Education

Educating for the 21st Century

PROGRAMS:

Model APEC Simulation

With the University of Cincinnati, the Global Center will host its annual Model APEC Program in February 2007. All high schools are invited to participate in a student simulation of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum.

APEC summits cover topics ranging from trade and investment to environmental concerns to global politics and the war on terrorism. Give your students an advantage to gain in-depth knowledge of APEC countries, bargaining and diplomatic skills, and exposure to high-speed high-volume communications in a globalized world.

Model APEC is the only such program we know of, and well received. In 2004, there were 50 enthusiastic students, and in 2005, 125 from 12 schools. In 2006, almost 200 students participated and their experience was improved through a generous donation from National City Bank.

Model APEC aims to become a Region-wide program in 2007 including over 20 schools/countries

To participate in Model APEC please call 513-621-2320 or wacgc@globalcincinnati.org

Passport to the World

Program where international visitors go to regional schools to expand students' world understanding through personal interaction and dialogue. Up to 8 elementary public and private, urban and suburban schools in Greater Cincinnati participate annually in a program started in 1997. Since its inception, well over 10,000 students have participated. In 2004, 7 participating schools received 15 visitors who met with 900 students.

Global Citizens Speaker Program:

This new program will seek out university students and faculty, professionals, and community members in Cincinnati whose discipline is relevant to international affairs. The Global Center will place these "Global Citizens" in social studies classrooms at a local high school, to speak about trade, social and other international links and their significance for the Greater Cincinnati Region. This program is a perfect way to add an international dimension to the classroom.

World in Transition

The multi-media program educates teachers about six specific regions of the world, namely Europe, the Middle East, East Asia, Africa, Latin America, and the former Soviet Union. Currently, the program already benefits 30,000 teachers and 1.5 million students nation-wide. World in Transition will improve the quality of international affairs education in area high schools dramatically. The program provides college and teacher training, and lively teacher and student materials.

Junior World Affairs Councils

The Center supports middle school and high school World Affairs Clubs throughout the Region by sending experts, visitors, diplomats, and policy leaders to schools, as well as offering invitations for students to attend regular WAC events (like Academic WorldQuest) free of charge. These clubs foster student interest in international affairs and prepare students for leadership in a global environment. The purpose of these clubs is to allow students to study global economic, environmental, political, and cultural issues. In September 2005, the UK Consul-General in Chicago addressed 400 pupils at Mason High School, and in October 2005, the Minister for Political Affairs, Embassy of India, Washington DC, addresses 250 pupils at Walnut Hills High School.

Academic WorldQuest

An academic contest that pits teams from local high schools against each other in a competition for points based on knowledge of world events, politics, geography, and culture. As in 2005 and previous years, the winning team will receive an expenses-paid trip to Washington, D.C. to represent Cincinnati in the national Academic WorldQuest competition. A well-known figure in international affairs will be featured as a keynote speaker.

College Consortium on International Education (CCIE)

Since 1963, the World Affairs Council of Greater Cincinnati has been working with the College Consortium on International Education (CCIE) to provide quality resources that allow member institutions, independent undergraduate liberal arts colleges on Ohio, Indiana, and Kentucky, to enhance their international scope. Each of the member institutions is committed to international studies, and sustains a concerted international education effort for the benefit of their students.

The basic elements holding the consortium together are similar institutional status, reasonable geographic proximity, commitment to a shared philosophy and endeavor, regular participation, and central administrative support. Underlying this are the most fundamental elements, the spirit of cooperation, free exchange, and the continuing assumption of responsibility. This collaborative ethos sustains the essential vitality and usefulness of the consortium.

Anderson University, Anderson, Indiana
Berea College, Berea, Kentucky
Bluffton College, Bluffton, Ohio
Earlham College, Richmond, Indiana
The University of Findlay, Findlay, Ohio
Franklin College, Franklin, Indiana
Georgetown College, Georgetown, Kentucky
Hanover College, Hanover, Indiana
Heidelberg College, Tiffin, Ohio
Ohio Northern University, Ada, Ohio
Taylor University, Upland, Indiana
Thomas More College, Crestview Hills, KY
Wittenberg University, Springfield, Ohio