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About the From the Dean Institute The Institute for Global Citizenship is two years old. If the 2006–2007 for Global academic year, by way of these highlights, was primarily devoted to pulling 2007–08 together the various units and start-up activities, our attention this past Citizenship year shifted to: tightening processes of coordination; involving more keen In a moment of imagining a realistic students in the Institute’s evolving identity, activities, and ambitions; con- “utopia” for Macalester College, a sulting with members of the faculty; convening the inaugural session of the campus-wide Committee revisited our nationally well-regarded reputa- Global Advisory Board; and conducting conversations about the new home tion as an internationalist, diverse, facility now under construction. and civic-minded institution. The primary mandate from President We register our gratitude to those members of the Global Advisory Board Brian C. Rosenberg was this: to who took time from their very busy professional and private lives to attend explore ways of bringing together the first meeting. Here, we are profoundly sorrowful to hear about the under one administrative roof the unexpected death of a key figure of the Board, Mr. Eugene Sit. We send our energies of these two attributes condolences to Mr. Sit’s family. He was a genuine internationalist who in the hope of at once sustaining accepted with enthusiasm the assignment of helping to develop the Institute. proven programs and envision- Inside ing new activities that will further We say farewell to Dr. Diane Michelfelder, the departing Provost. Presi- valorize Macalester’s ambition of a dent Brian Rosenberg’s attentive and consistent support continues to be caring educational eminence. After an indispensable asset, and we express our thankfulness to him. We also 2007–2008 an intense conversation, the Com- mittee brought forward the idea welcome our new Provost, Kathleen Murray, and look forward to working Core of creating an Institute for Global closely with her to advance the welfare of the Institute and our College. If Activities p. 2 Citizenship (IGC). Administratively, the achievements of this past year are best captured by the approval of the Civic the units that make up the Institute Global Citizenship Concentration courses by the Educational Policy and Engagement are International Programming, Governance Committee (EPAG), this coming academic year ought to be a the International Center, the Civic Center p. 8 time of further consolidations and valuable educational projects. We are Engagement Center (replacing the The eager to cultivate the encouragement and involvement of the faculty, Community Service Office), and International the Internship Office. In addition to students, staff, and alumni. Center p. 10 the professional staff, there are three new organs that will be part of the Internship broad leadership to shepherd the Program p. 12 development of the IGC: a Student Ahmed I. Samatar Staff p. 14 Council, a Global Advisory Board, and a Campus-wide Advisory James Wallace Professor of International Studies Advisory Committee. and Dean of the Institute for Global Citizenship Committees p. 20 Macalester College Institute for Global Citizenship

2007–2008 Core Activities C. “Globalization in Comparative Perspective” in Maastricht, A. International Roundtable Institute Netherlands, and other locations for Global The theme of the 14th annual (2007) Macalester worldwide Citizenship International Roundtable was “The Musical Imagi- The second iteration of this study abroad initiative Annual nation in the Epoch of Globalization.” The speakers took place in January and throughout Spring semes- Report included Martin Stokes, whose lecture was entitled, ter at the University of Maastricht, after students “On Musical Cosmopolitanism;” Joseph Lam on had studied abroad in other countries during the “Chinese Music and its Globalized Past and Pres- Fall semester. Ten Macalester junior students were ent;” and Ingrid Monson on “Global (Re)Vision: chosen to participate in the intensive and demand- Musical Imagination in African America.” Profes- ing coursework. The topics of their final major sor Stokes is a Fellow of St. John’s College, Oxford papers were: University. Professor Lam chairs the Department of Music at the University of Michigan, and Professor • Resettling Peoples, Redressing Histories: Monson is the Quincy Jones Professor of African Challenging Answers to the Land Question in the American Music at Harvard University. Macales- Netherlands and Namibia (Liora Barba) ter student respondents were Miriam Larson ’08 • Identities in Migrant Cinema: The Aesthetics of and Héctor Pascual Álvarez ’08. Faculty members European Integration (Jalene Betts) Chuen-Fung Wong (Music) and Dean Jane Rhodes (American Studies) also offered their contributions. • Lingering Borders in the European Union: Macalester International Volume 21 features the Challenges and Contradictions of Migrant 2 proceedings. Workers in Spain and the Netherlands (Andra Bosneag) B. Macalester Civic Forum • From Neo-Enlightenment to Nihonjinron: The The second annual Macalester Civic Forum on Politics of Anti-Multiculturalism in Japan and the associational life in the United States focused on Netherlands (Jack Eisenberg) “The Environment, Citizenship, and the Public Good.” Held in late March of 2008, Hall Distin- • Health Care in the U.S. and in Holland: Somali guished Professor of History Donald Worster, of the Immigrants and Health Care in the Context of University of Kansas, delivered the keynote address. Neo-Liberal Globalization in the U.S. and in The title was “On John Muir’s Trail: Nature and Holland (Hye Won Hong) Society in an Age of Liberal Principles.” The format • The Rise of English: A Comparative Look at the continued with commissioned presentations by four Language of Globalization (Anne Johnson) students, Alese Colehour ’09 (read by Justin Lee be- cause she was on Study Abroad in Ecuador), Timo- • The Allure of the Radical: Understanding Jihadist thy Den Herder-Thomas ’09, Momchil Jelev ’08, Violence in the West (Kabir Sethi) and Clare Ryan ’08. Responses to their essays were • Understanding ‘Spanglish’ and ‘Flemch’: A delivered by Professors Christopher Wells (Environ- Comparative Analysis of American and Belgian mental Studies), Roopali Phadke (Environmental Language Politics (Urvashi Wattal) Studies), and Martin Gunderson (Philosophy). Volume 2 of the Macalester Civic Forum journal • Sites of Solidarity: Ethnic Belonging in Northern features the essays and will appear this autumn. Ireland, the Netherlands, and a World of Difference (Eleni Zimiles)

Volume 22 of Macalester International will contain those research papers. Macalester College Institute for Global Citizenship

D. “Concentration in Global The Committee that formulated the Concentration 2007–2008 Citizenship” was headed by Andrew Latham (Associate Dean of the IGC) and consisted of Jim Dawes (English), The main objective of this Concentration is to Institute Julie Dolan (Political Science), Dan Hornbach (En- provide students with an integrated curricular/co- for Global vironmental Studies), David Chioni Moore (Inter- curricular “pathway” (involving both course work Citizenship national Studies), Jane Rhodes (Dean for the Study and experiential learning) that will allow them to Annual of Race and Ethnicity), Michael Monahan (Direc- explore what it means to be an ethical and effective Report tor, International Center), Michael Porter (Direc- “global citizen-leader”—in a structured, yet flexible, tor, Internship Program), and Karin Trail-Johnson way. Two premises undergird the program: first, at (Director, CEC, and Associate Dean of the IGC). the most fundamental level, is that the education of global citizen-leaders necessarily begins with a vigor- Professor Ahmed Samatar taught, in the second ous liberal arts education that emphasizes critical iteration, one of the required seminars, Paradigms of thinking, self-examination, multiculturalism, in- Global Leadership, in the Spring semester. Seminar ternationalism, and civic involvement; and second, participants profiled these figures: that, for some students, going beyond this founda- • The Leadership of Haile Selassie I, Emperor of tional level to engage in a more in-depth study of Ethiopia: Lessons on Structure and Agency the “big questions” related to civic belonging and (Galen Baynes) leadership at the local, national, and international levels would be highly beneficial. To this end, the • Gamal Abdel Nasser: Vision through Contradic- Concentration, which requires six courses for suc- tion (Daniel Pickens-Jones) cessful completion, threads together: • Pablo Neruda: The Lessons from Poetic Leader- 3 1. Required courses that provide a framework for ship (Héctor Pascual Álvarez) thinking about fundamental philosophical issues • Jean Monnet: The Virtues of Quiet Leadership raised by the questions: (a) How should we live (Momchil Jelev) together under conditions of sometimes radical dif- ference in a multicultural and globalizing context?, • The Artist as a Sage: Pete Seeger (Amelia Nielsen) and (b) how should one conceptualize and practice • Franz Fanon: A Life in Motion (Patrick effective and ethical “leadership” in such a world?; Gilmartin)

2. Integrative courses that interrogate: (a) the • U Thant: Innovator in a Constraining Context particularities of civic life in the United States, (Nick Borroz) (b) approaches to the same phenomenon beyond the U.S., and (c) the intersection of science and E. Faculty Development civic sensibilities; International Seminar (FDIS)

3. Supporting courses that purposefully examine The overall theme of Macalester’s seventh biennial key concepts related to civic concerns from an Faculty Development International Seminar (FDIS) additional (inter)disciplinary perspective; was “The Israeli-Palestinian Impasse: Dialogic Transformations?” This year’s program included 4. Community-based learning that provides practical commissioned authors Juan Cole, the Richard P. experience in a local setting; and Mitchell Distinguished University Professor of 5. Study Away experiences that provide additional History at the University of Michigan, who lectured intellectual and/or experiential engagement with the on “The Middle East: Iraq and the Arab-Israeli big issues of civic identity and leadership in locales Conflict;” Salim Tamari, Executive Director of beyond the Twin Cities. the Institute for Jerusalem Studies, who examined “Jerusalem’s Unsacred Geography;” and William Macalester College Institute for Global Citizenship

2007–2008 Quandt, the Edward R. Stettinius, Jr. Professor of Paul Maximilian Bisca ’08 will begin graduate Government and Foreign Affairs at the University studies at the Johns Hopkins SAIS program in Institute of Virginia, who analyzed “Forty Years in Search of Bologna. He was among the first cohort of students for Global Arab-Israeli Peace.” After a series of pre-departure participating in the Macalester/Maastricht study meetings of the Macalester participants, there abroad program. He also produced an admirable Citizenship was a full schedule of overseas seminar sessions honors thesis, “Promoting Democracy: American Annual from May 25–June 14, 2008, in Israel and and European Thinking and Strategies,” under the Report the Occupied Palestinian Territories. Lectures direction of Professor Samatar. and intense conversations were held at, among Isabelle Chan ’06 will be starting a Master’s degree others, Hebrew University in Jerusalem, Berzeit at Harvard’s Kennedy School this Fall, supported by University, and Bethlehem University. The seminar a Rangel Fellowship. She has completed two years of was designed and co-coordinated by Michael work with the International Refugee Committee in Monahan and Ahmed Samatar, with important the Democratic Republic of Congo. on-site coordination assistance by independent scholar Thomas M. Ricks. (A full description of the Jessica Hawkinson ’08 has taken a job with the seminar is available from the International Center.) Presbyterian Church as a liaison with the United The commissioned essays and faculty research will Nations in New York City. Jessica was also on the appear in Volume 23 of Macalester International. first Macalester/Maastricht program. Her tutorials The project was partially supported by a grant from with Professor Samatar culminated in a successful The Ford Foundation. honors thesis, with the title, “Establishing Multicul- F. Select IGC Projects and tural Interdependence in Europe: Overcoming the 4 Student Achievements Legal Challenges Facing Cosmopolitan Citizens.” We are exceptionally proud to announce that the Momchil Jelev ’08 was the winner of the Macal- Macalester College Model United Nations team ester Presidential Leadership Award in 2008. He took the Outstanding Delegation award at the will continue his studies at King’s College, London, national Model UN Conference this Spring. The undertaking a Master’s degree in International conference was held at the United Nations in New Relations in Fall 2008. Momchil was also a partici- York City on March 17–23, 2008. The Macalester pant in the first Maastricht/Macalester seminar. He Model UN team received an Honorable Mention in produced an honors thesis on “Transcending West- 2007 as well. There were 190 participating colleges phalia: The Two Faces of European Foreign Policy,” and universities. under the direction of Professor Andrew Latham.

As part of the convocation ceremonies as the school Héctor Pascual Àlvarez ’08 won a coveted year began, Vice President Walter Mondale and Watson Fellowship and will be studying the role diplomat Richard Holbrooke reflected on their of the theater director in community-based perfor- careers and discussed future diplomatic strategies in mance ventures in Latin America, South Africa, and a program on “Conflict and Diplomacy in the 21st the U.K. Century.” Macalester convened a “Peace Summit” Kristin Riegel ’10 was named a Phillips Scholar. in September, involving noted Palestinian legislator The Minnesota Private Colleges Fund and the Jay Hannan Ashrawi and Israeli activist Yossi Beilin. It and Rose Phillips Family Foundation will fund her was moderated by Vice President Walter Mondale. project, “Daring Dialogues: Empowering Latina The organization of this important event was led by Girls to Discover the Leader Within,” a series of our colleague, Professor Andrew Overman, Depart- media and leadership workshops for Latina girls that ment of Classics. In January, the IGC co-sponsored will culminate in the creation of a webzine. Phillips a lecture by Antonia Juhasz, entitled “Iraq and the Scholars receive $14,000 to implement their self- SpOILs of War: Whose Oil is it Anyway?” designed service project with a local organization. Macalester College Institute for Global Citizenship

Jesse Uggla ’05 worked in the Teach for America Sandy Robson ’08 and MacBike 2007–2008 program in Miami (“Little Haiti”) and found his Project: Providing a bike maintenance class for calling. He will begin graduate work in Education at residents at Project for Pride in Living through the Institute Harvard University this Fall. Sibley Bike Depot that is jointly facilitated by Mac for Global ENDOWED SENIOR AWARDS Bike. At the culmination of the class, residents keep Citizenship the bikes for their transportation needs. Annual The George Stanley Arthur Prize is awarded to a eport graduating senior in good academic standing who Ellie Rogers ’09 R best exemplifies Macalester’s historic tradition of Project: Researching barriers to “Greening” property commitment to the community. on the lakes of the Twin Cities area and educating Awarded to Raina Fox ’08. students and citizens about its importance through The Steudle Prize is given in memory of Frank and Great River Greening. Mollie Stuedle to a senior with distinguished work Ua Ke (Sue Xiong ’10, Charles Vang ’10, and in interdisciplinary studies in physical, mental, and Lee Xiong ’10) emotional health; is active in community service working with the elderly; and plans a career dedi- Project: Engage Macalester students as a higher cated to helping others. education resource for the Rondo Library by run- Awarded to Elizabeth Mathiot ’08. ning workshops, assisting in the college application process, and bringing awareness about scholarships ACTION FUND and government aid. The Action Fund provides grants of up to $500 Ua Ke (Ellina Xiong ’09, Mai Youa Moua ’09, for projects in the community that have a campus 5 Charles Vang ‘10) component. This is an endowed award primarily supported by Macalester alumni. Project: Helping Patrick Henry High School’s Asian Cultural Club break down barriers of doubt about Brianna Keefe-Oates ’08 and future education through experiencing a day at Ma- Stephanie Abascal ’08 calester and learning about higher education. Project: Providing a resource and computer room Jenna Harris ’08 for the participants at Casa Esperanza’s domestic violence shelter to purse their educational, employ- Project: Hosting a community event to construct ment, and long-term goals. and decorate a mosaic bike cart to be used for arts education in partnership with Mosaic on a Stick, Katy Bogart ’08 MacBike, the Sibley Bike Depot, and the Hamline- Project: Translating PFLAG (Parents and Friends of Midway Coalition. Lesbians and Gays) materials into the languages of Jessie Light ’08, Raina Fox ’08, immigrant communities. Hillary Mohaupt ’08, and Stone Cha ’10 Carolyn Loeb and Mara MacKinnon ’08 Project: Organizing a multi-faith camp for 7th Project: Aiding students at the Minnesota Intern- and 8th graders with the support of the Saint Paul ship Charter School in an exploration of college Council of Churches to engage young people in access through trips to Normandale Community multi-faith dialogue and educate about its connec- College and Macalester College, meetings with cur- tion to peace. rent students, and classroom activities. Macalester College Institute for Global Citizenship

2007–2008 Caroline Loeb ’08, Laney Barhaugh ’08, and for Peace to publish a reflective book on peace and Mara MacKinnon ’08 genocide, with contributions from Cambodian teens and Cambodian-American teens. Institute Project: Holding a coffee house where a Macalester for Global creative writing class and immigrant students from Awarded to Zainab Mansaray ’09 and Citizenship the Minnesota Internship Charter School (MNIC) Arthur Sillah ’10 Annual can share their writings publicly; and organize and Project: They will work in their home country of Report fund the growth of a student library at the MNIC. Sierra Leone to rehabilitate the infrastructure of Liz McCreary ’09 Sierra Leone Muslim Brotherhood Primary School, which was severely damaged during ten years of civil Project: In collaboration with The Family Place, war. In addition to rebuilding the school, they will designing a summer arts education program for organize workshops and activities that introduce homeless youth and children. students to the value of community service as well 100 PROJECTS FOR PEACE as establish a scholarship fund so more children can attend the school. In its second year, the program honors philanthro- pist Kathryn Wasserman Davis, who launched the GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP AWARD initiative on the occasion of her 100th birthday in Conferred upon a senior who best demonstrates a 2007. Designed to encourage and support moti- commitment to the ideals and practice of high vated youth to create and implement their ideas for academic performance, internationalism, multicul- building peace throughout the world in the 21st turalism, civic engagement, and leadership. century, 100 projects selected from 81 colleges in 6 the Davis United World College Scholar Program Awarded to Héctor Pascual Àlvarez ’08 received $10,000 for implementing the project GOLDMAN SACHS GLOBAL LEADERS during the summer of 2008. In 2007, Macalester PROGRAM was honored to have two projects funded. Dara Hoppe ’10 traveled to Brazil, where she encouraged This highly competitive national program seeks to sustainable economic development by strengthening train student leaders and develop an international handicraft production in the community. Fiorella network through which they can share ideas and Ormeño Incio ’09 collaborated with the Peruvian work collaboratively to change the world. One Association of the United World Colleges to pro- hundred students are chosen from 70 colleges in duce a conflict resolution textbook, establish Peace 17 countries. Awardees receive $3,000 and attend a Clubs, and organize Peace Building Workshops in leadership institute in July. 25 schools throughout Peru. Awarded to Adam-Maliq Muro ’10 The two Macalester projects for summer 2008 are: PROJECT PERICLES® DEBATING Awarded to Leah Roth-Howe ’08 FOR DEMOCRACY DELEGATES Project: The project begins in Chicago, work- Project Pericles® is a coalition of 21 colleges that ing with the Cambodian Association of Illinois to encourages and facilitates commitments to include organize and moderate intergenerational dialogue education for social responsibility and participatory between survivors of the Khymer Rouge genocide citizenship as an essential part of members’ educa- and their descendents and other youth. She aims tional programs. Last summer Macalester President to raise awareness of these histories so that their Brian Rosenberg was named Chair of the Project legacies can lead to future tolerance and peace. She Pericles® Presidents’ Council. will also travel to Cambodia to work with Youth Macalester College Institute for Global Citizenship

Kai Bosworth ’10 was one of six students from The Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter Partnership 2007–2008 around the country selected to present a policy brief Foundation has selected two Macalester students as in the inaugural Debating for Democracy (D4D) recipients of 2008 Carter Academic-Service Entre- Institute conference on April 3-4, 2008, in New York City. preneur (CASE) Awards. Kristina Doan and Eliza- for Global Sponsored by Project Pericles®, the event provided beth McCreary will receive funding to recognize and Citizenship student leaders a forum to articulate their solutions support their academic civic engagement work at Annual to some of today’s most vital public policy issues by Macalester. They are the first Macalester students to Report presenting original legislative solutions to a “legisla- receive this honor. tive committee.” Several prominent past and present Kristina Doan, a junior Political Science major and public officials served as “legislators,” including current Chuck Green Civic Engagement Fellow, is former U.S. Senators Nancy Kassebaum Baker partnering with the Catalyst Foundation to en- and Harris Wofford. Kai Bosworth’s topic was “A hance Catalyst’s Vietnam Culture Camp by creating Distributed and Community-Based Electrical Grid: ongoing, healthy relationships between adopted Building the Energy, Economy, and Democracy for Vietnamese youth and local Vietnamese-American Tomorrow.” Students Liz Larson ’10 and Matthew professionals and college/graduate students. She also Kazinka ’11 also attended as Macalester delegates. hopes to embed a civic engagement component into LILLY SUMMER FELLOWS the program. During the school year, each men- tor-mentee pair will participate in a service project Students compete for paid summer internships as- through which mentees will develop an understand- sessing an organization or corporation through the ing and knowledge of public leadership. Her aca- lens of social responsibility, environmental sustain- demic adviser is Patrick Schmidt (Political Science). ability, vocational exploration, and intentional com- 7 munity, or research completed under the direction Liz McCreary, a senior Geography major and of a faculty advisor related to work in one (or more) current Phillips Scholar, will be working with the of the above areas. Interns live in a common house Family Place, the only day shelter for homeless on campus, learn about community-building prac- children in St. Paul, to provide a cycle of weekly art tices, and participate in joint programming. activities, guest speakers, and field trips. Children will create several projects using such techniques as Kim Delanghe ’10 Garden Works photography, sculpture, and puppetry. She sees this as an excellent opportunity to generate community Emily Cohen ’09 dialogue about homelessness while also inspiring Saint Paul Interfaith Network and promoting children’s growth through alternative Julia Tyler ’10 means of expression. Her adviser is Daniel Trudeau Westminster Presbyterian Church (Geography). The Carter Foundation has selected Callie Thuma ’10 McCreary’s project for the additional honor of being West Side Citizens Organization featured on the Carter Foundation’s website: http:// www.servicebook.org/content/view/426/1/. Hannah Emple ’10 Minnesota International Health Volunteers Mara Forster-Smith ’09 Neighborhood House Hannah Nelson-Pallmeyer ’09 International Institute of Minnesota Elise Goldin ’10 The American-Jewish Connection to Israel (research) Macalester College Institute for Global Citizenship

2007–2008 Civic Engagement leaders to help them understand and respond to Center these changes. Institute Bonner Foundation grants helped support new and A. Academic Civic Engagement for Global exciting initiatives in Biology and in Hispanic and Citizenship This past academic year, the Civic Engagement Latino Studies. Professor Devavani Chatterjea part- Annual Center (CEC) supported 35 courses with a civic nered with nonprofit Open Arms of Minnesota to Report engagement component in thirteen Macalester develop information sheets on chronic diseases. departments. The CEC provided assistance with Students in Hispanic and Latino Studies completed syllabi development, locating site partners, orienting oral histories of Latino elders as part of a larger on- faculty and students to the Twin Cities area, sup- going project to document Latino history in porting students with research, and disseminating Minneapolis. Bonner Foundation grants also public scholarship results. contributed to Environmental Studies Professor Roopali Phadke’s Sustainable Development class A major event this past year was the opening of the in exploring development issues locally and interna- “Right on Lake Street” exhibit at the Minnesota tionally. Historical Society, a collaboration between Macal- ester, the Minnesota Historical Society, Heart of the B. Global Civic Leadership Beast Puppet Theatre, and Lake Street communi- • Leaders in Service (LIS) are student leaders ties to document and present the history of this involved in civic engagement with a commitment diverse and important thoroughfare in Minneapolis to building community and positive social change. in ways that are accessible to the larger public. The This year, LIS included twelve Issue Area Coordi- opening event, on September 18, 2007, attracted 8 nators and seven Program Coordinators, and was nearly 500 people from Lake Street communities, responsible for coordinating the involvement of 162 the campus, and people who are interested in local weekly volunteers at 18 sites. The activity kicked off history. It featured performances, music, and food with community representatives from the United that represented the diversity of Lake Street. The Way and Wilder Foundation giving an overview of project was featured on Minnesota Public Radio and the Twin Cities in terms of issues, status of non- in City Pages, the University of Minnesota’s Daily, profits, and statistics. The Fall semester was focused Twin Cities Daily Planet, and several neighborhood on volunteer management preparing students to newspapers. After the six-month run at the His- work with their peers as volunteers. Topics covered tory Center, the exhibit was moved to the Midtown included recruitment, retention, and recognition, Global Market on Lake Street. with an emphasis on community organizing strate- Civic engagement grants from Project Pericles® gies. Spring semester looked at issues of student helped fund a Political Science course taught by involvement in the CEC, with a focus on com- Professor Julie Dolan and three Geography classes munications and the message of our programs and taught by Professors Barcus, Lanegran, Muehlen- opportunities. haus, and Trudeau. Students in Dolan’s Presidential Second semester was an opportunity to refuel and Politics course researched the electoral process and energize students in their work. “Service, Activ- sponsored a model electoral convention for area ism and Politics” was the theme for the retreat. We high school students. The Geography classes col- explored concepts of leadership, bridging the gap laboratively researched the environmental, social, between these aspects of civic engagement, and how cultural, and physical changes resulting from the these aspects frame the work we do in the CEC. expansion of the Twin Cities Metropolitan area into Guest Speaker, Representative Carlos Mariani ’79, previously rural communities. The classes created an spoke on leadership and how these three areas of annotated atlas that will be made available to civic work intersect. Macalester College Institute for Global Citizenship

• Bonner Scholars/Leaders. Through sustained D. School and College Access 2007–2008 partnerships, the work of the Bonner Foundation Partnerships strengthens student development, community The Civic Engagement Center at Macalester College Institute impact, and campus infrastructure while promoting supports local K-12 education through a variety of for Global civic engagement, community building, diversity, different ongoing opportunities, including volun- Citizenship international perspectives, spiritual exploration, and teering, work-study, and course-based options. Annual social justice. The Bonner Community Scholars Report Program at Macalester is a four-year scholarship We continue to support local college access pro- program for 15 incoming first-year students. It will grams by developing partnerships with state/na- begin in the Fall of 2008. This past academic year, tional organizations working with youth on col- the infrastructure of the program was laid in col- lege readiness. This has included inviting youth laboration with many campus offices, the Bonner participants of Get Ready!, Athletes Committed Foundation, and Macalester student leaders. to Educating Students (ACES), and Advancement C. The Lilly Project via Individual Determination (AVID) to serve as for Vocation and guest judges for the Macalester College Kids Judge Ethical Leadership Neuroscience Fair. Through our recruitment efforts, Macalester College now provides the majority of This year, fifty first-year and sophomore students the college tutors for the AVID program for middle worked an estimated 3,400 hours with immigrants school and high school students within the St. Paul and refugee communities through the Lives of Com- Public Schools. We have also expanded our relation- mitment Program. Through weekly and monthly ship with the local program sites of the national gatherings, students, faculty, staff, and community Breakthrough Collaborative. 9 members engaged in discussions on leading lives During the 2007–2008 academic year, over 500 that serve the public good. This year we welcomed students and community members visited Macal- Guadalupe Alternative Program to our group of ester College through Opportunities Abound. The community partners. Next year we will have ten Opportunities Abound student leadership group, in new sophomore student leaders who participated in collaboration with staff, hosted sixteen campus visits leadership training in early May. this year. The majority of youth visitors who came The Senior Leadership Retreat involved ten seniors to campus were potential first-generation college in a capstone experience on Whidbey Island, Wash- students. Of those who completed evaluations, 97% ington, to process and evaluate their educational of youth visitors felt welcomed by the Macalester experience in light of their values and aspirations for community and 93% learned more about how to contributing to the world. prepare for college. The Lilly Summer Fellow Program provided eight E. Other Initiatives students with the opportunity to do paid summer The “Right on Lake Street” exhibit at the Min- research and internships while exploring shared nesota Historical Society involved 12 classes over values. Students lived together with a commitment three years in research and design. CEC staff led to environmental sustainability, social responsibility, events about the project for the Macalester College’s intentional community, and vocational discernment. Alumni Board, Family Weekend, Alumni Office Students met collectively with faculty, staff, and programs, and Staff/Faculty Annual Social Event. community leaders as they explored these values in their summer projects and in their lives. Students Macalester participates in the National Com- created posters and gave a campuswide presentation munity-Based Research Networking Initiative, a about their projects during Fall semester. national network that supports community-based research and policy development. It is funded by the Macalester College Institute for Global Citizenship

2007–2008 Corporation for National and Community Service discussion themes included the mission statements and administered by Princeton University. On Oc- of Macalester College, the Institute for Global Institute tober 25–27, 2007, Macalester hosted the national Citizenship, the International Center, and Study for Global conference involving over 100 individuals from 20 Abroad; “Strengthening Study Abroad: Recommen- schools. dations for Effective Institutional Management,” Citizenship the 2008 NAFSA report; the 2007 International Annual In February, the Corporation for National and Center External Review Report and Response; and Report Community Service named Macalester College to chapters by participants’ choice from the following the President’s Higher Education Community books focused on the global issue of poverty: Jeffrey Service Honor Roll with Distinction for exempla- Sachs’ End of Poverty, Paul Collier’s Bottom Billion, ry service efforts and service to disadvantaged youth. and Mike Davis’ Planet of Slums. The readings and The Community Service Honor Roll is the highest discussion helped staff improve their common un- federal recognition a school can achieve for its com- derstandings of the IC mission, identify measures to mitment to service-learning and civic engagement. improve the IC’s work, and maximize the Center’s contribution to the liberal arts education of Macal- Hurricane Katrina Alternative Spring Break ester students and their futures as global citizens. Through a collaborative effort between the Civic Engagement Center and Campus Programs, two B. Spotlighted Study Abroad staff members and eleven students traveled to New Programs Orleans during spring break to do hurricane relief 1. South Africa work and learn more about the effects of Hurricane Katrina. While in New Orleans, they provided relief The Macalester-Swarthmore-Pomona Consortium 10 work and met with a faculty member of Tulane Program at the University of Cape Town (UCT), University for a 4-hour levee tour that included the Globalization and the Natural Environment in particulars of system failure and the Army Corps of South Africa, continued positively in 2008 by filling Engineers’ response. all 12 participant slots, including four Macalester students. Melding the social and natural science Taste of Service is a once-a-semester event that components of environmental study, this unique connects students with more than 40 local organiza- program commonly attracts students from the tions about volunteer opportunities and ways to be Macalester Geography and Environmental Stud- involved in the life of the Twin Cities. During Fall ies Departments, but students from all majors with semester, 254 students signed up with organizations the requisite preparation are encouraged to apply. and 243 signed up for Spring semester. Students on the 2008 program completed indepen- International Center dent study projects on topics such as water resource management, small-hold farming, and urban The International Center (IC) welcomed three transportation systems. After a successful five years new staff members last year: Paul Nelson as Study of service as the administrative lead institution, the Abroad Coordinator, Indra Halvorsone as Admin- IC transferred this responsibility to Swarthmore istrative Assistant, and Aditi Naik in the newly cre- College during Fall 2007. Assistant Director Paula ated position of Study Abroad Advisor. Paul-Wagner now acts as the International Center’s A. Reflective Planning Retreat representative to this consortium program. The International Center held an all-day retreat 2. Worldwide and the Netherlands in March 2008 to allow the new staff team to set Based on student evaluations and an external evalu- aside daily tasks and reflect upon the role and work ation, the second iteration of the academic year of the International Center within the college and abroad program, Globalization in Comparative Per- the global community. Preparatory reading and spective, has been a resounding success, including Macalester College Institute for Global Citizenship

its January 2008 seminar in Maastricht. The January Participation by duration of study was as follows: 2007–2008 seminar is co-coordinated and taught by Ahmed Semester: 81.3% Samatar and Michael Monahan, along with faculty nstitute Academic Year: 2.1% I and staff from Maastricht University and guest for Global speakers from elsewhere in the Netherlands. Field- Summer: 6.6% Citizenship based study on human rights at The Hague and Short-term (January): 10% Annual urban multiculturalism and global citizenship in The geographical breakdown by region remained Report Amsterdam were highlights. A full program outline highly diverse: Africa (7.8%), Asia (13.5%), Eu- is available from the International Center. rope (51.8%), Latin America/Caribbean (18.6%), Independent study projects completed by the ten Middle East (2.1%), Oceania (3.6%), Multi-Region participants in the 2007-08 program have now been (0.9%), and the United States (2.7%). These per- published in Volume 20 of Macalester International centages are slightly skewed by the two Macalester and distributed widely on campus and around the faculty-led January-term programs, which took 20 world. After participants returned to campus, many students to Cyprus (considered Europe) and 13 to of these projects were expanded upon to serve as Thailand. Honors projects and as the basis for graduate study. The top five academic majors among students who 3. London and the Twin Cities studied away for a semester or academic year were Political Science, 14.7%; International Studies, The detailed contours of a new study away pro- 9.7%; English, 8.9%; and Geography and Econom- gram, Global Cities in Comparative Perspective, are ics, both 6.75%. emerging. This program, initiated by IC Director Michael Monahan and now coordinated by a com- In academic year 2007–2008, the participation in 11 mittee appointed by the Dean of the IGC, will focus IC recommended programs was 73%. on London and the Twin Cities as two examples of A full statistical report of off-campus study, includ- globalizing urban environments. The program draws ing details on countries of destination and academic on the ideas and expertise of staff in the Internation- major, is available from the International Center or al Center, the Civic Engagement Center, and faculty can be viewed on the web. members in such departments as Geography and American Studies. More information on this evolv- D. Additional Projects ing program will be available in late Fall of 2008. Additional projects undertaken by IC staff include improvements to the IC website, which now fea- C. Study Away Enrollment Summary tures more information regarding scholarships, an Enrollment in off-campus study during the summer updated Parent Resource Center, an on-line Study of 2007 and academic year 2007–2008 involved Abroad application, a calendar of events, and a 317 students in 45 different countries, including revised Handbook for Off-Campus Study; revision nine students on domestic study away in the United of Pre-departure Orientation to include breakout States and Puerto Rico. Using the national statisti- sessions with peer advisors—mostly students who cal methodology recommended by the Institute of had participated in the same program or studied in International Education for comparative purposes the same country as their advisees—to help students in determining the level of off-campus study across better prepare for their upcoming study away expe- U.S. colleges and universities (the number of study rience; creation of an on-line journal published by away participants divided by the number of students the Macalester Library Digital Commons to reward, who received degrees in May 2007), the Macalester highlight, and encourage high quality study abroad College study abroad participation rate was a research and writing; and an enhanced focus on stu- meritorious 70.4% (317/450). dent evaluations of their study away experiences and Macalester College Institute for Global Citizenship

2007–2008 sharing of the evaluations with Macalester academic relevant issues. Course-related projects were com- departments. pleted and presented at an end-of-term community event. Institute For more information on the Macalester College for Global International Center, its programs, and publications, Environmental Studies Leadership Practicum Citizenship please contact the office directly at telephone 651- (Environmental Studies): Led by Professor Roopali Annual 696-6310 or visit the website at www.macalester. Phadke, this was the first offering of a departmental Report edu/internationalcenter. practicum class designed to examine and process themes common in a large number of individual Internship discipline-focused internships. Twenty-one students Program did internships in a wide range of environmental The Macalester College Internship Program facili- organizations, examining the dynamics of leadership tates academically focused, community-based work/ in local, national, and international settings. learning experiences for students. In 2007–2008, Energy Audit Internships (Physics): After teaching 303 students completed internships for academic a class entitled “The Science of Renewable Energy,” credit, working with 216 different community Professor Jim Doyle was approached by a number organizations in locations ranging from a small non- of enthusiastic students wishing to find a practical profit just across the street from campus all the way application of this information in the “real world.” to an embassy in the Philippines. The diversity in They collaborated with the Neighborhood Energy applied work settings reflects the broad interests and Connection to learn how to conduct home energy disciplines of our student body. This has been a year audits that help homeowners take control of their 12 featuring strong themes in public health, immigra- finances and environmental impact. The interns did tion, the environment, finance, social justice, the a significant number of these audits in the Mac- law, and, of course, local and national politics. Groveland and Frogtown neighborhoods of St. Paul.

This past academic year several Macalester profes- While these endeavors sought to connect common sors incorporated internships more deliberately into themed internships together with specific classes, the the way they taught courses, utilizing civic engage- vast majority of the internships done this year were ment as a method to enhance the exploration of individually designed. The rationale for an academic issues addressed in the classroom. These included: internship is that it offers students the opportunity Legislative Politics (Political Science): Professor to engage the world in a way that resonates with Julie Dolan required enrolled students to do con- their own blend of interests, career aspirations, and current 4-credit internships with Minnesota state course of study. Whether these take place on a local, legislators. This provided each intern with extensive national, or international stage, each contributes practical exposure to the political dynamics of the to an individual’s unique development as a global legislative process, vividly illustrating the theory citizen. A selection of interesting internships from taught in class. the past year includes the following:

Schools and Prisons Junior Seminar (American Mirja Benkovic was an operations intern represent- Studies): Professor Karin San Juan taught a class ing the interests of Swedish citizens through the that studied institutional racism in schools and Swedish Embassy in the Philippines, while Priyanka its connection with racism in prisons. Students Mahadevia assisted refugees from East Africa to completed internships with one of five organiza- process Green Card applications at the International tions (the Minnesota Dept. of Corrections, St. Paul Institute of Minnesota. Ramiro Nandez participat- Public Schools, Amicus, The Council on Crime and ed in medical research at the Mayo Clinic College of Justice, and the Ramsey County Public Defenders Medicine, while Matt Wegmann recruited partici- Office) to help gain experience and perspective on pants for 26 clinical research projects through Macalester College Institute for Global Citizenship

Hennepin County Medical Center Emergency role here, where he is now jointly appointed along 2007–2008 Services, and Anna Hankins conducted intake with his longtime presence in Russian Studies. interviews for patients in the Healthcare for the Academic year 2007–2008 marked a transition, as Institute Homeless program in St. Paul. Danielle Turnquist the separation and clarification of the roles of Inter- for Global worked on maintaining impartial, independent national Studies on the one hand, and the Institute Citizenship judicial elections locally with the Minnesota Women for Global Citizenship on the other hand, moved Annual Lawyers group, and then nationally with the Alli- further along. Our “co-habitation” on the fourth eport ance for Justice in Washington, D.C. Katyana Mel- R floor of Carnegie has proved beneficial to all. Hap- ic researched country of origin issues in asylum cases pily, our Department Coordinator, Betsy Salvatore, for the Advocates for Human Rights, Claire Posner became a full-time presence and remains a mainstay staffed legal rights walk-in clinics for the Immigrant of I.S. Of great long-term significance, we are happy Law Center of Minnesota, and Kacy-Ann West did to report the hiring of Amanda Ciafone, who is advocacy work for Hispanic groups and individuals currently completing a Ph.D. at Yale University, to through Centro Legal in St. Paul. Victor Llanque fill our open tenure-track line in global information Zonta worked with the Community Reinvestment and media studies. Amanda brings specializations in Fund to refinance low-income community develop- Latin American media and culture, corporations and ment projects and Katie Clifford investigated ways culture, and many other domains. the University Bank could engage in “Green” bank- ing practices. Becca Scheff helped start an outreach On the student front, four superb honors theses program to the large Liberian population of the were successfully completed by Paul Bisca and Twin Cities, encouraging individuals to understand Jessica Hawkinson (both with Ahmed Samatar), and access the services of the Center for Victims of Katherine Mesner-Hage (with Jim von Geldern), 13 Torture. Six different students were involved with and Alexandra Douglas (with Scott Morgensen of governmental and non-profit organizations in doing Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies). Four of innovative research into creating an environmen- our other seniors—Thomas Klink, Momchil Jelev, tally sustainable, energy efficient, transit-oriented Héctor Pascual Álvarez, and Daniel Pickens-Jones— land use plan for developing the St. Paul Ford Plant graduated summa cum laude in May. Next year’s industrial site. senior class, which will graduate in May 2009, is on track to be the largest I.S. senior class in at least International Studies fifteen years. Our compressed space here does not Department News permit us to report on all of the accomplishments of David Chioni Moore reports that the International our faculty, students, and staff. Studies Department had a strong and exciting year. On a very sad note, we wish to note the untimely We welcomed Humphrey visiting professor Smadar death from cancer in November 2007 of former Lavie to campus from Tel Aviv, and she maintained Macalester International Studies professor Soek- a vivid presence and taught three fine courses on Fang Sim. Soek-Fang was just 35 years old and was Islamic and global issues, including focused offer- affiliated with the University of California at San ings in borderlands, diasporas, and partition societ- Diego. Coming from Singapore and Goldsmith’s ies. Nadya Nedelsky was awarded a richly deserved College of the University of London, she held an tenure and promotion to Associate Professor, and Assistant Professorship with us from 2003 to 2006. we are thrilled to learn that her book, Defining the Soek-Fang was deeply immersed in her profession Sovereign Community, on Czech and Slovak nation- and in the world, which are the poorer for her alisms and their broad implications, will be forth- passing. coming from the University of Pennsylvania Press. After three years teaching in I.S. on a courtesy basis, Jim von Geldern began his first year with an official Macalester College Institute for Global Citizenship

2007–2008 Staff Ms. Halvorsone has participated in several training sessions provided by the Staff Advisory Committee Margaret R. Beegle is an Executive Assistant at the Institute (SAC), such as Better Banner sessions and a Job X Institute for Global Citizenship. Her responsibili- for Global session about on-line resources for supervisors of ties include helping to edit the various journals student workers. To gain a clearer insight into the Citizenship and newsletters, budget duties, and coordinating experiences of Macalester students participating in Annual logistics for The International Roundtables, The study abroad, Halvorsone helped the Study Abroad Report Civic Forums, and other special activities. She is as- Coordinator with the selection of independent tonished that she has reached the 10-year milestone study papers for the new on-line journal. Since at Macalester. The time has passed in the blink of beginning her position she has come to believe that an eye. She works with a number of organizations in working for Macalester includes the wonderful op- the community, including the Haiti Justice Com- portunity to widen one’s intellectual horizons. These mittee and Citizens for Personal Rapid Transit. opportunities have included attending presentations Margaret is curious to explore the “green” features by speakers for the Faculty Development Interna- of the IGC building when its doors open in Spring tional Seminar and reading the book The End of of 2009. Poverty. Consuelo Gutierrez-Crosby ’98, Civic Engage- Christy Heal, Staff Assistant, provides administra- ment Center Student Leadership Coordinator, is tive and program support to the Lilly Project and responsible for the Leaders in Service Program and Civic Engagement Center. She is responsible for the Bonner Community Scholars Program. She is numerous budget lines as well as logistical and event advisor to several student workers who are working planning. She updates the websites, compiles sta- 14 to build sustainable community partnerships. She is tistical data on student involvement, develops and also responsible for annual campus events like Taste maintains databases for tracking and reporting de- of Service and Into the Streets. She participates on partmental activity, designs and creates publication the Macalester Assessment Steering Committee, material, assists with student employment issues, the Campus Programming Committee, and the and manages the day-to-day operations of the office. Women’s History Month Committee. Her profes- Christy serves on the Student Employment Advisory sional service includes attending Bonner Founda- Committee, participates in the Computer Users tion national events and involvement with the Group, and was part of the volunteer test group for Professionals of Color Commission, which provides the college’s new e-mail system. training and networking for local professionals in higher education. This year, she served as Co-Chair Ruth Janisch Lake, Civic Engagement Center of the Macalester Reunion Gift Committee, is active Assistant Director, develops youth-based programs in the state’s Early Childhood and Family Education and college access initiatives with local organiza- program, and contributes to a Parent Committee at tions. She also administers the Off-Campus Student her daughter’s school. Employment Program and co-led the Spring Break service-learning trip to New Orleans. She continues Indra Halvorsone is an Administrative Assistant at to nurture place-based partnerships on issues related the International Center. Her main job responsibili- to St. Paul’s West Side. West Side projects this year ties involve assisting staff and supervising student have varied from individual student projects (in- workers. Since this is her first year of employment cluding multiple Lilly summer internship proposals at the IC, most of her time has been devoted to and a senior capstone project) to course-based pro- familiarizing herself with Macalester College, learn- grams, including toxic site mapping and a neighbor- ing about study abroad and student supervision hood sustainability survey. Ruth was recently elected procedures as well as resources on campus neces- to the West Side Safe Neighborhood Council’s sary for the execution of her administrative role. Board of Directors and served on the Teacher Macalester College Institute for Global Citizenship

Selection Committee for Breakthrough St. Paul. Latham delivered invited presentations at a Ham- 2007–2008 On campus she served on the Social Responsibility line University roundtable on “Globalization and Committee, Staff Advisory Council, and the Educa- War: Toward a ‘Polemology’ of World Order Trans- Institute tional Studies Department Steering Committee. formation,” and a lecture on “The Liberal Arts: An for Global Education for Critical and Engaged Global Citizen- Andrew Latham, Associate Dean of the IGC, had Citizenship ship,” at the Fifth Anniversary Conference, Univer- much of his time consumed by institute and col- Annual sity College, Maastricht University. He was also a legiate service this past academic year. He served Report guest lecturer in the Introduction to Asian Studies as a member of the Task Force on Budget; Steering course, speaking on “Regional Security in the Asia Committee, Ford Foundation Difficult Dialogues Pacific Region,” at Macalester College. grant; Finance Committee, Board of Trustees; Academic Affairs Committee, Board of Trustees; Eily Marlow ’97, Lilly Program Associate, is re- Mellon “Curricular Pathways” Steering Commit- sponsible for the programming of the Lilly Project tee; New Building Steering Committee (IGC); for Vocation and Ethical Leadership. The Lilly Bookstore Advisory Task Force; Academic Stand- Project combines reflection and action to bring ing Committee; the Mitau Chair Search Commit- to light pivotal questions about the meaning and tee; and the Campus Capital Campaign Advisory purpose of one’s life work. She oversees the Lives of Committee. Furthermore, he chaired the Plan- Commitment program in which fifty first-year and ning Committee for the Macalester Civic Forum; sophomore students work an estimated 3,400 hours the Planning Committee for a Concentration in with immigrant and refugee communities. She Global Citizenship (which came to fruition with the leads the Lilly Summer Fellows program in which approval of EPAG in Spring 2008); the College’s students do internships and research while exploring Resource and Planning Committee; and the Joint the values of intentional community, environmental 15 RPC-EPAG Committee for Developing a Frame- sustainability, social responsibility, and vocational work for Adding New Faculty. discernment. She also runs programs for students interested in religious vocations through the Center A book chapter appeared in 2007, entitled, “The for Religious and Spiritual Life. She is the co-mod- Transformation of War,” in Craig Snyder (ed.), Con- erator of the national board “That All May Freely temporary Security and Strategy. Work in progress Serve” and serves on the advisory board for the includes a book prospectus under review at a major Westminster Town Hall Forum. Marlow also leads university press entitled, “Historical Structures of retreats and workshops across the country on GLBT War: Toward a Polemology of World Order Trans- faith-based organizing and reproductive choice. formation.” A major article is under review by the journal International Organization, entitled, “Un- In addition to his overall responsibility as Director derstanding the Crusades: Beyond Realist, Histori- of the International Center mission, programs, and cal Materialist and Constructivist Approaches;” and staff, this year Michael Monahan undertook several another article is being prepared for the European special projects. He co-coordinated the Globaliza- Journal of International Relations (with Kabir Sethi tion in Comparative Perspective year-long study ‘09) entitled, “An Analytic Review of the ‘New abroad program, with specific responsibility for the Wars’ Literature.” January seminar sub-themes of (a) Human Rights, which included seminars at the International In terms of curriculum, Latham has developed a Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia and the new course analyzing the War in Iraq, taught a new Peace Palace in The Hague and (b) Urban Multi- course on War and Imperialism in Islamic Civiliza- culturalism and Global Citizenship, which included tion, and developed and taught Paradigms of Global sessions with immigrants, scholars, and public intel- Citizenship, which is a requirement for the new lectuals in Amsterdam. For this program he also also Global Citizenship certificate. gave lectures at the Maastricht University Center Macalester College Institute for Global Citizenship

2007–2008 for European Studies on “Approaches to Study to liberal arts education and global citizenship. This Abroad Learning: Engagement and Solitude” and included readings by James O. Freedman and Mar- Institute “The Long Approach to Amsterdam: Reflections on tha Nussbaum, and a series of lectures on intellectu- Global Cities.” Monahan undertook planning visits for Global al development. She is continuing to read the Civic to Jerusalem and the West Bank in support of the Forum journal Meditations on Global Citizenship as Citizenship seventh Faculty Development International Semi- well as other articles on international education in Annual nar that focused on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, order to broaden her knowledge of the field. Report working with Israelis and Palestinians in Jerusalem, Naik participated in the NITLE Conference on Bethlehem, Ramallah, Nablus, and Jenin. Technology and the Role of Study Abroad to enhance the way in which the International Center Coupled with a short professional development can use technology to help with study abroad prepa- project on Paris as a Global City, Monahan reviewed ration, advising, and returnee programming. eight different study abroad programs in Paris. He also undertook an on-site evaluation of the SIT Paul Nelson is the Study Abroad Coordinator at program in Oman; served as an external reviewer of the International Center. He oversees the student international programs at Pomona College; acted as contact aspects of off-campus study: advising, ori- Macalester’s liaison officer to the Associated Colleges entation, participation in departmental and college- of the Midwest (ACM); completed his second year wide information sessions (such as the Spring and on the Partnership Council of the School for Inter- Fall Samplers); student evaluation of the off-campus national Training (Vermont); and delivered a paper programs, meetings with program representatives on “Great Centers of Intellectual Achievement” as and Macalester faculty and staff from other col- part of a panel on Global Cities at the CIEE confer- lege offices; and collecting study away statistics. 16 ence in Toronto. Closer to home, he coordinated the Since joining Macalester in August of 2007, he has 2007 External Review of the International Center; reconfigured pre-departure orientation, introduced served on the Ford Foundation Difficult Dialogues a system for keeping track of student advising, and Committee; and chaired the faculty and staff com- created an on-line journal of Macalester student mittee that is developing the new study abroad research and writing from study away projects. He program, Global Cities in Comparative Perspective, has also initiated the practice of sending copies of all in London and the Twin Cities. student evaluations of study abroad programs to the chairs of the interested departments, to keep them Study Abroad Advisor Aditi Naik’s primary role in abreast of what their majors are doing off campus the International Center has been to serve as the and which programs are meeting Macalester’s high first contact for students planning study abroad academic and cross-cultural expectations. experiences. This responsibility includes one-on-one advising sessions as well as evening group sessions. In terms of professional development, Nelson at- Ms. Naik has also taken on tasks related to advising, tended the IES national conference in November, such as updating the International Center webpage, the ACM study abroad directors’ meeting in January reorganizing the Study Abroad Library, meeting (both in Chicago), and the ACM student focus with Program Representatives, organizing Study group sessions in Northfield, Minnesota. What he Abroad Orientation, and managing the receipt and has found most professionally productive has been processing of (nearly 300!) study abroad proposals. reading over 400 Macalester study abroad proposals, Having had significant international experiences participating in over 100 individual advising ses- herself, Naik is using her academic work in interna- sions, attending six departmental forums on study tional affairs and development to advise students on abroad, convening four conversations with groups global citizenship. As a newly appointed staff mem- of returned students, and meeting with 30 ber to the IC, Naik chose to focus her professional study abroad program representatives. Relevant development on readings and conferences pertaining reading has included the Macalester/Maastricht Macalester College Institute for Global Citizenship

Essays, President Rosenberg’s “World Class” paper, annual meeting in October. During the last week of 2007–2008 the Civic Forum volume “Meditations on Global May, she participated in the annual NAFSA Associa- Citizenship,” and more than twenty Macalester tion for International Educators national conference Institute student papers from study abroad programs. in Washington D.C., with a focus on deepening for Global relationships and curricular matches with overseas Assistant Director Paula Paul-Wagner oversees all Citizenship direct enrollment partners. She also conducted an IC and study abroad fiscal affairs; manages advising Annual on-site evaluation of the Butler Institute for Study and administration for Macalester study abroad pro- Report Abroad’s programs in Buenos Aires and Mendoza, grams in South Africa, the Netherlands, Austria, and Argentina, with special emphasis on a program track Germany; acts in the IC Director’s absence; works in human rights to correlate with Macalester’s newly closely with the Study Abroad Advisor and Coordi- adopted academic concentration on the same topic. nator on study abroad policy issues; and coordinates aspects of special projects, such as the Faculty De- Michael Porter is the Director of the Internship velopment International Seminar and international Program and responsible for facilitating all academic visitors. Her professional activities in 2007–08 were internships at Macalester College, working with stu- highlighted by her on-site evaluation of the Macal- dents, faculty, and community partners to optimize ester-Pomona-Swarthmore Consortium’s Globaliza- the quality and breadth of experiential opportuni- tion and the Natural Environment study abroad ties. He actively supported several professors who program in Cape Town, South Africa. Arriving in were teaching classes (the Environmental Leadership January allowed her to evaluate the initial experi- Practicum, Legislative Politics, Schools and Prisons, ences of students in the program, including orienta- and the Chuck Green Civic Engagement Fellowship tion sessions, introduction to the University of Cape class) that included companion internships, helping 17 Town (UCT) campus and its services, historical to identify and arrange relationships with commu- tour focused on the urban and social development nity organizations. Porter has also worked with the of Cape Town, and field-based lectures on the flora Political Science Department and college adminis- and fauna of the Cape peninsula affected by envi- tration to help several students obtain funding and ronmental challenges like climate change. She also enroll in a Washington Center Internship seminar observed lectures, participated in group discussions, connected to the upcoming Republican National and assessed the academic content of the January Convention in St. Paul. seminar co-taught by faculty from Swarthmore To enhance his role as a resource to students and College and UCT. After five years of leadership, Ms. faculty by facilitating community connections, he is Paul-Wagner successfully transitioned Macalester’s active in a number of internship-focused profession- role as lead institution for the Consortium to al organizations. He serves on Advisory Committees Swarthmore College during the Summer and Fall of for the Neighborhood Program for Community 2007. She will continue to be instrumental in the Revitalization, HECUA’s Partners Internship Pro- recruitment and advising of Macalester students for gram, and the planning committee for the Idealist. the program and represents Macalester within the org Non-Profit Job/Internship Fair. He is past chair Consortium. and current treasurer for the Minnesota Association Ms. Paul-Wagner served in key roles as chair of the for Experiential Learning and a member of the Na- Study Abroad Review Committee, a member on tional Association for Experiential Education, whose both the 100 Projects for Peace and Global Citizen- national convention he attended. He also conducted ship Award selection committees, and a second year 67 internship site visits to evaluate the quality of on the General Education (Internationalism) Re- the student’s learning experiences and to help foster quirements Committee. In addition, she is a mem- positive working relationships with the host com- ber of the National Advisory Committee for the munity organizations. Butler Institute for Study Abroad and attended their Macalester College Institute for Global Citizenship

2007–2008 On campus, Porter has been an active member the greatest living Somali oud player and major of the Institute for Global Citizenship Advisory lyric composer, last December and the transcrip- Institute Committee, the Community and Global Health tion-cum-translation has been completed. Samatar for Global Concentration Planning Committee, the Education delivered numerous academic and civic lectures. Department Steering Committee, and the Mellon Examples are: “The Diaspora and Reconstruc- Citizenship Curricular Pathways Grant Steering Committee. tion in Somalia,” The Hague, Netherlands; “At the Annual This past academic year, he chaired the Global Intersection of Faith, History and Politics: Muslims Report Citizenship Student Award Committee, a group and the Age of Globalization,” Royal D. Alworth responsible for developing award criteria, promot- Memorial Lecture, Institute of International Stud- ing the opportunity to the Macalester community, ies, University of Minnesota-Duluth; “U.S. Strate- reviewing applications, and planning a public gic Interests and the Horn of Africa,” Department presentation by the finalists. However, his primary of the Army, Fort Belvoir, Virginia; “The Great role continues to be helping students find relevant, Clash: Clanism and Nationalism in Somali Politi- quality internships. The process of brainstorming, cal Context,” Djibouti, East Africa; “High Stakes searching, preparing resumes, reviewing learning in the Horn of Africa: The Somali, Ethiopian, and contracts, and problem resolution resulted in over American Encounters,” The Royal African Society, 1,200 significant student contacts in the past year. London; “Globalization: A Janus-Faced Phenom- enon,” Westminster Presbyterian Church, Minne- Janice Rossbach is the Departmental Coordinator apolis; “The Role of the International Community for the Internship Program. She has been instru- in Peace-Making and Reconstruction of Somalia,” mental in helping to manage the significant admin- Institute of Social Studies, The Hague, Netherlands; istrative demands of a program whose utilization and “To Be a Muslim and a Citizen in America,” 18 has grown by 40% in the past five years. She is Dearborn, Michigan. Samatar was interviewed by responsible for managing the database of registered the BBC, Al-Jazeera International, PBS News Hour, interns; coordinating all formal communications Chicago Public Radio, and Minnesota Public Radio. with students, faculty, and community partners; and Samatar ended his tenure as Chairman of the Board distributing evaluative data regarding internships to of Directors of the Somali National Civic Forum, faculty sponsors. She manages the department’s day- continues his role as editor-in-chief of Bildhaan, and to-day operations and resources, tracks the budget, supervised two tutorials: Elizabeth Larson ’10, “Sus- and supervises the program’s student workers. tainable Development: South Africa;” and Samantha Ahmed Ismail Samatar is Dean of the Institute for Robinson ’10, “The Reconfiguration of Citizenship: Global Citizenship. He edited the maiden volume Strategies for the Inclusion and Incorporation of of The Macalester/Maastricht Essays (Macalester Immigrants and Ethnic Minorities.” International, Vol. 20), which features the major Paul Schadewald, Civic Engagement Center student papers—thus beginning a new tradition for Associate Director, helps integrate community-based the Institute. He co-led the January 3–23, 2008, learning and research into academic courses and seminar in Maastricht. Among his published work enhance the college’s understanding of Macalester’s this year is “The Porcupine Dilemma: Governance place in its urban environment. A major project and Transition in Somalia,” Bildhaan: An Interna- this year was coordinating the opening of “Right on tional Journal of Somali Studies, Vol. 7 (2007). This Lake Street,” an exhibit at the Minnesota Histori- is a special volume commissioned by the Heinrich cal Society that involved 12 classes over 3 years in Böll Foundation and the United Nations Develop- research and design. Schadewald helped lead events ment Program (UNDP). Samatar edited and intro- about the project for the Macalester College’s Alum- duced the volume. He also conducted an extensive ni Board, Family Weekend, Alumni Office program- interview with Ahmed Ismail Hussein, (Hodeide), ming, and Staff/Faculty Annual Social Event. He Macalester College Institute for Global Citizenship

also helped lead presentations about the project at events such as the IGC Global Advisory Board 2007–2008 Harvard University’s meeting on Innovations in meeting, a Macalester Trustee Committee meeting, Higher Education, the Bonner Foundation’s Com- the Project Pericles® National Conference, and the Institute munity-Based Research Conference, and the Minne- Macalester Capital Campaign. She often consults for Global sota Campus Compact’s Civic Engagement Practi- with programs around the country and the world Citizenship tioners gathering. On campus, he has continued to that are developing or enhancing civic engagement Annual develop the Bonner Foundation’s Community-Based or global citizenship programs. This year she spoke Report Research Initiative and Project Pericles’® Academic with representatives from schools in Colorado, Iowa, Civic Engagement Grants to support the work of Washington, Ireland, the Netherlands, China, and faculty pursuing course-based civic engagement. He South Africa, among others. On campus, she served co-led the summer Bush Foundation Urban Faculty on the Mellon Foundation Curricular Pathways Seminar to orient faculty members in civic engage- Steering Committee, the IGC Advisory Board, the ment best practices and he led an orientation on Global Citizenship Concentration Task Force, the issues and neighborhoods in the Twin Cities as part Center for Scholarship and Teaching Advisory Com- of new faculty orientation. He served on the Com- mittee, and the President’s Council. She was also a munity and Global Health Concentration planning Building Leader for the Capital Campaign. In addi- committee, the Mellon Foundation Curricular tion, she assisted with several new hires on campus Pathways Steering Committee, the IGC Advisory and served as an outside reviewer for a Campus Life Board, and the working group that is planning the review. She also served as an outside reviewer for a IGC’s Global Cities program. He co-led the training statewide grant for Campus-Community Collabora- for new civic engagement staff at Minnesota col- tion offered by Minnesota Campus Compact and leges hosted by the Minnesota Campus Compact. the state of Minnesota. She continues to administer 19 He gave presentations on civic engagement at the the 100 Projects for Peace Program at Macalester as Association of American Geographers Annual Meet- well as co-advise the IGC Student Council, along ing in Boston, the University of Minnesota’s Series with the Dean of Multicultural Life, Tommy Woon. on the Changing Geographies of Race, and a faculty She oversees several grants and strengthens relation- meeting at St. Olaf College. He was one of several ships for the college with community members and local historians gathered by Minneapolis Mayor organizations, alumni, and donors. In the com- R.T. Rybak as a focus group to offer suggestions and munity, she is active in public education issues and feedback for Minneapolis’ 150th Anniversary as a contributes through various leadership roles within city. Schadewald continues to research the legacy of her church community. Holden Village as part of a 5-member interdisciplin- ary research team. He serves on the nonprofit Board of Directors for the Family Place, a day shelter in St. Paul for homeless families, serves on the South Africa Committee for Open Arms of Minnesota, and is an active member of the Twin Cities Lutheran Volunteer Corps Support Committee.

Karin Trail-Johnson, Associate Dean of the IGC and Director of the Civic Engagement Center, also serves as Project Pericles® Director and Co-Direc- tor of the Lilly Project for Vocation and Ethical Leadership. This past year she co-hosted the Bonner Foundation’s Community-Based Research Confer- ence at Macalester and delivered presentations at Macalester College Institute for Global Citizenship

2007–2008 Institute for Global Campuswide Advisory Citizenship Student Committee Institute Ahmed I. Samatar, Dean of IGC for lobal Council G Diane Michelfelder, Provost The IGCSC serves as a planning committee for Citizenship Laurie Hamre, Vice President for Student Affairs student-initiated projects, and a source for student Annual Lucy Forster-Smith, Chaplain representation in the IGC programs and committees. Report Jane Rhodes, Dean for the Study of Race and The group, made up of standing campus representa- Ethnicity tives, has weekly meetings, which are open to all Andrew Latham, Associate Dean of IGC students. Karin Trail-Johnson, Associate Dean of IGC Michael Monahan, Director of the International During the Fall of 2007 the IGC Student Council Center offered a 4-part series of events called “Students Michael Porter, Director of the Internship Office Living Global Citizenship.” The series provided Jan Serie, Center for Scholarship and Teaching an opportunity for students to share information Paul Schadewald, Assoc. Director of the Civic with the campus about their participation in recent Engagement Center IGC programs that foster global citizenship and Kendrick Brown, Chair of Educational Policy and inspire discussion of what global citizenship means Governance Committee Tommy L. Woon, Dean of Multicultural Life at Macalester. Federico Segura ’09/Hector Pascual Alvarez ’08 Students were also invited to meet with the mem- Danni Sigwalt ’08 bers of the IGC Student Council so it could best Global 20 represent student interests to the IGC. Timothy Den Herder-Thomas ’09 spoke about his experi- Advisory Board ence at the Goldman Sachs Global Leaders Institute. Kofi Annan ’61, Former Secretary-General of the United Nations A student panel followed with reflections on global Lloyd Axworthy, President, University of Winnipeg, citizenship and leadership. Former Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs After an informed student survey indicated that Julian Bond, Chairman, NAACP students wanted to learn more about the current Harry Boyte, Director, Center for Democracy and Citizenship, Humphrey Institute, University of war and its implications, the IGC Student Council Minnesota sponsored a 3-part Iraq War Series. During the Lord Daniel Brennan, QC, Chair, Caux week of Feb. 18–22 a number of faculty agreed to International Roundtable, Former Chair of the lecture or hold a discussion during a regular class pe- Bar of England and Wales riod on the Iraq War as it relates to their discipline. Arne Carlson, Former Minnesota Governor The IGC Student Council received the College’s Francis Deng, Special Advisor to the UN Secretary- General for the Prevention of Genocide and Mass Civil Discourse Award in recognition of its fine Atrocities, and Research Professor, Johns Hopkins work on the Iraq War Series and other events. University Philip Geier, Executive Director, Davis United The IGCSC also hosted several events explaining World Scholars Program the contours of the new IGC to the general student George Latimer, Former Mayor of Saint Paul, body. Minnesota Thomas E. Lovejoy, President, Heinz Center for MACALESTER Office of the Institute for Global Citizenship Science, Economics and the Environment COLLEGE Macalester College Walter F. Mondale ’50, Former Vice President of the 1600 Grand Avenue United States Saint Paul, Minnesota 55105 Carleen K. Rhodes, President, The Saint Paul Foundation (651) 696-6332 Brian C. Rosenberg, President, Macalester College www.macalester.edu