Global Educational Forum

 

Global Educational Forum on Culture, Research and Teaching

-Globalization, Sport and Development-

April 5, 2012

 

Sport has the power to change the world, to inspire, and to unite people in a way that little else can.

–Nelson Mandela

Higher education is operating within an increasingly global environment, necessitating the development and promotion of curricula that impact students’ learning and participation within and outside the United States. One area that fulfills this consideration is the campus-wide Global Educational Forum offered each year at the University of Georgia. The 2012 UGA Global Educational Forum is a university-wide comprehensive platform for a dialogue on sport and development in a globalized economy. The theme of the forum is Globalization, Sport, and Development, with an emphasis on a multidisciplinary understanding of sport as grounded in research, teaching and service. The forum brings together faculty scholars and students from across the university to share their perspectives and experiences related to sport and development in global environments.

Forum goals include the following:

  • Dialogue about the state of the art research in sport and development
  • Share ways on how sport promotes revitalization of economically deprived communities
  • Discuss sports operations and management in global environments
  • Provide perspectives on culturally and socially responsive sport-based developments in developing countries

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Call for Abstracts 

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Submission Information:

Student poster presentations focus on global studies including service-based activities. Abstracts should be no longer than 250 words (and include the title, and presenter’s name and department affiliation).

Poster session time: 2:00-3:15pm, April 5, 2012. Students must put up their posters between 8:00am and 9:30am, and remove them by 7:00pm

Plan to be by your poster at least 10 minutes before 2:00pm. Poster presentation is form 2:00-3:15pm, April 5. Make sure your poster has an abstract that contains a purpose, method, results, and conclusions if data based or has an objective of the paper, procedures, thematic perspectives, and implications if not data based. A poster is preceded by an abstract of no more than 250 words. Key terms used in the paper are listed immediately below the abstract.

Top three poster presenters will each receive a monetary award, a certificate and a T-shirt (three graduate students and three undergraduate students). The rest of the presenters will each receive a certificate of participation.

  • Abstracts Reviewers: TBD
  • Deadline for the submission of abstracts: Monday, March 29, 2012
  • Notification date: Tuesday, March 30, 2012
  • Where to send abstracts: Submit abstracts and any questions to the program chair, Rose Chepyator-Thomson, at jchepyat@uga.edu
  • When: Thursday, April 5, 2012
  • Registration: Free and it is an On-Site Registration for all campus-wide faculty and staff, students, guests, and visitors
  • Where: Tate Student Center, Grand Hall-A, B, & C

Program Director
Rose Chepyator-Thomson, Professor, Kinesiology.

Mission

The mission of the Global Educational Forum (GEF) is to provide faculty and students an opportunity to share their research, teaching, and service activities as contextualized within UGA’s diverse academic disciplines. The forum brings together a wide cross-section of faculty from the University to discuss their research and teaching efforts to promote cross-cultural understanding and participation in global societies. Graduate and undergraduate students get the opportunity to share their research studies and service learning experiences.

Chief Advisors:

Dr. Kavita Pandit, Associate Provost, Office of International Education;
Dr. Michelle Garfield, Associate Provost, Office of Institutional Diversity;
Dr. Michael Ferrara, Associate Dean for Research, College of Education,
Dr. Ron Cervero, Associate Dean for Public Service and Outreach, College of Education.

Members of the Advisory Committee

Paul Duncan (Latin American and Caribbean Studies Institute);
Akinloye Ojo (African Studies Institute);
Diane Napier (Workforce Education, Leadership, & Social Foundations);
William Kisaalita (Biological & Agricultural Engineering);
John Mativo (Workforce Education, Leadership, & Social Foundations),
Billy Hawkins (Kinesiology),
Michelle Commeyras (Language and Literacy).