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It was just last summer that Sharon Canclini, assistant professor
(Nursing), had the opportunity to travel to Italy to develop and plan
a study abroad program for her students.
Going ahead of the students allowed Canclini to gain an
understanding of the community and the culture of Italy. Using
the information she gained, Canclini said she was able to build
an interesting and challenging course for her students to take in
summer 2013 that allowed them to explore the global community
beyond TCU.
Following that same path, three teams of faculty members packed
their bags in preparation for international trips this summer, where
they developed future study abroad opportunities to Chile, Ireland
and China as part of the Harris College Faculty Development Program
for International Studies.
The Harris College international study initiative, along with the TCU
Center for International Studies, is part of a campus-wide initiative
known as Purple Passport: Discovering Global Citizenship. Part of
TCU’s Quality Enhancement Plan, the purpose of Purple Passport is
to transform learning at TCU by infusing international perspectives
and skills throughout the institution.
Speech-language pathology associate professor Maria Munoz and
Irmgard Payne, instructor, traveled to Chile this summer to work with
Universidad Mayor to develop a course focused on communication,
culture and health care. The new course will be offered for the first
time in summer 2014.
Phillip Esposito, assistant professor, and Sarah Manspeaker,
assistant professor of professional practice and clinical coordinator
(Kinesiology), designed a study abroad project in Ireland to expand
students’ global health care views by learning about athletic
rehabilitation therapy in Ireland, the Ireland health care structure,
and to study a business model of direct access to sports medicine.
The course “Speech-Language Pathology in China: Learning
through Service” was developed by Jennifer Watson, professor, and
Laurel Lynch, lecturer (Communication Sciences and Disorders).
Watson and Lynch’s proposal objective was to provide students with
a service-learning experience with children ages 0-3 years who have
a cleft lip and/or palate (CLP) in Shanghai, China.
In order to receive funding for their proposed project, each team of
faculty members submitted a proposal describing the course to be
developed and the learning outcomes, including objectives related
to global perspectives. Susan Weeks, associate dean and director of
nursing and director of the Center for Evidence Based Practice and
Research, said, “We know it is challenging to take students abroad
and it is even more challenging to take them to a place you have
never explored. This allows faculty to do preparatory work for study
abroad programs.”
Chancellor Victor J. Boschini, Jr. spoke about the Purple Passport
program in his spring update to students and professors, saying the
program is a critical element in TCU’s movement forward.
Through the Purple Passport initiatives, Canclini emphasized, “We
learn that people are people and the world can be a very exciting
and enlightening place when students are given the opportunity to
learn about and explore it.”
CHARTING THE COURSE FOR
STUDENTS ABROAD
By Carol Logan
Irmgard Payne, instructor (speech-
language pathology) in Santiago, Chile,
hiking the Andes Mountains
Phil Esposito, assistant professor (L), and
Sarah Manspeaker, assistant professor of
professional practice and clinical coordinator
(Kinesiology), show their Horned Frog
pride at the University of Limerick, Ireland,
this summer.
Chris Watts, professor and chair
of
Communications
Sciences
&
Disorders (center) enjoys lemonade
with students (L-R) Jillian Stanfield,
Kristen Park, Nathan Thorpe and
MacKenzie Meredith at Leadenhall
Market in London this summer.
Jennifer Watson on the
Great Wall at Mutianyu.
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