Global Learning for Global Citizenship FIUs Worlds Ahead

Global Learning for Global Citizenship: FIU’s Worlds Ahead Contribution to International Development Lakhdar Boukerrou, Ph. D. Senior Program Manager

PRESIDENT’S VISION A leading studentcentered urban public research university that is locally and globally engaged. ”

FIU FACTS AND FIGURES Ø Opened in 1972 Ø Miami’s first and only fouryear public research university Ø Academic Year 2010 -11 § Faculty – 870 § Alumni – 140, 900 § Students – 44, 010 § Female – 56% § Male – 44%

ETHNICITY DISTRIBUTION Ø Hispanic 60% Ø White 14% Ø African-American 13% Ø Asian 3% Ø Not reported 6%

INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT TRIPLE HELIX Private Sector US Academic Institutions US Government Agencies Local and US Partners

GLOBALIZATION Knowledge Goods and Services Globalization Human Resources Financial Capital

CONTRIBUTIONS TO KNOWLEDGE Research Innovation Higher Education Contributions Training Education

KNOWLEDGE IS NOT ENOUGH! New Research Results New Knowledg e. Acquired New Knowledg e Shared New Knowledg e. Acquired FAILURE SUCCESS Technique s and Inputs Used Better Crop Yield Resulted Improved Varieties Introduce d New Knowledge Shared Same Old Technique s and No Inputs Crop Failed Improved Varieties Introduced

INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES Georgia Russia Germany Mexico Japan France, Switzerland Canada Spain Haiti, Dominican Republic China Italy Morocco Guatemala Venezuela El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica Pakistan India Kenya, Rwanda Tanzania Colombia, Ecuador Brazil Botswana Peru, Bolivia Argentina, Uruguay Chile Australia

HIGHER ED FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT Governance Food Production Natural Resources Economy Financial Resources Industry Human Resources Social and Cultural

FIU INTERNATIONAL C&G FOR 2007 -2011 $30, 000 $ 26, 549, 288 $25, 000 $20, 000 $ 18, 875, 836 $ 16, 196, 687 $15, 000 $ 12, 880, 069 $10, 000 $5, 000 $0 2007 -2008 -2009 -2010 -2011

FIU INTL. C&G PER COLLEGE FOR 2007 -2011 60 50 Dollars (Millions) 40 30 20 10 0 Biological Sciences Jounralism and Mass Communication Business University Technology services Public Health and Scoial Work Colleges Medicine Engineering and Computing Academic Affairs Arts and Sciences

GLOWS: A UNIQUE CONSORTIUM • GLOWS is financed by USAID and works to increase social, economic, and environmental benefits to people of the developing world. • GLOWS works on-the-ground in various regions of the world to implement water supply, sanitation, and hygiene services, improve water resources management, improve food security, adaptation to climate change, and build local capacity. • FIU and its partners facilitate knowledge transfer to new generations of future managers, scientists, and decision-makers both in the US and in those countries where the Consortium operates.

GLOWS: MECHANISMS • The Consortium is led by FIU and includes CARE, Water. Aid America, Winrock International, World Vision, and the World Wildlife Fund. • As the lead partner FIU provides a mechanism by which science and innovation can be mainstreamed into GLOWS projects. • GLOWS offers an unparalleled network of incountry organizations for efficiently planning, implementing, and managing international development projects in virtually all countries with a USAID presence.

GLOWS PROJECTS Project Funding Project Location Project Name Start End Integrated Water Resources (Leader with Associates Award) 09/04 09/14 USAID - 400, 000 Morocco Water Development 05/09 09/10 USAID Morocco 350, 000 Transboundary for Biodiversity- Mara 09/05 09/12 USAID Kenya 2, 595, 000 Integrated Water Resource Management Georgia 09/10 09/14 USAID Georgia 6, 514, 913 Capacity Building of Local/National WASH NGOs in Africa (Cap-WASH) 09/10 02/12 USAID Africa Tanzania Integrated Water (i-WASH) 01/10 12/12 USAID Tanzania 12, 593, 895 Tanzania WADA Phase II 09/10 08/13 GETF Tanzania 1, 051, 789 Rwanda Integrated Water Security Program (RIWSP) 05/11 05/16 USAID Rwanda 21, 900, 051 Funding Amount 499, 998

INTERNATIONAL APPROACH TO RESEARCH AND EDUCATION Attracting and Retaining International ly Experienced Faculty and Staff International Career Development Internship Alternative Breaks Fostering a Multicultural Environment to Graduate Global Citizens Attracting Foreign Students Offering Study Abroad Programs Exchange Programs Hosting foreign Scholars Short-term Programs

ALTERNATIVE BREAKS • Objectives – Creating active citizens – Immerse students in diverse cultures and environments – Engage in service-oriented learning • Background – Program began in 1994 – Has grown into a network of 300+ students and over 50 steering committee/site leaders – Largest student run service learning organization on campus

ALTERNATIVE BREAKS 3 -YEAR AT A GLANCE Number of Sites Number of Participants Social Issues 2010 -2011 2009 -2010 2008 -2009 25 Total 18 US 7 Intl. 23 Total 16 US 7 Intl. 22 Total 16 US 6 Intl. 228 208 220 Homeless, Rural/Urban Poverty, Women’s Issues, Children Health Issues, Terminal Illness, Youth at Risk, Poverty, Environmental, Education, Migrant Workers, Animal Cruelty, HIV/AIDS

STUDENTS EDUCATION ABROAD 2007 -2010 800 Number of Students 700 600 500 400 300 200 100 0 2007 -2008 -2009 Years 2009 -2010

EDUCATION ABROAD PROGRAMS 2009 -2010 Regions Eastern Europe Africa (The Gambia) Latin America and Caribbean Various Asia Western Europe Programs Number of Students 8 Czech Studies Program Traditions, Globalization, Tourism 12 Argentina LACC Honors College Computer Science 31 International Business Nursing and Health Sciences 39 International Business China Hospitality MIB Spring Break Program Project Hope China Language and Culture Computer Science Korea Public Administration 183 Arts and Architecture Marketing Modern Languages Honors College CIBER Spring Break Study in Kyoto FIU in Salamanca Law Program Passport to Italy Public Relations Art and Education in France MHIRT Program Computer Science Advertising and Public Relations 297

INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS AT FIU 2006 -2011 Fall 2006 Number of Foreign Students 2088 Gender Male Female 1101 987 No. of Countries 5 Top Countries 153 Jamaica, China, Venezuela, India, and Trinidad & Tobago 2007 2413 1287 1126 155 China, Jamaica, Venezuela, Colombia, and Trinidad & Tobago 2008 2499 1211 1288 154 China, India, Jamaica, Venezuela, and Colombia 2009 3013 1426 1587 149 China, India, Venezuela, Jamaica, and Colombia 149 China (29%), Venezuela (8%), India (8%), Jamaica (6%), and Colombia (4%) 2010 3033 1414 1619

QUESTIONS • What are we doing to promote international development? • Where do we want to be both nationally and internationally? • How do we make our vision a reality?

QUESTIONS • How do we educate the local communities surrounding us about international development? • What human, financial, and other resources are needed? • How do we meet the new challenges?

ENGAGE IN THE CHALLENGE! U. S. universities have the duty and a unique opportunity, more so today than at any time before, to engage globally in international development efforts. These efforts help our students, faculty, communities, and country as well as others around the world.

FINAL THOUGHT “And when one day our human kind becomes full grown, it will define itself not as the sum total of the whole world’s inhabitants, but as the infinite unity of their mutual needs” Jean- Paul Sartre in his Preface to Frantz Fanon’s “The Wretched of the Earth”

DEVELOPMENT HEADACHE? International development shapes us and those we work with both in the US and abroad! THANK YOU … MERCI … GRACIAS … ﺷﻜﺮﺍ