Center for Global Study and Engagement

About the Center for Global Study and Engagement

The Center for Global Study and Engagement (CGSE) coordinates and supervises all of the college’s international programming. The office’s executive director of global education supervises a staff of five additional professionals and two support staff. All global initiatives are housed under CGSE, creating a vibrant center that unifies academic and administrative efforts. Faculty members from across the college support the development and coordination of international programming, creating a dynamic combination of centralized and de-centralized management. This assures a high standard of quality control and cross-fertilization among international programs.

Dickinson’s strategic plan articulates its vision for internationalization. It says that the college aspires to create “an educational program of the highest quality and challenge that turns the campus from a single site into the hub of a truly global network. The Dickinson global education model should be characterized by sustained, in-depth study; an imaginative variety of opportunities that reach across disciplines; and close integration of study elsewhere with the program on the home campus.”

Since CGSE supervises both study abroad and international student/scholar services, it integrates these areas that are too often bifurcated on college campuses. The CGSE is located in the center of campus in the Marc and Eva Stern Foundation Center for Global Education, a state-of-the-art facility that also houses the East Asian Studies department. The Stern Center has four classrooms, a videoconferencing center, the Great Room gallery and lecture hall, and a fully equipped kitchen. It is an ideal space for hosting conferences and special events.

Center for Global Study and Engagement Staff

Stephen C. DePaul - Executive Director of Global Education, Associate Provost
depauls@dickinson.edu

Oversight of Global Education office and programs; program and curriculum development and evaluation; research and publications; grants and funding; assessment of learning outcomes; strategic planning with departments and divisions on global education initiatives; development of college policies. 

  

Brian Brubaker – Director of Study Abroad, Associate Director of Global Education
brubakeb@dickinson.edu

Manages all aspects of Dickinson's study abroad initiatives; assists the Executive Director with planning and development; program manager for Dickinson's semester and academic-year programs; together with faculty on-campus coordinators, manages program marketing, recruitment, selection, orientations and re-entry; maintains regular contact with on-site resident directors. 

 

Bryan Bartosik-Velez – Project Manager
velezb@dickinson.edu

Project manager for office and program marketing initiatives; liaises with programs abroad and the Carlisle community to promote College priorities and initiatives abroad; assists the Executive Director with communicating Dickinson's global profile to the campus and external audiences.



Carla Maranto-Arnold – Study Abroad Coordinator
marantoc@dickinson.edu

Program Manager for Dickinson Summer and Dickinson Partner Programs; advises students on non Dickinson program options and policy; oversees the Global Ambassador program and collaborates with the Director and Executive Director to shape and implement study abroad policy.


Gwen Moore - Coordinator of International Services
mooreg@dickinson.edu

Visa support and advising for J-1 and F-1 scholars and students; U.S. Army War College Cooperative Scholarship program; Overseas Student Assistant (OSA) and Student Exchange programs; administers international visitor programs.

Marlena Meikrantz– Program Associate
meikranm@dickinson.edu

Generalized office-wide support for both study abroad and international student services; assists with management of Dickinson and Dickinson Partner Programs; updates Global Education publications; coordinates staff, faculty, and student travel arrangements.

Kristine Barrick – Program Associate
barrickr@dickinson.edu

Reception and information; general office-wide support; coordinates study abroad application process; maintains the study abroad database and furnishes data reports; supports Executive Director. 

 

Wendy Seltzer - Administrative Assistant
seltzerw@dickinson.edu

General office-wide clerical support; coordinates pre-departure process; assists with maintaining database; supports Executive Director of Study Abroad.

 

Office Hours and Contact Information

Center for Global Study and Engagement
Dickinson College
P.O. Box 1773
Carlisle, PA 17013
Phone: 717-245-1341
Fax: 717-245-1688
global@dickinson.edu

The Office of Global Education is open Monday - Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

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