California State University, Long Beach has received a grant from the U.S. Department of Education. The total of the grant is $188,470. The grant will go towards strengthening Global Education at CSULB.
The grant will help fund the global education initiative titled, “Weaving Language and Global Competencies throughout the CSULB Curricula.” CSULB’s Global Studies Institute will lead the program. It will bring together departments from three colleges at the university, to strengthen global competencies and add degree value for students. It will also provide students with the global literacy necessary to survive in their careers of the borderless 21st century.
“The grant will be a tremendous help in enhancing international curricular activities at CSULB and for faculty to work towards a common goal of comprehensive internationalization,” said Jeet Joshee, Associate Vice President for International Education and Global Engagement and Dean of the CCPE.
The grant will fund five student-centered projects. These projects include the development of language and global competencies in general education, the enhancement of global competencies as part of the Honors program, and the development of a Certificate in Khmer Language for Heritage Speakers in coordination with the UC Berkeley/UCLA Khmer Language Consortium.
It will also aid in the development of new tools for the Department of Romance, German, Russian Languages and Literature in order to enhance the focus on language competencies across majors and support for program development in a new global nursing office.
Along with support from the Office of Academic Affairs, the three colleges on campus involved in the project are Liberal Arts, Health and Human Services and Continuing and Professional Education (CCPE).