Georgia Highlands College Assistant Professor of Sociology Christina Wolfe has been chosen to take part in the University of South Carolina\u2019s International Perspectives on Higher Education (IPHE) in March. Wolfe will join a group of other college faculty and staff from around the country on a visit to South Africa.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe will be visiting universities throughout Johannesburg and Cape Town to explore how education has changed in post-Apartheid South Africa,\u201d Wolfe said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Wolfe stated that the goal of the trip is to discover South Africa\u2019s rich cultural, historic and educational experiences while learning as much as possible about educational transitions at institutions of higher education after Apartheid.<\/p>\n
\u201cI love to travel and have never been to the African continent, so I\u2019m very excited about seeing the country,\u201d Wolfe said. \u201cCape Town is known as one of the most beautiful cities in the world. I\u2019m particularly excited about visiting Robben Island, where Nelson Mandela\u2014along with many other political prisoners\u2014were held during the Apartheid era.\u201d<\/p>\n
Wolfe received a competitive scholarship through Centers for International Business Education and Research (CIBER) to help cover expenses for the trip.<\/p>\n
Wolfe said the best part of participating in the IPHE program is going to be what she will be able to bring back with her to share with her students at GHC.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
\u201c[This trip will] help me bring back experiences to globalize our courses and increase connections in my students\u2019 understanding of how sociological issues are present in their own lives and the lives of others,\u201d Wolfe said. \u201cThis program is directly related to my current curricula in \u2018Introduction to Sociology\u2019 and \u2018Introduction to Social Problems,\u2019 which include discussions of apartheid and its relationship to race, social stratification, power structures in societies and institutionalized discrimination.\u201d<\/p>\n
Developing her classes was also a benefit Wolfe noted, saying, \u201cI am particularly interested in the program\u2019s focus on service learning as I seek to implement and improve experiential education for student success in my own courses.\u201d<\/p>\n
The group will leave in March. Other locations the IPHE program has traveled to include Spain, France, Italy, Ireland and Costa Rica. Upon returning, all IPHE participants are responsible for completing a follow-up project to implement and share the knowledge gained during the program by developing a short-term study abroad course, engaging in departmental curriculum integration, conducting a presentation on the IPHE outcomes for campus colleagues or by writing a campus news article about IPHE.<\/p>\n
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