Maryland Cluster. A cooperation between Howard Community College, Frederick Community College, and the Community College of Baltimore County 1

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1 Maryland Cluster A cooperation between Howard Community College, Frederick Community College, and the Community College of Baltimore County 1

2 CCBC Global Education program- students engage in globalized courses Special Topics Courses that can focus on Asiancentered topics Frederick Core course infusement; Module development Development of new courses Howard Community College HCC has already developed an Asian Studies program Asian-focused courses are developed and on the books for the next academic year A snapshot of colleges 2

3 YEAR ONE Tapping into local resources in Baltimore and Washington, DC How to create awareness for and raise excitement about Asian Studies at our three campuses 3

4 Building off of Professor Yongue s student interest in meditation as practice Building off of all three college s robust nursing programs Request distinguished lecturer to speak on Eastern vs Western medicine; holistic meditation Utilize the History of Medicine department at Johns Hopkins Since JHU Medical School is local, we would have the funds for possibly two speakers: one at CCBC (tap Baltimore public) and another at FCC (tap Frederick public); money for buses from the other colleges for students/faculty to both events; lecture in morning, vegetarian lunch with informal Q&A with speaker, meditation in the afternoon Speaker on Eastern Medicine 4

5 Howard Community College Film Series with guest lecturers Frederick Community College Asian Food event CCBC Dance/Theater/Music Event International Education Week 5

6 Year Two Furthering our Asian Studies curricula across campuses Professional development for faculty Student engagement 6

7 Conference for faculty at Maryland Community Colleges is hosted this year at Frederick Community College Goal: ramp college investment and faculty interest in Asian Studies ASDP fellows will present our work in syllabus/module development and globalizing curricula with Asian focus; Invite a speaker from the University of Maryland to discuss Asian Studies course/curriculum development at a 4yr; Invite a speaker from our supercluster to discuss travel studies; Get input from faculty here to choose mentor AFAC Conference at FCC on Jan 11-13,

8 Travel Study to Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand (3 weeks) Focus on religion, culinary arts, art/literature, history, and current events Promotion of HCC s current Culture and Language travel studies to China (3 weeks) Cross promotion with Philadelphia Cluster Summer Travel Study 8

9 From ASDP: Lecture on Philosophy tie into identity, religion, economics, etc Two Globalists: Yi Fu Tuan University of Wisconsin, Madison (cultural geography, political science, contemporary issues); Anirban Basu (economist); First Choice: Film Specialist: TBA Second Choice: Literature/Art Specialist: TBA Supercluster involvement? work with the supercluster film faculty to identify scholar David Foster redoing downtown Camden to make it more accessible perhaps invite him to come to speak on urban geography Subject Matter experts 9

10 Year Three End goals for colleges Research and dissemination 10

11 CCBC Asian Studies focus under our current Global Ed program Approval for Asian Studies course Howard Additional new courses under Asian Studies Program and Asian infusion via modules across the curriculum Frederick Asian Studies Content Development across our Humanities Cultural Geography Freshman Seminar Small Group Communication Intercultural Communication Development of Global Ed program Individual College Goals 11

12 Possible Topics Research on pedagogy and process of developing Asian studies curricula Individual faculty and faculty collaborations across campuses encouraged to produce scholarly research relevant to course material Research and Dissemination 12