The Great Lakes Colleges Association (GLCA) is the founder and administrator of the Global Liberal Arts Alliance (GLAA) behalf of its member institutions, a consortium of thirteen private liberal arts colleges located in Indiana, Michigan, Ohio and Pennsylvania.
The Global Liberal Arts Alliance is a multilateral partnership of equals intended to strengthen education in the liberal arts and sciences. FCCU is the part of 36 partner Liberal Arts Alliance spread over the world.
The Global Alliance will concertedly forge links amongst participating colleges through programs that:
- Allow institutional leaders – particularly presidents – to address common issues that all liberal arts institutions, irrespective of location, confront in their quest to operate effectively and to prepare students to be engaged and contributing citizens.
- Develop the expertise of faculty members and administrators, augment academic and nonacademic programs, improve the way colleges operate, and enhance the success of Alliance institutions; and
- Promote international understanding and enhance discussion concerning the economic, political, social, intercultural, and other challenges facing societies where Alliance colleges are located
- Al Akhawayn University in Ifrane
- Albion College
- Allegheny College
- The American College of Greece
- The American University in Bulgaria
- The American University in Cairo
- American University of Nigeria
- The American University of Paris
- Antioch College
- Ashesi University
- Bratislava International School of Liberal Arts
- Denison University
- DePauw University
- Earlham College
- Effat University
- FLAME University
- Forman Christian College
- Franklin University Switzerland
- Hope College
- International Christian University
- International University of Grand-Bassam
- John Cabot University
- Kalamazoo College
- Kenyon College
- Lingnan University
- Oberlin College
- Ohio Wesleyan University
- Universidad San Francisco de Quito
- Wabash College
- The College of Wooster
Global Course Connections “connects” a course offered on an Alliance campus in one country to a course offered on an Alliance campus in another country, providing the courses with an authentic international dimension they would not otherwise have. Globally connected courses need not be the same course or even from the same discipline; what matters is that the courses provide different national/cultural perspectives on one or more themes present in both courses. For more information, please click here.
2018
Spring 2018
- Intercultural Communication, Susan Wilson, Communication and Theatre, DePauw University.
Media, Culture, and Society, Anam Muzamill, Mass Communication, Forman Christian College.
(Report/Reflection Paper)
- Freshman Composition, Emilienne Akpan, English Language and Literature, American College in Nigeria
Basic Writing Skills, Fahad Aftab, English Language and Literature, Forman Christian College.
(Report/Reflection Paper)
- Basic Writing Skills ENGL 101, Nadia Iftikhar, English Language and Literature, Forman Christian College
Freshman Composition I (WRI 101), Emilienne Akpan, English Language and Literature, The American University of Nigeria.(Report/Reflection Paper)
- PLSC 312 Theories of Comparative Politics, Ryan Brasher, Political Science, Forman Christian College
PLSC 312 Theories of Comparative Politics, Joseph Sun, Political Science, Forman Christian College.
POL 151 Introduction to Global Politics, Virginia Beard, Political Science, Hope College.
(Report/Reflection Paper)
- Politics of Development, Mohammad Vaqas , Ali, Sociology, Forman Christian College
Sociology of Development , Michelle, Mood, Political Science & Asian Studies, Kenyon College.
(Report/Reflection Paper)
- Sociolinguistics, Muhammad Abdullah, English, Forman Christian College
Sociolinguistics, Melpomeni Ilkos, English and Modern Languages, American College of Greece.
(Report/Reflection Paper)
2017
Fall 2017
- COMM 360 Persuasion, Jayson Dibble, Communication, Hope College.
MCOM 201 News Reporting, Adeel Aamir, Mass Communication, Forman Christian College.
(Report/Reflection Paper) - Peace, Conflict & Reconciliation in Post-Apartheid South Africa, Deirdre Johnston, Communication, Hope College Narratives of Peace, Conflict & Justice: Transition in Post-Apartheid South Africa, Dagmar Kusa, Political Science, BISLA.
Radicalism & De-radicalization in Pakistan, Raheem ul Haque, Centre for Public Policy and Governance, Forman Christian College.
(Report/Reflection Paper)
2016
- Natural Disasters, Beth Lincoln, Geology, Albion College.
Natural Hazards and Management Issue, Hafsah Batool, Geography, Forman Christian College
(Report/Reflection Paper) - Media and Peace Building, Wajiha Raza Rizvi, Mass Communication, Forman Christian College.
Peace Journalism, Jacob Jacob, Communications and Multimedia Design Program, American University of Nigeria.
(Report/Reflection Paper) - International Trade, Heather Montgomery, Business and Economics, International Christian University
Theoretical Introduction to Television Production, Adeel Aamir, Mass Communication, Forman Christian College.
(Report/Reflection Paper)
2015
- Environmental Microbiology, Ola Olapade, Albion College
Microbiology, Umarah Mubeen and Kauser Malik, Forman Christian College.
(Report/Reflection Paper) - World Regional Geography, Eric Pallant, Allegheny College
Geography of Pakistan, Shail Ahmed Umar, Forman Christian College.
(Report/Reflection Paper)
The program, called the GLCA-Library of Congress Faculty-Student Research Initiative, offers a unique opportunity for undergraduate students and faculty mentors to receive direct support for scholarly research from designated Library of Congress research librarians – a level of research support generally accorded to advanced scholars. For more information, please click here.
2017
- Title: “Assimilation Challenges for Pakistani Diaspora in United States of America.”
Participant: Dr. Shehzadi Zamurrad Awan, Forman Christian College
(Report)
2015
- Title: “U.S.-Muslim Tensions: Islam, Muslim, and Islamic terrorism.”
Participant: Aneela Bushra Maqbool, Forman Christian College.
(Report)
2014
- Title: “Responses to 9/11 and U.S.-Pakistan Relations.”
Participant: Nukhbah Taj Langah, Forman Christian College.
(Report/Reflection)
The Athens Democracy Forum has become a preeminent forum to debate critical questions about the state of liberal democracy in the world. For more information, click here.
2017
- Topic: This event was organized by New York Times, the forum brought together representatives from businesses, NGO’s, and governments to discuss democracy.
Date: September 16th-18th, 2018. Athens, Greece.
Participant: Basil Dogra (student)
(Reflection Paper)
Exchange of expertise among institutions through the short-term visits of administrators of faculty as well as sabbaticals hosted by member institutions. These opportunities are ongoing, responding to requests raised by members.
The Global Alliance Grand Challenge program is designed to bring internationalization into the totality of the educational experience through collaborative exploration of a significant issue impacting humanity and whose scope spans disciplinary boundaries. For more information, please click here
Alliance Institute is to develop a shared understanding of how civic engagement can enhance liberal learning and help participants to create cross-disciplinary programs to build a more just, equitable and suitable world. For more information please click here.
2018
- Alliance Institutes: Leadership & Liberal Arts: A Foundation for Social Good, FLAME University, Pune, India.
The Institute explored ways that Global Liberal Arts Alliance schools articulate the role of liberal education in the development of Leadership for Social Good.
Date: June 18th-20th, 2018.
Participant: Joseph Sun
2016
- Alliance Institute: Civic Engagement & the Liberal Arts: Global Practice & Global Impact, Kalamazoo College, USA. The Alliance Institute is to develop a shared understanding of how civic engagement can enhance liberal learning and help participants to create cross-disciplinary programs to build a more just, equitable and suitable world.
Date: October 23rd-25th, 2016.
Participants: Quratul Aen, Muhammad Adil Arshad (Faculty) & Qudsia, Areen Shahid (Students)
2018
- Alliance leadership faculty panel: The meeting was held for the faculty members to discuss the impact of involvement with Alliance programs.
Date: November 2018.
Held at: Kenyon College, Ohio, USA.
Attended by: Rukhsana Zia. - Alliance leadership Meeting: Presidents & CEOs
Date: March 2018.
Held at: Al-Akhawayn University, Ifrane, Morocco.
Attended by: Sun Joseph (Faculty).
2019
- Alliance Liaison Meeting.
Date: March 2019.
Held at: Oberlin College, Ohio, USA.
Attended by: Rukhsana Zia.
2018
- Alliance Liaison Meeting.
Date: March 2018.
Place: Al-Akhawayn University, Morocco.
Attended by: Rukhsana Zia.
2017
- Alliance Liaison Meeting.
Date: January 2017.
Held at: American University in Paris, France.
Attended by: Rukhsana Zia.
2016
- Topic: Global Course connection workshop: a workshop to prepare faculty to offer a Globally Connected Course in the coming academic year. GCC connects a course on a campus in one country with a related course on a campus in another country
Date: June 2016.
Held at: The Bratislava International School of Liberal Arts, Bratislava, Slovakia.
Attended by: Wajiha Raza Rizvi (Faculty), Adeel Amir (Faculty), Hafsah Batool (Faculty), Maryyam Khan (Student: dropped out by GLCA) & Aneela Bushra (student: dropped out by FCCU)
2017
- Topic: Science Pedagogy Workshop: The science pedagogy workshop held in June 2017 had participants from 14 Alliance Institutions. The goal was to build an international community of liberal arts science faculty who shares ideas, resources and enthusiasm about teaching and learning in the sciences.
Date: June 2017.
Held at: American college of Greece, Greece.
Attended by: Shazma Azeem (Faculty)
2018
- Topic: Partnership for Undergraduate Life Sciences Education workshop: A workshop for Life sciences Faculty to Work on Curriculum Change & Assessment.
Date: August 2018:
Held at: Chicago, USA.
Attended by Hira Khalid (Faculty)
- Topic: Partnership for Undergraduate Life Sciences Education workshop: The science pedagogy workshop held in June 2017 had participants from 14 Alliance Institutions. The goal was to build an international community of liberal arts science faculty who shares ideas, resources and enthusiasm about teaching and learning in the sciences.
Date: August 2018.
Held at: Chicago, USA.
Attended by: Khalid Javed(Faculty), Silvia Machado(Faculty) & Samina Mehnaz(Faculty).