Millikin's Strategic Plan for Global Issues
Committee on Global Issues
To illustrate the benefits to the Millikin community provided by supporting the Committee on Global Issues, the following are a sample of services provided with the budget resources throughout the past several years:
- A campus visit and master classes by acclaimed French pianist Yves Henry
- Campus visits by Francophone literature authors Paul Tiyambe and Evelyne Accad
- Two workshops and a public lecture by Dr. Gurga on Japanese haiku
- Three presentations by author Mark Ritchie, Yanomamo Shaman Shoefoot, and translator Gary Dawson about the life of the Yanomamo people in the rainforest
- Three lectures by Dr. Andrew Wilson concerning the Clinton Administration’s role in the Northern Irish Peace Process
- Assistance for Professor Shields conducting research the Dominican Republic
- Funds for Professor Mittal and Professor Jacobs for travel to conferences in France and Australia, respectively
- Partial funding for a conference entitled “Transcultural Health Care: A Worldwide Imperative” with Transcultural Nursing founder Madeleine Leininger
- Small grant funds supplied to Professors Alabi and Toepfer to expand the scope of the immersion course Connections: Biology and Literature of the Caribbean
- Small grant to Professor Mittal to aid in developing two Gandhi exhibits, two videos about Gandhi and his influence, and posters about Gandhi
- A visit by the European Union expert Lisa Conant
- Numerous grants to students to assist in projects and globally oriented immersion courses. Some examples include:
- Assisting ten students for a January immersion at the Buck Island Reef National Monument
- Financial assistance to help her study in the Dominican Republic,
- Small grant to help a student study in immigrant issues in Germany
- In 2004, six $100 grants to students for globally-oriented immersions
- Provided Professor Duran and the Spanish department $750 for the purchase of books, videos and other media-related materials to assist Spanish students in their studies
- Provided funds for advertising a wide array of events related to global issues over the years. Advertising funds were used to purchase brochures, flyers, radio, television, and newspaper announcements, etc.
- Provided Staley Library significant sums of money to expand its collection of materials concerning global issues, including a 4-volume Encyclopedia of the United Nations and International Agreements and reference materials for a Yugoslav Drama course taught by Professor Pribisic.