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2008 Information
and Guidelines
Sponsored by the Office of International Outreach
and the Academy of Future Leaders
Texas A&M University
Conference Information
Place: Donald L. Houston Center
200 Discovery Drive, College Station
Date:
Thursday, April 17, 2008
Time: 9 am – 3 pm
Space: Availability is limited. Only the first
one hundred students who submit
projects will be able to attend.
Note:
Student projects must be
postmarked by April 7 in order to
be considered. Only students who
submit projects may attend.
Why Attend?
• Interact directly with Texas A&M
students
• Great learning experience
• Opportunity to visit one of the nation’s
premier public universities
• Excellent addition to your college and
scholarship applications
• Visit the George Bush Presidential
Library and Museum which has all new
exhibits for the spring
Tentative Conference Events
• Exciting keynote guest speaker
• Lunch is provided
• Opportunity for students to display
and present their projects
• Breakout discussion sessions with
Texas A&M students on important
global issues
• Awards ceremony
• Tour of Bush Presidential Library
(A more detailed itinerary will be provided when details are finalized)
Student Requirements
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Open only to students in grades 6 – 12.
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Each student must participate in a global issues project
either individually or as part of a team. (Requirements
next slide)
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All projects must be mailed or handed in person.
Written projects should be printed off before they are
sent, and multimedia projects should be burned to a
disk and must function as received.
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There are three parts to each submission:
1) Registration forms (one per student);
2) Project Submission forms (one per group);
3) Project (either printed or burned to a disk).
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These forms can be found on the worldroom
(http://worldroom.tamu.edu) website.
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Projects must be submitted by mail or in person,
postmarked by April 7, to:
Global Issues Conference Project Submission
Annenberg Presidential Conference Center
Office of International Outreach
1245 Texas A&M University
College Station, TX 77843-1245
Project Requirements
Projects should be submitted by individuals or
groups of size no greater than four students*.
*A maximum of four students may attend per specific project.
The only specific requirements of the project
itself are:
1) The project must pertain to a global issue;
2) The project must be must be mailed in per
directions in the previous slide.
However, keep in mind the objective of the
project is to help students to understand at
least one global issue so that they can come
prepared to be engaged in the breakout
discussions during the conference.
Project Topic Suggestions
Suggested Topics:
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The Impact of Corruption
Disease and Epidemics: Global Killers
Causes of Poverty
Responsibility to Protect Against Genocide
Free Trade & Globalization
The War on Terror
Climate Change and Global Warming
Energy Resources for the Future
Genetically Engineered Food
Coping with National Disasters
Religious Radicalism
This list is non-exhaustive, pursue what
interests you.
Look for helpful links at the World Room
website in the near future.
http://worldroom.tamu.edu
Project Format Suggestions
Suggested Project Formats:
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Research Paper
PowerPoint presentation
Original artwork
Original photography
Original video
Documentary
Some combination of the above or any
other format that can be submitted
through the mail. Be creative!
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Note: If you submit a project for which you
think your global insight is non-obvious, please
use the project proposal (part of the project
submission form) to clarify your content for the
judges.
Project Judging Guidelines
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The project will be judged by a panel of
qualified Texas A&M students and faculty
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Creativity/Originality
Global Insight
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Relevance to an important Global Issue
Overall Quality
A note on plagiarism:
We take plagiarism seriously. Make sure
to give credit to all resources you use in
creating your project. Any plagiarism
found will result in disqualification of the
project and students involved will not be
allowed to attend.
Contact Information
As this is the first ever Zooming Out For a
Global View Conference, we understand
there will be questions, so please do not
hesitate to contact us.
For most information and forms, visit:
http://worldroom.tamu.edu
For questions specifically related to the
project or the events that will occur
during the conference itself, please direct
emails to:
[email protected]
For all other questions relating to the
Zooming Out for a Global View
Conference, contact International
Outreach Education Coordinator Martha
Green:
[email protected]
See you at the Zooming Out for
Global Issues Conference!
April 17th, 2008
Texas A&M University