Event Title
Jesuit Universities Humanitarian Action Network (JUHAN):Poster Innovations in Global Learning
Location
Dolan School of Business Dining Room (104A)
Start Date
30-5-2013 5:15 PM
End Date
30-5-2013 6:30 PM
Session Type
Poster Presentation
Description
Through engaging descriptions and visuals, the poster will present the Jesuit Universities Humanitarian Action Network (JUHAN), a pioneering domestic and global partnership to promote humanitarian scholarship and action. The poster will demonstrate how humanitarian objectives have been integrated into a wide range of multi-disciplinary courses; how JUHAN as a platform will explore great questions; how the JUHAN assessment tools measure student learning in the context of humanitarian coursework and co-curricular engagements; and JUHAN accomplishments and best practices from community outreach and humanitarian projects. The session will be of particular interest to participants who wish to: explore and enhance humanitarian studies on their own campuses, look at ways to deeply engage students in great questions through multi-disciplinary courses, and further humanitarian action both in their local communities and abroad.
Topic Designation
Assessment, Community-engaged teaching and scholarship, Diversity issues in teaching and learning
Presenter Bio(s)
Julie Mughal is the assistant director of the Center for Faith and Public Life and the main liaison for the JUHAN program at Fairfield University. Before working at Fairfield, she spent over 20 years in development work at the Interionational Organization for Migration and Save the Children.
Jesuit Universities Humanitarian Action Network (JUHAN):Poster Innovations in Global Learning
Dolan School of Business Dining Room (104A)
Through engaging descriptions and visuals, the poster will present the Jesuit Universities Humanitarian Action Network (JUHAN), a pioneering domestic and global partnership to promote humanitarian scholarship and action. The poster will demonstrate how humanitarian objectives have been integrated into a wide range of multi-disciplinary courses; how JUHAN as a platform will explore great questions; how the JUHAN assessment tools measure student learning in the context of humanitarian coursework and co-curricular engagements; and JUHAN accomplishments and best practices from community outreach and humanitarian projects. The session will be of particular interest to participants who wish to: explore and enhance humanitarian studies on their own campuses, look at ways to deeply engage students in great questions through multi-disciplinary courses, and further humanitarian action both in their local communities and abroad.