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Madison Area Technical College is pleased to announce the following educational learning opportunity:

Infusing Understanding of Peace and Conflict in the Muslim World
into the Curriculum
Summer Institute for International Education
June 18‑20, 2008
MATC Downtown

See Summer Curriculum Instititute flyer (PDF: 2.6MB) program speakers, and other additional info online.

This three‑day institute will focus on content and strategies for curriculum development. National and regional content experts will provide information and resources to help faculty frame understandings of key issues of identity, language, religion, and politics in Muslim cultures around the world. Participants will explore and discuss these issues with colleagues from colleges and universities in the region, and will develop preliminary modules for curriculum infusion during the institute.

Goals of the workshop include introducing faculty to key resources in the nation and region, providing models and strategies for curriculum infusion, and facilitating peer networks among faculty with interest in these topics. Particular emphasis will be placed on developing curriculum at the community and technical college level, but the institute programs will also be appropriate for those developing university or high school curriculum.

This Institute is cosponsored by Madison Area Technical College and the U.S. Institute of Peace, and endorsed by the Wisconsin Technical College System Standing Committee on International Education, the Illinois Consortium for International Studies and Programs (ICISP) and the Wisconsin Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies. Funding is provided by the Department of Education Title VI Undergraduate International Studies and Foreign Language (UISFL) program.

Registration is FREE for MATC employees (all others $75).