2008 Woodie Awards
IGC board meets for first time
By: Annie Flanagan, Contributing Writer
Issue date: 3/14/08 Section: News
The Institute for Global Citizenship's national advisory board met for the first time on campus since its creation in 2005. The small, closed meeting consisted of a "getting to know each other" session for the seven or eight board members present and a student showcase, said Ahmed Samatar, dean of the institute.
This week the college released the full list of the board members, which includes "distinguished diplomats, businessmen, scholars and policy makers," according to a March 11 College Relations press release. Kofi Annan, Walter Mondale, Lord Daniel Brennan and George Latimer are a of the few members of the board.
"The goal of the meeting was to try to explore the vision for the new IGC," student presenter Carolyn Loeb '08 said. "As this was the first meeting, I think we made some good headway on this account."
Samatar said that the meeting "was very good," and that "the student showcase was really the centerpiece of the meeting." With this introductory meeting behind them, he said, the future ones should be only more substantive.
The IGC, which seeks to unite civic engagement and internationalism, is still in its development stage, Associate Dean of the IGC Karin Trail-Johnson said.
"The institute takes two historic pillars of the college and intertwines them for a common goal of global citizenship," she said, adding that a major step forward will be when "all the programs will be housed under one roof."
"When we are in the same building, it will be easier to find commonalities" between the many different facets of the IGC, Trail-Johnson said. The construction of this building has a projected cost of $7.5 million, which will come from the Capital Campaign, according to Tommy Bonner, vice president for advancement and development.
The IGC consists of the Civic Engagement Center, the International Center, International Programming and the Internship Program, according to the 2006-07 Annual Report. In addition to these previously existing programs, the IGC Student Council, the Campus-wide Advisory Committee and the Global Advisory Board were added.
This week the college released the full list of the board members, which includes "distinguished diplomats, businessmen, scholars and policy makers," according to a March 11 College Relations press release. Kofi Annan, Walter Mondale, Lord Daniel Brennan and George Latimer are a of the few members of the board.
"The goal of the meeting was to try to explore the vision for the new IGC," student presenter Carolyn Loeb '08 said. "As this was the first meeting, I think we made some good headway on this account."
Samatar said that the meeting "was very good," and that "the student showcase was really the centerpiece of the meeting." With this introductory meeting behind them, he said, the future ones should be only more substantive.
The IGC, which seeks to unite civic engagement and internationalism, is still in its development stage, Associate Dean of the IGC Karin Trail-Johnson said.
"The institute takes two historic pillars of the college and intertwines them for a common goal of global citizenship," she said, adding that a major step forward will be when "all the programs will be housed under one roof."
"When we are in the same building, it will be easier to find commonalities" between the many different facets of the IGC, Trail-Johnson said. The construction of this building has a projected cost of $7.5 million, which will come from the Capital Campaign, according to Tommy Bonner, vice president for advancement and development.
The IGC consists of the Civic Engagement Center, the International Center, International Programming and the Internship Program, according to the 2006-07 Annual Report. In addition to these previously existing programs, the IGC Student Council, the Campus-wide Advisory Committee and the Global Advisory Board were added.
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