broaden the reach of international education at MU, the Global Scholars Program was designed to have a maximum impact on the general undergraduate population, regardless of major field of study. Modeled on MU's nationally recognized Campus Writing Program, which emphasizes teaching renewal, Global Scholars offers a comprehensive faculty development program that includes: annual international (summer seminar) experiences, individual grants, teaching workshops and continuous mentoring and monitoring. To date, over 100 faculty have either newly developed or significantly revised courses to include an international focus. The combined annual enrollment in these classes reaches an estimated 4,000 students annually. In addition to this substantial and swift impact on the curriculum, Global Scholars has established at MU an unprecedented campus-wide commitment to internationalization and was recently awarded the Andrew Heiskell Award for Innovation in International Education. |
