Center for Global Education: Namibia

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Center for Global Education Namibia South
Africa
Join one of our two exciting programs
Nation-Building, Globalization Decolonizing
the Mind Social Change and Development in
Southern Africa
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See the world through anothers eyes, and your
world will never be the same.
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CGE Namibia Offers Two Programs
Fall and Spring Semesters Nation-Building,
Globalization Decolonizing the Mind -16 week
program based in Windhoek, Namibia -5 course
options (including internship) -2 Travel Seminars
to South Africa -4 Travel Seminars within Namibia
Summer Internship Program Social Change and
Development in Southern Africa -10 week program
based in Windhoek Namibia -Intensive
Internship -Interdisciplinary Development
Seminar -2 Travel Seminars within Namibia
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Semester Program Nation-Building,
Globalization Decolonizing the Mind

• Sample Schedule
• Week 1 Arrive Johannesburg Orientation to CGE
• Week 2 Arrive Windhoek, orientation to Windhoek
• Week 3 Begin Classes and Urban Homestay
• Week 4 Classes and Urban Homestay
• Week 5 Travel Seminar to Swakopmund (on the
  coast)
• Week 6 Classes
• Week 7 Travel Seminar to South
• Week 8 Classes
• Week 9 Rural Homestay
• Week 10 Semester Break Free Travel!
• Week 11 Classes
• Week 12 Classes
• Week 13 Travel Seminar to North and Etosha
• Week 14 Class wrap-up
• Week 15 Final Integrative Project
• Week 16 Arrive Cape Town prepare to go home

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Johannesburg Seminar

• Students gain an orientation to the semester and
  learn about the historical impacts of white,
  minority rule in South Africa and Namibia.

• Students visit with local activists, schools,
  politicians and religious leaders.
• Students also participate on a homestay in
  Soweto, Johannesburg's former black township.

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Johannesburg Seminar

• Activities Include
• Visit to Museums
• A Homestay in the former black township, Soweto
• Speakers from the African National Congress, as
  well as speakers from grass roots political
  organizations
• An exchange with a local high school

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Windhoek, Namibia

• While in Namibia, students are based in Windhoek
  - Namibias capital city.

Windhoek is Namibias largest city and represents
the countrys ethnic diversity. Legacies of
German and South African rule can still be seen
throughout Windhoek.
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Center for Global Education House

• Students study live in the CGE House,
• located near downtown Windhoek

Students share modest, yet comfortable living
arrangements.
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Semester Course Offerings

• While in Namibia you have the option of enrolling
  in courses focusing on
• Politics in Southern Africa,
• Comparative History,
• Development Studies,
• Religion

• Other options include
• Internship
• Independent Study

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Experiential Learning

• Students with the Head of the Evangelical
  Lutheran Church
• Community workers of a local community-based
  organization
• Women working at a bread bakery income generation
  project

Youll meet and interact with a variety of
different individuals and organizations to
complement your class-based learning
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Community Engagement
In addition to interning with a local
organizations, many students volunteer with local
community organizations and participate in local
activities.
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Urban Homestays

• While taking courses, students will stay with
  local families for a 10 day urban homestay.

Students learn about Namibian culture, build
relationships and share about their own
upbringing while on homestays
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Living and Learning Community

• Part of the CGE experience is also the tight-knit
  community of students. Students take classes and
  experience Namibia with the comforts of fellow
  students.

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Travel Seminars

• Atlantic Coast
• Northern Namibia
• Etosha National Park
• Rural Homestay
• Southern Namibia

Students explore Namibias cultural and
geographic diversity on a number of CGE sponsored
travel seminars.
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Swakopmund

• A vacation destination in Namibia, Swakopmund
  provides a stark contrast of Namibias wealth and
  poverty.

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Northern Namibia
Students also travel to Ondangwa to learn more
about the liberation struggle and visit the
nations most densely populated regions.

• Typical Visits include
• Historic Missionary Churches
• Cooperative Businesses
• Open Markets
• Liberation Movement Activists

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Etosha National Park
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Rural Homestays
Students experience rural living and build
relationships with families on a 6-day rural
homestay.
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• While on rural homestays, students are provided
  with food and water and housed in a familys home.

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Independent Travel

• Near the middle of the semester, students can
  further explore Namibia or Southern Africa on a 1
  week break.

• Popular activities include
• Victoria Falls
• Swakopmund
• (coastal city)
• Camping Trips
• Soussusvlei
• (Sand dunes)

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Integrative Projects

• To close-off the semester, students engage in
  creative research to present and develop an
  integrative project that ties together their
  learning throughout the semester.

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Cape Town Travel Seminar
Students end their semester with a travel seminar
to Cape Town. Students explore the unique
identity of the Western Cape, learn from
community activists, visit Robben Island and
enjoy Cape Towns natural beauty.
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Summer Internship Program Social Change and
Development in Southern Africa

• Two courses for summer study are available
• Interdisciplinary Development course and
• Internship Seminar, which includes class sessions
  and a field placements.
• 10 weeks (June-August)

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• Students are largely focused on their
  internships, but also participate in home stays
  and travel seminars.

Placements include but are not limited to working
within the fields of education, womens issues,
health, economics, youth work, human rights,
tourism, social work. Unique placements can be
arranged based on a students interests and
skills.
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Sample Schedule for Summer Internship

• Week 1 Orientation
• Week 2-3 Internship and Classes
• Week 4 Internship, Classes Swakopmund Travel
• Week 5 Internship, Classes Urban Home stay
• Week 6 Internship Home stay
• Week 7-9 Internship
• Week 10 Closing, Regional Travel
• (Etosha National Park, Rural Namibia)

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We hope you will come join us for a life changing
educational experience in Namibia!
The Center for Global Education-Namibia Team
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