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MCC Daily Tribune

Opportunity for Students: Global Solutions Conversations (March 2022-early April 2022).

STUDENTS:  Are you interested in Cultural Exchange and connecting with students from another country?  Are you interested in discussing Sustainability and making a difference in your community?

MCC students have the opportunity to participate in a 6 week virtual exchange series starting the first week of March.  Through weekly binational Zoom calls with students studying English at Salahaddin University in Iraq, MCC participants will discuss global challenges inspired by the UN Sustainable Development Goals.  The 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals cover a wide range of important topics--including improving access to safe drinking water, conserving wildlife, addressing climate change, improving access to quality education, and reducing poverty, disease, and hunger.

Meetings are tentatively scheduled for noon-1pm on Wednesdays in March and will use the Zoom platform (The April meeting time and date is TBD)

During these Zoom meetings, participants will learn about each other’s culture as they engage in the process of design thinking and discuss global issues in their community.

Upon completion of the program, students will

  • receive a certificate of participation
  • become an alumnus of the Department of State and acquire access to professional development opportunities 
  • earn badges for skills acquired through this collaborative exchange to add to their resume or CV

This opportunity is available to MCC students in any academic program.  Interested students should contact Professor Laura Penman through email (lpenman@monroecc.edu) by noon on March 1st to express their interest and get more information about this cross-cultural opportunity!

Laura Penman
Biology
02/28/2022