The Sharing Cultures Project occurs within myriad institutional, pedagogical, and social contexts. The sections below craft a brief snapshot of the environment in which we created and maintain the Sharing Cultures Project program.
Columbia College Chicago (CCC) is an undergraduate and graduate college in downtown Chicago whose principal commitment is to provide a comprehensive educational opportunity in the arts, communications and public information, within a context of enlightened liberal education.
—From "Facts About Columbia College"
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Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University (NMMU) in Port Elizabeth, South Africa brings together the best traditions of technikon and university education, and draws on more than a century of quality higher education, in a new kind of university that offers a wide range of academic, professional and technological programmes at varying entrance and exit levels.
—From "History of Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University"
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The Sharing Cultures Project began with funding from an Alumni Initiative Award from the Fulbright Foundation received by Sharon Silverman, who spent 1999 as a Fulbright Scholar at University of Port Elizabeth (now Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University), Port Elizabeth, South Africa. Sharon initiated with project with David Krause, Director of the Center for Teaching Excellence at Columbia College Chicago and faculty members at both institutions.
The Sharing Cultures Project has continued to develop and thrive with enthusiastic
support from Cheryl Johnson Odim, Dean of Liberal Arts and Sciences at Columbia
College Chicago, David Krause, Director of the Center for Teaching Excellence
at Columbia College Chicago, Nthabiseng Ogude, Deputy Vice Chancellor at Nelson
Mandela Metropolitan University, and Nico Jooste, Director of the International
Office at Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University.
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At present, the Sharing Cultures Project is taught in Introduction to College Writing for students at Columbia College Chicago and in Academic and Life Skills and Language for Academic Purposes at Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University.
We're currently considering adding more courses to the program from both sides.Read about the teaching team
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