Global Engagement Office
Cheney International Center
1000 E University Ave
Laramie, WY 82071
Phone: 1-307-766-3677
Email: global@uwyo.edu
Published November 03, 2023
By Greg Ronco
Highlights from the latest Center for Global Studies newsletter. Student ventures, research, awards, presentations, and our latest Scotland trip are all featured. Check out the full newsletter for more.
CGS helped students and scholars across 54 departments engage with 56 countries last year.
In 2022-23, we supported 26 students, with awards totaling $56,600. All these awards were made possible by individual donations and the ongoing support of the Harris and Ellbogen endowments.
Haley Moon at the University of Surrey
Kofi Kusi in Ghana
Jeff Dolphin in Mongolia
As usual, we had a very busy year, filled with event after event. From an action-packed International Education week (we had fifteen student presenters and an amazing keynote speaker in Aziz Abu Sarah) to an equally lively Scotland Week, we showcased research, highlighted faculty, promoted partnerships, and developed more than a little community interest in Highland dancing.
Along the way, we launched UW in Jerusalem, took our first alumni community trip to the Lowlands and Borderlands with UW in Scotland, helped host Día de los Muertos at the Art Museum and American Heritage Center, celebrated previous and future Fulbright recipients, hosted five colleagues from across Southeast Asia (through YSEALI), and held three fantastic presentations in Centennial.
Check out our YouTube page to see any events you might have missed.
This year, we recognized four colleagues for their extraordinary efforts: Jean Garrison (founder of CGS), Stephanie Anderson (Chair of the School of Politics, Public Affairs and International Studies), Arthur Zhu (Kinesiology and Health, and founder of the UW/Shanghai University of Sport program), and Eric Nigh (leader of programs focused on the Middle East).
We also continued our collaboration with Research and Economic Development to support colleagues who are working to host international conferences in Wyoming. Winners of funding for 2023 were Nicole Crawford (UW Art Museum) for "Stealing Culture: A Global Approach to Repatriation and Restitution for Museums, Academic Institutions, and Communities," and the team of Temple Stoellinger, Jacob Hochard, and Brent Ewers for their "International Interdisciplinary Conference on Wildlife Management and Policy."
Previous winners Matt Kauffman and Jerod Merkle accomplished their conference of the Global Initiative on Ungulate Migration at Jackson, in Summer 2023.
This is only a small sample of the past year's work highlighted in the CGS newsletter. And all of it came from the ardent support of our donors, community members, alumni, and faculty who daily, weekly, and yearly continue to push internationalization forward here at the University of Wyoming.
We've already launched into this year's work, hosting Sam Mihara, Hamid Khan, and Mohsine El Ahmadi. With much more planned and the 10th Anniversary of the Centennial Scholarships Fund just around the corner, there's no better time to get involved. Reach out to Caroline McCracken-Flesher to get connected or directly donate to one (or all) of our amazing funds, grants, fellowships, and scholarships.
Helping build CGS helps international research across the state and across the globe, and prepares our students to face the world with insight and resilience. And it's pretty fun, too.
Global Engagement Office
Cheney International Center
1000 E University Ave
Laramie, WY 82071
Phone: 1-307-766-3677
Email: global@uwyo.edu