| Overall Rating | Gold |
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| Overall Score | 72.78 |
| Liaison | Kathleen Crawford |
| Submission Date | May 31, 2024 |
Florida Gulf Coast University
AC-5: Immersive Experience
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
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2.00 / 2.00 |
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Crawford Sustainability Coordinator Environmental Health & Safety |
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Does the institution offer at least one immersive, sustainability-focused educational study program that is one week or more in length?:
Yes
A brief description of the sustainability-focused immersive program(s) offered by the institution:
FGCU offers sustainability-focused immersive programs through faculty-led study abroad and service-abroad oriented Registered Student Organizations. The following descriptions summarize some of the programs offered:
FACULTY-LED STUDY ABROAD:
Life in Peru
Iquitos, Amazon, Lima and Cuzco
This interdisciplinary program focuses on the theme of “life” to include both human and non-human consideration with a particular emphasis in the Peruvian Amazon. A little more than half the trip will be based in Iquitos, Peru and at field stations in the Amazon rainforest, where students will examine the interconnection between the biology, culture, and healthcare of tropical Peru.
Dates: May 12th, 2022 - June 4th, 2022
Courses: Honors IDS 3920: University Colloquium, Honors IDH 3930: Life in Peru
Faculty Leaders: Dr. Charles (billY) Gunnels, Jessica Marcolini and Dr. Clay Motley
Study Abroad in Business - Bolivia
The course will provide students with an international study field experience in Bolivia. Students will study and experience the institutional environment of Latin America in general, and Bolivia in particular, and its implications for the global competitiveness of the local economy and its indigenous firms as well as US firms expanding to and operating in Latin America and Bolivia. Emphasis will be placed on the political, economic, socio-cultural, technological, historical, geographic and ecological factors in Latin America and Bolivia and implications for global business.
Dates: May 6th, 2022 - May 16th, 2022
Course/s: GEB 3956 – Study Abroad in Business - Bolivia or MAN 6930 Seminar in Management
Faculty Leaders: Daniel Rottig and Manual G. Olave
Study Abroad in Business - Middle East
UAE and Saudi Arabia
Summary of Program: This course will provide students with an international study field experience in the Middle East. Students will study and experience the institutional environment of the Middle East in general, and the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia, in particular, and its implications for the global competitiveness of local economies and its indigenous firms as well as US firms expanding to and operating in the Middle East. Emphasis will be on political, legal, economic, socio-cultural, technological, historical, geographic and ecological factors in the Middle East and its implications for global business.
Travel dates: May 5-15, 2023
Course/s: GEB 3956 Study Abroad in Business (undergraduate) and MAN 6930 Seminar in Management (graduate)
Course Prerequisites: MAN 3600 International Business
Faculty Leaders: Dr. Daniel Rottig
ALTERNATIVE BREAKS:
The Dominican Republic Outreach Program (D.R.O.P.) is a student-run organization at FGCU. The club’s mission is to promote the idea of global citizenship, stress the importance of community engagement, and foster a sense of civic responsibility, both locally and abroad. D.R.O.P. does this through a group of dedicated students who fund-raise throughout the year for school supplies, athletic equipment, and monetary donations. Then, during a once-a-year alternative Spring Break, a group of D.R.O.P.’s members travel to the Dominican Republic to deliver those supplies to the underprivileged youth with the help of a Santiago-based outreach organization, Acción Callejera. https://getinvolved.fgcu.edu/organization/drop
FACULTY-LED STUDY ABROAD:
Life in Peru
Iquitos, Amazon, Lima and Cuzco
This interdisciplinary program focuses on the theme of “life” to include both human and non-human consideration with a particular emphasis in the Peruvian Amazon. A little more than half the trip will be based in Iquitos, Peru and at field stations in the Amazon rainforest, where students will examine the interconnection between the biology, culture, and healthcare of tropical Peru.
Dates: May 12th, 2022 - June 4th, 2022
Courses: Honors IDS 3920: University Colloquium, Honors IDH 3930: Life in Peru
Faculty Leaders: Dr. Charles (billY) Gunnels, Jessica Marcolini and Dr. Clay Motley
Study Abroad in Business - Bolivia
The course will provide students with an international study field experience in Bolivia. Students will study and experience the institutional environment of Latin America in general, and Bolivia in particular, and its implications for the global competitiveness of the local economy and its indigenous firms as well as US firms expanding to and operating in Latin America and Bolivia. Emphasis will be placed on the political, economic, socio-cultural, technological, historical, geographic and ecological factors in Latin America and Bolivia and implications for global business.
Dates: May 6th, 2022 - May 16th, 2022
Course/s: GEB 3956 – Study Abroad in Business - Bolivia or MAN 6930 Seminar in Management
Faculty Leaders: Daniel Rottig and Manual G. Olave
Study Abroad in Business - Middle East
UAE and Saudi Arabia
Summary of Program: This course will provide students with an international study field experience in the Middle East. Students will study and experience the institutional environment of the Middle East in general, and the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia, in particular, and its implications for the global competitiveness of local economies and its indigenous firms as well as US firms expanding to and operating in the Middle East. Emphasis will be on political, legal, economic, socio-cultural, technological, historical, geographic and ecological factors in the Middle East and its implications for global business.
Travel dates: May 5-15, 2023
Course/s: GEB 3956 Study Abroad in Business (undergraduate) and MAN 6930 Seminar in Management (graduate)
Course Prerequisites: MAN 3600 International Business
Faculty Leaders: Dr. Daniel Rottig
ALTERNATIVE BREAKS:
The Dominican Republic Outreach Program (D.R.O.P.) is a student-run organization at FGCU. The club’s mission is to promote the idea of global citizenship, stress the importance of community engagement, and foster a sense of civic responsibility, both locally and abroad. D.R.O.P. does this through a group of dedicated students who fund-raise throughout the year for school supplies, athletic equipment, and monetary donations. Then, during a once-a-year alternative Spring Break, a group of D.R.O.P.’s members travel to the Dominican Republic to deliver those supplies to the underprivileged youth with the help of a Santiago-based outreach organization, Acción Callejera. https://getinvolved.fgcu.edu/organization/drop
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