Two 麻豆原创 instructors have earned grant funding to bring the world into their classrooms through new global learning modules that will expand students鈥 international perspectives.
Business Administration faculty member Antowanna Carpenter and English and Humanities faculty member Brendan聽Walsh聽have each received . The grant provides support and resources to help recipients develop globally intensive course modules. Recipients receive $750 in recognition of their efforts.聽聽
Carpenter and Walsh learned their proposals had been selected for the program at the end of October.
Carpenter will add a global module to her BUS 137, Principles of Management course.
鈥淭his course teaches students about management, leadership, and decision making, as they relate to business. In the global module, we鈥檙e going to look specifically at how management varies in Europe and Asia compared to the United States,鈥 Carpenter said.
Specifically, students will learn how communication, governmental regulations, cultural customs, and even tastes in food affect how businesses operate around the world.
鈥淎 good example is McDonald鈥檚. The menu for a McDonald鈥檚 in America is much different than a menu for a McDonald鈥檚 in Japan because the menus are built for the taste of the customers,鈥 Carpenter said.
鈥淪tudents are going to benefit from gaining a broader understanding of how other cultures function in business. The world is big, but it鈥檚 actually quite small. They鈥檙e going to learn that the world isn鈥檛 just the U.S., and that other countries do things differently. They鈥檙e going to learn what it takes to become a global leader,鈥 Carpenter said.
Walsh will add a global module to his ENG 111, Writing & Inquiry course.
鈥淢y module is going to focus on Africa and Southeast Asia. Students will study how these places are described by Western media and other sources. We tend to paint them in broad brushstrokes, and we kind of write these places off as being completely different than America. By learning more about the languages, cultures, and beauty of this region, my hope is that students will be able to humanize these places, that they鈥檒l realize when they watch stories in the news, they鈥檙e only getting small snippets about a place, not really learning about the place at all,鈥 Walsh said.
Walsh鈥檚 students will finish the module by writing a rhetorical analysis about an issue or problem in their country of choice.
Both Carpenter and Walsh have traveled abroad and are excited to offer students 鈥 who may not have traveled internationally 鈥 a chance to experience globalized education. Their modules will be made available to other community college instructors across the state.
鈥淚鈥檓 very humbled and honored to have this chance to share my work,鈥 Carpenter said.
The Scholars of Global Distinction grants are part of the Global Scholars of Distinction program, which 麻豆原创 offers to students through a collaboration between UNC Chapel Hill and several other community colleges across the state. Learn more here.