[22/03/2023] This Week across OSUN

 
 

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What's New
Events

Undergraduate Student Opportunities
Faculty, Staff, and Graduate Student Opportunities

Opportunities Open to All

NEWS

“Our project helps banks solve optimization problems and serve ordinary people,” says student Marlen Kalilov of Legacy, the electronic queue management system he and his team designed at the Technological School of Innovation in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.

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THE ROAD TO CIVIC ENGAGEMENT AT A PIONEERING EARLY COLLEGE IN KYRGYZSTAN

Just three years after being established at the Technical School of Innovation at the American University of Central Asia in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, the Collaborative for Liberal Education for Adolescents (CLEA) has fostered highly effective civic engagement practices for hundreds of early college high school students and guided scores of faculty as they implement similar programs throughout the capital city region.  Read more

WHAT'S NEW

 

Clocks are changing in many countries during March.
Please double check time zones in advance of each event. 

CHALLENGES TO LIBERAL ARTS AND SCIENCES EDUCATION: THE BACHELOR'S DEGREE AND THE SHANGHAI RANKING SYSTEM

TODAY!
Wednesday, March 22
9 AM New York | 2 PM Vienna

The OSUN Liberal Arts and Sciences Collaborative welcomes Samuel Abraham, Executive Director of the European Consortium of Liberal Arts and Sciences (ECOLAS), who will discuss the de-emphasis of the bachelor’s degree in LAS education and the preoccupation with international rankings. 
Learn more. Join via Zoom

OSUN FACULTY SUPPORT SESSIONS

OSUN is offering a series of sessions to support faculty working across the network:

TODAY!
OSUN Online Course Check-In  
Wednesday, March 22
8 AM New York l 1 PM Vienna

Learn more. Join via Zoom

TOMORROW!
Network Collaborative Course Team Lead Meeting  
Thursday, March 23
8 AM New York l 1 PM Vienna

Learn more. Join via Zoom.

Workshop on Designing Activities that Foster Collaboration
Tuesday, March 28
8 AM New York l 2 PM Vienna

Learn more. Join via Zoom.

SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP FOR SEXUAL AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH AND RIGHTS 

Tuesday, March 28
8:30 AM New York | 2:30 PM Vienna

OSUN's Gender Equity Working Group presents a panel discussion with three students discussing their social action projects focused on sexual and reproductive health rights in Bangladesh, better sex education resources in Central Asia, and more. 
Learn more. 
Join via Zoom

GENDER EQUITY MONTH CLOSING PANEL: BEYOND INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY

Monday, April 3
8:30 AM New York | 2:30 PM Vienna

This panel organized by the OSUN Gender Equity Working Group features student and recent alumni/ae leaders discussing how to continue advocating for gender equity. Learn more. Register to attend.

OSUN STUDENT LEADERSHIP PATHWAYS: FINDING YOUR MENTOR WITH HEPHZIBAH EMEREOLE

Saturday, April 15
8:30 AM New York l 2:30 PM Vienna
All are invited to attend a virtual workshop with OSUN student leader and recent Ashesi University graduate Hephzibah Emereole on the importance of mentorship. Register to attend.

EVENTS

ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY IN UKRAINE AND THE IMPACTS OF WAR

TODAY!
Wednesday, March 22
8:30 AM New York l 1:30 PM Vienna

Volodymyr Demkine, an OSUN Threatened Scholars Integration Initiative Fellow, will discuss his research on the environmental effects of military actions in Ukraine. Learn more. Join via Zoom.

PROGRESS ON DEMOCRATIZING THE CORPORATE FIRM IN SPAIN

Wednesday, March 22
11 AM New York l 4 PM Vienna
The OSUN Economic Democracy Initiative's #DemocratizingWork Global Workshop Series continues with Emma Rodríguez Rodríguez, Advisor to the State Secretary of Employment and Social Economy of the Spanish Labour Ministry. Learn more. Register to join.
 

WHY DO WE "CARE?" ROOTS AND CONSEQUENCES OF THE FEMINIST REVOLUTION IN IRAN

Monday, March 27
6:30 AM New York l 12:30 PM Vienna

The Transnational Feminism, Solidarity, and Social Justice lecture series continues with
Firoozeh Farvardin addressing the history of political discontent and mobilizations against gender/sexual politics in the Islamic Republic of Iran.
Learn more. Join via Zoom

WHEN JOBS RETURN: RESULTS FROM MARIENTHAL'S FIGHT AGAINST UNEMPLOYMENT

Wednesday, March 29
10:30 AM New York l 4:30 PM Vienna

The OSUN Economic Democracy Initiative's Research-to-Action series presents Lukas Lehner of the Institute for New Economic Thinking, University of Oxford, who will discuss the Marienthal, Austria job guarantee pilot program. Learn more. Join via Livestream

POLITICS, SEX, AND FEMINISM IN JAMAICA AS TOLD BY BEVERLEY MANLEY DUNCAN

Friday, March 31
8:30 AM New York l 2:30 PM Vienna
The OSUN community is invited to a virtual screening of "Beverley Manley Uncensored," a documentary about the former First Lady of Jamaica, an author and feminist activist. A discussion with filmmaker Joelle Simone Powe will follow. Learn more. Register to join.

KEY TRENDS IN UNIVERSITY IT

Monday April 3 - Tuesday April 4
8:30 AM New York l 2:30 PM Vienna both days
This two-day collaborative series, including a workshop and a panel discussion, is designed for OSUN administrators and managers interested in exploring how technology impacts their work.  
Learn more. Register to join.

OSUN VISUAL STORYTELLING FOR CIVIC ENGAGEMENT CELEBRATION

Tuesday, April 4
9 AM New York l 3 PM Vienna
The OSUN Visual Storytelling for Civic Engagement team invites network community members to join an online OSUN Case Symposium. Professors at campuses across the globe will screen and discuss student-made video case studies. 
Learn more. Join via Zoom.

UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT OPPORTUNITIES

APPLY FOR OSUN ACADEMIC CERTIFICATES

Deadline to Apply to all Programs is Monday, April 3
Applications are being accepted for OSUN Academic Certificate programs in Civic Engagement, Global Educational Development, Public Policy & Economic Analysis, Human Rights, Social Enterprise, and Food Studies. Students benefit from studying with diverse faculty in a global classroom while earning transferable academic credits. Learn more and apply

APPLY TO PELION SUMMER LAB 2023: "ECO/O/ONTOLOGIES"

Deadline to Apply is Monday, April 10
Students, researchers, artists, and activists are invited to apply to attend the Experimental Humanities Collaborative Network (EHCN)'s Pelion Summer Lab. Attendees will explore how the environmental humanities might contribute to collective responses to the climate crisis. Learn more and apply

SPRING SEMESTER STUDENT CONVERSATION TABLES

Tuesdays: 11:30 AM New York l 4:30 PM Vienna
Fridays: 9 AM New York l 2 PM Vienna

OSUN's Remote Student Ambassador Program is hosting weekly English Conversation Tables so students can practice their language skills and interact with global peers. Learn more. Join via Zoom.

FACULTY, STAFF AND GRADUATE STUDENT OPPORTUNITIES

2023 MACJANNET PRIZE CALL FOR NOMINATIONS

Deadline to submit is Thursday, March 30
The Talloires Network and the MacJannet Foundation are accepting nominations of outstanding university civic engagement initiatives for the 2023 MacJannet Prize for Global Citizenship. Learn more and submit

FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENT CREATED CIVIC ENGAGEMENT CASE STUDIES

Deadline to apply is Thursday, April 20
OSUN's Visual Storytelling for Civic Engagement team is offering two funding opportunities for faculty to support student filmmakers in the creation of new video or written case studies.  Learn more and apply

OPPORTUNITIES OPEN TO ALL

HANNAH ARENDT IDEAS FORUM: THE FUTURE OF AMERICAN LEADERSHIP ON THE WORLD STAGE

Deadline to Apply is Saturday, April 1
In May, OSUN's Hannah Arendt Humanities Network (HAHN) and Bard High School Early Colleges will host an Ideas Forum on the values of, and challenges to, the US-led world order. All expenses courtesy of HAHN. Learn more and apply

ALPINE FELLOWSHIP ON FLOURISHING

Deadline to Apply is Saturday, April 15
OSUN faculty and students can apply to be Alpine Fellows at the Hannah Arendt Humanities Network's (HAHN) symposium on health and flourishing in August in Tändallen, Sweden. Room, food, and travel expenses are covered by the fellowship. Learn more and apply

WORKING/PLANNING GROUPS

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


Communications Working Group: Contact Terry Roethlein to join.


Environmental and Social Sustainability Working Group: Sign up here.


Gender Equity Working Group: Contact Elmira Bayrasli to join.


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


Library Working Group: Contact Megan Callaghan.


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


Writing Centers Working Group: Contact Jen Sweeney to join.

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