Institute for Global Citizenship
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[edit] Mission
To encourage, promote and support rigorous learning that prepares students for lives as effective and ethical "global citizen-leaders"; innovative scholarship that enriches the public and academic discourse on important issues of global significance; and meaningful service that enhances such learning and/or scholarship while enriching the communities within which Macalester is embedded.
[edit] Background
The Institute was originally announced for the Fall of 2005 as the Center for Global Citizen Leaderhship, and in the Spring of 2006 was officially initiated by a series of events, including visits by Kofi Annan and Thomas Friedman. In its current state, the Institute is a rather intangible entity, with plans for a physical location to be built in about 5 years (2011).
See the Institute's website for more information.
[edit] Structure
The Institute incorporates two separate "centers," both under the direction of the Dean of the Institute of Global Citizenship, Ahmed Samatar, and his office. The centers are be administered by an Associate Dean for Global Studies, a faculty member (Andrew Latham), and an Associate Dean for Global Citizenship and Urban Engagement, a staff member (Karin Trail-Johnson).
[edit] Advisory Bodies
[edit] Student Input
Students have a say in the activities of the Institute through the IGC Student Council, or IGCSC. The IGCSC represents the student body to the Institute's administrators, and simultaneously represents the IGC to students. It also engages in programming around issues of global citizenship, with an eye to civic engagement and supporting student initiatives. Learn more here.
Before the IGCSC, Molly Bowen and Stephanie Raill were student representatives to the planning committee for the IGC. Their work on collaboration with other students in order to shape the outcome of the Institute's planning process can be found, in part, here:
[edit] Criticisms
[edit] "Creepy"
Some believe the mission of the Institute is "being creepy." While this is no doubt a valid opinion, it is not in fact the stated mission of the Institute. Other criticisms can be listed here as well.
[edit] Links
- Macalester College Institute for Global Citizenship
- Liberal Education for Global Citizenship: Renewing Macalester’s Traditions of Public Scholarship and Civic Learning (PDF file) Andrew Latham, February 2003.
- http://groups.yahoo.com/group/adelantemac2/message/247
- Macalester/Faculty/Minutes/September 8 2004
- Macalester/Center for Global Citizenship Initial Joint Proposal
