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organizations. On campus, the program has spanned different departments and colleges as scholars have participated in lectures by international professors on a range of topics. In the larger community, Global Scholars have forged relationships with organizations and professionals in the city through several avenues. In coordination with the State Department’s International Visitor Leadership Program, the Tulsa Global Alliance hosts lunch panels where Global Scholars are able to speak with groups of international experts on topics such as energy security and higher education. Tulsa’s Young Professionals organization regularly invites Global Scholars to networking events and facilitates placement in summer internships, and several scholars attend the monthly Tulsa Committee on Foreign Relations dinner meeting to learn from and ask questions of visiting speakers. Recently, the Tulsa Mayor’s Office arranged a networking event for scholars and international public administrators.

This fall, the Global Scholars Program will work with the Tulsa academic community to welcome TU’s Fulbright Scholar-in-Residence. In collaboration with Tulsa Community College and in conjunction with the yearly theme of the Oklahoma Center for the Humanities, the Center for Global Education and Global Scholars will host this expert to teach courses in food security and bring international expertise to Tulsa and its academic institutions for the 2016-17 academic year.

As the Global Scholars Program closes its third year and graduates its first four participants, the CGE looks forward to expanding the program in coming years and deepening relationships in the Tulsa community and around the world.

By John Westbrook and Elissa Stiles, Staff Writers

The Center for Global Education established Global Scholars in 2013 as a selective, interdisciplinary certificate program that challenges students from many disciplines to examine global questions, study the impact of global issues on local communities, work in teams to solve problems, communicate across languages and understand the role of individual majors in a global context. Designed for undergraduates who are interested in global affairs, the program is now in its third year with over 50 students participating from all four undergraduate colleges. In May 2016, the program graduated its first four Global Scholars in business management, chemical engineering, anthropology and German.

In their first year as Global Scholars, students take three core courses focusing on the seven challenges of globalization (defined by CISI): population, resource management, technology, information, economics, conflict and governance. The first course introduces these challenges to new scholars, and the second and third courses explore one of them in depth. The second course is a summer faculty-led trip (currently to Berlin and Budapest) where students of that year’s cohort study sustainability in modern cities through site visits and tours. In addition to participating in program courses, students demonstrate proficiency in a modern foreign language, spend a term studying abroad individually and complete a senior capstone project that integrates their field of study with global perspectives.

Since its inception, Global Scholars has engaged the TU and Tulsa communities by building relationships with local experts and

Last summer, Dr. Mark Collins and the Global Scholars visited Energieberg, a wind farm in Hamburg, Germany.

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All of the students in the Global Scholars program are doing exciting things at home and abroad within their individual majors and interests. Here are just a few of these students’ stories!

Bea Baker, Anthropology, ‘16 Cape Town, South Africa

In addition to taking classes on social issues and the Xhosa language during her semester in Cape Town, Bea worked as one of the first interns with iKhaya le Langa, an NGO in the oldest Black township in the Western Cape. Bea organized events in the township and distributed press releases to raise tourism and positively influence the Langa quarter’s reputation. Some of her projects included the start-up of a coffee shop, development of a craft shop for local artists and the renovation of a toilet block for tourists. She

Arthur Win, Electrical & Computer Engineering, ‘17 Sendai and Sapporo, Japan

Arthur chose to study Japanese while conducting technical research at the Tohoku University in Sendai, Japan through the summer NanoJapan program. His project required the collaboration of American and Japanese student researchers and the use of English and basic Japanese. While academically preparing for his goal of graduate school research, Arthur also took beginning Japanese classes and spent his weekends travelling around the country with

organized a photo exhibit and send-off for a young man who received a Magnum Photography Fellowship, and she spearheaded a fundraising campaign to help another young artist pay college fees. At the end of the semester, Bea presented a capstone project integrating her internship experience with responsible tourism in post-apartheid townships.

“I did a service-learning program and worked with a nonprofit in a segregated township while taking interesting classes at The University of Cape Town. I was able to challenge myself academically and personally. Ultimately, I made great friendships and memories that I will keep for the rest of my life.”

fellow researchers experiencing both megacity and rural life through an orientation in Tokyo and a group trip to rural Nagano. Arthur has plans to do further research at Hokkaido University in Sapporo this summer.

“With globalization, the scientific community is no longer homogenous and now depends on cross-cultural collaborations to innovate. These skills (understanding how a different culture interacts and communicates) are not only invaluable in conducting international scientific research, but in effectively working in today’s global society.”


Megan A. O’Neal, Business Management, ‘16Bellmon Awards Fellow

Through Global Scholars, Megan discovered a way to pursue her human resources aspirations while making a difference in sustainable business. During the Global Scholars summer sustainability course in Europe, she made a personal connection between “going green” and positively affecting human populations through responsible practices. When she returned to Oklahoma, she took an internship with Sustainable Tulsa, spending her fall semester working on the Scorecard Program that helps businesses better “people, profit, and planet” through evaluation of sustainability. After her semester with the program, Megan was chosen by Sustainable Tulsa as Employee Retention Fellow through the Bellmon Awards to continue her work with sustainability. This fellowship afforded her the opportunity to build professional skills while continuing to research the positive employee effects of sustainability practices in business.

“My experience with Global Scholars and specifically our course, Global Challenges, was the first moment that sparked my interest about cultural and environmental problems. That’s where this fellowship comes in. What I’ll be researching for the program is how it will help companies with employee retention. There’s a stigma that sustainability is just about the planet part, so you’re just trying to be green and recycle, and that’s a big part of it. However, it’s about being trustworthy and about being honest, having a sense of value and morality, being able to provide for the people who are doing so much for you and your organization.”

Gracie Tapp, Chemical Engineering, ‘17Calabria, Italy

Gracie’s summer abroad class and internship in Italy directly supported her chemical engineering major and gave her the experience and knowledge to become more competitive in her field. For the first month of her studies, Gracie traveled to Calabria through a faculty-led program with TU professors and students to study challenges and solutions in alternative energy in the region. Through a partnership with the University of Calabria, she studied fossil fuels, hydroelectric power, biofuels, tidal energy and nuclear energy, and also learned from trips to solar and wind farms in the region. Gracie’s summer, however, didn’t end with her faculty-led class; she completed an internship with the Italian start-up energy company SIRiA. Gracie assisted with a groundwater remediation project for refineries, with an ultimate project goal of extracting heavy metals and hydrocarbons from refinery water runoff using a fiber created at the Spanish Broom Plant.

“My favorite part about my internship in Italy was the knowledge I gained from my coworkers. Upon arrival in Italy, I figured my team would all speak English, as I do not speak Italian. To my surprise, this was not the case. We were able to communicate with a little bit of Spanish, hand gestures, and the ever-handy Google Translate. Not only was I able to learn Italian by the end of the summer, but I also learned a valuable lesson — in life, we often have to work in an unlikely team, but our different talents and personalities made us a stronger group in the long run.”


As part of the commitment to global education for Tulsa students, TU has joined the Institute of International Education’s (IIE) Generation Study Abroad campaign. Alongside a host of other institutions, the university has pledged to double the number of TU students who study abroad by 2019. Less than one percent of students enrolled in U.S. colleges and universities study abroad; the campaign was launched to take steps to double the number of students going abroad for both credit- and noncredit-bearing programs. To date, more than 630 partners have joined the pledge, and TU is one of 400 U.S. colleges and universities to join the movement. TU’s goal for 2019: 420 TU students abroad during the academic year.

2014-2015Credit-bearing Experiences Abroad 179Noncredit Experiences Abroad* 115RegionsAfrica 1%, Americas 17%, Asia 3%, Pacific 3%, Europe 76%

2015-2016Credit-bearing Experiences Abroad 194Noncredit Experiences Abroad* 45RegionsAfrica 5%, Americas 16%, Asia 8%, Pacific 5%, Europe 66%

*Noncredit Experiences Abroad include academic conferences and symposia, international service trips, travel with campus organizations, international athletic competitions for university teams and individual travel.

Global Scholars visited the Hungarian Parliament building in Budapest during their summer trip to Europe.

TU study abroad alum, Morgan Richardson


In March of 2016, Cheryl Matherly, TU’s vice provost for global education since 2011, accepted an offer to become the vice president and vice provost for international affairs at Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. Matherly joined the TU team in 2004 as assistant provost and associate dean prior to her appointment as vice provost. During her 10 years at the university, Matherly led the development of TU’s strategic plan for internationalization, forged a host of partnerships and collaborations abroad, played a major role in increasing campus study abroad numbers and provided strategic leadership in creating internationalization grants for faculty, among many other accomplishments. We wish Matherly and her husband, Steve Wilson, all the best as they begin the next chapter of their lives in Pennsylvania. They will be greatly missed.

With Matherly’s departure, Lara Foley was promoted to assistant provost for global education. She will act as internal director of the CGE, handling day-to-day operations in the office as well as continuing long-term projects, including directing the Global Scholars Program, developing an experiential learning portfolio,

and coordinating staff and faculty development. While the university has launched a nationwide search to select candidates for vice provost in the coming months, we know Foley will provide excellent guidance and leadership for the CGE team.

J. Markham Collins, the Edward E. and Helen T. Bartlett Foundation Professor of Finance, has been appointed interim vice provost for global education. He will serve as the CGE representative on the Dean’s Council and contribute to the university’s Higher Learning Commission Report. Collins has coordinated the International Business and Language degree program at TU, won a Fulbright professorship and filled semester-long positions in Hong Kong, New Zealand, Germany and Hungary. He played a foundational role in the creation of the Global Scholars Program and has taught program courses both at TU and in Germany and Hungary. The CGE wishes to thank Professor Collins for his instruction, guidance and service, and especially for his willingness to serve the university and the CGE until a new vice provost is named.


Aaron Hall, registration specialist in the Office of the Registrar, works daily with TU students helping them apply their study abroad course credits to their TU transcripts. Until last February, that was the only side of study abroad he knew. Then, the CGE sent him on a weeklong trip to Thailand to experience a study abroad program for himself.

In the northern Thai city of Chiang Mai, Aaron visited a University Studies Abroad Consortium (USAC) program specializing in “Southeast Asian Economics, Politics, and Culture Studies.” (Where TU student Lauren Bateman is currently studying.) “One of the coolest things,” Hall recalled, “is how welcoming the staff at Chiang Mai are. As soon as you get your bags, they’re there cheering for you!”

During his time in Chiang Mai, Hall experienced both academic and cultural life much as a student would. He visited Chiang Mai

University where he met the president and vice president, toured the campus, and enjoyed a Thai language class, dance lesson, history lecture and office tour through USAC. The rest of the week, he experienced the Chiang Mai night market, toured the “Old City,” visited an elephant camp, met with a Buddhist monk and met the U.S. Consul to Thailand.

Upon returning to Tulsa, Hall said, “It’s a challenge when I’m in the registrar’s office, because I don’t know all that our study abroad office does. Seeing the other side of what I do gives me a unique perspective. The students aren’t just a name to me, these places aren’t just a place on the map — they’re very real. I got to see how TU students interact with local students, their class schedules, their regimens as far as how they provide for themselves while they’re over there, and the opportunities for study. I think it makes me more of a cheerleader for those kids who want to study abroad. It’s truly a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.”

During his tour of Chiang Mai University, Aaron met the president and vice president of the institution and convinced them to take a selfie.

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“I love elephants, my wife loves elephants, my kids love elephants, so to ride one was a dream come true! That whole camp is self-sufficient. The elephants do their paintings, and the trainers have their own village where they live and grow their own produce. Whatever they sold, that money went back into the account. It was amazing!”

“The temple tours were my favorite — seeing the history and the art that’s around the temple, seeing the ‘Old City,’ and the old culture that is still alive with the busyness of Chiang Mai. The locals as well as the visitors are embracing that culture.”

“The Thai people are very traditional. I got to hang out with one monk, talk with him about his daily life — a lot of praying, working, giving up himself in the name of Buddhism.”

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Waseda UniversityTokyo, JapanTU Students to Waseda: 4Waseda Students to Tulsa: 4

The second private university founded in Japan, Waseda University is considered one of the nation’s most prestigious colleges. Home to over 50,000 students with 13 undergraduate schools and 23 graduate schools, the university has hosted notable alumni including multiple prime ministers of Japan and the CEOs of Honda and Sony. Waseda is located in the heart of the Tokyo metropolis, and entertainment is endless. From more than 1,000 extracurricular clubs on campus to the university volunteer center to the museums and marketplaces of the city, students have numerous opportunities to learn, grow and enjoy the semester.

Courses – Waseda offers English courses in engineering, as well as political science, economics, social sciences, international studies, media and communications.

University of CantabriaSantander, SpainTU Students to Cantabria: 1Cantabria Students to TU: 1

Located on the coast in the capital city of the Santander region, the University of Cantabria is the largest university in the city, with around 13,000 students and 1,000 faculty. Cantabria boasts a vibrant cultural scene complete with concerts, exhibitions, music and dance festivals and local arts, while the mild weather enables students to enjoy beaches, bays and mountains year-round. Cantabria’s location also allows students to explore the world-famous Altamira caves and the Guggenheim Museum, and visit cities such as London, Paris and Rome during the weekends.

Courses- Cantabria offers English courses specifically in chemical engineering, as well as in economics, education, physics, math, computer science, pre-med and Spanish history and culture.

In pursuit of the university’s goal to double the number of TU students studying abroad,

the CGE has forged new partnerships with strategic universities around the world to give students a rich variety of location and course

options to help meet academic needs. Over the past year and a half, TU has signed new reciprocal exchange agreements with three

universities in France, Spain and Japan, and also has collaboratively created a summer

research opportunity with Hokkaido University in Sapporo, Japan. These partnerships are

opening doors for TU students to earn course credit and gain research experience

in fields as diverse as engineering, languages, business and the social sciences during a

semester or year abroad. Many programs offer courses in English. These new opportunities

directly support TU’s strategic plan for internationalization through a focus on

growing partnerships in Asia and expanding interdisciplinary initiatives.

Kohei Kunisaki, one of the first Waseda exchange students to TU, spent an academic year living and studying on campus.

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Hokkaido UniversitySapporo, JapanFirst TU Student to Hokkaido in Summer 2016

Ranked the sixth best research university — home to more than 20 research institutes— and the most beautiful campus in Japan, Hokkaido University is also one of the nation’s oldest, largest and most prestigious universities. Hokkaido is the northernmost of Japan’s main islands, and its mild climate allows students to enjoy mountains, coastlines, natural hot springs and volcanoes. The region is culturally vibrant with festivals throughout the year, including the Pacific Music Festival, Sapporo Lilac Festival and the renown Sapporo Snow Festival, which attracts more than two million tourists each year.

Research institutes – low temperature, electronic, genetic, isotope, environmental, health, brain, biosphere and sustainability science; Slavic-Eurasian, indigenous peoples, Arctic region, social science, tourism and archaeological research; Hokkaido University Museum and archives. English is spoken along with Japanese in all labs.

Lille Catholic UniversityLille, FranceTU Students to Lille: 5Lille Students to TU: 2

As the country’s largest private university, Lille boasts over 25,500 full-time students as well as more than 2,000 international students from 100 different countries each year. Students benefit from more than 300 clubs and societies, 12 libraries, and a student arts center on campus, while a walk to the city’s center takes only 15 minutes. The city is home to a host of parks, gardens, shops, markets, cafés and an overlap of French, Northern European and Flemish culture. Weekend trips to Paris, London and Brussels are very convenient, and they provide access to other major cities as well.

Courses – French majors/minors can take classes in language, culture and international business. English-speaking students can study film, communications, management, English literature, American and British history, international affairs, pre-law, European politics and introductory psychology.

An international student at TU, Rong Fan spent a semester in Cantabria; here, she is enjoying an evening with her new Spanish friends.

Global Scholars Sarah Hicks and Madeleine Cook (not pictured) were the first TU students to study at Lille Catholic University.

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Bea BakerBea Baker, a senior from Waco, Texas, is an anthropology major and Global Scholar who studied abroad in Cape Town, South Africa, during the spring of 2015. In Cape Town, she worked with a nonprofit organization in a segregated township while taking classes through a service-learning program. As a peer advisor, she helps students learn about and apply for studying abroad, but as the PA for marketing, she also helps craft study abroad messaging through social media and other venues.

Raye LeonardRaye Leonard is a senior communications major and theatre minor from Oklahoma City. She studied abroad in the Czech Republic and in Spain during the summer of 2015. As a peer advisor and the outreach coordinator, she organizes events and activities that promote studying abroad and incorporate international values on campus. Her outreach activities have included an international soda-tasting event, a Chinese New Year celebration, and a Rio 2016 Olympics booth.

Haoze Huang, JohnnyAs an international student and study abroad alumnus, Johnny Huang is the peer advisor primarily responsible for advising sessions with international students and for promoting the Global Scholars program to the international student population on campus. A senior finance major originally from China, he spent a semester studying abroad through an exchange partnership with Singapore Management University in the spring of 2015.

Luke WagnerAs a peer advisor and the student events coordinator at the CGE, Luke Wagner talks with students

about opportunities to study abroad, helps organize and run CGE events such as the Study Abroad Fair, and supports event planning for exchange students. From Frisco, Texas, he is a junior

accounting and management double major who is also a Global Scholar. He studied abroad in Berlin, Germany, the summer after his freshman year, studying German language and culture at

Humboldt University of Berlin.

Emily TaylorEmily Taylor, from Allen, Texas, is the lead peer advisor at the CGE. She has a variety of tasks at the office including managing student files, scheduling PA meetings and trainings, and generally helping

the office run. She is a senior art history major with a minor in history and a certificate in classics. Emily studied abroad in London in the summer of 2014, attending class at King’s College London

and taking a class in conjunction with the Museum of London.


Professor of Spanish and Linguistics Eduardo Faingold has been invited to join the Study Group on Language and the United Nations, a scholarly group concerned with language policies, the effects of language rights in the UN, and other topics concerning language and its uses. Faingold received this invitation, which is reserved for top language policy experts, following extensive work in TU’s Department of Languages and after publishing eight books and 50 papers related to language. The CGE has helped support Faingold’s research with financial contributions for travel alongside the contributions of TU’s Department of Languages and Office of Research. We congratulate him on this exceptional achievement!

This year the CGE welcomed visiting Fulbright Scholar YuanYuan Dai, who is conducting research into relationships between

American and Chinese universities. After completing her BA and MA degrees in China, YuanYuan completed her second MA

in Education at TU. Her research explores Chinese-American partnerships by examining three pairs of U.S. and Chinese

universities, including the partnership between The University of Tulsa and the China University of Petroleum Beijing. TU

and CUPB have graduated 72 dual-degree students through this partnership since its inception seven years ago, in addition to

deepening collaboration through research and teaching agreements.

YuanYuan’s research has revealed that students of both nations can benefit greatly from these institutional partnerships. She hopes to further improve student outcomes through her research. Students who come to the U.S. from China tend to experience smaller class

sizes and more class discussion time, while American students who study in China benefit from structured courses and academic

rigor. Combining these styles of learning, according to YuanYuan’s studies, can greatly benefit students attending universities in both

countries. The CGE is pleased to host YuanYuan as she continues to research and write on partnership strategies and student results.


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The CGE proudly presented eight graduating study abroad returnees with stoles depicting the flags of their host countries to wear during the December commencement ceremony. Congratulations, graduates!

Graduates, L-R: James Allen (England), Andres Gomez (Chile), Lauren Delucchi (Spain), Sarah Burks (England), Patrick Arnold (France), Katherine Smith (England), Jonathan Butts (Scotland), Ayerim Cuyan (France).


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