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Doyle Undergraduate Initiatives
Engagement with cultural and religious differences is a centerpiece of the Georgetown educational experience. The Center's undergraduate programs, part of the Doyle Engaging Difference Initiative, seek to deepen that engagement by empowering students as creators, and not just consumers of knowledge.
Announced in June 2009, the Doyle Engaging Difference Initiative, is a campus-wide collaboration between Georgetown College, the Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs, and the Center for New Designs in Learning and Scholarship (CNDLS) to promote tolerance and intellectual engagement with diversity in the curriculum and outside the classroom. It is made possible through the generosity of William Doyle, a member of the Georgetown University Board of Directors.
The Doyle Initiative adapts and expands three successful programs run through the Berkley Center. The Junior Year Abroad Network links students studying abroad, and their encounter with new cultures around the world, back to the Georgetown community. The Center's Undergraduate Fellows program brings faculty and students together for joint DC-based research projects that explore the broader political and policy implications of cultural and religious diversity. The Undergraduate Learning and Interreligious Understanding program tracks the knowledge and attitudes of students around interfaith and intercultural questions.
A core component of the Doyle Initiative, coordinated by CNDLS, are the Doyle Faculty Fellowships. Each year a select group of fellows from all four undergraduate schools will have an opportunity to redesign and teach courses that integrate themes of tolerance and the engagement of difference in innovative ways across the curriculum and the life of the university. The program will expand over a period of 5 years with the goal of reaching the majority of students through at least one curriculum infusion course during their Georgetown career.
For more information, visit the the Doyle Initiative website.
> A Campus-Wide Lecture and Workshop Series with a national or global leader from business, government, or the professions to discuss how they have engaged difference in their careers and their organizations, followed by workshops led by Doyle Fellows.
> An online Virtual Commons that connects students, faculty, courses, and activities on campus grappling with issues of tolerance and engaging difference.
The Doyle Initiative adapts and expands three successful programs run through the Berkley Center. The Junior Year Abroad Network links students studying abroad, and their encounter with new cultures around the world, back to the Georgetown community. The Center's Undergraduate Fellows program brings faculty and students together for joint DC-based research projects that explore the broader political and policy implications of cultural and religious diversity. The Undergraduate Learning and Interreligious Understanding program tracks the knowledge and attitudes of students around interfaith and intercultural questions.
A core component of the Doyle Initiative, coordinated by CNDLS, are the Doyle Faculty Fellowships. Each year a select group of fellows from all four undergraduate schools will have an opportunity to redesign and teach courses that integrate themes of tolerance and the engagement of difference in innovative ways across the curriculum and the life of the university. The program will expand over a period of 5 years with the goal of reaching the majority of students through at least one curriculum infusion course during their Georgetown career.
For more information, visit the the Doyle Initiative website.
> A Campus-Wide Lecture and Workshop Series with a national or global leader from business, government, or the professions to discuss how they have engaged difference in their careers and their organizations, followed by workshops led by Doyle Fellows.
> An online Virtual Commons that connects students, faculty, courses, and activities on campus grappling with issues of tolerance and engaging difference.
RELATED PROJECTS
> Undergraduate Fellows Seminars
The Undergraduate Fellows Program combines a four-credit seminar with a collaborative research project that addresses issues at the intersection of religion, culture, society and politics. Along with the in-depth reading, writing, and dialogue typical of an upper-level seminar, student fellows conduct original research and formulate policy recommendations culminating in a written report. As of 2009/10, the program is part of the Doyle Engaging Difference Initiative.
The Undergraduate Fellows Program combines a four-credit seminar with a collaborative research project that addresses issues at the intersection of religion, culture, society and politics. Along with the in-depth reading, writing, and dialogue typical of an upper-level seminar, student fellows conduct original research and formulate policy recommendations culminating in a written report. As of 2009/10, the program is part of the Doyle Engaging Difference Initiative.
> Junior Year Abroad Network
The Berkley Center's Junior Year Abroad Network (JYAN) connects Georgetown students studying abroad in a variety of cultures. Students share reflections on religion, politics, and society. JYAN is part of the Doyle Engaging Difference Initiative.
Melody Fox Ahmed, Director of Programs and Operations at the Berkley Center, oversees the Junior Year Abroad Network, along with the Undergraduate Fellows program.
The Berkley Center's Junior Year Abroad Network (JYAN) connects Georgetown students studying abroad in a variety of cultures. Students share reflections on religion, politics, and society. JYAN is part of the Doyle Engaging Difference Initiative.
Melody Fox Ahmed, Director of Programs and Operations at the Berkley Center, oversees the Junior Year Abroad Network, along with the Undergraduate Fellows program.
> Undergraduate Learning and Interreligious Understanding Survey
The Berkley Center and Georgetown's Center for New Designs in Learning and Scholarship (CNDLS) are analyzing the results of a five-year longitudinal study to track student attitudes towards religious diversity and their evolution in response to experiences at Georgetown in and outside the classroom. As part of the Doyle Engaging Difference Initiative, the project aims to help educators at Georgetown, throughout the United States, and around the world identify best practices in building tolerance.
The Berkley Center and Georgetown's Center for New Designs in Learning and Scholarship (CNDLS) are analyzing the results of a five-year longitudinal study to track student attitudes towards religious diversity and their evolution in response to experiences at Georgetown in and outside the classroom. As part of the Doyle Engaging Difference Initiative, the project aims to help educators at Georgetown, throughout the United States, and around the world identify best practices in building tolerance.
