VISAGE - Faculty and Staff
Faculty and Staff
The Vanderbilt Initiative for Scholarship and Global Engagement combines the university’s deep commitments to international study and civic engagement through innovative scholarship and service opportunities abroad. Students explore topics of global significance through a year-long learning sequence beginning in January with a core course at Vanderbilt, followed by summer service or field-based project abroad, and a seminar in the fall semester. VISAGE encourages and supports rigorous service-learning programs which support the development of global civic leaders, whose scholarship and civic participation help to enrich the local and global communities of which they are part.
EXPLORE
Students explore topics of global significance through a year-long learning
sequence beginning in January with a core course at Vanderbilt.
EXPERIENCE
Students experience and reflect on the concept of global citizenship
through a short-term field-based summer program abroad.
ENGAGE
Students engage in guided research, project-based collaboration
with peers, and local community service in
What sets VISAGE apart from other service-learning programs?
Rigorously structured, year-long experiential academic programming flexible enough to incorporate faculty and students from all disciplines to serve areas of community-identified need in Nashville, Tennessee, USA and in the partner institutions’ locations;
Sustained relationships between
Clear and measurable objectives as set forth in the programs’ modules. Module I, Module II and
Module III of the initial phase of sustainable VISAGE development and implementation for five program sites.
Module I : Global Citizenship [Spring semester, three-credit course.]
Course in academic content area (also covers regional history, politics, economics, and culture), explicitly incorporates principles of sustainable community development and international civic engagement within curriculum.
Module II: Global Fieldwork [Summer four-week overseas program, one-three credit course.]
Students engage with community partners, at a selected site abroad, in active learning and application of Module I learning; experiences vary by project, partner agency placement, and location.
International partners and faculty collaborate to facilitate three weekly group discussion sessions for students and community members relating to areas of exploration.
Module III: Seminar in Global Citizenship, Service, and Research [Fall semester, three-credit VISAGE capstone course.]
Students complete a capstone project integrating Module I and Module II learning experiences for distribution to and evaluation by faculty, local and international partners.
Research Component: Students engage in research paper under the supervision of a Vanderbilt faculty member.
Three VISAGE sites will be offered in 2008-9:
Global Citizenship in
Topic: Education, Social Cohesion and Economic Development
Faculty Director: Prof. Brian Heuser
Global Citizenship in
Topic: Family, Community and Social Justice
Faculty Director: Prof. Marshall Eakin
Global Citizenship in
Topic: Sustainable Water Resource Development
Faculty Director: Prof. Gene LeBoeuf
How can I become engaged in shaping the Vanderbilt VISAGE?
Vanderbilt hopes to develop sustainable, long-term relationships with partner institutions and organizations that will allow for growth and change over time, and seeks partners who will actively engage with Vanderbilt faculty, students and staff as partners in this endeavor. If your organization would like more information regarding program specifics, or would like to learn more about VISAGE in general, please contact Marie Martin, Assistant Director or Professor Marshall Eakin.
Global Education Office
Vanderbilt University
www.vanderbilt.edu/geo
310 25th Avenue South, Suite 115
Nashville, TN 37240
VISAGE Deadlines for prospective students:
November 1, 2007 Applications due
Mid-End of November 2007 Interviews held for all programs
December 1, 2007 Nichols Humanitarian Fund Scholarship applications due