Global Connections

Nov 16, 2010 • Purnell Cropper

Arcadia University Ranks #1 in Nation in Undergraduate Participation in Study Abroad

Arcadia University has the #1 undergraduate participation rate in the nation, marking its leadership in international education with an undergraduate participation of 132.2 percent, higher than any other college or university in the United States, according to the Open Doors 2010 report released...

Nov 9, 2010 • Purnell Cropper

Preview for Transfer Students: Vienna and Sicily in Spring 2011

Preview for transfer students expands this year, adding a Spring 2011 semester course with travel to Austria along with a course with travel to Italy over spring break, March 11 to 18. Each 2-credit course runs from late January until early April. “Vienna: From History to Modernity” will be taught...

Oct 26, 2010 • Purnell Cropper

Shultz, Shultz and Skilton-Sylvester Lead AAC&U Session on Diversity, Internationalization

Dr. Jeff Shultz, Assistant Provost and Professor of Education, Dr. Norah Shultz, Dean of the College of Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences and Associate Vice President for Undergraduate Education, and Dr. Ellen Skilton-Sylvester, Professor of Education and Director of Global Connections,...

Oct 15, 2010 • Purnell Cropper

NAC&U Cites Arcadia's University Seminars as Innovative Examples

By Marykate Torley ’11 In the October 2010 Association for Integrative Studies (AIS) Newsletter, Lynette Robinson, Director of the New American Colleges and Universities (NAC&U), was interviewed about colleges that were focused on innovation. Robinson defined a New American College or...

Oct 8, 2010 • Purnell Cropper

Skilton-Sylvester Guest Speaker at Swedish Literacy Practices Research Group

Dr. Ellen Skilton-Sylvester, Professor of Education and Director of Global Connections, was the invited speaker at Orebro University at a research network meeting sponsored by the Communication, Culture and Diversity research group on Sept. 21 and 22 in Orebro, Sweden. The workshop included...

Sep 17, 2010 • Purnell Cropper

Student Brings Jane Addams Biographer to Arcadia

By Sarah R. Schwartz ’10 On Thursday, Sept. 16, more than 65 people showed up to listen to a discussion by Louise Knight, a noted biographer of Jane Addams. The event happened as a result of the efforts of International Studies and Spanish major Amanda Nosel ’11, who spent the summer interning at...

Aug 24, 2010 • Purnell Cropper

Arcadia Named Top Up-and-Coming University

“In spring 2010, for the third year in a row, U.S. News asked the experts who respond to our annual peer assessment survey to identify institutions in their U.S. News ranking category that are making the most promising and innovative changes in the areas of academics, faculty, and student life,”...

Aug 17, 2010 • Purnell Cropper

Ireland: 'Turning Sporting Heroes into Heroic Warriors'

Dr. Colin Ireland, Resident Director of The College of Global Studies Dublin Center in Ireland, presented a paper on “Turning Sporting Heroes into Heroic Warriors,” on July 30 at the 34th Annual Conference for the International Association for the Study of Irish Literatures. The conference took...

Jun 2, 2010 • Purnell Cropper

Employees Recognized at Service Awards Luncheon

Arcadia University celebrated the many milestones of its employees on May 25 at the annual Service Awards and Retirees Luncheon. Dr. William Frabizio, 40 years of service: “… Bill Frabizio has been the mainstay of the music department and the music program at Arcadia, now, for a full two...

Apr 13, 2010 • Purnell Cropper

Intern Shares Her Experience Volunteering in Guatemala

Brita Krempasky ’12, a Fine Arts major with a concentration in ceramics, writes about her experiences volunteering in Guatemala over spring break, March 13-21, in the April issue of Raíces Culturales Latinoamericanas. The weeklong service trip to Guatemala was part of her ID 181.4 International...

Mar 30, 2010 • Purnell Cropper

Shultz and Shultz: ‘Fostering Social Responsibility: Pedagogies That Matter’

Dr. Norah Shultz, Dean of the College of Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences and Associate Vice President for Undergraduate Education, and Dr. Jeff Shultz, Assistant Provost for Special Projects, were invited to participate in a session on “Fostering Social Responsibility: Pedagogies That Matter...

Mar 2, 2010 • Purnell Cropper

Deadline for Study Away at Chicago, Los Angeles is March 15

March 15 is the deadline to apply for domestic study away during Fall 2010 at Whittier or North Central College. Interested students should contact Dr. Ellen Skilton-Sylvester, Professor of Education, Coordinator of ESL Programs and Director of Global Connections, at skilton-sylvester@arcadia.edu...