Description:Provides an integrated, content-based, co-curricular experience for first year students. Fosters academic and social competencies necessary for university success and provides structured, regular time for first year students to meet with faculty and peer leaders.
Section 063, Fall 2009: Global Citizenship
Communicating globally - how do you get your message across?
You've probably all played the 'telephone' game where someone thinks of something and whispers it to their neighbor - the message is passed around the room that way until it reaches the last person who divulges a very garbled version of the original message. Imagine now that you add to the process different cultures and even different languages! In this seminar, we will discuss the difficulties of communicating and the extra concerns with communicating globally; we will relate this to Greg Mortenson and see how he was able to communicate his vision to a broad spectrum of people across a wide range of cultures: from donators in the US to political leaders to families in Pakistan. We will also focus on specific examples of issues that might arise in the various disciplines - as the people in those disciplines interact within society.
- Instructor: Michael Keefe - email, phone 831-8009
- Office: 107 Spencer, but mailbox is in 126 Spencer
- Office hours: for Fall 2009 can be found at http://research.me.udel.edu/~keefe/Fall-2009.pdf; or by appointment
- Web page: can be found at http://research.me.udel.edu/~keefe
- Peer mentor: Matt Rementer - email
- Required common reader textbook: Greg Mortenson, Three Cups of Tea
- Required class: Wednesdays, 10:10 am - 11:00 am, Purnell Hall Room 235
- Assignments:
Course is pass/fail. To pass the course, students must complete all of the required assignments:
- all Wednesday morning class meetings, from 2 September through 9 December
(only excused absences, as defined by University policies, are allowed
note: no class 25 November - the Wednesday before Thanksgiving)
- Greg Mortenson talk, 3 September, 3:30 pm or 7:30 pm, Mitchell Hall
- one-page summary paper due at start of class on Wednesday, 9 September
- engage in at least two academic enrichment workshops, see Workshops link under Academic Enrichment Center homepage; other workshops also possible (contact the TA or the Instructor with questions)
- one-page summary paper due within two weeks after completing each Workshop
- first summary submitted no later than 16 October
- second summary submitted no later than 16 December
- summary papers will be posted on the class website as a class resource
- engage in at least three Student Events
- from at least three different categories (categories can be found under the "What's Happening" menu)
-one-page summary paper due within two weeks after the event
- first summary submitted no later than 16 October
- second and third summaries submitted no later than 16 December
- summary papers will be posted on the class website as a class resource
- schedule at least two ~15-minute meetings with Professor Keefe, during regular office hours (or by appointment)
- first meeting must be completed before 16 October
- second meeting must be completed before 16 December
- Class schedule:
- 2 September - introductions, syllabus
- 9 September - Matt (Peer mentor) - behavior meeting I
- 16 September - discussion: global communication, technologies - cultures, overall thoughts on Three Cups of Tea
- 23 September - Matt (Peer mentor) - behavior meeting II
- 30 September - focused discussion (communication): Chapters 1-12, Three Cups of Tea
- 7 October - focused discussion (communication): Chapters 13-23, Three Cups of Tea
- 14 October - Matt (Peer mentor) - study skills meeting
- 21 October - break class into teams based upon tentative major, team-building, task for teams
- 28 October - global communication, issues when applied in the Arts (student-led discussion)
- 4 November - global communication, issues when applied in the Sciences (student-led discussion)
- 11 November - global communication, issues when applied in Business (student-led discussion)
- 18 November - global communication, issues when applied in Health (student-led discussion)
- 25 November - NO CLASS, Happy Thanksgiving!
- 2 December - global communication, issues when applied in Music (student-led discussion)
- 9 December - wrap up, summary, lessons learned
Summaries: Greg Mortenson Presentation
Summaries: Workshops given through UD Academic Enrichment Center and other UD resources
- Reading Workshop (Yuan Gu - September 29, 2009)
- Test Taking Workshop (Lea Michaels - October 7, 2009)
- Library Workshop (Brianna Walsh - October 7, 2009)
- Wellspring Workshop (Gabrielle Portera - October 8, 2009)
- Test Taking Workshop (Ashley Spangler - October 12, 2009)
- Library Open House Workshop (Rachel Amalfitano - October 12, 2009)
- Test Taking Workshop (Alexandra Mallard - October 15, 2009)
- Wellspring Workshop (Adam Lubatkin - October 15, 2009)
- Academic Policies Workshop (Melissa Quigley - October 15, 2009)
- Library Workshop (Olivia Markey - October 15, 2009)
- Test Taking Workshop (Victoria True - October 15, 2009)
- Test Taking Workshop (Elizabeth Vari - October 15, 2009)
- Citation Searching Workshop (Kane Wang - October 16, 2009)
- Test Taking Workshop (Emily Reed - October 16, 2009)
- Wellspring Workshop (Jim Huryk - October 16, 2009)
- Wellspring Workshop (Catherine Witanowski - October 16, 2009)
October 16 - midterm
- Library Workshop (Meghan Magnus - October 19, 2009)
- Library Workshop (Elizabeth Dobson - October 26, 2009)
- Class Activity Workshop (Olivia Markey - October 27, 2009)
- Wellspring Workshop (Camille Trasatti - October 28, 2009)
- Stress Management Workshop (Camille Trasatti - October 28, 2009)
- Reading Strategies Workshop (Lea Michaels - November 9, 2009)
Summaries: Fall 2009 - Student Events
- UD vs. West Chester - football (Liz Vari - September 11, 2009)
- UD vs. West Chester - footbal (Mike DeMarco - September 14, 2009)
- PTTP play - Doll House (Mike DeMarco - September 14, 2009)
- Newark Community Day (Yuan Gu - September 22, 2009)
- UD vs. UNC - volleyball (Rachel Amalfitano - September 25, 2009)
- Deltones (Camille Trasatti - September 29, 2009)
- Taste of Newark (Yuan Gu - September 29, 2009)
- Deltones (Elizabeth Dobson - September 29, 2009)
- Deltones (Olivia Markey - October 1, 2009)
- Deltones (Melissa Quigley - October 1, 2009)
- Health Care Debate (Alexandra Mallard - October 7, 2009)
- D-sharps (Brianna Walsh - October 7, 2009)
- UD vs. UMass - football (Adam Lubatkin - October 12, 2009)
- UD vs. UMass - football (Ashley Spangler - October 12, 2009)
- UD vs. UMass - football (Lea Michaels - October 13, 2009)
- Bad Fish Concert (Andrew Cooper - October 15, 2009)
- UD vs. Umass - football (Victoria True - October 15, 2009)
- Deltones (Gabrielle Portera - October 15, 2009)
- Pre-Dentistry Interest Meeting (Kane Wang - October 16, 2009)
- UD vs. UMass - football (Emily Reed - October 16, 2009)
- Deltones (Jim Huryk - October 16, 2009)
- Deltones (Catherine Witanowski - October 16, 2009)
October 16 - midterm
- Vocal Recital (Meghan Magnus - October 19, 2009)
- Godspell (Olivia Markey - October 27, 2009)
- Halloween Parade (Yuan Gu - November 5, 2009)
- French Club trip to Philadelphia (Lea Michaels- November 5, 2009)
- Alex Filippenko Lecture (Melissa Quigley - November 10, 2009)
- General Colin Powell Lecture (Gabrielle Portera - November 10, 2009)
- Class Recital (Adam Lubatkin - November 16, 2009)
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