Globalizations Added to Thomson Reuters Social Science Index

Globalizations has been accepted into the Thomson Reuters (formerly ISI) Social Science Index and in June 2011 will receive its first Impact Factor report in the 2010 Journal Citation Reports. Indexing the journal and establishing its Impact Factor means that it is now ranked with other scholarly journals based upon the number of times articles published in Globalizations are being cited by other scholars in their own published work.

Globalizations publishes work which explores new meanings of globalization, brings fresh ideas to the concept, broadens its scope and contributes to shaping debates of the future. Dr. Mark Amen of the Patel Center serves as the journal’s deputy editor, and Dr. Rebecca Harris, Assistant Academic Director of the Patel Center, edits the journal’s book reviews.

Photos from Trip to Haiti Now Online

Photos taken by Dr. Mark Amen on his trip with Dr. Barbara Cruz (College of Education) earlier this month are now available at the Patel Center’s Flickr page.

Patel Center Sponsoring Luncheon with Francisco Sanchez on August 20

The Honorable Francisco Sanchez, Undersecretary of Commerce for International Trade in the Department of Commerce, will deliver an address as part of a luncheon held at the Intercontinental Hotel on August 20 at 11:30 a.m. The Patel Center is one of several partners coming together to present this opportunity for Tampa Bay and more information can be found by viewing the program flyer here.

USF News Profiles UNESCO-IHE Students, Project

Check out a news story posted on the front page of the University of South Florida web site describing some of the students participating in this year’s UNESCO-IHE study of Tampa Bay. This annual project brings students and professors from around the world to study Tampa Bay as a laboratory for learning best practices in confronting water and basic sanitation issues in growing urban environments.

Patel Faculty Advisory Board Member Comments on Gulf Oil Crisis

Newly-appointed Patel Center Faculty Advisory Board member Dr. Frank Muller-Karger, of USF’s Marine Science department, recently gave comments to the St. Petersburg Times concerning the potential track of the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Check out the story here.

Faculty Advisory Board Openings

The Dr. Kiran C. Patel Center for Global Solutions is pleased to announce that it has openings for five positions on its Faculty Advisory Board. These positions will begin on July 1, 2010. All five appointments will be for 3-year terms. Please see the description of Board responsibilities and the nomination process here. Applications are due on April 16, 2010. Questions can be directed to Rebecca Harris at (813) 974-6906 or rharris@cas.usf.edu.

Photos from the TEA Welcome Reception

More photos taken at the TEA Welcome Reception on Friday, February 5 can be viewed at www.patelcenter.org/tea_reception.

USF Hosts Teachers from Around the World in Teacher Training Program

TAMPA, Fla. (Feb. 4, 2010) – Twenty-four high school teachers from nations as diverse as Argentina and Bangladesh, Egypt and Estonia, and Senegal and the Ukraine will spend the next six weeks at the University of South Florida boosting their classroom skills.

In a new program led by the Patel Center for Global Solutions and the Department of Secondary Education in USF’s College of Education, the teachers will study new education methods in a variety of disciplines to better prepare their own students for a globalized world. As part of their training, the teachers will spend two weeks in Freedom and Wharton High Schools working in tandem with Hillsborough County teachers.

The teachers come from: Argentina, Bangladesh, Dominican Republic, Egypt, Estonia, India, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Poland, Russia, Senegal and the Ukraine.

“We are looking at it as a symbiotic relationship,” said USF Professor of Social Science Education Bárbara Cruz of the effort, which is sponsored by the U.S. State Department and the International Research & Exchanges Board. IREX is a non-profit organization which supports education programs, independent media and the development of civic partipation worldwide.

During their visit the teachers will participate in intensive training sessions designed to improve both their teaching skills and their mastery of the sciences, math, civics and English literature and language. The teachers also will have opportunities to develop advocacy and leadership skills that will help them promote education and social reform in their home countries.

Organizers aim to create a collaboration of teachers that will enhance education worldwide in an increasingly interconnected global society, said Mark Amen, academic director of the Patel Center.

“We hope the teachers from these 12 countries and the teachers from our participating schools in Hillsborough County will gain a mutual understanding of effective teaching practices,” Amen said. “The goal will lead to a better informed global citizenry among the students with whom these teachers work on a daily basis.”

For more information, please contact Barbara Cruz or Mark Amen.

Patel Center Welcomes International Teachers

The Patel Center is excited to welcome the 24 international teachers participating in the “Teaching Excellence and Achievement” Program beginning next week at USF. The theme of the program is “Interactive Teaching in a Globalized World,” and teachers will be exposed to unique opportunities to develop expertise in their subject areas, enhance their teaching skills, learn about new instructional technologies and increase their knowledge about the United States. Learn more about the program here.

Flyer for 2010 Florida International Business Summit

The flyer for the 2010 Florida International Business Summit has been posted and can be viewed here.