Global Education
The impact of a global experience is boundless, transformative, and lifelong. HACC supports high impact experiences in an interconnected global world by connecting educational opportunities with culture that enhances collaboration, understanding and appreciation. This impact can be felt on one’s personal and professional growth whether affective, behavioral, or cognitive. HACC has sponsored trips to a variety of locations around the world including China, Italy, UK, France, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Romania, Serbia, Spain and Morocco.
What does the Center for Global Opportunities & Education do?
The Center for Global Opportunities & Education provides:
- Global and Domestic Education programs (short-term for-credit courses, non-credit opportunities, and global service-learning)
- International education institutional partnerships
- International recruiting and admissions
- International students and scholar services
- Intercultural and diversity curricular initiatives
How can I contact the Global Opportunities & Education Office?
- The Center for Global Opportunities & Education is located in C202 of the Cooper Student Center on HACC's Harrisburg campus. You can contact the office by sending an email to global@hacc.edu.
Regular Fall/Spring Office Hours
- Monday: 8 a.m. - 4 p.m.
- Tuesday: 8 a.m. - 4 p.m.
- Wednesday: 8 a.m. - 4 p.m.
- Thursday:8 a.m. - 4 p.m.
- Friday: 8 a.m. - 4 p.m. (remote work available by email or telephone only)
Who is on Staff for Center for Global Opportunities & Education:
- Olajiwon McCadney- Assistant Vice President of Diversity Studies & Intercultural Affairs- okmccadn@hacc.edu
- Jessika Greek- Administrative Office Specialist, Student Involvement- jgreek@hacc.edu
- Zhane’ McMillion, Coordinator, Global Opportunities & Education- zmmcmill@hacc.edu and global@hacc.edu
What are the Global Pathway Strategies (GPS) for the Center for Global Opportunities & Education?
- Global Scholarship
- Examples include but are not limited to Globalizing capstones and courses
- Global Engagement
- Examples include but are not limited to: Internships and community-oriented service learning as well as experiential learning
- Global Leadership
- Examples include but are not limited to student globalizing leadership, domestic advocacy with global implications as well as global learning activities/programs
What are the global dimensions of student learning within the Global Opportunities & Education?
- Global Understanding
- Students examine behavior and relations that influence global systems
- Students analyze how institutionalized systems impact others as well as the self in global contexts
- Students evaluate and reflect on overlapping systems in a global context both natural and human
- Global Inclusion, Diversity & Belonging
- Students explore the complexities of inclusion, diversity, and belonging in global contexts
- Students engage with differing lived experiences as well as perspectives other than their own
- Students examine the interconnectedness and intersectionality of identity in relocation to culture, privilege, as well as oppression
- Global Advocacy & Accountability
- Students identify challenges and consequences of power, privilege, and othering in global contexts
- Students apply knowledge to address these challenges and consequences from multiple perspectives/ levels in society: global ->national ->regional -> local
- Students generate as well as advocate for possible solutions that cultivate a global sense of belonging
- Students integrate opportunities (curricular, co-curricular, professional and/or personal) that speak to collaboration and reconciliation around social justice issues within a global society
Where can I find more information?
Preparation
- U.S. Passport
- Real State ID
- Global Entry
- TSA-Pre Check
- List of embassies in Washington, DC (By Country)
- U.S. Department of State’s Students Abroad web pages
- So you want to Study Abroad?-StudyAbroad.com Handbook
- International Student Exchange Program-Handbooks by Country
- Transgender TSA Checklist
- Travel Tips for Persons with Disabilities
Health & Safety
- COVID-19 Country Information
- U.S. State Department Students Abroad web pages
- Bureau of Consular Affairs Country Information
- Centers for Disease Control (CDC)
- World Health Organization (WHO)
- Study Abroad with a Disability
- Mental Health Considerations
Adjusting to New Surroundings
Inclusion Abroad
- Mobility International
- State Department LGBTI Travel Info
- Diversity Abroad Destination Guides
- Black and Abroad
- Diverse International Women of Color
Financial Aid