Michelle Guzman
My Global Medallion experience started in April 2017. I was attracted by this program because I strongly believed that new education must be focus in a global environment.
Since my external perspective, the actual professional must be expert in their field and must have knowledge about the global business. In contrast, since my internal perspective, the actual professional must cultivate extra-curricular activities, such as travel, visit museums, listen to music, read about politics , economy, social problems to enhance their culture, and creativity. These activities, externals and internals, are the nutrients to create new ideas for a better society.
The Global Medallion Program of Florida International University helps me in both sides, external and internal. Now, I have knowledge of politics, arts, music, Asian culture, Latin American culture, etc. This knowledge helps me to understand and to be more compassionate towards the people around the world. Now, I understand the imperative necessities of a better communication in a global environment where different cultures with different approach must interact.
One of the requirement of this program is to complete the Activity Points Log with twenty global co-curricular activities. I enjoyed and accomplished every single activity!
Below, I will mention four of the twenty point activities required in this program.
My Global Learning activities...
9-20-18
Jain Expressions of the Perfected Body. Frost Museum.
This presentation was made by Debra Diamond. She is Curator of South and Southeast Asian Art, Smithsonian Institution in Washington DC. In this opportunity the central attention was the Indian art through the Jinas expression. We learned about social ideas, religion, gender roles, hierarchies of power in both earthly and divine Jinas expression.
9-13-18
THE FUTURE OF THE AMERICAS.-
Former President Luis Guillermo Solis Rivera of Costa Rica presented the Future of the Americas. In this distinguished lecture, he developed important ideas as: economic stability, social middle class, democratic government, and trade in the Americas.
10-19-17
TO BUILT ANOTHER HOUSE. A DOCUMENTARY ABOUT THE ART OF HUMBERTO CALZADA. Humberto Calzada is a Cuban-American artist whose career has spanned over 40 years. This documentary explained how his personal and spiritual loss affected his art and imagery.
4-17-17
A TALE OF TWO EAGLES: THE US-MEXICO BILATERAL DEFENSE RELATIONSHIP POST COLD WAR. A book presentation by Prof. Craig A. Deare.
Mr. Dare is professor of International Security Studies at the College of International Security Affairs at National Defense University in Washington D.C. and previously served as Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Western Hemisphere Affair at the National Security Council. He is a retired Army Intelligence and Foreign Area Officer. In his book, he exposed the evolution of the bilateral defense relationship between the United States and Mexico.