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Through OSUN, a network of top international academic institutions led by Bard College and Central European University, you’re able to exchange ideas, gain cultural insights, and explore new perspectives that will transform your worldview and arm you with new tools to address tomorrow’s global challenges.
Your opportunities for connection and cross-cultural learning at Simon’s Rock extend well beyond our campus. As part of the Bard Network, Simon’s Rock students and faculty are directly plugged into the Open Society University Network (OSUN)—co-founded by Bard College and Central European University and supported by Open Society Foundations—and benefit from building relationships, sharing insights and experiences, and expanding on research and ideas across borders.
OSUN is a new model of global higher education that integrates learning and the advancement of knowledge across geographic and demographic boundaries, promotes civic engagement on behalf of open societies, and expands access of underserved communities to higher education.
Through integrating curricula, teaching, and research across an international consortium of partner institutions, OSUN puts a global network of leading academic thinkers and researchers focused on addressing tomorrow’s challenges at the fingertips of the Simon’s Rock community.
Announcements & Events
ANNOUNCING COV-AID: Engaging Across Global Networks
The Open Society University Network, in partnership with the Talloires Network, announces the launch of COV-AID: Communities of Virtual Alliance & Inter-Dependence, to support universities engaged in the global response to the COVID-19 pandemic. COV-AID seeks to collect and share stories of institutions and individuals who are taking action to mitigate the crisis, document practical steps and strategies that may be of use elsewhere, provide uplifting content, and strengthen public support for engaged universities.
OSUN Connected Learning Working Group Workshop Series: Preparing for Summer and Fall 2020
The OSUN Connected Learning Working Group presents a series of workshops for summer and fall 2020. Drawing on feedback received from across the network, these sessions are designed to support faculty plan and prepare for upcoming courses with blended and connected learning environments in mind.
Schedule of Workshops:
- May 25: Designing Online Course Modules
- June 2: Cohort and Community Building in Connected Learning Environments
- June 8: Rethinking Classes as Connected: Translating Syllabi to go Online
- June 11: Strategies for Digital Citizenship and Etiquette
- June 15: Making the Most of Multimedia
- June 22: Assignments and Assessments for the Connected Learning Environment
- June 23: Responding to Student Writing Online
- June 25: High Impact Engaged Teaching Practices for Blended/Online Instruction
OSUN Senior Project Panels: May 18 - 22, 2020
OSUN and Bard College are convening a series of six network-wide senior project panels on the following themes:
- Arts and Open Societies
- Civic Engagement
- Democracy
- Human Rights
- Inequalities
- Sustainability/Climate Change
- Transnational Politics
Each panel includes 4-6 graduating seniors from across OSUN institutions. The panels will be live webinars in which students briefly present on their projects with a faculty moderator and audience Q&A. All student participants will receive certificates of participation from OSUN. Simon’s Rock participants include:
- Caleb Sabatka ’17: “‘Raw Tales:’ An Anthropology of Post-Colonial Writers in Exile” on the Arts and Open Societies panel, moderated by Dr. Christopher Coggins, Professor of Geography and Asian Studies at Simon’s Rock;
- Felix Bridel ’16: “Speak Your Body: Profane Words, Im/material Others, and Colonial Theology” on the Democracy panel; and
- Kara Tai ’16: “Effects of Pestalotiopsis microspora and Pleurotus ostreatus on the Surface Chemistry of Polyester Polyurethanes” on the Sustainability and Climate Change panel.
TOMORROW IS NOW: THE ELEANOR ROOSEVELT CONFERENCES
The Val-Kill Partnership, in conjunction with the COV-AID Project sponsored by the Open Society University Network and The Talloires Network present a virtual discussion series highlighting the importance of Eleanor Roosevelt's legacy in today's crisis. Stay tuned for forthcoming events in this series.
Partnering Colleges & Universities
- Al-Quds University/Al-Quds Bard College of Arts and Sciences (Palestine)
- American University of Bulgaria
- American University of Central Asia (Kyrgyzstan)
- Arizona State University (Unites States)
- Ashesi University (Ghana)
- Bard College Berlin (Germany)
- Birkbeck: University of London (United Kingdom)
- BRAC University (Bangladesh)
- European Humanities University (Lithuania)
- Fulbright University of Vietnam
- Princeton University: Global History Lab (United States)
- Sciences Po in Paris (France)
- SOAS University of London (United Kingdom)
- Universidad de los Andes (Colombia)
Partnering Research Institutions and Educational Organizations
- Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs (United States)
- Chatham House (United Kingdom)
- Institute for New Economic Thinking (United States and United Kingdom)
- Institut für die Wissenschaften vom Menschen (Austria)
- Open Society Archives (Hungary)
- Rift Valley Institute (Kenya)
- The Talloires Network (United States)
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