About the Award
CAORC recognizes the immediate and growing need for professors at U.S. community colleges and minority-serving institutions to provide a global perspective to their students. These administrators and faculty understand the value of developing internationalized learning environments that both broaden their students’ cultural horizons and foster critical thinking, communication, and leadership skills for an increasingly interconnected world.
To support community colleges and minority-serving institutions, CAORC offers fully-funded overseas seminars that help faculty and administrators gain the requisite first-hand experience needed to develop and improve international courses, curricula, and teaching materials.
This award program, administered by CAORC in collaboration with the West African Research Association and its member center in Senegal, the West African Research Center, funds participation in a two-week capacity building workshop in Dakar that will also include visits to Gorée Island, Toubacouta, and Saint-Louis, among other locations. The two-week-long seminar is currently scheduled for January 2 - January 22, 2025.
Funding for this program is provided to CAORC through a grant from the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, with additional financial assistance from the following U.S. National Resource Centers in African Studies: Boston University, Howard University, Indiana University, Michigan State University, University of California, Berkeley, University of Kansas, and University of Wisconsin, Madison.
Seminar Overview: West Africa and the Diaspora—Continuities and Transformations
This two-week seminar geared towards faculty at U.S. community colleges and minority-serving institutions will feature lectures, site visits, panel discussions, and film screenings on the history, culture, arts, economy, and political life of Senegal, with a focus on cultural, intellectual, political, and economic connections between West Africa and the diaspora. The seminar will also place a special emphasis on Senegal’s spiritual diversity and religious tolerance, as well as the region’s growing transnational movements and their impact on society and especially young people.
Eligibility and Program Expectations
The program is open to full-time or part-time faculty and administrators at U.S. community colleges or minority-serving institutions.* The program is open to faculty in all fields and encourages applicants from a diverse array of academic departments. Applicants must be U.S. citizens or permanent residents at the time of application and must also have a valid passport or have already submitted an application for a new passport.
IMPORTANT: Applicants may apply to only one (1) of the current CAORC Faculty Development Seminar opportunities being offered for January 2025(i.e., India, Bangladesh, Senegal). Applications to more than one seminar will be considered ineligible.
At the conclusion of the program, participants will be required to complete a self-directed project to increase teaching and awareness about India and/or South Asia in their classes and college community. Participants are required to file two project reports within one-year of the conclusion of the program, along with supporting materials.
To be considered a Minority-Serving Institution, colleges and universities must appear on this directory of MSIs from the Rutgers Center for Minority Serving Institutions.
The application deadline for this seminar is July 19, 2024 at 5:00 PM EST. Applications submitted after the deadline will not be accepted for review.
If you have questions, please email: fellowships@caorc.org.
**IMPORTANT: To apply for this program, you must already have a valid passport or be in the process of applying for a passport at the time of application.
OFDS 2025: Senegal - West Africa and the Diaspora—Continuities and Transformations
About the Award
CAORC recognizes the immediate and growing need for professors at U.S. community colleges and minority-serving institutions to provide a global perspective to their students. These administrators and faculty understand the value of developing internationalized learning environments that both broaden their students’ cultural horizons and foster critical thinking, communication, and leadership skills for an increasingly interconnected world.
To support community colleges and minority-serving institutions, CAORC offers fully-funded overseas seminars that help faculty and administrators gain the requisite first-hand experience needed to develop and improve international courses, curricula, and teaching materials.
This award program, administered by CAORC in collaboration with the West African Research Association and its member center in Senegal, the West African Research Center, funds participation in a two-week capacity building workshop in Dakar that will also include visits to Gorée Island, Toubacouta, and Saint-Louis, among other locations. The two-week-long seminar is currently scheduled for January 2 - January 22, 2025.
Funding for this program is provided to CAORC through a grant from the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, with additional financial assistance from the following U.S. National Resource Centers in African Studies: Boston University, Howard University, Indiana University, Michigan State University, University of California, Berkeley, University of Kansas, and University of Wisconsin, Madison.
Seminar Overview: West Africa and the Diaspora—Continuities and Transformations
This two-week seminar geared towards faculty at U.S. community colleges and minority-serving institutions will feature lectures, site visits, panel discussions, and film screenings on the history, culture, arts, economy, and political life of Senegal, with a focus on cultural, intellectual, political, and economic connections between West Africa and the diaspora. The seminar will also place a special emphasis on Senegal’s spiritual diversity and religious tolerance, as well as the region’s growing transnational movements and their impact on society and especially young people.
Eligibility and Program Expectations
The program is open to full-time or part-time faculty and administrators at U.S. community colleges or minority-serving institutions.* The program is open to faculty in all fields and encourages applicants from a diverse array of academic departments. Applicants must be U.S. citizens or permanent residents at the time of application and must also have a valid passport or have already submitted an application for a new passport.
IMPORTANT: Applicants may apply to only one (1) of the current CAORC Faculty Development Seminar opportunities being offered for January 2025(i.e., India, Bangladesh, Senegal). Applications to more than one seminar will be considered ineligible.
At the conclusion of the program, participants will be required to complete a self-directed project to increase teaching and awareness about India and/or South Asia in their classes and college community. Participants are required to file two project reports within one-year of the conclusion of the program, along with supporting materials.
To be considered a Minority-Serving Institution, colleges and universities must appear on this directory of MSIs from the Rutgers Center for Minority Serving Institutions.
The application deadline for this seminar is July 19, 2024 at 5:00 PM EST. Applications submitted after the deadline will not be accepted for review.
If you have questions, please email: fellowships@caorc.org.
**IMPORTANT: To apply for this program, you must already have a valid passport or be in the process of applying for a passport at the time of application.