Dear AIEA Colleagues,

I am excited to share with you this announcement for a new position at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill! The Associate Director of Global Education in the Office of the Vice Provost for Global Affairs (OVPGA) will work closely with me and with UNC faculty to deliver on the University’s promise of making a global education available to every student. Details of the posting are below and at https://unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/198665. The application deadline is September 26, 2021. Please share with colleagues who may be interested.

With thanks,

Heather

Heather H. Ward

Associate Provost for Global Affairs • Office of the Vice Provost for Global Affairs

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

3007 FedEx Global Education Center  •  Campus Box 5145

301 Pittsboro Street  •  Chapel Hill, North Carolina  27599-5145

t: 919.962.1051  e: heather.ward@unc.edu

The Associate Director of Global Education in the Office of the Vice Provost for Global Affairs (OVPGA) provides leadership for academic programs across campus to incorporate global learning opportunities such as virtual exchange, Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL), integration of the study of diplomacy, global experiences or global content in the on-campus curriculum at UNC-Chapel Hill. The Associate Director partners with and supports UNC-Chapel Hill faculty in the development of globally-oriented and globally-partnered undergraduate and graduate courses or modules, often in collaboration with faculty at global partner universities. The Associate Director of Global Education brings active and inclusive learning methods to classrooms, organizes faculty support programs and learning communities, and has an awareness of global and intercultural learning approaches and tools to advance high-impact experiential learning.

The Associate Director’s work is central to the University’s strategic priority to globalize, articulated in the Carolina Next: Innovations for Public Good strategic plan. Specifically, the Associate Director advances progress toward objective 7.2 of Carolina Next, “Guarantee that a global education is available to all students though a growing menu of global education opportunities on campus,” and “Diversify and strengthen global learning across the Carolina curriculum on campus and abroad, including through enhanced support to faculty for developing new, revised, globally partnered and interdisciplinary global resources.”

The Office of the Vice Provost for Global Affairs has primary responsibility for shaping and implementing the University’s global strategy.