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  • Education sub-menuEducation

    With a strong emphasis on student-centered learning, critical literacy, and liberal arts and sciences education, OSUN creates diverse global classrooms of students who learn from each other and collectively develop a culture of dialogue and debate.

    • Teaching
      • Birkbeck Summer School
      • Center for Liberal Arts and Sciences Pedagogy (CLASP)
      • Developing Teaching Professionals
      • Global History Lab
      • Global Teaching Fellowship Program
      • GLOBALED
      • Hannah Arendt Humanities Network
      • Network Collaborative Courses
      • OSUN Courses
    • Threatened Scholars
      Initiative

    • Mobility

    • Certificate Programs
    • Curricula
      • CORUSUS
      • Economic Democracy Initiative
      • Economic Policy Addressing Inequality and Poverty
      • Experimental Humanities Collaborative Network
      • Human Rights Program
      • Liberal Arts and Sciences Collaborative
      • Policy Labs
      • Professional Development Program for University Administrators
      • Public Health and Human Rights
      • Strengthening the Core
      • Transnational Politics
      • Transnational Feminism, Solidarity, and Social Justice
  • Research sub-menuResearch

    OSUN promotes collaboration across its partner institutions, including the codesign of research projects, to explore issues of global and local relevance through socially engaged research, interdisciplinary collaboration, or comparative research.

    • Research Projects
      • The Democracy Institute
      • Economic Democracy Initiative
      • Engaged Scholarship
      • GEOHUB
      • Global Institute of Advanced Study
      • Global Observatory on Academic Freedom
      • Interruptrr
      • Open Society Research Platform
      • Research Creation Initiative
      • Senior Projects
    • Fellowships
      • Chatham House Academy Fellowships
      • Global Scholars Academy
      • Modular Doctoral Program
  • Access sub-menuAccess

    OSUN expands access to higher education by creating new pathways for underserved communities. Academic integration and connected learning bring educational opportunities to students beyond OSUN’s brick-and-mortar campuses.

    • Teacher Education
      • Enhanced Network Teacher Education Capacity
      • Hubs for Connected Learning Initiatives
    • Education Pathways
      • Collaborative for Liberal Education for Adolescents
      • Consortium for the Liberal Arts in Prison
      • English Learner Success in Content Classrooms
      • Hubs for Connected Learning Initiatives
      • Microcollege for Just Community Leadership
      • OLIve
      • Roma Equity in Higher Education
      • The Socrates Project
  • Civic sub-menuCivic Engagement

    With a belief in the public purpose of higher education, civic engagement across OSUN promotes best practices and bold new initiatives to help students, faculty, and institutions realize their full potential as community actors and educators.

    • Student Engagement
      • Global Commons
      • Global Debate Network
      • Global Engagement Fellows
      • Get Engaged Conference
      • Online Arts Workshop
      • Student-Led Initiatives
      • Student Life Initiatives Project (SLIP)
    • Engaged Learning
      • Certificate in Civic Engagement
      • Community Engaged Liberal Arts and Sciences
      • Engaged Scholarship
      • Engaged Senior Projects
      • OSUN Science Shop
      • Solve Climate by 2030
  • News sub-menuNews + Opportunities

    OSUN offers myriad opportunities and events to undergraduate and graduate students, researchers and scholars, and faculty. News and features provide updates on project impacts and the people involved.

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    • Events
      • Current Events
      • Events Archive
    • Opportunities
      • Current Opportunities
      • Student Opportunities
      • Faculty Opportunities
      • Opportunities Archive
  • Resources sub-menuResources

    OSUN faculty and institutions have worked collectively to assemble this dynamic collection of student-centered teaching methodologies and instructional strategies. Whether working online, in person, or in a blended context, establishing a clear and consistent communication plan with students is central to all of these practices.

    • OSUN Resources
      • Academic Technology Guides
      • Blended Learning Toolkit
  • About sub-menuAbout

    OSUN aims to educate students for tomorrow’s global challenges, fostering critical thinking and open intellectual inquiry to strengthen the foundations of open society amid the current authoritarian resurgence.

    • About OSUN
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      • Who We Are
      • What We Do
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“Perhaps never before in recent history has the role of higher education been so intricately tied to the economic, social and environmental fabric of the modern world.” —P. J. Wells, UNESCO former Chief of Higher Education

Civic Engagement

Civic Engagement Menu
  • Student Engagement
    • Global Commons
    • Global Engagement Fellows
    • Get Engaged Conference
    • Online Arts Workshop
    • Student-Led Initiatives
    • Student Life Initiatives Project (SLIP)
  • Engaged Learning
    • Certificate in Civic Engagement
    • Community Engaged Liberal Arts and Sciences
    • Engaged Senior Projects
    • OSUN Science Shop
  • Institutional Engagement
    • COV-AID
    • Engaged Scholarship
    • Global Debate Network
    • Protests in Perspective
    • Solve Climate by 2030
    • Tomorrow is Now
With a belief in the public purpose of higher education, civic engagement across the Open Society University Network promotes best practices and bold new initiatives to help students, faculty, and institutions realize their full potential as community actors and educators.

How We Engage

  • Student Engagement
    Harnessing the talent and energy of students to become change agents in their own communities
  • Engaged Learning
    Bringing theory to practice by linking coursework, critical thinking, and civic engagement

Events

Wednesday, March 29, 2023 11:00 am – 1:00 pm EDT/GMT-4 
Breaking the Boundaries: A Film Screening and Panel Discussion on Women's Empowerment in the MENA Region
Online Event

News

"A Conservative Counter Attack": Former Central European University President and Student Activists Discuss Assaults on Academic Freedom in Hungary and Florida
Post Date: 03-14-2023
OSUN Among Those “Reviving the College Dreams of Afghan Women,” Writes Inside Higher Ed
Post Date: 01-24-2023
OSUN Virtual Learning Opportunities Shape Student Civic Engagement Projects in Haiti
Post Date: 12-23-2022
Global Commons Fall ‘22 Issue Features a Wide Range of Submissions from A Diverse Set of Partners
Post Date: 11-15-2022
Shaping Stronger Leaders: Civic Engagement Student Conference Focuses on Intentionality and Self-Care
Post Date: 11-07-2022
News
Seeking Solutions and Changing Minds: Civic Engagement Student Leaders Speak 
Post Date: 07-27-2022
Get Engaged 2022: Developing Community Projects and Strengthening the Network In Person
Post Date: 07-06-2022
Global Commons: OSUN Students Speak
Post Date: 05-10-2022

Opportunities + More

For Faculty, Graduate Student, Post-Doc, Undergraduate Students
Nominations Open for Beth Rickey Award for Action Against Hate
Deadline: July 1, 2023
Call for Submissions
For Faculty, Graduate Student, Post-Doc, Undergraduate Students
Funding Opportunities for Student-Created Civic Engagement Case Studies 
Deadline: April 20, 2023
Application, Video
For Faculty, Graduate Student, Post-Doc, Undergraduate Students
2023 MacJannet Prize Call for Nominations
Deadline: March 30, 2023
Call for Submissions
Open Society University Network
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