World View College Updates
October 2006

National Resource Center Highlight:
The Center for European Studies at UNC-Chapel Hill

The mission of the Center for European Studies (CES) is to advance understanding of the social, political and economic events that shape contemporary Europe. It does this primarily by supporting faculty and graduate student research through its roles as a National Resource Center funded by Title VI grants and as a European Union Center funded by the European Commission. At the same time, the Center disseminates knowledge about contemporary Europe by enriching our university's work in outreach programs with K-12 schools, post secondary institutions, business, and media organizations of the region. The Center organizes teacher-training workshops in social studies and foreign language teaching. The Center's main website is a rich source of information on Europe including online teaching materials and links to historical and primary materials on Europe.

Resources for Teaching about Europe

The Center has developed several unique resources for teaching about Europe and the European Union. Their multi-media websites explore socio-cultural topics such as Muslim women in Europe and Francophone Identities in the modern world. Classroom ideas and materials for teaching about European cultures, history, and society both in English and in European Languages are included in the Modern Europe Through Art collection and the Best Practices in Teaching Foreign Languages section. The Center also offers classroom ready modules on the European Monetary Union, Common Foreign and Security Policy, European Environment policy, and EU Enlargement.

The European Web Links section offers an extensive collection of weblinks organized by country into thematic groups. You will find for each country in the EU resources relating to government, political parties, culture and contemporary society, and more.

To assist instructors teaching in European languages other than English, the Center maintains a media collection for instructional purposes. UNC and other faculty may use the collection free of charge for classroom use or educational assignments.

 

Modern Europe Through Art (META)

 

The META project integrates major Western European artistic movements in the 20th century with disciplines such as history, politics and sociology. META aims to link together the many forces that shaped contemporary Europe.

Francophone Identities

A bilingual French/English multimedia website presented to both teachers and students who wish to discover the multiplicity of francophone identities as well as further their knowledge of contemporary Europe.

Multicultural France: Focus on the Veil

This multimedia site focuses on the veil debate that has been taking place in France and Europe for the last eleven years.

Best Practices in Teaching Foreign Languages

This site was developed to offer educators effective, innovative, and stimulating tools for teaching foreign languages to students at all levels.

Teaching the EU

This site provides teachers and students with an historical perspective on the development of the European Union and European Monetary Union.


Teaching Units:

Resources for the French Classroom

Classroom-ready materials divided into three categories: Using the Internet in the French Classroom, Cultural Diversity in Contemporary France, and Using Feature-Length Film.

What Happened to Yugoslavia? The War, the Peace, and the Future

An in-depth examination of the Balkan crisis. This report is in navigable PDF format.


European Web Links Compiled by CES


Collaborative Projects:

Global Television


After the Fall, a Global Television documentary sponsored by CES (2004).

Global Television is a partnership between UNC's area studies centers and WUNC-TV, the local PBS affiliate to offer monthly documentaries on the regions of the world. Each documentary will have accompanying pedagogical materials for use in the classroom.


Global Television website

 

Global Music

In collaboration with WXYC 89.3 FM, UNC's student-run radio station, UNC Area Studies Centers have launched a new monthly radio program. The program focuses on a particular world region each month, integrating both music from this part of the world and relevant expertise of guests scholars from UNC Chapel Hill. Each broadcast is a live "lesson" interspersing music with dialogue.

Global Music logo

Global Music website

 

Network of EU Centers of Excellence: Outreach Database

As coordinator of the ten European Union Centers of Excellence (EUCE) in the United States, the Chapel Hill EUCE has developed a website that brings together a vast network of resources, including sample syllabi for college courses, pedagogical materials for K-12 teachers, and a listing of online sites and features that explore specific EU political, social, and cultural issues. Click on the following link to view the database: EUCE outreach database.

Multimedia Library

The media collection, which has been compiled in collaboration with the UNC European Union Center of Excellence, is for instructional purposes only. UNC and other faculty may use the collection free of charge for classroom use or educational assignments. Faculty recommendations for new purchases for the collection are also recommended: europe@unc.edu.

Multimedia Library: Alphabetical Listing
Multimedia Library: Listing by Language

 

 

 

 

 

  

Do you have information to share?

Do you have information that you would like to share with other educators across the state? If so, please submit interesting global education programs that are going on in your schools, announcements about global education seminars, new resources that others might find interesting, etc. Please email Neil at nebolick@unc.edu with your "update-worthy" items!

Reader Mailbag

If you have comments about any of the information contained in the College Update, shoot us an email! Your comments may appear in this new section of the College Update.

 

Disclaimer
World View at UNC-Chapel Hill provides information, resources, and announcements for educational purposes only. It does not represent an endorsement of organizations or points of view by World View or The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Community College Symposium
November 15-16, 2006

"The Global Economy"

World View's 2006 Community College Symposium addresses a topic central to understanding globalization and vital for community college educators preparing the state's workforce: The Global Economy. Duke, UNC, and Triangle business leaders have given strong support for this program, providing an outstanding group of speakers. This program is designed for administrators and faculty in all disciplines. Click here to view the program.

Location
The William and Ida Friday Center (Chapel Hill)

Cost
$135 per person
$425 for a team of 4 or more from the same college (save $115)
Only $75 for each additional team member

For more information, please call (919) 962-9264 or visit www.unc.edu/world.
 

Proposals are currently being accepted for presentations by scholars, policymakers, and professionals dealing with health issues that connect American South and the world. Proposals could come from a wide range of academic and professional fields and perspectives on topics such as: immigrant health, infectious and chronic diseases, maternal and child health, domestic violence, bioethics and human rights, water management, human trafficking, comparative health care delivery, nutrition and obesity, health education, drug development and distribution, access and disparity, disaster relief, and recovery after Katrina. The conference will take place April 2007. Please submit proposals by November 1, 2006.

This conference will be hosted by UNC's University Center for International Studies. Please see www.ucis.unc.edu for more information.

 

"Between Past and Future: New Photography and Video from China"

Opening Thursday, October 26, 2006 until Sunday, February 18, 2007

Nasher Museum of Art, Duke University

The exhibition includes more than 100 works by 60 young artists and focuses on artists' responses to unprecedented economic, social and cultural changes that have swept through China. The exhibition has had showings in New York, Chicago, Seattle, London, Berlin and Santa Barbara, California.

In January and February, the Nasher Museum will host a film series in conjunction with the exhibition "Between Past and Future: New Photography and Video from China," the film series being organized by Guo-Juin Hong. More information will be posted on our website this winter.

Additional information regarding the exhibition's related programming: www.nasher.duke.edu (please click calendar to see following months).

 

Summer camps—a new niche for community colleges?

After many years of working with the Trident Technical College on adult trade education, the South Carolina World Trade Center wanted to extend the partnership to include an International Trade Summer Camp. For $135, middle school kids can spend a week at Trident Technical College learning the basic concepts of international trade, acting as global trade consultants and learning to run a mock business. The pitch to parents is, "This is an excellent program for students to learn about different cultures, international transactions, trade missions, and the careers available in world trade in a fun environment." Students will be able to combine it with other summer courses. The World Trade Center will provide the instructors and marketing materials, but registration will be directed to the College. Stay tuned at www.scwtc.org.

 

Kentucky's Community College System Leads an Eight-State Grant

The Kentucky Community and Technical College System (KCTCS) has a history of partnering—it even has a close working relationship with the nation's fastest growing private training system (Sullivan University). KCTCS recently announced it will serve as the project leader and fiscal agent for a two-year, $800,000 grant from the NSF to support the Automotive Manufacturing Technical Education Collaborative, a partnership of twelve community colleges in eight states and a wide variety of automakers. KCTCS President Mike McCall said, "Our main goal is to… keep America's automotive manufacturing plants competitive worldwide." The NSF grant will leverage a $2.5 million project announced by KCTCS in March that will equip and operate a mock auto production facility so students can learn by doing. That project is supported by a grant from Toyota and $1.5 million from the state. The facility will benefit all of the Kentucky automotive manufacturers, not just Toyota. KCTCS Chancellor Dr. Keith Bird said, "It shows how we can work collaboratively across state lines to leverage resources and expertise that can have a positive impact on the economic development of communities." For more information, contact Amy Carman at 859-256-3291 or amy.carman@kctcs.edu.