Oklahoma Global Education
“Recognizing the importance of Oklahoma’s international connections, teachers must equip students with greater international knowledge and skills in order to compete in the global economy.”
— Oklahoma Governor Brad Henry
WHAT'S NEW? The Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education, in collaboration with the State Department of Education, will host the Oklahoma International Education Summit in September 2010. The summit’s focus is building global competence in schools. The summit will be a working series of sessions dealing with issues on leadership, teacher/leader preparation and professional development, and curriculum and instruction in the global age. Educators and other stakeholders who support international education will be invited to participate in the summit’s events. Recommendations for furthering global competence in Oklahoma’s schools will be disseminated to various statewide stakeholders after the summit and posted on the SDE website.
The applications for the 2011-12 National Security Education Program’s David L. Boren scholarships for undergraduate students and fellowships for graduate students are now available at www.borenawards.org. Boren Awards provide unique funding opportunities for U.S. students to study in Africa, Asia, Central and Eastern Europe, Eurasia, Latin America, and the Middle East, where they can add important international and language components to their educations.
Boren Scholarships provide up to $20,000 for an academic year’s study abroad. Boren Fellowships provide up to $30,000 for language study and international research. The application deadline for the Boren Fellowship is Feb. 1, and the deadline for the Boren Scholarship is Feb. 10.
Please contact the Boren Awards staff at boren@iie.org or 800.618.NSEP with any questions.
The focus of global education is the relationship of the world's cultures and systems and the connections of human beings and their common fate, regardless of the national boundaries within which they live.
Our diverse Oklahoma education heritage has been forged by challenges and a pioneering spirit. From one-room schoolhouses to our modern classrooms that are some of the nation's most technologically advanced, Oklahoma educators always look beyond the horizon.
Our learners rely on digitized formats to access information and participate in globalized commerce. There is a whole new world to learn about – one in which we are more acutely aware and engaged. As educators and learners, we are also ambassadors who manifest the intent of our schooling systems and share fundamental traits of our communities by providing our students with wider and deeper international knowledge.
For more information about Oklahoma Global Education, contact Erin Taylor, Ph.D., 405.225.9163 or etaylor@osrhe.edu, or Saeed Sarani, M.B.A., 405.225.9192 or ssarani@osrhe.edu.
Campus Global Initiatives
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