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Mission

The mission of the Center for Global Studies is to enhance IS curricula to better prepare undergraduate, graduate, and professional school students for work in government, business, NGOs, and academia; improve access to, instruction in, and evaluation of less commonly taught languages (LCTLs) and priority languages while promoting proficiency in all languages; provide K-20 teacher training activities on international studies, foreign language scholarship, and our themes of global health, global religion, and global human security; strengthen faculty and staff resources in international studies; create Global Engagement Commons with digital technologies and worldwide partnerships; and encourage participation in all these activities by traditionally underrepresented communities.

Funding Information:

Current Title VI grant, 2010-2013

Reporting Structure:

Reşat Kasaba, Director, Jackson School of International Studies

Related UW Entities:

College of Arts & Sciences, Department of Anthropology, Department of Communication, Department of Economics, Asian Languages and Literature, Department of Geography, Department of Germanics, Department of Sociology, Women's Studies Department, Department of History, Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, Department of Philosophy, Department of Political Sciences, Romance Languages & Literature, Department of Scandinavian Studies, Slavic Languages and Literature, College of Built Environments, Foster School of Business, College of Education, College of Engineering, College of the Environment, School of Public Health, Department of Global Health, School of Law, Evans School of Public Affairs, School of Social Work