General Information About GIEU
2010 Faculty Application Deadline: THURS Oct 1, 2009
2010 Student Application Deadline: THURS Nov 5, 2009
The Global Intercultural Experience for Undergraduates (GIEU) at the University of Michigan funds global educational projects that expand learning beyond traditional classroom boundaries, creating new opportunities for short-term (3 or 4 week) intercultural study of a global nature at field sites. Since its inception in 2002, GIEU has sent groups of 12-15 undergraduates (GIEU Student Scholars) and faculty members (GIEU Teaching Fellows) to exciting locations in the U.S. and around the world. The program enables undergraduates and faculty to learn in rich cultural environments, while gaining a greater understanding of global situations and processes.
Field site projects vary annually and encompass a variety of disciplines. These intercultural endeavors are selected from proposals submitted by instructors at U-M's Ann Arbor campus. 2009 site locations, faculty leaders, and project abstracts will be posted on our website the last week of October.
GIEU is an innovative program, designed to acquaint participants with organized learning opportunities that feature:
Student Benefits:
- Be part of dynamic multicultural teams making a difference in intercultural understanding through service, collaboration, partnerships and networks
- Work closely with U-M faculty
- Develop intercultural leadership skills
- Explore how life is affected by the national, political, social, and economic issues you study
- Reimagine career possibilities
- Share your learning through new experiences on campus
- Receive a paid internship and academic credit
- Financial aid available
Faculty Benefits:
- Design and implement cross-cultural educational practices that foster innovative teaching methods
- Advance your on-site research with an undergraduate team
- Receive funding for experiential learning
- Mentor exceptional U-M students
- Work with colleagues traveling to a variety of sites
- Develop multicultural teaching skills
- Lead an interdisciplinary undergraduate team in the field
- Gain insight into the lives and thinking of diverse, multicultural undergraduates
- Facilitate mutual exchange with local host communities
- Receive project support from program office
2010 Applications:
Teaching Fellow: Faculty applications are due to GIEU by THURS Oct 1, 2009. The GIEU Selection Committee, in consultation with the Senior Vice Provost for Academic Affairs, will review all proposal submissions. Applicants will be notified of their selection status in mid-late October.
Student Scholar: Undergraduate applications are due to GIEU by THURS Nov 5, 2009. GIEU aims to recruit students interested in having an intercultural experience regardless of location, therefore students apply to the GIEU Program as a whole rather than to a specific field site. If selected, students will be placed on a field site team by the GIEU Office after consideration of both student and faculty input.
Eligibilty:
Teaching Fellow:Faculty (tenured, tenure-track, research track), as well as individuals with continuing Lecturer appointments or staff members with instructional responsibilities at the U-M Ann Arbor campus are eligible to apply.
Student Scholar: Only U-M undergraduates with a GPA of at least 2.0 and who will be enrolled at U-M in Winter and Fall 2010 are eligible to apply. Students graduating in April or August 2010 are not eligible. Those with little prior travel or field experience are strongly encouraged to apply.
Please direct questions to gieu@umich.edu.
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