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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

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Opportunities for Students<\/h3>\n

Study Abroad Opportunities in Europe<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Featured Study Abroad Programs in Europe:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Anglia Ruskin University<\/a><\/strong> (Cambridge, England, United Kingdom<\/em>)
\nExchange Program \/ Semester only
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

American College of Greece<\/a> <\/strong>(Athens, Greece<\/em>)
\nExchange Program \/ Semester only<\/p>\n

CPH Business Academy<\/a><\/strong> (Copenhagen, Denmark<\/em>)
\nExchange Program \/ Semester only<\/p>\n

Ramapo College – Portugal: Addressing Substance Use Disorders<\/strong><\/a> (Lisbon, Portugal)
\nSpring Break<\/p>\n

Universita’ Cattolica del Sacro Cuore<\/strong><\/a> (Milan, Italy<\/em>)
\nExchange Program \/ Semester only<\/p>\n

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

<\/i><\/i><\/i><\/span>Fall 2017 Course options with a focus on Europe:<\/div>
\n

ANTH 220 \u2013 Food and Culture \u2013 Description here<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

ANTH 223 \u2013 World Cultures \u2013 Description here<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

ANTH 235 \u2013 Religion: Cross-Cultural Perspective \u2013 Description here<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

ANTH 320 \u2013 Nationalism and Ethnicity \u2013 Description here<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

FREN 101 – Foundations 1 French – Description here<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

FREN 201 – Intermediate 1 French – Description here<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

HIST 109 \u2013 World Civilizations I \u2013 Description here<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

HIST 110 \u2013 World Civilizations II \u2013 Description here<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

HIST 225 \u2013 19th<\/sup> Century Europe \u2013 Description here<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

HIST 329 – Paradigms of Genocide – Description here<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

IBUS 340 \u2013 European Business Community \u2013 Description here<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

IBUS 326 \u2013Fundamentals of International Business \u2013 Description here<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

INTL 127 \u2013 Introduction to International Studies \u2013 Description here<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

ITAL 101 – Foundations I Italian – Description here<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

ITAL 102 – Foundations II Italian – Description here<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

ITAL 201 – Intermediate I Italian – Description here<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

ITAL 202 – Intermediate II Italian – Description here<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

ITAL 301 – Italian Conversation & Composition – Description here<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

ITAL 403 – Readings in Italian Literature – Description here<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

LAWS 355 \u2013 International Law \u2013 Description here<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

LITR 240 – Survey of British Literature: Anglo-Saxon Period to Eighteenth Century – Description here<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

LITR 244 – Shakespeare’s Plays – Description here<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

LITR 295 – Topics in Popular Literature: Harry Potter – Description here<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

LITR 319 – Author Studies: Dante – Description here<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

LITR 366 – Literature of the Holocaust – Description here<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

LITR 414 – Postmodernism – Description here<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

PSYC 231 \u2013 Multicultural Psychology \u2013 Description here<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

PSYC 239 \u2013 Cross Cultural Psychology \u2013 Description here<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

SPAN 101 – Foundations I Spanish – Description here<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

SPAN 102 – Foundations II Spanish – Description here<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

SPAN 201 – Intermediate I Spanish – Description here<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

SPAN 202 – Intermediate II Spanish – Description here<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

SPAN 301 – The Art of Conversation in Spanish – Description here<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

SPAN 303 – The Art of Reading in Spanish – Description here<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

SWRK 270 \u2013 Cultural Diversity \u2013 Description here<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

SOCI 303 \u2013 Sociology of Culture \u2013 Description here<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n

<\/i><\/i><\/i><\/span> Spring 2018 Course options with a focus on Europe:<\/div>
\n

ARHT 335 – 19th Century Art and Design – Description here<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

ECON 325 – International Economics – Description here<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

FREN 102 – Foundations of French II – Description here<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

FREN 202 – Intermediate French II – Description here<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

HIST 251 – Politics of Europe – Description here<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

HIST 357 – Hitler, Holocaust & Genocide – Description here<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

IBUS 326 – Fundamentals of International Business – Description here<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

INTL 318 – Italian Cinema – Description here<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

INTL 320 – Italian Culture & Society – Description here<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

ITAL 101 – Foundations of Italian I – Description here<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

ITAL 102 – Foundations of Italian II – Description here<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

ITAL 201 – Intermediate Italian I – Description here<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

ITAL 202 – Intermediate Italian II – Description here<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

ITAL 401 – Advanced Italian Conversation and Composition – Description here<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

LAWS 201 – Global Legal Order – Description here<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

LAWS 233 – American Legal History – Description here<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

LAWS 390 – Topics: Comparative Environmental Law – Description here<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

LITR 240 – Survey of British Literature: Anglo-Saxon Period to 18th Century – Description here<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

LITR 244 – Shakespeare’s Plays – Description here<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

LITR 272 – Modern European Drama – Description here<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

LITR 319: Author Studies: Jane Austen – Description <\/strong>here<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

LITR 340 – British Medieval Literature – Description here<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

LITR 363 – International 20th & 21st Century Novel – Description here<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

MKTG 350 – International Marketing – Description here<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

MUSI 305 – Shine On: The Music of Pink Floyd – Description here<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

MUSI 330 – Classical Music – Description here<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

SOCI 250 – International Migration and Human Rights – Description here<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

SOCI 255 – Human Rights in the Context of Law Enforcement – Description here<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

SOCI 304 – Globalization and Society – Description here<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

SOCI 309 – Food and Population – Description here<\/a>
\n<\/strong><\/p>\n

SPAN 101 – Foundations of Spanish I – Description here<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

SPAN 102 – Foundations of Spanish II – Description here<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

SPAN 201 – Intermediate Spanish I – Description here<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

SPAN 311 – Spanish for Healthcare Professionals – Description here<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

SPAN 420 – Advanced Communications in Spanish – Description here<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

SPAN 421 – Rewriting Hispanic Identity – Description here<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

SWRK 222 – History and Philosophy of Social Welfare – Description here<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n

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

French<\/strong>:\u00a0every other Monday, 1:15 – 2:00pm, ASB123<\/em><\/p>\n

German:<\/strong> Wednesdays, 1:00 – 2:00pm, ASB123<\/em><\/p>\n

Italian:<\/strong> every other Thursdays, 1:00 – 2:00pm, A-106 (Check out Italian Language Week<\/a>)
\n<\/em><\/p>\n

Spanish<\/strong> : to be announced<\/em><\/p>\n

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

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

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

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

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

International Business<\/a><\/p>\n

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

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

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

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

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Opportunities for Faculty<\/h3>\n

Provost\u2019s Grant for Faculty Engagement in Europe<\/h4>\n

The 2017-2018 regional focus area for Ramapo College’s Strategic Plan for Comprehensive Internationalization is Europe.\u00a0 Travel grants are available for full-time faculty for scholarship, teaching and learning, or service\/civic engagement in and\/or involving Europe.\u00a0 The following criteria and procedures will be applied in distributing these funds:<\/p>\n

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  1. Up to 10 grants will be awarded;<\/li>\n
  2. Funding will be limited up to $2,500 per grant;<\/li>\n
  3. Proposals may involve scholarship, teaching and learning, or service\/civic engagement in and\/or involving Europe;<\/li>\n
  4. All travel must be completed by 30 June 2018;<\/li>\n
  5. Proposals must be signed off on by the Director of International Education (Ben Levy<\/a>) before submission and will be vetted by the dean, recommended by Deans\u2019 Council, and funded by the Provost;<\/li>\n
  6. Proposals are no longer being accepted at this time.<\/strong><\/li>\n
  7. An end of the year reception will be held in April 2018 for grant awardees at which time awardees will report out on their funded work related to Europe. Awardees should plan to attend.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    The following faculty have been provided a 2017-2018 Grant for Engagement in Europe:<\/p>\n

    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
    Name<\/th>\nSchool<\/th>\nCountries<\/th>\nProject Title<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
    Yolanda del Amo<\/td>\nCA<\/td>\nGermany<\/td>\nRefuge, large-format photography project<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Vasiliki Flenga<\/td>\nHGS<\/td>\nFrance<\/td>\nResearch project on Jean Genet<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    James Hoch<\/td>\nHGS<\/td>\nIceland; Spain<\/td>\nCan Serrat Residency
    \n(Spain) & Guillkisten Centre Residency (Iceland)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Kristin Kenneavy<\/td>\nSSHS<\/td>\nGermany<\/td>\nResearch project on German approaches to the prevention of violence against women<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Ben Neill<\/td>\nCA<\/td>\nNetherlands<\/td>\nConstruction of a new version of a self-designed, ectro-acoustic instrument, the mutantrumpet<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Eva Ogens<\/td>\nSSHS<\/td>\nSweden; Finland<\/td>\nResearch project to study the education systems of Sweden & Finland<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Mihaela Serban<\/td>\nSSHS<\/td>\nRomania<\/td>\nConference Paper \u201cThere can be only one: courts and the construction of ethnic identities during authoritarianism (Romania, 1940-1947)\u201d at the Society of Romanian Studies Conference<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Hugh Sheehy<\/td>\nHGS<\/td>\nGermany<\/td>\nParticipation in the American Short Story: New Horizons Conference<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Gladys Torres-Baumgarten<\/td>\nASB<\/td>\nItaly<\/td>\nParticipation in the European International Business Academy<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Behzad Yaghmaian<\/td>\nSSHS<\/td>\nGreece<\/td>\nResearch project on the protection gap facing refugee children on the Island of Lesbos<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

    Relevant 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.) <\/em><\/h5>\n

    International Studies Abroad<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n