South African Region
Charge: With globalization and shifting objectives and demographic needs in higher education, U.S. universities are challenged to redefine their recruitment, research, pedagogical and career development agendas. The African continent boasts some of the world’s fastest growing technological and financial economies, and this African continent focused working group is charged with defining JMU’s place in this expanding internationalized education and research model, while creating opportunities for research, teaching, and global community and civic engagement for our students, faculty and community. This initiative also enhances JMU’s efforts in diversity, access and inclusion, and advances our vision to be national model of the engaged university: engaged with ideas and the world.
Co-Chairs:
- Sombo Muzata, College of Arts and Letters
- Linda Thomas, The Graduate School
Members:
- Melinda Adams, College of Arts and Letters
- Jennifer Coffman, College of Integrated Science and Engineering
- Michelle Cude, College of Education
- Rubén Graciani, College of Visual and Performing Arts
- Oris Griffin, College of Education
- Michael Gubser, College of Arts and Letters
- Bob Kolvoord, College of Intergrated Science and Engineering
- Mark L’Esperance, College of Education
- Charles May, Ole School Alumni
- Maureen Malomba, Graduate Student
- Bethany Nowviskie, Libraries
- Ken Rutherford, College of Arts and Letters
- Julie-Anne Savarit-Cosenza, African Education Program
- Kayla Yurco, College of Integrated Science and Engineering
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