Activities

The centerpiece of the Global Scholars Program as envisioned by the Council on International Initiatives is the summer seminars. Every summer each of MU's ten colleges/schools with undergraduate teaching responsibilities may nominate two faculty to participate in one of two international seminars. Each of the international seminars is organized by a faculty member with expertise on the region.

Four specific priorities guide the summer seminar component of Global Scholars:

• Selecting timely, country-specific and academically appropriate themes for each seminar.
• Examining which of MU's partner universities overseas have the infrastructure, faculty and administrative support to deliver a meaningful scholarly experience and to facilitate faculty-to-faculty contacts over a wide range of academic disciplines.
• Further refining the potential host-country pool based on the availability of MU faculty with a relationship with the partner university, significant knowledge of the host country and the vigor and ability to lead a faculty group abroad.
• Requiring faculty participants to submit course outlines demonstrating that international content has been integrated into the curriculum.

To date, the following summer seminars have provided faculty with (in many cases their first) international experience: