Goal 5: Amplifying Local and Global Engagement and Reputation Study Abroad and International Experiences See Goal 5 KPIs H, I, and L USD was able to selectively, and carefully, begin again with international mobility after the pandemic. There were opportunities for USD undergraduate students to study abroad during the fall and spring semesters and for some undergraduate and graduate programs to restart faculty-led academic programs taking our students abroad. USD continues to be in the top 5 nationally for the percentage of undergraduate students who study abroad and in the top 50 nationally for the total number of students who have international academic experiences. Additionally, our students, graduate and undergraduate, engage in extracurricular experiences globally, across the border and within San Diego’s multicultural community. Some examples include the Knauss School of Business through their Student International Business Club (SIBC), doing projects for companies from Baja California to London; Mission and Ministry taking students across the border in Mexico to meet with community leaders supporting issues of economic justice; the Hahn School of Nursing and Health Science engaging in medical missions to help Ukrainian refugees at the U.S.-Mexico border; and the Engineering Exchange for Social Justice supporting USD students to design alternative energy solutions in Trinidad and Tobago. These are just a few of the examples in which our students, faculty and staff confront the world’s most urgent challenges through international collaborations and experiential learning activities.
USD’s Academic Plan was a recommendation to require a multicultural/ international experience. This would leverage our location on the border and build upon the expertise and activities already in place. It would also assure access for all of our student community to develop as global citizens and Changemakers. If approved as part of the Academic Plan, we would also need to clearly define what constitutes these experiences and develop opportunities to assure all students have access. The experience can be tracked using the same system that is used in the School of Leadership and Education Sciences for all their graduate students.
Changemaker Hub See Goal 5 KPI J In academic year 2021-22, the Changemaker Hub provided students, faculty members, staff and community partners with meaningful and impactful ways to address the issue of food justice, while continuing to support initiatives that focused on making the campus a more inclusive and equitable community. The Fall 2021 Changemaker Challenge, which attracted an audience of over 200 students for the competition, received over 100 entries. It asked students to think about innovative ways of addressing food justice through the lens of community partners’ issues such as helping university students understand the impact of factory-farmed animal
International/Multicultural Experience for All (SIG) See SIG Assessment Plan According to surveys, approximately 50% of USD graduates study abroad, compared to 10% nationally; USD consistently ranks in the top 10 universities nationwide for this statistic. In addition, approximately another 30% of USD students engage in a multicultural experience such as cross-border engagement or community-engaged learning in the San Diego area. This initiative seeks to research why the remaining 20% of students do not study abroad or engage in a multicultural experience in the hopes of making this a graduation requirement for all undergraduate
products on marginalized communities, creating a culture where plant-based food choices are the default option in university settings, and creating ways of getting food to families and seniors in the Linda Vista community so it increases Bayside’s outreach and supports local businesses. The winning ideas were developed in the Spring 2022 semester and will continue to be implemented in the Fall 2022 semester. The challenge was made possible through funds by the USD Parent Board Association. In addition to the challenge, the Hub also provided numerous opportunities for students to engage in social change in and out of the classroom.
students. This past year, a top discussion within the development of
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