[08/06/2022] This Week across OSUN

 
 

IN THIS ISSUE
Events
Undergraduate Student Opportunities
Faculty, Staff & Graduate Student Opportunities

NEWS

"Students are not only really engaging with the material but they are able to transfer that material from the classroom into their daily lives," says Robert Todd.   Click to watch video by Christian Baobab.

TEACHING CRITICAL THINKING SKILLS TO REFUGEE STUDENTS THROUGH SCIENCE LITERACY
As part of OSUN’s Refugee Higher Education Access Program (RhEAP), Bard College’s Robert Todd has developed a popular three-week program focused on developing science literacy among refugee students in Kenya and Jordan. READ MORE

EVENTS

YEHUDA ELKANA FELLOWSHIP TALK: GANDHI'S CRITIQUE OF POLITICAL RATIONALITY

Monday, June 13, 11 AM New York l 5 PM Vienna
Network members are invited to view the second Annual Yehuda Elkana Fellowship Talk at CEU with Uday Mehta, professor of political science at CUNY Graduate Center and critic of the liberal tradition of political thought. Join via Zoom.

ORGANIZING FOR REPRODUCTIVE JUSTICE

Tuesday, June 14, 9:30 AM New York l 3:30 PM Vienna
Join the OSUN course, “Women and the Pandemic,” as it hosts Agata Lisiak and Zsania Epps, who will discuss the community leaders organizing to fight threats to reproductive justice throughout the world.  
Learn more and register. 

COLLEGE BEHIND BARS SCREENING WITH DIRECTOR LYNN NOVICK

Wednesday, June 15, 9 AM New York l 3 PM Vienna
OSUN member the Bard Prison Initiative invites members to a virtual screening of the documentary "College Behind Bars" and a conversation with director Lynn Novick and BPI alumnus Jule Hall.
Register to join.

THE OPEN SOCIETY AND LATIN AMERICA

Friday, June 17, 11 AM New York l 5 PM Vienna
Open Society Research Platform and Universidad de los Andes invite network members to attend a workshop focused on the potential and limitations of the idea of open society in Latin America. Learn more.

INCLUSIVE LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS: TEACHER RESEARCH PRESENTATIONS

Tuesday, June 28, 9:30 AM New York l 3:30 PM Vienna
The OSUN Working Group on Refugees, IDPs, and Host Communities concludes its workshop series on developing effective pedagogies for teaching vulnerable groups. Register to join.

UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT OPPORTUNITIES

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: GLOBAL COMMONS FALL 2022 ISSUE 

Deadline to Submit is Monday, August 15
Global Commons, an online student-produced literary, arts, and news publication, is now accepting submissions for its Fall 2022 issue.
Learn more and contribute.

REGISTER FOR FALL 2022 OSUN ONLINE COURSES

Deadline to Register is Thursday, September 1
The registration portal is now open for OSUN fall online courses with themes that include Democratic Practice, Sustainability and Climate, Human Rights, Global Justice, Global Public Health, Arts and Society, and Liberal Arts and Sciences. Courses are available to all OSUN students free of charge. Learn more and register.

FACULTY, STAFF & GRADUATE STUDENT OPPORTUNITIES

CALL FOR REMOTE VISITING FACULTY AT ASHESI UNIVERSITY IN GHANA

Deadline to Apply is Friday, July 8
Ashesi University in Ghana seeks faculty members, as well as qualified doctoral/post-doctoral fellows and professionals, for "visiting" remote teaching roles during the spring 2022 and fall 2023 semesters.
Learn more and apply. 

EXED HUB OFFERING FREE EXECUTIVE COACHING SESSIONS

ExEd Hub now offers all OSUN members free executive coaching sessions. The virtual sessions last 60 minutes and can be booked as single sessions or as a package. Learn more and book a session.

WORKING/PLANNING GROUPS

Advancement Working Group: Sign up for the working group here. 


Civic Engagement Working Group: Contact Caitlin O'Donnell and Erin Cannan  to join.


Collaboration in the Arts: Contact Gideon Lester, Bard College, to join.


Communications Working Group: Contact Terry Roethlein to join.


Environmental Studies Working Group:  Sign up for the working group here. 


Global Debate Network: Contact Ruth Zisman to join. 


Human Rights & the Arts Faculty Working Group: Contact Tom Keenan.


OSUN Connects: To join this platform for network faculty and staff exchange, click here


Refugees, IDPs & Host Communities: Register for the working group.


Translation and Translatability Initiative: Contact Eric Trudel.


Unemployment, Inequality, and Economic Policy Working Group: Contact Pavlina Tcherneva or sign up for the working group. 


Writing/Tutoring Working Group: Contact Jen Sweeney to join.

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