Experiencing Immigrant Students' Journeys Firsthand √ §
POSTPONED: Playing the Board Game "Emerging"
Location
Engineering : 102
Date & Time
April 29, 2024, 12:00 pm – 2:00 pm – Canceled
Description
How much do you know about what immigrant students go through to get an education in the US? Were you aware that one in four students in US public schools are part of an immigrant family, and it's closer to 50% in many urban areas? Many of these students experience challenges in K-12 and university settings at the interpersonal level, but also as a result of policies, systems, and norms that are not accommodating. In this session participants will experience these challenges firsthand and learn about the people/systems that can help immigrants to succeed in the US by playing "Emerging," a board game designed by Kerri Evans (Social Work) with funding from a Hrabowski Innovation Fund grant.
Note that this session meets in person and lunch will be provided. Please register for this game-playing session only if you are able to attend the entire 2-hour session. If you would like to participate but are unable to attend for two hours, please email Sarah Swatski at swatski1@umbc.edu to be put on the waitlist.
√ Counts toward the ALIT Certificate
§ Counts toward the INNOVATE Certificate
Please note that this is an in person program with lunch! Therefore, registration will close on April 22 or when we reach the room's capacity. Funding for in person programs is limited, so we ask that you please commit to coming upon registration and kindly release your spot if you can no longer attend.
Update 4/22/2024: Please note that we have postponed this event and plan to reschedule it in the fall or spring.
Following game-play, participants will engage in a conversation about the challenges and how we can mitigate them at UMBC, as well as a discussion of gamification and inclusive teaching more generally. More information on the board game, "Emerging: The Educational Journey of Immigrant Students" can be found on CS3's Retrieving the Social Sciences podcast episodes 21 and 46, or by registering to attend Dr. Evans' talk as part of the UMBC Department of Education's Research Seminar series on Tuesday, March 6th, 12:00-1:00 pm.
Lunch will be provided to all registered participants, please click “Going” below to reserve your seat for this session. Please email fdc@umbc.edu
to note any dietary restrictions (vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free, food
allergies, etc.) by Monday, April 22. The deadline to register
for this event is the earlier of Monday, April 22 or when the
event reaches capacity. Please email fdc@umbc.edu
to be added to a wait list if the event is full. If you have
registered and find that you can no longer attend, please kindly release
your spot so that others may attend.
√ Counts toward the ALIT Certificate
§ Counts toward the INNOVATE Certificate
Photo provided by Kerri Evans.
Please note that this is an in person program with lunch! Therefore, registration will close on April 22 or when we reach the room's capacity. Funding for in person programs is limited, so we ask that you please commit to coming upon registration and kindly release your spot if you can no longer attend.
Update 4/22/2024: Please note that we have postponed this event and plan to reschedule it in the fall or spring.
