BSU students meet 伊拉克大使H.E. Lukman Faily at event sponsored by the Center for Middle East Studies
使命宣言
The primary mission of the Middle East and North Africa Studies Program (MENA) at 布里奇沃特 State University is to introduce and enhance the educational and cultural awareness of the Middle East region and of its diverse peoples, 历史, 和文化. MENA promotes both specialized knowledge and public understanding of this crucial region of the world, which includes the Arab states, 火鸡, 伊朗, 和以色列.
MENA strives to reach the broadest possible constituency, working with a variety of academic dep艺术ments, educational and cultural organizations and experts to discover new avenues for scholarly outreach and cooperation. MENA aims to reinforce links to other institutions in the Middle East region to offer academic opportunities to faculty and students to study and gain more understanding of the Middle East. MENA adheres to the strategic vision of 布里奇沃特 State University in maximizing the intensity, diversity and richness of teaching and learning relationships forged between faculty, students and members of the broader community the Middle East and the world.
目标
With the objective of promoting a multidisciplinary approach of the study of Middle East, 它的人民, 宗教, 历史, 经济学, 地理位置, 艺术, 文化, 科学, 和政治, 中东和北非寻求:
Increase the availability of Middle East-related courses by supporting resident faculty and helping bring visiting scholars to academic dep艺术ments without resident Middle East specialists.
Promote interdisciplinary and collaborative projects through joint sponsorship with other academic research units of intellectual programs and visiting scholars.
Support the offering of main languages of the Middle East including Arabic, 波斯, 土耳其, 和希伯来语.
Facilitate the efforts of 布里奇沃特 State University to establish viable academic and education p艺术nerships with colleges and universities in the Middle East.
Support short-term and long-term exchanges of faculty and students in the area study of the Middle East.
Organize and sponsor lecture series, 座谈会, 系列电影, 研讨会, 博物馆的展品, and major research forums and conferences.
Offer a vast Middle East library collection including visual sources.
Collaborate with other dep艺术ments and divisions to serve and provide educational and pedagogical training for teachers at the level of elementary, secondary and high schools.
Strive to be recognized as a regional and national resource, which will in turn make it eligible to p艺术icipate in the US Dep艺术ment of Education Title VI National Resource Center (NRC).
Affiliated Academic 部门
As an interdisciplinary center, MENA works collaboratively with a variety of dep艺术ments and programs including Anthropology, 艺术, Communication Studies, 历史, 社会学, 经济学, 管理, Special Education and Communication Disorder, 地理位置, 刑事司法, Elementary and Early Childhood Education, 外语, 政治科学, Computer and Mathematics, 妇女研究, 音乐, 亚洲研究, and African Studies.
