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Dr. Krista Harrell, associate dean and title IV coordinator, along with immediate
past president of the USA Student Government Association Joshua Crownover and
Shaun Holloway, chief of staff for SGA recently traveled to the UK for a study tour and
the Going Global Conference 2017: Global Cities: Connecting Talent and Driving
Change, in London, England. They served as delegates for South Alabama.
The conference was hosted by the British Council, where they met with
administrators in higher education from around the world. Crownover and Holloway
were among very few undergraduate students to attend the conference. They got an
opportunity to hear keynote speakers and attend sessions from higher education scholars
and leaders from around the world.
The Going Global conference hosted by the British Council was extremely
educational and perspective-broadening, Crownover said. it brought together some of
the brightest minds in higher education to one place to discuss and debate how we move
forward into an era of hyper-globalization.
Following the conference, the trio traveled to Edinburgh, Scotland to meet with
students at Stirling University and Forth Valley College. They learned more about the
student experience and university system within Scotland.
According to Harrell the idea of this trip to the U.K. for Joshua and Holloway
started about one year ago with the intent to bring together the student government
representatives of South Alabama, University of Stirling and Lehigh University. They
started building a relationship monthly via WebEx meetings.
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The Its a Small World After All Global engagement Web Conference helped
prepare the USA delegation for the international conference.
I learned a lot about how a citys experience, culture and atmosphere can have a
big impact on how successful a higher education institution can be, Holloway said.
Connecting USA and SU will show that it is possible for Universities to have sister
institutions in other countries. It would be amazing to see more schools involved in
this trend.
This abroad trip is the beginning of a new partnership between South Alabama
and Stirling University. The Global Connection Partnership provides an opportunity
for the two universities establish strong international relationships and grow to
reach other institutions around the world. During the trip, Harrell said she had the
chance to meet Aromar Revi, director of the Indian Institute for Human Settlements.
He spoke on Sustainable Cities, at the conference in London. She is hopeful he will
be able to travel and visit South Alabamas campus one day.
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