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CAORC-ACMS FACULTY DEVELOPMENT SEMINAR

Public Health in Mongolia: Challenges and Opportunities

Mongolia

Seminar Overview

To support community colleges, CAORC offers fully-funded overseas seminars that help faculty and administrators gain the requisite first-hand experience needed to develop and improve international courses, curricula, and teaching materials.  


This seminar, administered by CAORC in collaboration with its member center in Mongolia, the American Center for Mongolian Studies, funds participation in a two-week seminar in Mongolia focused on public health issues. The program includes stays in the urban capital Ulaanbaatar, the rural communities at Kharkhorin, the historic capital of the Mongol Empire, Erdene Zuu Monastery, the oldest Buddhist monastery in Mongolia, and a visit to Hustai National Park, home to the rare and endangered Przewalski’s horses. Mongolia, with its vast landscapes, shares similarities to rural parts of the United States and other countries, where limited infrastructure and a dispersed population that lives on the land must contend with challenges related to economic opportunity and access to health resources.  


Community colleges are at the forefront of training for professional careers in the health professions and related fields. These topics also impact a wide range of issues in the social sciences and humanities through economic development, government, and cultural change. Through site visits and meetings in Mongolia, participants will be able to hear from local officials, health specialists, and nomadic pastoralists and gain a first-hand understanding of the unique public health challenges facing both urban and rural communities in the region. Participants will explore how socio-economic conditions and access to resources impact local responses, and how international cooperation can help overcome challenges. Participants will be able to connect experiences of people living in their own communities with the health issues facing this remote region, and discuss how we can collaborate to develop shared solutions. Round-trip travel, accommodations, in-country transportation, and selected meals will be provided for the seminar.

​Seminar dates: July 26 - August 9, 2025*

*Dates listed are tentative program dates, and are not inclusive of travel. Dates may be adjusted slightly due to flight availability

 

Meet the ACMS Seminar Leader

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Charles Krusekopf  
Associate Director, American Center for Mongolian Studies

Royal Roads University, Victoria, BC
 

Eligibility

The program is open to full-time or part-time faculty and administrators at U.S. community colleges. The program is open to faculty in all fields, at all academic ranks, and from any academic or administrative department.  

Applicants must be U.S. citizens at the time of application and must hold a valid, current U.S. passport that does not expire within six months of the last date of the program.

Applicants may apply to more than one seminar. Each application will be reviewed individually. 

 

Previous Overseas Faculty Development Seminar awardees are requested to observe a one-year waiting period before applying for another program. For example, a January 2025 participant would next be eligible to apply in January 2026, and participate in Summer 2026. 

Program Expectations

As an outcome of the Overseas Faculty Development Seminar program, participants are required to develop and implement a project on their campus. Details and examples of these projects will be shared with awardees during pre-departure orientation. Projects should be implemented within one year of the conclusion of the program, at which time participants will be asked to submit a project report and share curriculum and/or documentation of the project for inclusion on CAORC's Open Educational Resources site.

Application Process

Applications can be accessed via CAORC's SM Apply application portal. You must sign up for an account to access the seminar application. This will allow you to save and return to your application before submitting. Please save your login/password information for future applications.

​In addition to providing basic personal and professional information, applicants are required to respond to four essay questions (up to 500 words each).

​In addition, applicants are required to:

  • ​Upload a current cv/resume (maximum of 2 pages)

  • Request a letter of support from a department chair, academic division head, or academic dean at your college or institution. You will be able to send a link to your recommender via the online grant portal, SM Apply, by entering their contact details, which will trigger the system into sending an automated email. Your recommender will then be able to upload their letter. Recommendation letters will be confidential in the system.​In their letter, the recommender should address the following questions/points:

    1. Please tell us why you support the applicant’s participation in the CAORC faculty development seminar. From your perspective, how will they benefit professionally from the program?

    2. Please describe the applicant’s engagement with your institution’s internationalization efforts and how their participation in the seminar might benefit students, colleagues, and the broader campus community.

    3. Please discuss the applicant’s collegiality, teamwork, and professionalism. How have they demonstrated the ability to cooperate, work, and share with others to achieve goals and positive outcomes?

  • It is advisable to enter your recommender's contact details into the recommendation letter section of the application as soon as possible (and click 'mark as complete') so that they have sufficient time to complete and upload their letter. The applicant is responsible for checking in with their recommender to ensure the letter is submitted by the recommender deadline. CAORC is not able to reach out to recommenders on behalf of the applicant. 

Opening date for applications: July 10, 2024

Application deadline: December 2, 2024 at 5:00pm ET

Recommendation letter deadline: December 6, 2024 at 5:00pm ET

Notification of award decisions: January 31, 2025

 

If you have questions, please email: fellowships@caorc.org.

 

Funding for this program is provided to CAORC through a grant from the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs

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