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Seattle University

PERSONNEL

Dr. Charles Lawrence, Associate Provost for Academic Affairs
Phone: (206) 296-6953
Fax: (206) 296-2664
lawrence@seattleu.edu

Robin Craggs, Director, Education Abroad
Phone: (206) 296-2271
craggsr@seattleu.edu

Gina Lopardo, Program Specialist, Education Abroad
Phone: (206) 296-6460
glopardo@seattleu.edu

Faizi Ghodsi, Executive Director of Student Services & Director of ISC
Phone: (206) 296-6260
fghodsi@seattleu.edu

Sandra Bui, International Student Advisor
Phone: (206) 296-6260
buis@seattleu.edu

Janet Quillian, Director International Student Internship Program
Phone: (206) 296-2683
jquill@seattleu.edu

INSTITUTIONAL PROFILE

Total international undergraduate students (FTE): 313
Total international graduate students (FTE): 132

Countries of origin for International Students:

Algeria, Austria, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Bolivia, Cameroon, Canada, Colombia, Costa Rica, Egypt, France, Gambia, Germany, Guatemala, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Kenya, Kuwait, Macedonia, Malaysia, Mexico, Mongolia, Morocco, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nigeria, Palestine, People's Republic of China, Philippines, Republic of Taiwan, Republic of Korea, Romania, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Singapore, Socialist Republic of Vietnam, Spain, Sweden, Thailand, Uganda, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, Zaire, Zimbabwe.

INTERNATIONAL VOLUNTEER/SERVICE/IMMERSION PROGRAMS

Belize Program
Location: Belize City, Belize
Frequency: Once a year - Spring break
Duration: 10 days
Average Size of the group: 14 students, 3 staff/faculty members
Type of Service: Assistant teaching, nursing student doing health care, cooking and food preparation, child care, care and companionship for the elderly poor; Immersion in the communities
Collaborative Partners: St. Martin's School (Jesuit), St. Martin's Parish, St. John's College (Jesuit), Mercy Clinic, YWCA, Help Age

Ecuador Excursion Campus Ministry International Programs
Location: Duran, Ecuador
Frequency: Every other summer
Duration: 10 days
Average Size of the group: 13 students, 2 staff/faculty members
Type of Service: Immersion in the community, various community projects
Collaborative Partners: Catholic Relief Services and Rostro de Cristo Foundation

Mexico Mission Trek Campus Ministry International Programs
Location: Tijuana, Mexico
Frequency: Twice a year - Christmas break & Spring break
Duration: 7 days
Average Size of the group: 20 students, 4 staff/faculty members
Type of Service: Provide labor in constructing community infrastructures - houses, community centers, clinics, etc.; Immersion in the communities we work with
Collaborative Partners: Esperanza International

Philippine Immersion Experience Campus Ministry International Programs
Location: Manila, Philippines
Frequency: Every other Summer
Duration: 30 days
Average Size of the group: 10 students, 2 staff/faculty members
Type of Service: Immersion in the communities; house-building and various community projects
Collaborative Partners: Ateneo De Manila University (Jesuit), Pilipinas Shell Foundation, Ayala Foundation, CARITAS Manila, Gawad Kalinga
*This is am immersion Program

Vietnam Outreach Project Campus Ministry International Programs
Location: Dong Ha, Vietnam
Frequency: Every other Summer
Duration: 16 days
Average Size of the group: 8-10 students, 2-3 staff/faculty members
Type of Service: Immersion in the communities; reforestation and various community projects
Collaborative Partners: Peace Trees Vietnam

Calcutta Club - Student Organization
Location: India
Frequency: Once
Size of the Group: 6 Students
Type of Service: The Calcutta Club members fundraise, prepare and then volunteer in Mother Theresa's Missionaries of Charity in Calcutta India. They do not receive academic credit. It is service in the Catholic Jesuit tradition.
Collaborative Partners: Mother Theresa's Missionaries of Charity

Engineers Without Borders - Student Organization
Location: Nicaragua & Thailand
Frequency: 1-2 trips/year
Size of Group: 6-8 students, Faculty Supervisor, Professional Partner
Type of Service: Within the national EWB structure teams have designed and built a dormitory for a remote, poor school in Thailand and a drain-field for a Jesuit elementary school in Nicaragua.
Collaborative Partners: Engineers Without Borders, Seattle engineering firms.

STUDY ABROAD

1/4 of Study Abroad is required by International Business, International Studies and Foreign Language Majors
400 - 450 students study abroad annually: 3/4 on SU sponsored programs and 1/4 on non-SU programs.

Summer Programs - Short-term Faculty-Led
Faculty from most SU schools and colleges lead education abroad programs each summer. The majority are designed as spring quarter courses taught on campus combined with an overseas component which is conducted during the summer. Programs that do not follow this format are exclusively conducted abroad. Program locations include: NICARAGUA, BRAZIL, ITALY, JAPAN, KOREA, CHINA, BELIZE, FRANCE, IRELAND, MEXICO, COSTA RICA, AUSTRIA, SWITZERLAND, UK, SOUTH AFRICA, VIETNAM, ICELAND, SWEDEN

Academic Year Programs
AUSTRIA - Karl Franzen University Exchange, Graz (1-3 quarters)
BELIZE - Religion and Culture in Belize Internship (1 quarter); Community Nursing (part of 1 quarter)
CHINA - Language intensive at Shoochow University, Suzhou (1 quarter)
FRANCE - Language intensive at the University of Grenoble (1 and 2 quarters)
JAPAN - Sophia University Exchange, Tokyo (1 quarter)
MEXICO - Latin American Studies in Puebla at Universidad Iberoamerica (2 quarters)
NICARAGUA - Community Nursing (part of 1 quarter)
SPAIN - Independent Liberal Arts Colleges Abroad in Granada (1 and 2 quarters); Universidad Pontificia Comillas in Madrid (1-3 quarters)
WORLD-WIDE - International Development Internship Program (IDIP) CARE, Catholic Relief Services, Jesuit Refugee Service

Research for Development Graduate Program
The Research for Development Graduate Program is a 9 - 12 credit, three-phase academic program, designed for graduate students from all disciplines. Students learn qualitative research methods, which are applied during a summer internship with a Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) in the developing world. Students report their findings and do a comprehensive research paper upon their return to the United States.

International Development Internship Program (IDIP)
The International Development Internship Program is a 20 credit, three-phase academic program, designed for undergraduate students. Students are challenged to explore the root causes and consequences of situations that undermine the well-being of individuals in the developing world. Placements are available in Asia, Africa and Latin America.

WORLD
Winter 2008
Number of Students: 12 Undergraduate Students
Duration in foreign country: 10 weeks
Qualifications: Students must have a 3.4 grade point average
This program was provided in conjunction with Catholic Relief Services, C.A.R.E.

INTERNATIONALIZATION OF THE CURRICULUM:

Related Majors/Minors/Concentrations:

Asian Studies Program- Offers both a major and a minor
Cultural Anthropology- Offers both a major and a minor
Global African Studies- Offers a minor
International Studies- Offers both a major and a minor
Latin American Studies- Offers a minor
Modern Languages and Literatures- Offers majors in French, German Area Studies and Spanish. Offers minors in Chinese, French, German, Japanese, and Spanish.
Political Science, offers a minor in global politics
International Business, Offers both a major and a minor

Languages available/ Language requirements:

All students in the College of Art's and Sciences are required to take a 3 course sequence in a foreign language.

FACULTY EXCHANGE/COOPERATIVE RESEARCH

School of Nursing Faculty Exchange Program: JAPAN

Project Focus: Faculty from Shimane Nursing School bring ~25 students to Seattle University College of Nursing annually for a US health care immersion experience. The College of Nursing provides all lectures and arranges all visits to clinical agencies through our academic affiliating agreements. Students and faculty live on campus and enjoy the cooler summer weather. The Dean of the College of Nursing was the keynote international speaker for the 10th anniversary celebration of the Shimane Nursing College, as well as provided consultation to the Shimane Nursing College faculty and to outreach nursing programs and the Ministry of Health during the visit in 2004.

Three faculty members provided consultation to the Ministry of Health in Uganda on maternal/ child health issues in 2005; one of those participants returned with a colleague from Arts and Sciences during Summer, 2006, as well as provided consultation to the Ministry of health in Peru. One faculty member spent the Summer of 2005, leading a group of 20 Master's of Public health students to Papua, New Guinea-in all of these instances Seattle University College of Nursing faculty are providing significant consultation at no charge to nursing faculties in country.

Site/University in Country: Shimane University, Izumo, Japan

OTHER PROGRAMS OR INTERNATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES:

Academic Salons 2006-2007: Engaging Worlds: Voices and Cultures

THE SEATTLE UNIVERSITY ACADEMIC SALONS PROGRAM, pioneered by Professor Mara Adelman of the Communications Department in 2003, is entering its fourth year as the collaborative intellectual bridge between the university's academic programs and student development. This year's theme, Engaging Worlds: Voices and Cultures, will tap into the rich voices and cultures of Seattle and the Puget Sound area-Native American, Asian, European, South and Central American, African American-and the world beyond the Pacific Northwest.

ENGAGING WORLDS, the Academic Salons theme for the next three years, seeks to answer questions such as, What does it mean to live in the world in the broadest senses-physically, geographically, intellectually, culturally, linguistically, and politically? How do we educate students to be responsible worldly people whose work is expansive in outlook, tolerant, and open-minded while at the same time intellectually engaged and socially aware? How does engagement with the global, international worlds, the physical and natural worlds help us understand how our interaction across borders of space, race, and language affects law, politics, and religion?

The Academic Salons will take up the themes of living in a global world through roughly 30 formal sponsored events during the academic year, including keynote plenary events, films, music, dance, and art. The theme of the Salons will be integrated into the first-year Writing Seminar through the common reading of a single text, which for the first year is For Love of Country, Martha Nussbaum (ed.).

Participation: Approximately 75-100 students, faculty and staff attended film events that have already taken place on campus. Approximately 20 faculty and staff have participated in our book discussion groups.

2006-2007: Voices and Cultures

Year 1 taps into the rich voices and cultures of Seattle and the Puget Sound area and gathers together various intellectual and cultural programs on campus-International Studies, Asian Studies, Global African Studies, Latin American Studies, International Business, Xavier House, the International Student Center, Study Abroad, student clubs and organizations, and staff from all colleges and programs.

2007-2008: Natural Worlds

Year 2 engages the conversation of borderless thinking with the College of Science and Engineering and College of Nursing, taking up issues concerning the physical environment and our interactions in it by engaging with Environmental Sciences, Engineers without Borders, and Global Health.

2008-2009: Political Worlds

Year 3 continues the conversation with the College of Education, the Albers School of Business and Economics, and the School of Law, addressing issues of global leadership form the standpoint of law, religion, and politics, taking up such issues as immigration, human rights, and international governance.

The Nicaragua Immersion Experience

The Nicaragua Immersion Experience is an annual nine-day program run by the Office of Jesuit Identity bringing groups averaging 15 faculty members and administrators to the country of Nicaragua. There have been over 80 participants since the program was initiated in 2001, including 48 faculty members, 32 administrators, and 3 trustees and their spouses.

The program includes significant interaction with peers at our partner Jesuit university, the Universidad Centroamericana (UCA) in Managua. This includes counterpart meetings, presentations on university social outreach programs, and visits to university programs in the field. The program also includes a range of other meetings and experiences to introduce participants to the Nicaraguan context, including the reality of poverty, and inspiring efforts to respond. The program is coordinated in close partnership with the Center for Global Education of Augsburg College, which has an educational center in Managua.

The goals of the program are:

1. To provide an international experience that explores global justice issues in the context of a developing nation.
2. To encourage the application of the international experience into a participant's curricular and program responsibilities.
3. To further participants' understanding of the mission of Jesuit higher education with its emphasis on education for justice.

As a result of having taken part in the program, and related to the development of a closer link with the UCA and Nicaragua, faculty and administrator participants have taken a variety of actions including adjusting the curricula, designing new courses, initiating new research, promoting student and faculty exchanges, and initiating a range of collaborative projects. Below is a partial list of activities:

SU faculty Fulbright fellowship in biology (2004-05)
UCA and SU law faculty exchanges/in-service (2003, 2004)
SU-UCA chemistry department collaboration/lab work on a coffee fermentation study and test kit design.
SU law student summer internship in UCA law clinics (annual since 2002, 6 wks)
SU service-learning course in conjunction with Nicaraguan non-governmental organization (2006)
Engineers Without Borders project for Jesuit elementary school drainage (2006)
SU mechanical engineering senior design project for water filter improvements for a Nicaraguan non-governmental organization (2006-07)
Artisan Crafts Project - SU bookstore sells Nicaraguan crafts made by artisan recipients of the UCA microlending program, the Local Development Fund (ongoing, since 2003)
Gift of 100 computers from SU to UCA (part of SU computer lab change-out), valued at $100,000 (2006)
SU microfinance investment of $100,000 from working capital, with a portion of the fund invested in Nicaragua (2004)

Xavier Hall

The Xavier House: Global Living Community is located on the north end of campus and houses a component of Global African Studies, International Studies and five language communities: Chinese, French, German, Japanese, and Spanish. Approximately 185 residents choose to live in Xavier because they share a sincere interest in global studies and cross-cultural education, and a desire to live in a culturally diverse and enriching learning community. Due to Xavier's size, its residents enjoy a noteworthy sense of community and find it easy to know each other by name.

Business Program, Albers School of Business and Economics:

Global Business EDGE (Education for Global Executives) Program:

International Business Consulting - students consult with leading firms on international projects they need. Past clients have included Microsoft, Boeing, Starbucks, PACCAR, Weyerhaeuser, as well as many smaller firms.

SAGE (Students Acquiring a Global Education)- students in this program consult with a local firm on a project focusing on a specific country. A cooperating university in that country works on the project with the Seattle University student team. SAGE projects have been done with Henley Management College in the UK and Sophia University, Tokyo, Japan.

Outreach Initiative - students in the Albers School work with students in other disciplines, such as Science and Engineering, to complete an internationally-focused project for a local firm. This is an extension of the International Business Consulting program.

Updated: 2/19/2008