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worlding.us
Situating Harper faculty and students in a globalized world.
Worlding is the practice of engaging with the wider world in ways that expand our understanding of ourselves, others, and the communities and spaces we inhabit and traverse. At Harper College, students, faculty, and staff experience worlding through study abroad, field seminars, international collaborations, global learning initiatives, and cross-cultural exchange. These encounters invite new perspectives, challenge familiar ways of thinking, and cultivate the knowledge, empathy, and relationships needed to thrive in an interconnected world. The stories collected in this blog reflect the transformative power of global engagement and the many ways our community learns with, from, and alongside the world.
June 14, 2019
On our 5th day, and after our first night at the ITEC field station, we began the day with an essential lecture that served as a great segway into the theme of the day on the environmental issues in Bocas del Toro; specifically waste distribution. Read More
June 13, 2019
Today was a day that I felt truly opened everyone's eyes on the everyday lives for most of Panama's population. We spent a large part of our day at a chocolate farm led by a Panamanian indigenous tribe. Read More
June 12, 2019
Today we took a hike through one of the rainforests at the Institute for Tropical Ecology and Conservation (ITEC). We learned all about plants and animals in the area. Read More
June 11, 2019
June 11th was an exciting day for the biology and geography sections of our integrated course load. This was the day our classroom knowledge would be applied in real-world situations that could inform future management techniques regarding beach longevity and tourist access. Read More
June 09, 2019
Today the Naso people number about 3,800 and live on the forested banks of the Teribe River, subsisting on agriculture. Another few hundred live across the border in Costa Rica. Read More
December 18, 2018
If someone a year ago would have told me that I would be in Southern Spain studying at the University of Seville while traveling the rest of Spain and much of Europe on the weekends, I would not have believed them. Having the opportunity to study abroad with Harper’s Honors program this past spring break to Nicaragua solidified my desire to study abroad for a semester. Read More
March 18, 2017
Flight change! We were only supposed to have a 3 hour layover in Istanbul, but it we ended up staying 29 hours. Read More
March 17, 2017
The following posts were composed by students in Prof. Mukila Maitha’s GEG 103: Geography of the Developing World and Prof. Richard F. Johnson’s HUM 107: Cultures of Africa courses. Read More
February 27, 2017
Two Thursdays ago, faculty, students, and staff gathered in the lobby of the Performing Arts Center to welcome international students to our campus. Though a yearly event, this reception had particular importance in light of the anti-immigrant stance taken by the Trump administration. Read More
August 08, 2016
In higher education, it has almost become a cliché to say that we need to educate our students for a global future. In fact, it was nearly ten years ago that the Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) identified global competencies and intercultural skills as essential components of a 21st century college education. Read More
May 20, 2016
We arose just before sunrise for a walk through the verdant bush of Hwange National Park. We had the privilege of being guided on our walk by Dardley (pronounced “Dudley”), a naturalist with national and regional recognition for his expertise in the natural history of Zimbabwe. Read More
May 20, 2016
Our first stop at the Harare Kopje provided a glimpse at the expansive layout of the city, which was first established as Fort Salisbury by British business mogul, imperialist, and politician Cecil Rhodes in 1890. This highest point of Harare, at approximately 4,800 feet, provides a wonderful panorama of what is now a populated and built-up city, and conjures images of what was then open grassland. Read More
May 20, 2016
Following a whirlwind day touring the Harare Urban Circuit, we all came together for breakfast the next morning to discuss what we had each observed and taken from our experience in the capital. The conversation was abundant with thought provoking insights. Read More
March 26, 2016
The Museum of Human Sciences is the former Queen Victoria Museum, which was dedicated when Zimbabwe was the British Colony of Southern Rhodesia in 1962, according to a bronze plate installed at the front of the building. It is a natural history museum with the first exhibit telling the story of Charwe, a Shona woman who played an instrumental in the fight against colonialism during the First Chimurenga, 1896-7. Read More
March 26, 2016
In the mid-afternoon the group left Harare for the archeological site at Domboshava, about 20 miles from the city. Domboshava, meaning red rock in Shona, is the name given to an exfoliated igneous dome that takes the shape of a slightly concave hill northeast of the town with the same name. Read More