Drake Institute to hold webinar on intercultural competence on March 23

The Michael V. Drake Institute for Teaching and Learning will present the webinar "Assessing and Developing Intercultural Competence" on Tuesday, March 23 from 3:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. (registration required). Cindy Jiang, Office of International Affairs, and Janice M. Aski and April Weintritt, Department of French and Italian, will report on a longitudinal study on the development of Intercultural Competence (ICC) in students enrolled in the elementary Italian language sequence (IT1101-1103). They will begin by describing how the training interventions were incorporated into each course, what the interventions, the in-class debriefing discussions, and the post-intervention reflections looked like, as well as how students were tested on this work.

This will be followed by a presentation on how instructors responded to the reflections and the exam responses and a brief discussion on how instructor training on inclusive teaching will help instructors manage these delicate interactions.

Finally, they will report on how data for the longitudinal study was collected and assessed and the results of this study in terms of the impact of the ICC interventions on students’ ICC development.

Grad School to hold Fulbright Program virtual info sessions

During the week of March 15, there will be daily information sessions for students interested in learning more about the Fulbright U.S. Student Program, which funds a year abroad to teach English or conduct research. Students graduating on or before Summer 2022 and graduate students will be eligible to apply, but all students from all majors are invited to attend. Sessions will provide an overview of the awards, eligibility, selection criteria, and the application process. Graduate Students interested in the Fulbright Program are encouraged to attend.