Sustain the World Virtual Camp 2022

Sustain the World Virtual Camp 2022, offered by the Universiti Teknologi Mara (UiTM) Malaysia, featuring the theme “Path to a Sustainable Future ” will expose participants to the concept of sustainability and how to mitigate sustainability issues. Additionally, participants will able to learn about and practice a sustainable lifestyle for a better world. This year STWVC 2022 brings more exciting activities and challenging competitions.

List of activities:

  1. Insight Talk 1.0 and Insight Talk 2.0
  2. Workshop: From Trash to Treasure
  3. Talk: Importance of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to create a sustainable future.
  4. World Water Day’s Talk
  5. Forum: Effect of Technology Advancement toward Carbon Footprint

List of Competitions.

  1. Technical Video Competition
  2. Infographic Competition
  3. Trash to Treasure Competition

Date of Program: 18th of March 2022 – 29th of March 2022

Platform: Cisco WebEx  

Prize worth RM1900 + E-certificate

Registration Link:

https://bit.ly/RegistrationSTWVC2022

Global Project Based Learning Camp at Suranaree University, Thailand: March 17-24 2022

Resonating with UN Conference on Climate Change, COP26, to take action on climate change with one of the goals of securing net zero by mid century, gPBL@SUT 2022 calls for students as young people, to come forward and ideate for ways to reach net zero within your campus, in the virtual camp themed “Race to Zero Campus.” The poster and schedule are enclosed. The event is free-of-charge. Highlights of last year’s event can be found here (https://youtu.be/br2JSYfE_ow).

The objective of the camp is to address net zero issues on campus. As campus life resumes post pandemic, how might we do so in a more responsible, climate change aware and sustainable way.

 Join up with 60 international students to come up with ideas and innovation concepts to trigger behavioral changes, and solutions on campus to help curb climate change.

This international camp has been organized onsite at SUT every year. However, due to the COVID-19 outbreak, the camp has been transformed into a virtual camp. International students will form team with SUT students and virtually explore their campuses for net zero challenges, then select an issue close to heart and brainstorm to propose for conceptual solution or innovation prototypes that would help reach net zero on campus.

Highlights include:

  • Start off with equipping students with tools of problems exploration, project management
  • Green transportation experts
  • Green consumption experts
  • Climate action and block chain
  • MyCampus sharing campus efforts and challenges 
  • Multinational teamwork competency, a skill highly valued in international firms
  • An e-certificate given to students after completing the program
  • Non-SUT students who wish to claim credits and SUT transcript for gPBL1-2-3 courses, may do so through SUT’s global online course program.

We kindly ask for interested students to apply in the Google form by February 28, 2022  so that we can manage the activities.

Apply Link >> https://forms.gle/3um49gUntRuzru8v9

Socially Innovative Global Classroom, Osaka City University

Osaka City University (OCU) is offering an online program to develop collaborative social innovators, using Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL).  The Socially Innovative Global Classroom (SIGLOC), a collaborative educational program with overseas students, will take place March 10-March 25, 2022 and is free for students from UMAP member institutions. 

The deadline to apply is February 4, 2022. 

For detailed program guidelines and application information, please visit:  http://www.coil.osaka-cu.ac.jp/en/blog/10th_sigloc_online/

Please note that the program will also be offered in July and September 2022.

International E-Service-Learning Program, Ateneo de Davao

This coming November, we hope to invite your students to our third iteration of the International Electronic Service Learning Program (IE-SLP) entitled: Hábi: Service-Learning towards Human Fraternity for World Peace and Living Together.”

This virtual program is deeply aligned with Ateneo de Davao’s mission of social justice, community engagement, and intercultural understanding.  In this service-learning program, student participants are empowered as youth leaders and young advocates to engage with and share the advocacies of Ateneo de Davao’s partner communities in Mindanao. Such advocacies include peacebuilding, empowerment of vulnerable groups (women and children), and indigenous education.

The IE-SLP is a 4-week virtual service-learning program that provides a virtual space for holistic formation through intercultural dialogue and meaningful transnational encounters with our partner communities.

As inspired by the “Document on Human Fraternity for World Peace and Living Together”, this November cycle’s theme further invites participants “to remain rooted in the values of peace, to defend the values of mutual understanding, human fraternity, and harmonious coexistence.” The IE-SLP aims to develop young leaders with the principles of social justice and reconciliation and nurture their skills to transform their own communities.

 We extend this invitation to participate to you and your student nominees, with the hopes that we can share this avenue for distanced learning and remote service immersion. We truly hope your students can join us.

The call for nominations is ongoing.  Please click here for complete detailsWe are also open to arranging a Zoom meeting to discuss our service-learning program further with you. We would be happy to meet you within this week or the next to explore how this special program can better host you and your students.

UMAP Thailand Micro-Credential Pilot now open for Student Applications

UMAP Thailand is rolling out their new online Micro-Credential Pilot Program.  Applications are being accepted for the first cohort of Strand A students, who will participate in a professional skills course on “Static Web Page for Data Display in Industrial Applications.”  Complete program details are available here.  Online applications are available here.  Please note that applicants need to list the UMAP coordinator at their home institution and the coordinator will need to upload a letter of endorsement on behalf of the institution.  The application deadline is July 15, 2021 (1pm Thailand time).  There is no cost to participate for UMAP member institution students.