BSU as a Global Campus: Present, Challenges, and the Future

This roundtable brings together faculty and administrators to discuss the internationalization of BSU and its future directions. We explore the concept of global campus through the perspectives of strategic partnerships, curricular reform in global and area studies, teaching and study abroad, service learning, language requirements, MOOC and internet based learning, etc. Dean Lisa Battaglino, Drs. Jabbar Al-Obaidi, Christian Delaunay, Fernanda Ferreira and Wing-kai To will offer their varying perspectives. To what extent can BSU become a university that educates students as global citizens? What are the current challenges and future aspirations of the University? This roundtable invites the audience to participate in discussing the scholarly, pedagogical, educational and cultural ideals of a global campus