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Faculty Receive Awards for Global Program Excellence

Global Studies Director Receives Award for Excellence in Education Abroad

Phoebe Crisman (Global Studies, Architecture) was chosen to receive an award for Excellence in Education Abroad by the Office of the Executive Vice President and Provost and the Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs. The award considers those who have demonstrated excellent leadership in developing study abroad programs, excellent fostering of study abroad, and/or excellent teaching of study abroad courses, as well as faculty who develop or teach courses with a strong international component that fosters a student’s global engagement and promotes global imagination within the university community. Crisman has served as director of the Global Studies program since 2019 and has led numerous study abroad programs in Greece, India, and England. “Teaching is a learning adventure,” said Crisman. "With a pedagogy of engaged, place-based learning that encourages critical thought, creativity and collaboration, I seek to inspire a love of both theoretical and practical exploration.”

Cville Tulips volunteers work with kids to make art

Faculty Team Receives Public Service Award for Work with Refugee Communities

Elizabeth Wittner (Center for American English Language & Culture), Bonnie Gordon (Music), and Fern Hauck (Family Medicine) were chosen to receive an award for Collaborative Excellence in Public Service by the Public Service Award Selection Committee for their work with local refugee communities through Cville Tulips and the International Family Medicine Clinic. Through these two initiatives, they work with students, faculty, and staff across grounds to offer culturally responsive English, Health Education, and youth programming to recently arrived Afghan and Syrian women. “Cville Tulips emerged as a local effort to ameliorate some of the painful consequences of a humanitarian crisis, the massive displacement of Afghan people,” they said in a statement. “Our research aims to mitigate the barriers that Afghan and Syrian women face in accessing healthcare and to provide global opportunities for undergraduates, medical students and Residents.”