Zohra Guissé and Kirk Shaffer appeared on bctv to discuss the Global Studies degree. [View video]
Kirk Shaffer's talk on US-Cuba Relations at WAC [View video]
World Affairs Council's "What in the World" with Global Studies [View video]
Participants in the Rwanda Internship Program visit the National Genocide Memorial in Kigali on July 30, 2008
Berks Campus International Law and Organizations class at the International Criminal Court in the Hague (Netherlands) on March 15, 2007.
The first Berks Campus interns in Rwanda at the National Museum in Butare on July 8, 2006.
Political Science 428 - International Law and Organizations
Spring Break in Switzerland - March 4-12, 2005
In October, 31 students from Reading High School, along with their teachers Huyla Sowerwine and Shawna Schrawder, visited the Berks campus. They participated in Dr. Shaffer's "Global Terrorism and Political Violence" course, met with Dr. Fegley about Global Studies, and toured the campus. If you're interested in bringing a class to Berks, let us know and we'll happily coordinate the visit.
High school students and prospective Global Studies majors regularly visit our campus to meet with the Global Studies co-ordinators and sit in on model classes.
United Nations
In November, Dr. Lynn (an English faculty member in the Global Studies Program) and Dr. Shaffer took 30 Penn State-Berks/Lehigh Valley students to the United Nations. Most students were in Dr. Lynn and Dr. Shaffer's "Global Terrorism and Political Violence" Learning Community, and the rest were students majoring in Global Studies. Besides a tour of the United Nations facilities, students received a briefing by a UN Secretariat expert on terrorism in the Middle East. Dinner in Chinatown and Little Italy rounded out the trip, which served as a good grounding for those students accompanying Dr. Fegley to Geneva, Switzerland during the Spring semester as part of his course on International Law and Organizations.
Students with their Iranian tour guide
Global Studies students regularly visit the United Nations in New York.
Students in the UN General Assembly