{"id":308,"date":"2018-01-16T06:53:43","date_gmt":"2018-01-16T06:53:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/160-igc\/about\/"},"modified":"2026-10-13T12:56:35","modified_gmt":"2026-10-13T17:56:35","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/global-citizenship\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><\/h2>\n\n\n<section class=\"statistic-group block-container\" >\n\t<div class=\"statistic-group__container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"statistic-group__header-container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"statistic-group__header-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"base-lockup__heading\">KAIGC\u2019s Alignment with Macalester\u2019s Strategic Plan<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"statistic-group__header-copy\">\r\n<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"statistic-group__stats\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"statistic-group__stat\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"statistic-group__stat-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"statistic-group__stat-copy\">Curriculum: Amplify opportunities for experiential learning\u00a0<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"statistic-group__stat\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"statistic-group__stat-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"statistic-group__stat-copy\">Culture: Foster a sense of belonging for all; diversify; nurture life-long connections<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"statistic-group__stat\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"statistic-group__stat-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"statistic-group__stat-copy\">Campus: Create a campus that fosters innovation, access, and connection; Include the Metro Area as an extension of\u00a0our living and learning environment<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Offices of the KAIGC<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The <\/span><b>Dean\u2019s Office<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> creates opportunities to build collaborative relationships across campus to engage with themes and issues related to the cornerstones of Macalester\u2019s educational mission. The Dean\u2019s Office sponsors the annual International Roundtable and the Global Citizenship Student Award, as well as academic cohort programs for students, staff, and faculty.<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The <\/span><b>Community Engagement Center<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> connects members of the Macalester community with community-based initiatives, sponsors the Davis Projects for Peace, supports student civic leadership programs, and offers programs which encourage and teach deep reflection on one\u2019s commitments and actions.<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The <strong>Center for Study Away<\/strong> oversees all aspects of the study away experience for interested students. This includes providing advising on program selection, facilitating application for approval, and preparing students for the experience. In addition, the staff provides support for students while they are away and upon their return to campus. The Center for Study Away also manages Macalester faculty-led and exchange programs.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Offices of the KAIGC<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2798,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-308","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/global-citizenship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/308","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/global-citizenship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/global-citizenship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/global-citizenship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/global-citizenship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=308"}],"version-history":[{"count":33,"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/global-citizenship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/308\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6635,"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/global-citizenship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/308\/revisions\/6635"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/global-citizenship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2798"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/global-citizenship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=308"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}