SJSU Salzburg Program

 

SJSU Salzburg Fellows & Scholars (2013-2014)

Schloss Leopoldskron

The SJSU Salzburg Program has selected 15 SJSU Salzburg Fellows (faculty, staff, and administrators) and 18 SJSU Salzburg Scholars (students) for 2013-2014.  The group will participate in a variety of orientation and preparation activities (Spring 2013), attend intense week-long sessions of the Global Citizenship Program at the Salzburg Global Seminar (Summer 2013), and spend the academic year working on collaborative and individual projects to help globalize the university (Fall 2013-Spring 2014).

 

Study Abroad Scholarships

SJSU's College of Social Sciences is offering a limited number of Study Abroad and International Field Work Scholarships for CoSS students.  Applicants must be matriculated students at SJSU, majoring in one of the College's programs, have completed at least one semester at SJSU, studying or conducting research or fieldwork outside the United States, and have a minimum 3.5 GPA in their major or graduate program and a minimum overall GPA of 3.0.  Upper-division students, furthermore, must have completed 60 units, with at least one semester at SJSU.  For more information, contact Dr. Jan English-Lueck (jan.english-lueck@sjsu.edu), Associate Dean of CoSS.  Applications are due 3/25/13.


CSU Pre-Doctoral Program
The California State University System is soliciting applications from juniors, seniors, and graduate students in the CSU to become Sally Casanova Scholars.  The program is designed to help current students explore and prepare to succeed in doctoral programs in their chosen field of study.  Awards are based on competitive review of student applications.  Considerations include academic excellence, economic or educational disadvantages, and commitment to a career in teaching and research at the college or university level. The successful applicant must be a U.S. citizen or a permanent resident.  Applications are due 3/29/13. The 2013-2014 application can be downloaded from the CSU website (http://www.calstate.edu/predoc/).  For more information, contact Dr. David Bruck (david.bruck@sjsu.edu), SJSU's campus coordinator for this program.  You can also contact Dr. William Reckmeyer (william.reckmeyer@sjsu.edu), who is currently serving as the Faculty Advisor for Sara Aghazadeh (2012 Salzburg Scholar), SJSU's Sally Casanova Scholar in 2012-2013.

Program Summary

As a significant part of its efforts to prepare students for living and working in a global world, San José State University entered into a long-term partnership with the world-renowned Salzburg Global Seminar in 2005 to participate in its International Study Program in Global Citizenship (ISP).  SJSU is the major public institution of higher education in Silicon Valley, which is ground zero for many aspects of globalization, and one of our strategic priorities is to help people develop the global competencies to work with diverse sets of stakeholders and resolve the critical challenges facing humanity in the 21st century. The ISP is a Seminar program for faculty, administrators, staff, and students from US colleges and universities that offers them an opportunity to explore pressing issues from an international perspective during intensive week-long sessions in the heart of Austria.

Each year the SJSU Salzburg Program selects a group of faculty, staff, and administrators to serve as SJSU Salzburg Fellows and a group of students to serve as SJSU Salzburg Scholars.  Both of the groups are sent to an ISP session each summer, either a faculty/admin session or a student session, following which they are expected to spend the subsequent academic year working together on a mix of individual and group projects to help globalize the University.  They also have an opportunity to participate in a variety of professional and social Salzburg Program Activities, ranging from an annual reception at the President’s home and guest talks on campus to panels during SJSU’s International Week each semester and the San José-Salzburg Global Dialogue.

The Program is sponsored by SJSU’s College of International and Extended Studies, funded by scholarship programs and various administrative units on campus, and coordinated by a small Steering Group composed of SJSU Salzburg Fellows and SJSU Salzburg Scholars.