Languages and Cultures Across the Curriculum (LACxC)

      A Post-9/11 Imperative



      October 23, 2004

      Hosted by Binghamton University, Binghamton, NY

Program Schedule

Saturday, October 23, 2004

8:30 - 9:00 AM

Registration and Continental Breakfast — Public Service Programs Center (PSPC) Lounge

9:00 - 9:30 AM

Welcome to Binghamton University and Background on the LACxC Concept — PSPC, Room EF

Moderator: Suronda Gonzalez, Director of LxC

  • Nancy E. Stamp, Vice Provost and Dean of the Graduate School
  • H. Stephen Straight, Professor of Anthropology and of Linguistics, Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education & International Affairs (Founding Director, Languages Across the Curriculum)
  • Virginia M. Fichera, Adjunct Professor of Linguistics, Binghamton University; Professor Emerita of Foreign Languages and Humanities, and Founding Director, Languages Across the Curriculum, SUNY-Oswego

9:45 - 11:00 AM

SESSION I (CONCURRENT)

A. Technology Supports LACxC — PSPC, Room EF

Moderator: Virginia M Fichera, Binghamton University

  • LiTgloss: Engineering a Digital Archive for an International Curriculum (View Description)
    Aimee Woznick, University at Buffalo
    Maureen Jameson, University at Buffalo
    Liana Lorigo, University at Buffalo
    Thomas Slomka, University at Buffalo
    Praveer Mansukhani, University at Buffalo

B. Integrating International Education — PSPC, Room C

Moderator: Katharine Krebs, Director of International Education, Binghamton University

  • From Course Requirements to Integration: Reconceiving the Place of Languages in the Undergraduate Curriculum (View Description)
    Barbara D. Wright, Eastern Connecticut State University
  • Curriculum Innovation to Prepare Culturally Competent Nurses (View Description)
    Laura Terriquez-Kasey, Binghamton University
  • Internationalization and Globalization (View Description)
    Lora Lunt, SUNY-Potsdam
    Celine Philbert, SUNY-Potsdam

11:15 - 12:30 PM

SESSION II

Degrees of Internationalization — PSPC, Room EF

Moderator: Freda Fuller-Coursey, Comparative Literature, Binghamton University

  • Intercultural communicative competence: The fifth skill? (View Description)
    Diane Watt, University of Ottawa
  • Overlooking the Obvious? Harnessing Student Reserves to Drive Internationalization (View Description)
    Richard Reeves-Ellington, Binghamton University
    Suronda Gonzalez, Binghamton University
  • The International Campus is Here to Stay: A Model of an Integrated Campus (View Description)
    Mary S. Devins, Connecticut College
    Katherine McCormack, Connecticut College

12:30 PM - 1:45

Birds of a Feather Lunch Together (Breakout Sessions)

  1. "Discover New York" courses through Francophone Cultures: French Studies in the U.S. in a post 9/11 era of globalization — PSPC, Room E (View Description)
    Diane Paravazian, St. John’s University
    Zoe Petropoulou, St. John’s University
  2. Language Attitude of Heritage Language Learners in the Spanish Undergraduate Program at SUNY College at Oneonta — PSPC, Room F (View Description)
    Maria Cristina Montoya, SUNY College at Oneonta
  3. Bilingual Education and University Wide Support — PSPC, Upstairs Lounge (View Description)
    Machiko Tomiyama, International Christian University, Tokyo
  4. Brainstorm on Funding — PSPC, Room C (View Description)
    Anne Wahl, Binghamton University Office of Sponsored Programs

2:00 - 3:00 PM

Keynote Address — PSPC, Room EF
Dr. Adrian Shubert, Professor of History and Associate Vice-President International, York University: "Internationalizing the University: A Canadian Perspective"

3:15 - 4:30 PM

SESSION III

Exploring and Exploiting Resources — PSPC, Room EF

Moderator: Marilyn Gaddis-Rose, Comparative Literature, Binghamton University

  • Cross-curricular language learning in a post 9/11 world:
    Content-based instruction at the University of Ottawa
    (View Description)
    Sandra Burger, University of Ottawa
    Marlene Toews-Janzen, University of Ottawa
  • Globalization, austerity and unintended consequences in the establishment of FLAC (View Description)
    Douglas Koritz, Buffalo State
  • Key Role of the University Libraries in Advancing International Education (View Description)
    Xiuying Zou, Binghamton University
    Rachelle Moore, Binghamton University

4:30 - 5:00 PM

Reception — PSPC, Downstairs Lounge

5:00 - 7:00 PM

DINNER — PSPC, Room EF

SESSION IV

  • Reports from Concurrent Sessions & from Funding Brainstorm
  • Closing Remarks from H. Stephen Straight
  • Reaction from Panelists and Audience
    Kevin Gormley, Program Officer, National Security Education Program
    Nina Garrett, Director of Language Study, Yale University
    Dick Feldman, Director, Language Resource Center, Cornell University
    William Acree, Coordinator, Languages Across the Curriculum, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
    Stephanie Latkovski, Associate Dean of the College for International and Second Language Education, University of Chicago

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Hosted by Binghamton University – SUNY, the Harpur College of Arts & Sciences,
the Department of Anthropology, the Program in Linguistics,
Languages Across the Curriculum (LxC),
the Translation Research and Instruction Program & Center for Research in Translation (TRIP/CRIT), and
Continuing Education & Outreach (CEO)
Binghamton University

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