Welcoming 2016: Florida Keys Style!

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Colgate students visit Antwerp, Belgium for EuroSim

On Sunday, January 3, I arrived in Antwerp, Belgium with nine Colgate students for the 29th International EuroSim conference. The conference is a simulation of European Union decision-making, and is organized by the Trans-Atlantic Consortium for European Union Studies and Simulations (TACEUSS). This year the University of Antwerp is hosting EuroSim.

Approximately 200 students from 18 U.S. and European universities will simulate the decision-making of all European Union governing bodies. The topic this year cannot be timelier – EU asylum and refugee policy. EU member states struggle to find a solution as hundreds of thousands of refugees from the Middle East and North Africa seek protection in Europe. While at EuroSim, students will work on revising the Dublin regulation, the EU law that determines what member state is responsible for evaluating asylum applications under the Geneva Convention. The Colgate delegation will represent the governments of Poland and Estonia, two European Parliament members from Germany and Sweden, and a German journalist.

The conference kicked off on Monday with a visit to the European Union Parliament in Brussels, and opening remarks by Mrs. Patricia Van de Peer, Senior Official at the European Parliament Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs. Look for more photos and updates from us in the next few days.

The off-campus trip is generously supported by the Department of Political Science, the Center for Freedom and Western Civilizations, the Dean of Faculty and Provost, the Dean of the College, the Lampert Institute for Civic and Global Engagement, the Division of Social Sciences, the Center for Learning, Teaching and Research, and the Office of Equity and Diversity.

Ralitsa Donkova is a visiting professor of Political Science.

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Florida Keys ES 2016:

Marine Mammal Cognition, Behavior & Conservation

Participants:

Sarah Anderson, Maia Dinsmore, Kaitlyn Farrell, Elly Hilton, Tori Hymel, Claire Kittock, Alex Maulden, Anna Olson, Zach Papadopoulos, Trevor Sands, Alex Schaff, Kat Titterton, Madeleine Tsao, Lacey Williams

                                                                                     Instructor: Prof. K. Ingram

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The Lampert Institute for Civic and Global Affairs continues the Lampert Faculty Scholars program and invites applications from faculty seeking financial support for research advancing the broad mission of the Lampert Institute, which is to promote greater understanding of important issues relating to civic affairs and public policy.

Lampert Faculty Scholars will be awarded funds up to $10,000 to support international travel and on-site research. Up to three scholarships will be awarded annually. The primary activity supported by the Institute is the funding of travel in the service of research by tenure-stream or tenured faculty at Colgate University.

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With support from the Lampert Institute, students can apply for scholarships to support intensive summer language study. These scholarships are meant to support current Colgate students in one or more of the following ways:

• Students who are interested in an intensive and immersive language study over the summer;
• Students who want to study a language not currently taught at Colgate;
• Students who would like to advance their language study in order to participate on a language-based Colgate study group;
• Advanced students who wish to study beyond the levels currently offered at Colgate or to conduct independent research in a foreign language;
• Students whose language study at Colgate has been interrupted by course conflicts or illness;
• Students who would like to participate in a language and cultural immersion program abroad.

Language programs located both within the U.S. and abroad may be supported. Students should work with Colgate professors to determine a reputable language program, and one that fills an important curricular need for the student. Funds can be made available to cover the program fees and travel costs associated with participating in the program.

Students can request up to $3,000 to support the costs of the intensive language summer program and/or travel to the program. Priority will be given to students on financial aid at Colgate. Requests by students studying languages that are consistent with the mission of the Lampert Institute are especially encouraged; the Lampert Institute promotes language study and travel in the following regions: Africa, Asia, the Middle East, or South/Central America. However, students studying languages from other regions will also be considered.

The Language Council at Colgate will review student proposals and make funding decisions. For more information, interested students should contact Aaron Solle, program coordinator for the Lampert Institute and Center for International Programs, by email (asolle@colgate.edu). Applications should be submitted by email to Aaron Solle by February 4, 2016.

Applying for a Summer Language Scholarship

Please include:

1. A personal statement describing the program in which you would like to participate and the reasons for doing so. Please provide specific details, including the name and description of the program, dates of participation, the level of language instruction offered at the program, and the estimated costs of the program (including travel costs). Feel free to list an alternative program as a back-up. Also discuss your goals for participating in the program, and how the program will supplement your academic plan. Please indicate in the statement if you are on financial aid. Limit your personal statement to one page. If relevant, please indicate the other sources of Colgate funding that you are applying for to support your summer language program (e.g., Career Services. summer research).
2. One letter of recommendation from a Colgate faculty member that provides a rationale for participating in the language program and an assessment of the student’s ability for successfully completing the program. The letter should be emailed directly to Professor Simpson.

If you are considering transferring the credit back to Colgate, you must work with the registrar’s office to get pre-approval for the credit well before the program begins. The transfer credit will follow the transfer credit policies at Colgate. Transfer credit that is not pre-approved by Colgate will not be considered after the program is complete. Upon completion of the intensive summer language program, students will be asked to write a brief report about their experience.

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The Lampert Fellowships for Summer Research provide students with a $4,500 stipend, plus funding for travel, room, and board, to enable them to work on topics aligned with the mission of the Institute, which broadly speaking is to engage the liberal arts in the study of civic and global affairs.

The project should culminate in a paper of about 12,000-15,000 words, completed before the start of fall classes. Papers should be of such quality that they might be later published or form an integral part of a senior honors thesis, and they will be printed together in an annual volume of our Lampert Summer Fellows. Fellows will present their work at an on-campus symposium in mid-September. The fellowship also enables the recipient to present the project at a major scholarly conference.

For more information, interested students should contact Jason Kawall by email, at jkawall@colgate.edu.

Applying for a Fellowship

All materials listed below should be sent in PDF format to Mr. Aaron Solle (asolle@colgate.edu)
Deadline: 5:00, Monday, February 16

Applicants will be notified by March 14.

Please include:

1. A cover letter and description of your project (no more than 5 pages) stating:
   • the research question motivating your study and its significance (this should include a brief survey of the literature);
   • how you plan to approach this question, and why you believe you will be able to provide a cogent response;
   • and, a bibliography.
2. Your unofficial transcript.
3. Two letters of recommendation (preferably from members of Colgate faculty).
4. A letter of sponsorship from a Colgate faculty member, confirming that she or he will supervise your research project, assist with its design, and provide on-going advice throughout the process of research and writing up to the point that the final paper is presented. (The sponsor is normally one of the persons writing a letter of recommendation.) For their supervision throughout this process, faculty sponsors of Lampert Fellows have the choice of receiving either a $1,250 stipend or partial SLA credit.
5. Travel Plans: If you believe that travel will significantly advance your research project, you should indicate this in your application. Precise details (dates, modes of travel, etc.) are not needed, but you should provide a clear sense of how this travel would advance your research. The presence or absence of travel plans has no bearing on the success of your application.

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Colgate Seniors, what are you doing for spring break?

 

Students will attend seminars led by Xiamen University faculty, tour local manufacturing plants and businesses, explore centuries-old temples, beautiful islands, and world-class museums. Professor Mandle in the Economics department at Colgate will be joining the group.

 

Apply online here!

Applications are due by December 11, 2015.

The cost for this trip is expected to be $250.

 

If you have any questions, please contact Aaron Solle (asolle@colgate.edu), program coordinator in the Center for International Programs.

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Dear Students,

We are reaching out to all of you who are studying away from Colgate at this time of troubling and tragic developments in France.  Please know that we are thinking of all of you, wherever you may be, with concern for your safety and your personal well-being.  We understand that even that the situation is emotional and stressful even for those who are not in France and is compounded by being far from friends and loved ones. Our thoughts are also with all who were directly affected by the Paris attacks.

We have worked with all study group directors and approved program providers to verify the safety of students in Europe, who mayhave been in the vicinity of the Paris attacks.  At this time we can confirm that all Colgate students in Europe are safe.

In light of the ongoing security situation we urge you to take the following steps as your prepare for the end of the semester and possible travel:

• Be aware of security in your immediate environment.  Avoid demonstrations, protests and locations frequented by Americans.
• If you plan to travel, register your plans with your study group or approved program director.
• Security has been heightened and delays at airports in many locations in Europe are currently the norm, so please reconfirm all of your travel, plan to arrive at the airport early, and pay attention to flight updates.
• Enroll in US Department of State STEP travel program so that you will receive safety and security updates.
• Carry emergency contact information with you.  Please be aware that all Colgate students are covered by and may contact International SOS (215-942-8226)  if you need assistance in a security or medical emergency.  Identify yourself as from Colgate University in making the call.

Please know that resources here at Colgate, including the Counseling Center, are also available to you and are only an email or phone call away. If you have questions or concerns, please contact us.

Thinking of you and wishing you well,

Carol Drogus and

Off-Campus Study Staff

315-228-7216

off-campusstudy@colgate.edu

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Dear students,

In light of reports of glitches in the Colgate Study Group application late Friday prior to the deadline, applications will continue to be accepted until 11:59pm on Monday, November 16.

If you submitted an application but did not receive a confirmation email or are uncertain your application went through, please contact off-campusstudy@colgate.edu and we will check to see if it has been received.

You are also welcome to stop in to Off-Campus Study in 101 McGregory Hall to discuss your options and application.

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Public Health in Rural Uganda

Immersion trip to Southwestern Uganda

January 1 – 16, 2016

Health is a universal human right, and adequate public healthcare is an important dimension of this universal right. The mission of Global Health Initiative (GHI) is to engage the local Colgate community in emerging global health inequalities, and this winter break, GHI is sponsoring an immersion trip to Uganda that will focus on healthcare access and health outcomes in underserved communities. Led by Professor Ellen Kraly, up to five students will visit a grassroots HIV clinic and local hospital.

Students will spend the first week at the Indigo Foundation, which is a community-based organization that supports at-risk children and young people, all poor, many orphaned and many HIV-positive (https://www.indigofoundation.org). Students will spend a second week at Bwindi Community Hospital, which is a nonprofit hospital that provides health services to local farmers and herders affected by poverty, with an emphasis on child health, maternity and family planning, HIV/AIDS, and TB (http://www.bwindihospital.com). In addition to learning about medicine, healthcare policy, and sustainable development, students will gain a first-hand experience how community-level NGOs are shaping public health. To learn more, please view the GHI GetInvolved page or contact ehuiting@colgate.edu.

The trip is open to all Colgate students and will be fully funded (including transportation, meals, lodging, airfare, immunizations, and visa).

Applications are available online at https://goo.gl/JqNttZ.

Application deadline: November 9, 2015 (decisions will be announced during late November to early December).

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Off-Campus Study and the Center for International Programs are proud to announce a new photo submission contest for students studying abroad on a Colgate study abroad program, extended study, and on an approved study abroad program.

Students on any study abroad program are encouraged to submit a photo in one of three categories: academia, culture, and scenery.  The only rules are that the picture must be PG and that they do not objectify the locals.

Winning pictures will be selected each week by the Off-Campus Study staff, and will be highlighted on the Center for International Programs website (www.colgate.edu/cip) and on the big screens in the Center.

Photo submissions should be sent to off-campusstudy@colgate.edu as an email attachment, along with your name, year, major, location and brief description about the picture.

Although not yet a contest, short video submissions will also be accepted.

In the upcoming future, Off-Campus Study and the Center for International Programs will also highlight sunsets taken from all over the world, and request that interested participants send their sunset pictures, along with descriptions, to off-campusstudy@colgate.edu.

Hannah Fleckenstein ’17 Native American Studies-Psychology Copenhagen, Denmark photo taken in Bergen, Norway

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At 4pm on October 15, 2015, Colgate will be having a grand opening and dedication for the new Center for International Programs.  Brief remarks will begin at 4:30pm.

The new Center for International Programs houses the offices of Off-Campus Study, the Lampert Institute, and NY6, as well as working with the Colgate Office of International Student Services.

The Center is located at 101 McGregory Hall, and includes a twenty person seminar room, lounge, and kitchen.

For further information, please contact Aaron Solle (asolle@colgate.edu).

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On Wednesday, September 16th, students who participated in previous study trips to the University of Wollongong, Australia, met up in New York City for a reunion before coming back to Colgate for Homecoming Weekend.

Below is a picture of Colgate alums Kira Yasuda, Sarah DeFalco, and Emily Adams who attended the reunion.

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During the week of September 21^st, the NY6/Mellon Foundation and the Office of International Student Services will be holding a series of events in regards to Border Issues.

On Monday, September 21^st, there will be a double feature at the Hamilton Theater focusing on Border Issues:
– 7pm “Who is Dayani Cristal”
– 9pm “Frozen River”
Admission is free, with a suggested $5 donation with the proceeds going to the Kino Border Initiative.

On Thursday, September 24^th at 4:15pm in the Center for Women’s Studies, there will be a panel discussion on “Gender and Immigration at the US-Mexico Border” with Diana Barnes, Zoe Coleman, and Meika Loe.

Then, at 7pm on September 24^th in Love Auditorium, author Todd Millerwill be discussing his book, “Border Patrol Nation: Dispatches from the Frontlines of Homeland Security”.  In his book, Todd Miller tells, with graphic detail, an alarming story of the U.S. Border Patrol and Homeland Security’s ever-widening, militarized and dehumanizing reach into the lives of American citizens and immigrants.

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Jazmyn McKoy, class of 2017, is currently studying abroad in Venice, Italy with the Music and Italian departments. Jazmyn has a blog featuring her experiences and awesome photos.

Check it out here: http://bridgetovenice.weebly.com/

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In the September 3rd, 2015, issue of the Colgate Maroon News, Sarah Anderson writes about the all new Center for International Programs:

http://www.thecolgatemaroonnews.com/news/article_579740be-5323-11e5-8176-27b1ea5bf297.html

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Today we spent the day wandering around the streets of Wellington, both learning more about the culture of the city and shopping for gifts to bring home to our family and friends. We explored the cities bohemian and graffiti filled shopping district, called Cuba Street. We also did some shopping on Lambton Quay, another street filled with more fashionable apparel. Read more

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From intense debate sessions at Bogotá’s Universidad del Rosario to an entertaining bus tour into the Andes, Colgate’s Spanish Language Debate Society left Colombia with memories to last a lifetime. Take a look at the full photo gallery on Flickr.

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Spent the day in Josie’s home town of Napier at Mr. Dee’s.  We were able to fill our own delicious doughnuts with jelly, chocolate, or custard!

A beautifully decorated fountain in the center of Napier just outside of the market where the team bought plenty of rich New Zealand chocolate.

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