On Again, Off Again: Integrating On and Off Campus Study
Tuesday, November 28, 11:45-1:15 in Buntrock 142
Eric Lund, Director, International and Off-Campus Studies; Matt Richey, MSCS; Mike Swift, Biology
(co-sponsor: IOCS)
Back in 2001, the self-study report prepared for St. Olaf's accreditation review included a chapter on cross-cultural learning that proposed new efforts to integrate on-campus and off-campus studies. How much progress have we made on this matter? What should we do to further this effort? Eric Lund will review past proposals and report on the assessments of departmental commitment to 'incorporating a global perspective' that were recently gathered as part of the Global Citizenship Year Theme project. He will also report on what students do, on their own initiative, to extend their off-campus learning through subsequent work on campus. Matt Richey will report on some new initiatives being undertaken by the Math, Statistics & Computer Science department, and Mike Swift will report on the Biology department's efforts to integrate on-campus and off-campus study. Attendees will be invited to share individual examples of efforts to link the two and suggest ways to improve upon what St. Olaf is already doing.
