Activities & Events

• Spring 2010
  GLS students raise $3,427.64 for ARTSAC!
  During their fall 2009 GLS 101 class, GLS students worked on projects such as fundraising, writing letters to political figures and creating educational displays as a way to educate others about global education. As a result of their projects, the GLS class of 2013 raised $3,427.64 for ARTSAC. ARTSAC (Art Supplies for Afghan Children) is a non-profit organization based out of Port Jefferson, New York. ARTSAC uses its funds to deliver necessary school supplies as well as art materials to a remote and rarely visited elementary school that resides outside the city of Kandahar, Afghanistan. If you would like more information, please visit the ARTSAC website.

  
• Spring 2010
  GLS Advisors

  GLS Advisor, Erika Benhardt, will hold quad office hours on Wednesdays from 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM this semester.

  GLS Advisor, Lori Glubiak, will hold quad office hours on Mondays from 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM this semester.

  The quad office is located in Wagner G47a.

• April 23, 2009
  GLS Students win Undergraduate Award offered by the Humanities Institute
  Two GLS first year students, Yaseen Eldik and Keri Pretorius, recently won first place in a very competitive Undergraduate Award. The award is designed to promote and reward promising original research by undergraduates and has never been won by first year students before. Their project proposal was an exploration of "Islamophobia" which stands for an irrational fear or prejudice towards Islam and Muslims. Yaseen and Keri will present their completed projects to a gathering of faculty and students at the HISB ceremony in the fall.
• Spring 2009
  GLS Students Raise $2,362.22 for the Baraka School in Maasailand, Africa.

  During their fall 2008 GLS 101 class, students participated in a Global Education Advocacy Campaign. Students chose projects such as fundraising; writing letters to Political figures and created educational displays as a way to educate others about global education issues and advocate for education as a basic human right for all individuals across the world.

  As a result of this campaign, the GLS class of 2012 raised $2,362.22 for the Baraka school in Maasailand, Africa and mailed out over 150 letters to Senators, Congressmen and local newspapers. The donations raised will buy much needed school supplies for the students and help with school building repairs. The school supplies and money will be delivered when Dr. Arens, Dean of International Academic Programs and Stony Brook students visit Africa in June of 2009.