April - May, 2013
Mercer University Atlanta Campus
3001 Mercer University Drive
Atlanta, GA 30341
All Workshop Sessions will be held
in -ROOM BE 002 in the Education Building
Saturday, April 27 - Arrival at Mercer University –
Atlanta Campus
8:00 – 9:00am - Networking
Breakfast.
9:00 – 9:15 am - Introductions
- Project
Director, Dr. Vokhiwa
9:15-10:00 am - Welcome
Remarks.
Dean Priscilla Danheiser – CCPS
Associate Dean Tompkins - Tift College
of Education
10:15-11:45am - Team
Building – Dr. Lynn Clemons
Chair,
Department of Leadership Studies - CCPS
11:45 am-1:00 pm - Lunch
– Mercer Cafeteria.
1:00 - 2:00pm - Workshop:
Lecture: African Studies “Malawi Today:
Political,
Social, and Economic Issues;
Dr. Chester Fontenot – Chair, African
Studies
2:00 - 3:15pm - Workshop:
Contemporary Malawi Culture and the
Chichewa
Language: Current Trends
Dr.
Thomas Zgambo - The World Bank, Washington DC.
3:30 – 4:30 pm - Team
Building – Dr. Lynn Clemons
Chair,
Department of Leadership Studies - CCPS
4:30 pm - Departure.
Sunday, April 28
9:00-10:15am - Workshop:
Lecture and Discussion “Customs, Etiquette, and
Cultural Differences in Malawi”
Dr. Thomas Zgambo *
The
World Bank, Washington DC
10:30-11:45am - Workshop:
What Do We Know about Malawi? – Exam on
Internet
Readings: Malawian History, Government, and
Geography – Kelly
Jones -
11:45 am-1:00pm - Lunch – Mercer
Cafeteria.
1:00-2:15pm - Group
Discussion: GPA Goals and Obligations – followed
by
Panel Discussion: “Culture Shock” and Environmental
Disorientation – Dr. Andre’ Butler, Professor
Chester
Fontenot
and two students from previous Mercer University Study Abroad Projects
2:30-3:30pm - Language
Study: Survival Chichewa – Dr. Vokhiwa.
3:30-5:00pm - Workshop:
Curriculum Development.
Dr. Ismail Gyagenda – Associate
Professor –Teacher Education – Tift College
5:00 - Departure.
Saturday, May 4
8:00 am - Breakfast
– Mercer Cafeteria.
9:00- 11:45 am. - Group
Discussion: First Sharing of Curriculum
Development
Projects, First Evaluations
Dr.
Gyagenda –Tift College
11: 45 – 1:00 pm. - Lunch
in Mercer Cafeteria
1:00 - 2:00 pm - Malawi
Experience – Dawaon Edwards & Scharita Green
2011 Mercer on Mission Team Malawi II
2:00 – 4:00 - Workshop:
Lecture: African Studies “Malawi Today:
Political,
Social, and Economic Issues;
Dr. Chester Fontenot – Chair, African
Studies
4:00 - Departure
Sunday,
May 5
8:30am - Breakfast – Mercer Cafeteria.
9:00-10:30am - Lecture
and Discussion: “Research Projects: Utilizing Field
Resources and Technology Opportunities
in Malawi” – Insuring all participants can access and communicate on the
project website for ongoing orientation and interaction. – Kelly Jones
10:30-11:15 am - Sharing
from THE FULBRIGHTERS
- Professor Kyra Osmus and other Fulbrighters
11:15-11:45 am - Survival Chichewa
Language Instruction. Dr. Vokhiwa
11:45 –1:00 pm - Lunch in
Mercer Cafeteria
1:00 – 1:30 pm - Malawi
Experience-Jenny Goodman –
2010 Mercer on Malawi TEAM I
1:30 – 4:00 pm - Pre-trip
Survey
Curriculum Development: Interactive. Dr.
Gyagenda
Monday, May 6
8:30am - Breakfast – Mercer Cafeteria.
9:00 - 10:45 am - Hands-on
with Technology: MercerPen workshop
Dr. Jabari Cain- Assistant Professor,
Teacher Education-Tift College
10:45
– 11:30 am Dr. Eric
Spears – Director –Study Abroad Program
11:30 - 1 pm - Lunch
in Mercer Cafeteria
1:00 - 2:00 pm - Provost
-
To be introduced by Dean
Danheiser
-
Provost’s address to the
workshop participants
2:00 - 3: 00 pm - Review of
Essentials and Workshop Conclusion:
Dr. Vokhiwa and Dr. Gyagenda
3:
00 pm - Participants
depart for their respective destinations.
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