News

April 21, 2008
Program to Focus on Global Education Initiatives

The public is invited to learn about Edgecombe Community College’s efforts to develop a global focus in college programs and courses during a lunch hour event on Tuesday, April 29.

“ECC: At Home and Around the World” is the theme of the global education program that will be held from 12 noon to 1:30 p.m. in the Rocky Mount campus auditorium.

ECC instructors and staff will discuss their international visits and work on behalf of the college.

• Dr. Deborah Lamm, president of the college, will present an overview of global education at the college.
• Joy Dalton-Robinson, workforce development instructor, will discuss a workforce development trip to Japan.
• Dan Grimsley, dean of workforce development, will review his recent trips to business and industry sites in Denmark and Germany.
• Deana Guido, librarian, will talk about her visit to Ireland in fall 2007 as part of the ECC Travel Abroad Program. A group of ECC faculty, staff, students, and community members traveled to Ireland in October.
• Maria Ortega, Hispanic/Latino coordinator, will discuss her homeland of Ecuador.
• Dr. Kristi Snuggs, vice president of instruction, will review the college’s collaborative projects with educational institutions in Finland.
• Paul Tolbert, instructor of math and religion, will talk about his visit to India last summer through a World View study program. World View is a global education center at UNC-Chapel Hill.

International music will be provided by ECC instructor Kevin Egypt and the ECC Choir.

Call J. Lynn Cale at 446-0436, ext. 327, for more information about the global education program.

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