I hope this email finds you in great spirits. I’m writing with some news – today we have officially launched the website for the Humber Virtual Global Summer School 2021!
Humber's Virtual Global Summer School is for curious and passionate students, faculty and educators ready to take on world issues in creative short-term courses, completely online! This year, the program runs from July 5 to 23, 2021.
Participants from NEU are warmly invited to join the program. Please share these resources with participants who may be interested. All participants will receive a certificate of completion for the course. The current application deadline is May 15, 2021.
We have 10 different course options, each of which is 3 weeks with a mix of synchronous live elements and self-directed modules that allow participants from every time zone to participate. Note that two of these courses are specifically directed to faculty and educators: Designing for Learning in Digital Environments and International Teaching Effectiveness.
This summer we are bringing the social activities into the virtual environment too with a full social calendar! Participants will be paired in small teams and complete different challenges, along with global karaoke, games night, and live streams from around the world!
If it would be helpful, we’d be happy to set up a time to talk to you more about this opportunity for your students, faculty and educators – or present a virtual info session for prospective participants. Please reach out if this is of interest. Thank you Giang!
We have already sought institutional approval to offer the program at the lowest possible fee ($250 Canadian in most cases), and are unable to offer additional scholarships or bursaries.
If there are students for whom this is a barrier, I'm delighted to share that we are organizing another opportunity that they will be invited to join: Humber's free Beyond COVID-19 Global Systems Gap Challenge. In contrast to the Humber Global Summer School, this is not an academic course - but a 5 week virtual team-based research project. We expect to have our 2021 website updated by April, but in the meantime you can find details on last summer's 2020 Humber Global Challenge here: https://humber.ca/global-opportunities/global-systems-gap-challenge.html
Thank you Giang! Hopefully there is a unique fit for NEU students for either the Humber Global Summer School or the Humber Global Challenge. We're also excited for the two professional development courses we're offering for NEU faculty and staff: (1) Designing for Learning in Digital Environments; and (2) International Teaching Effectiveness.
Warmly,