SGA Global

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A Farewell and a New Beginning!

As my term as SGA President and my career at UWGB comes to end, I am happy to see the SGA Global blog up and running.  This initiative has been in the making for almost a year.  Collabortation across campus and across discplines has occured in order to ensure that the student body at UWGB has the opportunity to come together and explore the international world, whether it be through conversations about trips taken, global news, or well-kept worldy secrets and opportunities.

It is my pleasure to hand off this unique gem to the incoming administration.  The provisions are in place to make this SGA Global blog a success for years to come.  So, please spend some time getting to know the blog.  Take advantage of the plethora of information presented to you.  Check back frequently because the content will be changing and evolving!

 Thank you for being a part of something so groundbreaking.  Think global and enjoy!

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Scholarship Opportunity!

SEVEN Fund has opened an essay writing competition that’s offering a $20,000 and $10,000 second place cash prize for assuming the role of policy advisor to President Kagame of Rwanda. Contestants must write a 2000 word essay with policy recommendations that put President Kagame’s visions into practice. Click http://www.sevenfund.org/press-release-mar-2008-essay-competition.html for more information.

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SGA Global will rock UWGB!

The beauty of the concept is that it will make students much more aware of international resources and opportunities available to them, especially things available outside of UWGB through organizations and initiatives across the nation and around the world. That’s where this will make a big difference. Kudos to Sara Duginske, outgoing SGA president. It was a pleasure kicking ideas around with a worldly student leader. Under her leadership, the Student Senate voted unanimously to approve a resolution endorsing this concept and global perspectives in general. Kudos also to incoming SGA leaders Ricky Staley and Kervin Blanke, who voiced their support of SGA Global almost immediately after being elected.

To the best of my knowledge, nothing quite like SGA Global exists on any other campus in the U.S.  The famous naturalist and John Muir once said, “Most people are on the world, not in it.” Our hope is that SGA Global will get more UWGB students out into the world, in thought and in action.�

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Resources and Opportunities

International Career Employment Weekly
Provides outstanding examples as to how study abroad, foreign language proficiency, and other international academic experiences can lead to some exciting job prospects. The online resource features over 500 international job vacancies each week across a broad spectrum of professional fields. Also featured are internships of a global nature, many of them at non-governmental organizations in the U.S.

Taking IT Global
An online community connecting youth “to find inspiration, access information, get involved, and take action in their local and global communities…the world’s most popular online community for young people interested in making a difference.” Discussion and action communities online include music, entrepreneurship, health issues, languages, women’s rights, refugees, and indigenous peoples, among others.

Fulbright Graduate Student Fellowship
Over 1,000 students travel abroad each year on Fulbright grants across a wide range of academic fields. Qualifications: U.S. citizen; graduating senior or hold a B.S./B.A. degree, master’s, or doctoral degree candidate – or young professional or artist; want to study, teach, or conduct research abroad. This award is sometimes more obtainable than one might think, depending on the country targeted and connections arranged in advance. Deadline for the 2009-2010 program: October 20, 2008.

Rotary World Peace Fellowships
Offers 60 individuals committed to peace and conflict resolution the opportunity to earn a two-year Master’s degree in international studies, peace studies, and conflict resolution. Rotary has contracted with six institutions worldwide for the graduate program. Each Rotary district has its own deadline (usually February or March) for the review of applications and the selection of finalists to be submitted to Rotary International by early July.

World Bank Essay Competition
Open to young people between the ages of 18 and 25. The 2008 competition theme is “Shaping the City of Your Dreams.” The grand prize is $5,000 dollars, runner-up prizes of $1,000. Winners will be invited to participate in the Annual Bank Conference on Development Economics (ABCDE) in Cape Town, South Africa. Deadline: March 23.

Foreign Policy Essay Contest
The Leonard Marks Foundation Essay Contest for Creative Thought and Writing on American Foreign Policy is sponsored by the American Academy of Diplomacy. Open to “any American citizen who is an undergraduate or graduate student enrolled during the Spring Semester of 2008 as a degree student in any college course or courses which deal with international affairs.” First Prize: $8,000, Second Prize: $5,000. Deadline: June 9, 2008.

World Press Review
Offers a rich array of perspectives from around the globe on major issues, a powerful tool for moving beyond our comfort zones into a more broad diversity of views in a very grey, complex world. News under regional headings and a new “world blog.”

Wide Angle and FRONTLINE/World
By PBS, Wide Angle is a series of one-hour international documentaries on “political, economic, and social forces shaping the world today.” The website features film summaries, briefings, interactive maps, “info-graphics,” and related resources. Frontline World is “designed to nurture new voices in international reporting and widen the spectrum of stories available to the public…a publishing platform for a new generation of journalists.”

United Nations Global Youth Leadership Summit
“The Summit sought to encourage and engage young leaders from all the five regions of the world to explore how they could better the future of their communities, regions, and the emerging global society.” Though this took place in 2006, the website offers summit diaries, digital stories, photos, reports by youth journalists, interviews, even a concert video. You might find yourself getting both informed and motivated.

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Signs Seen Abroad

We know that the majority of Americans are not proficient in languages other than English. We also know that English is a difficult second language to learn. A sense of humor helps, regardless of who and where.

• Seen in a Bangkok dry cleaner’s: “Drop your trousers here for best results.”
• Seen on a menu in Switzerland: “Our wines leave you nothing to hope for.”

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Personally, I am very excited…

Personally, I am very excited that SGA have started this important initiative and I hope that it becomes a great meeting place for every one interested in the world beyond Green Bay and Wisconsin. The more I learn about the world, the more interested in international affairs I become. As someone who teaches about other countries (and I teach global politics, international relations and various comparative politics classes here at UWGB), I would like to invite all members of our university community, especially students, to get involved in the SGA Global and start thinking globally!

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Welcome!

Welcome!  On behalf of the Student Government Association, I would like to personally welcome all faculty, staff, and students to our wonderful blog. This blog will serve as a resource to all who view it. Check regularly for posting regarding international opportunities such as essay contests, and travel abroad experiences. If you have any questions, please contact Dr. Ekaterina Levintova (Assistant Professor of Public and Environmental Affairs (Political Science)) or myself.  We look forward to making available many interesting and exciting opportunities! 

Andrei