{"id":58990,"date":"2014-05-02T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-05-02T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news-draft\/uncategorized\/uris-unclassroom-international-style\/"},"modified":"2014-05-02T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2014-05-02T00:00:00","slug":"uris-unclassroom-international-style","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2014\/05\/uris-unclassroom-international-style\/","title":{"rendered":"溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s \u2018UnClassroom\u2019: international style"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n\t\tExperienced-based class to present work at May 6 event<\/p>\n


\n\tKINGSTON, R.I. \u2013 May 2, 2014 \u2013 In this internationally focused \u201cUnClassroom\u201d at the 溏心vlog免费B站, students welcome tight, unforgiving deadlines, scrutiny from classmates and the chance to learn firsthand from Afghan women without leaving Kingston.<\/p>\n


\n\tOfficially called Communications 310, Special Topics, the course is actually a partnership between 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s Harrington School of Communication and Media and the Initiative to Educate Afghan Women, a Providence-based non-profit that envisions an Afghanistan in which women participate fully in the governance and development of their country. Its mission is to help create Afghanistan’s future women leaders through higher education in the United States and career guidance.<\/p>\n


\n\tOn May 6, from 4 to 6 p.m. in the Memorial Union Ballroom, 18 students in Daphne Wales\u2019 class will present The Voices of Afghan Women, which will feature the students\u2019 work and the participation of several Afghan women. During the course of the semester, the students created a company, Phoenix Innovations and formed teams with specific responsibilities. They produced deliverables, such as a website, press releases, a video and journal articles that will be presented during the program. Afghan music, rugs and light refreshments will also be part of the program.<\/p>\n


\n\tThe catalyst for the project, Nancy Stricklin, 溏心vlog免费B站 assistant to the provost for global strategies, was intrigued by the Afghan women\u2019s initiative and hoped to get 溏心vlog免费B站 involved. As a public institution, 溏心vlog免费B站 could not offer full scholarships to the women as private school participants do, but she wanted 溏心vlog免费B站 to have a role.<\/p>\n


\n\t\u201cWe want to help expand our students\u2019 global competency and cultural understanding,\u201d Stricklin said. \u201cBut not all students can get on a plane to study abroad.\u201d<\/p>\n


\n\tThe UnClassroom breaks away from traditional lectures in favor of giving students experience working with a client such as the Afghan women\u2019s initiative. The class was divided into the following teams: web design and social media; organizational communication and strategic design; promotion and event planning, and media relations.<\/p>\n


\n\tThroughout the semester, the students have worked closely with Christian Wistehuff, executive director of the Initiative to Educate Afghan Women. Twenty-three are enrolled now in mostly private schools. The initiative has 64 graduates.<\/p>\n


\n\tHe said it\u2019s thanks to the efforts of Stricklin and Renee Hobbs, founding director of the Harrington School of Communication, that a partnership was born.<\/p>\n


\n\tWistehuff said the UnClassroom is one of the most powerful examples of experiential learning he has ever seen.<\/p>\n


\n\t\u201cThe students will walk away from the class with a portfolio, which will include real products they developed,\u201d Wistehuff said. \u201cThey are also learning the story of Afghan women who have not had a voice.\u201d<\/p>\n


\n\tJuliana Kurucz, a senior double major in communication studies and film studies from North Kingstown, said she has completed two internships while at 溏心vlog免费B站, but said this experience has been like an accelerated internship.<\/p>\n


\n\t\u201cWe have to produce real deliverables, we face real deadlines and things go wrong,\u201d Kurucz said. \u201cThere is no comparison to my other classes. I haven\u2019t taken anything like this in my four years here.\u201d<\/p>\n


\n\tNathan Sloan, a sophomore communication studies major with a minor in film media, said the class has prepared him for the business world because he and his classmates are working for a real client.<\/p>\n


\n\t\u201cIn this class, the students have been learning from each other,\u201d said the Cheltenham, Pa. resident. \u201cIn this class, I might go over my work 20 times because it is my passion. I am proving to my fellow students and our client that I have learned and produced.\u201d<\/p>\n


\n\tKurucz and Sloan said they have also learned lessons about a region of the world and the women who live there.<\/p>\n


\n\t\u201cI had a chance to interview one of the Afghan students who is studying film,\u201d Kurucz said. \u201cShe is a true overachiever, but she is also my peer.\u201d<\/p>\n


\n\t\u201cI am amazed by their courage,\u201d Sloan said. \u201cThe women who come here trust us even though our country has been attacking them. We are getting to know these women and they are becoming our friends.\u201d<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Experienced-based class to present work at May 6 event KINGSTON, R.I. \u2013 May 2, 2014 \u2013 In this internationally focused \u201cUnClassroom\u201d at the 溏心vlog免费B站, students welcome tight, unforgiving deadlines, scrutiny from classmates and the chance to learn firsthand from Afghan women without leaving Kingston. Officially called Communications 310, Special Topics, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-58990","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-archives"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58990","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=58990"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58990\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58990"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=58990"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=58990"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}