Global Experiences

Think Global. Stay local. Global Experiences

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Through hands-on activities and coursework, interact with other cultures and countries without traveling abroad!

Global Experience courses cover a variety of subjects and address compelling global challenges. Add a global experience to your portfolio so you are future and world ready!

Chocolate bar.

Traveling with Chocolate from Mesoamerica to West Africa and to Nebraska

Learn about the historical, cultural, and economic dimensions of cocoa growing and chocolate production.

Course Type: Web conferencing & in-person
Enrollment: AGRI 310 (3 credits)
Term: Fall 2021
Contact: Dr. Yalem Teshome – yalemt@unl.edu, John Beghin - beghin@unl.edu

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Students on a safari in Botswana.

Field Guiding in Southern Africa

Get a live online introduction to conservation and ecotourism guiding in southern Africa.

Course Type: Web conferencing
Enrollment: NRES 492 (3 credits)
Term: Fall 2021
Contact: Dr. John Carroll – jcarroll2@unl.edu

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Becoming American: How Identities are Created and Re-Created

Reflect on the process, experience, and impact of “becoming American” and explore the tension that sometimes exists between embracing diversity and cultivating a shared American identity and culture.

Course Type: In-person with regional travel
Enrollment: MODL 291/UHON 298H (3 credits)
Term: Fall 2021
Contact: Dr. Nora Martin Peterson – npeterson10@unl.edu, Alexander Claussen – alexander.claussen@huskers.unl.edu

This program is a collaboration between the College of Arts & Sciences and the University Honors Program.

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Ethnographic Field School: Garden, Food, and Community Outreach with Yazidi Farmers

Learn about the Yazidi population in Lincoln, then conduct a small research project in partnership with Community Crops who run the Yazidi Farmer Outreach and Education program.

Course Type: In-person
Enrollment: GEOG 491 (3 credits)
Term: Summer 2021
Contact: Dr. Gwyneth Talley – gtalley@unl.edu,
Dr. Michael Shambaugh-Miller – mshambaugh-miller@unl.edu

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Food and Culture

Engage with a diverse set of foodways right here in our community! Examine how food behaviors are shaped by culture, and what anthropology, global studies and modern languages, as well other disciplines can offer to the study of food through a cross-cultural perspective.

Course Type: In-person
Enrollment: ANTH/GLST/MODL 214 (3 credits)
Term: Fall 2021
Contact: Dr. Taylor Livingston – tlivingston3@unl.edu,
Dr. Emira Ibrahimpasic – emira@unl.edu

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Graffiti wall about the conflict in Northern Ireland.

Negotiating Peace: From Conflict to Coexistence

How do violent conflicts end? Are conflicts ever truly resolved, or are they managed? In this 8-week course, you will cover two conflict resolution case studies in  countries that are in very different stages of the process: Ireland and Syria. You will gain negotiation experience through mock mediations and hear from guest lecturers who have had first-hand experience in peace negotiations and from individuals affected by conflict.

Course Type: Web conferencing
Enrollment: GLST 391 (3 credits)
Term: Summer 2021
Contact: Katelyn Kunzman – kkunzman@unl.edu
Dr. Emira Ibrahimpasic - emira@unl.edu

Students listening to speaker in Rwanda.

Global Startup Communities: An examination of entrepreneurship in Rwanda and the U.S.

Engage with the startup community in Lincoln, Omaha, and Kigali through presentations and activities delivered by entrepreneurs, venture financing organizations, new business development groups and more!

Course Type: Web conferencing
Enrollment: MNGT 398 (1 credit)
Term: Summer 2021
Contact: Dr. Sam Nelson – samuel.nelson@huskers.unl.edu, Mikki Sandin – mikki.sandin@unl.edu

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Skyline of a city in Brazil.

Virtual Brazil: Contemporary Business in Brazil including elements of Brazilian Culture

Examine Brazilian business, culture, history and politics; and their impact on customers in the Brazilian market today.

Course Type: Web conferencing
Enrollment: BSAD 491 (3 credits)
Term: Summer 2021
Contact: Dr. Rob Simon – rsimon2@unl.edu

Street in Salvador, Brazil.

The Exploration of Race, Culture, Families, Communities and Schools in Vibrant Brazil

Participate in an immersive cultural experience focused on understanding the diversity of Brazil from an Afro-Brazilian perspective.

Course Type: Virtual and in-person
Enrollment: CYAF 482a/882a (3 credits)
Term: Summer 2022
Contact: Dr. Paul Springer – pspringer3@unl.edu

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Documentary Theatre Practice

Through workshops with international guest artists, hands-on experience, and opportunities to connect with diverse local collaborators, come together as actors, writers, and content creators to develop performances based on UNL’s Grand Challenges.

Course Type: Web conferencing & in-person
Enrollment: THEA 398 (3 credits)
Term: Summer 2021
Contact: Ann Marie Pollard – annmarie.pollard@unl.edu

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Lincoln, NE capitol building.

FLYOVER: Environmental Futures and Rural Speculations

Worldbuilding enables organizations, researchers and companies to envision preferred futures and outcomes. This course will participate in the Global Flyover Summit focused on rural-urban systems environmental futures and design fiction.

Course Type: In-person
Enrollment: EMAR 341: 3 credit hours OR 1 credit hour pop-up course - EMAR 391
Term: Fall 2021
Contact: Ash Eliza Smith – ash.e.s@unl.edu

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Statue of Liberty.

Becoming American: How Identities are Created and Re-Created

Reflect on the process, experience, and impact of “becoming American” and explore the tension that sometimes exists between embracing diversity and cultivating a shared American identity and culture.

Course Type: In-person with regional travel
Enrollment: MODL 291/UHON 298H (3 credits)
Term: Fall 2021
Contact: Dr. Nora Martin Peterson – npeterson10@unl.edu, Alexander Claussen – alexander.claussen@huskers.unl.edu

This program is a collaboration between the College of Arts & Sciences and the University Honors Program.

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