Early bird registration deadline is Friday, September 15. Don’t miss this exciting group of speakers and institutional change organizers including Amy Anderson, Samantha Brandauer, Richard Kiely, and Marisol Morales!

The Periclean Scholars program, now in its 20th year of operation, has significantly evolved. It was originally conceptualized as a traditional international service-learning initiative and historically engaged in many of the problematic practices related to service learning that have been criticized by Eby (1998) and others. In recent years, the program has made intentional progress to more closely align with multiple best-practice frameworks, including Mitchell’s (2008) “critical service learning”, Hartman et al.’s (2018) model of critical global inquiry, the Guidelines for Community Engaged Learning Experiences Abroad (published by The Forum on Education Abroad), the Association of American Colleges and Universities’ Ethical Reasoning, Global Learning, Intercultural Knowledge and Competence, and Civic Engagement VALUE rubrics, and the CORE Humanitarian Standard on Quality and Accountability. 

Leveraging online engagement to advance the UN SDGs. 5 years since global online collaboration began, The University at Buffalo and their network of global partners have entered a new stage. A directory of organizations and SDGs identifies potential speakers and panelists for classes and presentations. In-country meet-ups are being planned to coincide with a Fulbright project involving a faculty member traveling to Uganda to host training sessions on digital resources and model development. 20 community leaders from across Nigeria, Tanzania, and Uganda are exploring opportunities leveraged through engagement.