RWANDA: COLLABORATING WITH FACULTY
TO BUILD STUDENT ENGAGEMENT ABROAD
M Sheridan Embser-Herbert, Kari Richtsmeier, and Linda Umwali

Introductions
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M Sheridan Embser-Herbert, Ph.D., J.D.
Professor of Sociology and Director, Center for Justice and Law
Kari Richstmeier, Ph.D., Director, Global Engagement Center
Linda Umwali, CLA ’18, Economics and Finance

Learning Objectives/Goals
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How to identify potential faculty partners
How best to support faculty development
Rwanda – A ‘Case Study’

IDENTIFYING POTENTIAL
FACULTY PARTNERS

Identifying Potential Faculty Partners
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Get to know your faculty - connect with new hires right away
Campus events
- International Education Week
- Admission Events
Utilize other units’ existing programs
- New Faculty Orientation Seminar
- First Year Seminar

SUPPORTING FACULTY
DEVELOPMENT AND
COLLABORATION

Supporting Faculty Development and Collaboration
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Grants – e.g., CIEE and multi-agency grants
On-campus events – e.g., international visitors
Team site visits - e.g., Senegal
Staff colleague program

RWANDA: A ‘CASE STUDY’

Rwanda: A ‘Case Study’
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“Wouldn’t it be great…?”
2010 – Collaborative opportunity
2011 – Faculty development opportunity
2011 – First Year Seminar
2012 – Hamline to Rwanda
2013 – Hamline to Rwanda, part II – scholarship!
2014 – 20th commemoration – visit to PIASS
2016 – Hamline to Rwanda, redux

Rwanda: A ‘Case Study’
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http://www.mprnews.org/story/2015/01/13/linda-umwali
Course planning with independent study students
Peer mentor while on the ground

Rwanda: A ‘Case Study’
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Protestant Institute of Art and Social Science workshop

Rwanda: A ‘Case Study’
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Rwanda: A ‘Case Study’
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Student curated, student organized, student executed
Hamline to Rwanda: Hope and Healing After the Genocide

Rwanda: A ‘Case Study’
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What does the future hold?
January 2017
Courses in Cambodia, Cuba, Belize
Internships in Shanghai, China
Global Service Learning through Education, Thailand
May 2017
Courses in The Netherlands and Greece
2018 and beyond?

THANK
YOU