Center for European Studies
Outreach
As a US Department of Education Title VI center, the CES plays a critical role in fostering greater international awareness in the broader community through educational and outreach programs for state and local government, business organizations, K-12 students and teachers, the media, and the general public.
Community Outreach Initiatives
K-12 School Programs
- Workshops for K-12 teachers: workshops are designed to give teachers the background information they need to bring European topics to their classrooms. We often use faculty and scholars from other units and colleges to provide a well-rounded examination of the topic. Past workshops include: Traditional roots of modern European music; Creativity as survival: Artistic expression of the Holocaust; European prints and life.
- K-12 classroom presentations: CES and affiliated faculty, students, and staff visit classrooms with a personalized presentation on culture and customs of various European countries
Other Community Initiatives
- Institute of Learning in Retirement: talks to the large and well-organized retired learners group. Recent topics have been: Everything you always wanted to know about the EU; Exploring the ‘Other’ Europe: European Identity in Transition.
- Special events: such as The World of Words language open house where we have fun giving 5-minute language lessons and teaching facts about Europe, its languages, and geography
- Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence scholar program: bringing European Union scholars to UF for academic lectures, special courses, and public talks
- Speaker series: Talks open to both the academic community and the general public by CES faculty and co-sponsored scholars from other institutions
Statewide Initiatives
- Language Teacher Summer Institute: a two-week interactive pedagogy workshop for foreign language teachers emphasizing technology use in the classroom
- The Florida Economic Research Network (F.E.R.N.) The CES contributions to F.E.R.N. focus on the role of European businesses and foreign direct investment for job creation and economic prosperity in Florida.
Worldwide Initiatives
- myworLd interactive online language learning program: currently at http://www.digitalworlds.ufl.edu/projects/CenterForEuropeanStudies/ Thirteen phrases in eight languages are spoken, written, and phonetically spelled and are accompanied by interesting facts and statistics along with music videos and commercials in that language
Contact
For more information, call 352-392-8902.
