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Going Global<\/h2>\n

Committed to connecting students, faculty and staff to a world of international opportunities, the University\u2019s Global Education Center awards biannual competitive grants to faculty. According to the Center\u2019s Interim Director Domenica Dominguez, the grants support faculty efforts that internationalize the University through collaborations, teaching exchanges and the development of new international partnerships, programs and initiatives.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis support is critical, as our sustainable international partnerships and programs often derive from faculty initiatives,\u201d says Dominguez.<\/p>\n

Fall 2016 grants support 10 faculty initiatives that span the globe \u2014 from Norway to Cuba, from Japan to Mexico, from Korea to Ghana. Projects will help expand international opportunities for students, ranging from study abroad to internships, to faculty-led trips.<\/p>\n

Dominguez, herself, has received an Institute of International Education award that will help support four Syrian students at the University, by contributing to their tuition, fees, books, housing, food, transportation and dependent care expenses.<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n

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Found in Translation<\/h2>\n

Students will soon be able to take a unique capstone course in audiovisual translation that will prepare them for careers in translation in creative and cultural industries, with a focus on the internationalization of Italian culture.<\/p>\n

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Inserra Chair in Italian and Italian American Studies Teresa Fiore and Italian Professor Marisa Trubiano received a one-year, $15,000 grant from Italy\u2019s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation to design the course.<\/p>\n

According to Fiore and Trubiano, the grant recognizes the growth of translation in Italian \u2014 and audiovisual translation in particular \u2014 at Montclair State. \u201cThis is a key area of focus in the Italian program via curricular development, ad hoc projects in both the United States and Italy, and scholarship and internship opportunities,\u201d says Fiore.<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n

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A Blueprint for Sexual Health Education<\/h2>\n

New York City\u2019s public school system recently joined districts from San Diego to Boston in adopting and implementing \u201cRights, Respect, Responsibility: A K-12 Sexuality Education Curriculum\u201d co-authored by Public Health Professor Eva Goldfarb.<\/p>\n

The \u201cRights, Respect, Responsibility,\u201d or 3Rs, is the only curriculum that fully meets National Sexuality Education Standards developed in 2012 and is unique in that it is a K-12 curriculum. \u201cThe vast majority of sexual health curricula are written for middle and high school grades only, which is much too late,\u201d says Goldfarb.<\/p>\n

The curriculum \u2014 used in 50 states and 68 countries \u2014 is free and comprehensive, covers all 16 topics the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention calls essential components of sexual health education, and includes and affirms all sexual orientations.<\/p>\n

Everyone deserves respect,\u201d explains Goldfarb. \u201cYoung people have a responsibility to protect their sexual health, and society has a responsibility to give them the tools they need to do that.\u201d<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n

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Funding an Art Exhibition<\/h2>\n

A general programming grant from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts will support a retrospective exhibition of paintings by the late American Expressionist painter Ben Wilson from the University\u2019s permanent collection.<\/p>\n

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“Corrida,” Ben Wilson, 1965<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cAn extensive scholarly catalog, a symposium and a line-up of educational programs are being prepared by the George Segal Gallery,\u201d says Teresa Lapid Rodriguez, director and curator of the George Segal Gallery and University Art Galleries. Montclair State is home to a large collection of more than 200 works of art by Wilson and his wife, Evelyn, a sculptor, which includes drawings, collages, sculptures and paintings, and was a gift to the University from their estate.
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