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\"SubSahara<\/p>\n

Purpose<\/h3>\n

Ramapo College of New Jersey launched a Strategic Plan for Comprehensive Internationalization<\/a> beginning in Fall 2015. In addition to specific targets within the plan, each academic year will also have a specific region of focus. Through these regional foci, our goal is to increase global awareness and the multitude of opportunities and initiatives the College is involved. Below, you will find specific details about some of these initiatives, plus an extensive calendar of events.<\/p>\n

\n

Opportunities for Students<\/h3>\n

Study Abroad Opportunities in Sub-Saharan Africa<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Featured Study Abroad Programs in Sub-Saharan Africa:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ghana: Public Health in West Africa<\/a>
\nled by Ramapo Professors Elaine Patterson & Kathleen Burke \/ 4 undergraduate credits \/ Deadline: March 1, 2017<\/span><\/p>\n

Study Abroad Scholarship for Sub-Saharan Africa<\/a> <\/strong>
\n(other scholarships can be found here:\u00a0https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/study-abroad\/scholarships\/<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Fall 2016 Course options<\/strong> with a focus on\u00a0Sub-Saharan Africa:<\/p>\n

AFST 202 – Introduction to African Studies – Description here<\/a><\/div>\n
AFST 220 – Hip Hop and Society – Description here<\/a><\/div>\n
AFST 330 – Africans in Contemporary Latin America – Description here<\/a><\/div>\n
ARHT 305 – Africa and Cinema – Description here<\/a><\/div>\n

You may also view the 2016-2017 course catalog for Africana Studies<\/a><\/p>\n

Spring 2017 Course options<\/strong> with a focus on\u00a0Sub-Saharan Africa:<\/p>\n

AFST 188 – African-Latin American Culture – Description here<\/a>
\nAFST 202 – Introduction to African Studies – Description here<\/a>
\nAFST 310 – Africans in Contemporary Latin America – Description here<\/a>
\nAFST 330 – Voudoun and African Religion and the New World – Description here<\/a>
\nAFST 331 – Italian Colonial Culture in Africa – Description here
\n<\/a>ENST 209 – World Sustainability – Description here<\/a>
\nENST 336 – Global Ethics – Description here<\/a>
\nENST 339 – Sustainable Agriculture – Description here<\/a>
\nENST 340 – Global Climate Change – Description here<\/a>
\nLAWS 201 – Global Legal Order – Description here<\/a>
\nLAWS 206 – Human Rights – Description here<\/a>
\nMUSI 202 – The Black Experience through Music – Description here<\/a>
\nMUSI 204 – Music and Dance in the Africa Diaspora: Central and South America – Description here<\/a>
\nMUSI 2015 – Music and Dance in the African Diaspora: North America – Description here
\n<\/a>MUSI 245 –\u00a0Music in Africa – Description here
\n<\/a>PSYC 231 – Multicultural Psychology – Description here<\/a>
\nSWRK 202 – Political Economy of Social Welfare – Description here<\/a>
\nSOCI 250 – International Migration and Human Rights – Description here<\/a>
\nSOCI 304 – Globalization and Society – Description here<\/a><\/p>\n

You may also view the 2016-2017 course catalog for Africana Studies<\/a><\/p>\n

Related LANGUAGE HAPPY HOURS (<\/strong>all take place in ASB123, unless otherwise noted<\/em>)<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

French: (Date\/Times Coming Soon)<\/em><\/p>\n

Spanish :(Date\/Times Coming Soon)<\/p>\n

Portuguese: Tuesdays, 2 to 3 p.m.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The following is a list of student clubs<\/strong> of potential interest:<\/p>\n

Black Student Union<\/a><\/p>\n

Building Tomorrow<\/a><\/p>\n

Culture Club<\/a><\/p>\n

Diversity Action Committee Student Club<\/a><\/p>\n

Ebony Women for Social Change<\/a> (EWSC)<\/p>\n

French Club<\/a><\/p>\n

International Student Organization<\/a> (ISO)<\/p>\n

Model UN Club<\/a><\/p>\n

Nursing Student Organization<\/a><\/p>\n

Social Work Club<\/a><\/p>\n

Students of Caribbean Ancestry<\/a> (SOCA)<\/p>\n

\n

Opportunities for Faculty<\/h3>\n

Grants are\u00a0made available to support Faculty initiatives during AY16-17 to support the Year of Sub-Saharan Africa. 12 grants of up to $2,000 are\u00a0available\u00a0to full-time faculty for travel to or related to Sub-Saharan Africa.\u00a0The following criteria and procedures will be\u00a0applied in distributing these funds:<\/p>\n

    \n
  1. Up to 12 grants will be awarded;<\/li>\n
  2. Funding will be limited up to $2,500 per grant;<\/li>\n
  3. Proposals will be vetted by the dean, recommended by Deans\u2019 Council, and funded by the
    \nProvost;<\/li>\n
  4. Proposals must be submitted to the dean by noon on 10 October 2016. Late submissions will not be reviewed;<\/li>\n
  5. Proposals may involve scholarship, teaching and learning, or service\/civic engagement in and\/or involving Sub-Saharan Africa;<\/li>\n
  6. Proposals should be submitted to the dean on the Travel Request form with a meeting\/conference agenda or a narrative attached. Please note to the dean that you are requesting Sub-Saharan travel funding ;<\/li>\n
  7. An end of the year reception will be held on 12 April 3:00-4:30 for grant awardees at which time awardees will report out on their funded work related to Sub-Saharan Africa. Awardees should plan to attend.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    The following faculty have been provided a 2016-2017 Grant for Engagement in Sub-Saharan Africa:<\/p>\n

    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
    Name<\/th>\nSchool<\/th>\nCountr(ies)<\/th>\nProject Title<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
    \u00a0Gladys Torres-Baumgarten<\/td>\n\u00a0ASB<\/td>\n\u00a0South Africa<\/td>\n\u00a0Conference Presentation<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    \u00a0Michael Bitz<\/td>\n\u00a0SSHS<\/td>\n\u00a0Ethiopia<\/td>\n\u00a0Transnational Literacy Symposium<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    \u00a0Rosetta D’Angelo<\/td>\n\u00a0HGS<\/td>\n\u00a0Ghana<\/td>\n\u00a0Research Ghanaian Authors<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    \u00a0Shalom Gorewitz<\/td>\n\u00a0CA<\/td>\n\u00a0Ghana<\/td>\n\u00a0Document Visit<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    \u00a0Karl Johnson<\/td>\n\u00a0HGS<\/td>\n\u00a0Ghana<\/td>\n\u00a0Research Ashanti Empire<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    \u00a0Huiping Li<\/td>\n\u00a0ASB<\/td>\n\u00a0South Africa<\/td>\n\u00a0Research Economic Influence<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    \u00a0Lisa Lutter<\/td>\n\u00a0CA<\/td>\n\u00a0Ghana<\/td>\n\u00a0Music Exchange<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    \u00a0Elaine Patterson<\/td>\n\u00a0TAS<\/td>\n\u00a0Sierra Leone<\/td>\n\u00a0Evaluate Work with MSN Students<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    \u00a0John Peffer<\/td>\n\u00a0CA<\/td>\n\u00a0Ghana<\/td>\n\u00a0Conference<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    \u00a0Tilahun Sineshaw<\/td>\n\u00a0SSHS<\/td>\n\u00a0Ethiopia<\/td>\n\u00a0Transnational Literacy Symposium<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Ira Spar<\/td>\n\u00a0HGS<\/td>\n\u00a0Ghana<\/td>\nGhana<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Eric Wiener<\/td>\n\u00a0TAS<\/td>\n\u00a0Ghana<\/td>\nGhana<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

    Study Abroad Program Site visits<\/strong><\/h4>\n
    (organized visits in either groups or as an individual, to partner institutions with subsidized expenses. The following links below provide you with details on available group visits and how to apply.)\u00a0<\/em><\/h5>\n

    International Studies Abroad<\/a>
    \n    CIEE<\/a>\u00a0(South Africa – Spring 2017)
    \n    SIT Study Abroad<\/a><\/p>\n

    *If Faculty are interested in visiting any of our overseas partners,<\/em>please contact the\u00a0Roukema
    \nCenter for International Education and the Director can help coordinate this for you.<\/em><\/p>\n

    Faculty Development Seminars<\/strong><\/h4>\n
    faculty-only seminars on specific topics held overseas<\/em><\/h5>\n

    CIEE: <\/strong>Lessons from South Africa – Experiments in Urban Sustainability<\/a> (5 – 15 May, 2017<\/em>)<\/p>\n

    CIEE<\/strong>: Traditional Religion, Spirituality and Christianity in Contemporary Ghana<\/a> (12 – 21 May, 2017<\/em>)<\/p>\n

    SIT Study Abroad<\/strong>: Democracy, the Media & Social Change in South Africa<\/a> (15 – 23 May, 2017<\/em>)<\/p>\n

    \n

    Book Club<\/h3>\n

    The George T. Potter Library will be hosting a book club with a focus on Sub-Saharan Africa.<\/p>\n

    Fall Semester Books<\/strong>: \u00a0Dreams in a Time of War: A Childhood Memoir<\/a> AND Weep Not, Child<\/a>\u00a0– both books by author\u00a0Ngugi wa Thiong’o<\/em><\/p>\n

    Books will be provided to the first 10 individuals who sign up. This group is open to faculty, staff and students. First priority of books will go to students. Please contact Katie Maricic Cohen (kcohen1@ramapo.edu<\/a>) or Sam Wittenberg (switten1@ramapo.edu<\/a>) with questions or to sign up. This program has been supported by the Center for Student Involvement & the Roukema Center for International Education.\u00a0Discussion group will meet monthly from 12:50 pm \u2013 1:50 pm\u00a0in the Potter Library Reading Lounge\u00a0on the following Mondays: 9\/19, 10\/17, 11\/14, and 12\/5.<\/p>\n

    Dreams in a Time of War will be discussed during our first three meetings. This memoir describes the author\u2019s experience coming of age in rural Kenya during the Mau Mau Uprising of the 1950s. As traditions begin to fade away to modernity, Ng\u0169g\u0129 acts on his dreams to receive an education during a time of war.<\/p>\n

    Weep Not, Child will be discussed during out last meeting. This powerful novel by the same author tells the story of two brothers, Njoroge, who attends school, and Kamau, who trains to be a carpenter. Also about Kenya and the Mau Mau uprising, the two brothers and their family need to decide where their loyalties lie- with the Mau Mau or the white colonial government.<\/p>\n

    Spring Semester Book<\/strong>:\u00a0Nervous Conditions<\/a> by author Tsitsi Dangarembga<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

    Join the Potter Library in reading\u00a0Nervous Conditions<\/i>, a novel about a teenage girl and her British-educated cousin coming of age in colonial Rhodesia during the 1960s.\u00a0The first 30 students to sign up will receive a copy of the novel.\u00a0This group is open to faculty, staff and students.\u00a0Contact Sam Wittenberg (switten1@ramapo.edu<\/a>) and Katie Cohen (kcohen1@ramapo.edu<\/a>) to join and for additional information.\u00a0This program has been supported by the Center for Student Involvement & the Roukema Center for International Education. Discussion group will meet once a month on Wednesdays from\u00a02:50 – 3:50 pm<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>\u00a0in the Library’s Current Periodicals Reading Lounge\u00a0on the following dates:\u00a0February 8<\/span><\/span>,\u00a0March 22<\/span><\/span>, and\u00a0April 12<\/span><\/span>.<\/p>\n

    \n

    Calendar of Events<\/h3>\n
    \n
    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n
    \n
    For more information, please contact the Roukema Center for International Education in ASB-123, by calling x7533 or e-mailing international@ramapo.edu<\/a>.<\/div>\n
    <\/div>\n
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