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WMU Africa trip focuses on globalization and education Kalamazoo, MI
Two Western Michigan University professors will lead a group of educators from Michigan and Illinois to West Africa next summer. They hope the trip will help educators on both sides of the Atlantic teach their students about the effects of economic globalization. William Santiago-Valles is an associate professor in Western's Africana Studies program. He says Michigan and West Africa face similar effects of a globalized economy, including increased unemployment, lower rates of literacy, and higher infant mortality rates. Santiago-Valles and associate Western speech and audiology professor Yvette Hyter will lead the group to the West African countries of Senegal and Mali next July. It will include educators from Illinois as well as Michigan. A workshop is required for participants. More information about the project is available at it's Web page. You can also get more information by calling Santiago-Valles at (269) 387-2561 or Hyter at (269) 387-8205. © Copyright 2010, WMUK |
