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Global Leadership Program (GLP)
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Spring Semester 2022
January and February | GLP Virtual International Exchange | Vermont | Belgium | Denmark | Ireland | Spain
February 2 | GLP Speaker Series with Aarti Shahani
March 22 | GLP Language and Culture Series - Hindi and Urdi Language and Culture with Divya Chaudhry, Vanderbilt University
March 25 | GLP Language and Culture Series - A Conversation about Danish Education with Grith Rasmussen, Gefion Gymnasium, Copenhagen, DK
April 6 | GLP Speaker Series - The Role of U.S. Foreign Assistance in a Changing World with Christian Kolar, Resonance
April 11 | GLP Senior Practicum at Hula
May 26 | Senior Farewell and New GLP Student Welcome
Fall Semester 2021
September 9 | GLP Welcome and Orientation
September 28 | GLP International Student Forum | with students from Bahrain, Italy, Switzerland
October 3 and 17 | November 7 and 14 | GLP Language and Culture Series | Russian Language and Culture
October 21 | GLP Speaker Series | Dr. Emily Affolter | Prescott College
November 16 | International Education Week | Presentation by YES Scholarship winner Larissa Naghaway
December | Virtual Intercultural Exchange with Belgium, Denmark, Ireland, and Spain
Spring Semester 2021
January 15 - Feb. 1 | GLP VIRTUAL INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGE WITH BELGIUM, DENMARK, AND SPAIN
February 10 and 17 | GLP SENIOR PRACTICUM | Cross-Cultural Communication and Cultural Competency, Public Speaking and Improvisation, and Leadership Development
March 10 | GLP Language & Culture Series | Russian Language and Culture
March 17 | GLP Speaker Series | Jordan Waller, Associate Producer, Crooked Media | From College to Uzbekistan to the Pod, Connecting College and Career
March 31 | GLP Speaker Series | Roda Barket, Director, Boeing Global Services | The Power of Networking
April 7 | GLP Speaker Series | Christian Kolar, Tetra Tech | The Importance and Complexity of U.S. Foreign Aid
April 8 | GLP Language & Culture Series | Italian Language and Culture
Fall Semester 2020
October 7, 2020 | GLP Speaker Series | XUSANA DAVIS, Vermont's Executive Director of Racial Equity
October 28, 2020 | GLP Speaker Series | AMBASSADOR DANIEL MULHALL, Ireland's Ambassador to the United States, Embassy of Ireland, Washington, D.C.
January 15 - Feb. 1 | GLP VIRTUAL INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGE WITH BELGIUM, DENMARK, AND SPAIN
Spring Semester 2020
January 29 - May 22 | Italian Language and Culture Series | In-person and Virtual
February 17 | GLP SENIOR PRACTICUM | Cross-Cultural Communication and Cultural Competency, Public Speaking, and Leadership Development - UVM Davis Center
March 11 | GLP Speaker Series | AMILA MERDZANOVIC | Director, United States Committee on Refugees and Immigrants
April 22 | INTERNATIONAL STUDENT FORUM | Student panelists lead forum on international exchanges and experiences in Vermont, Guatemala, Denmark, France, and Portugal
May 26 | GLP Speaker Series | JERRY GREENFIELD, BEN & JERRY'S CO-FOUNDER | "A Morning of Entrepreneurial Spirit, Social Responsibility, and Radical Business Philosophy with Jerry Greenfield" | Virtual Event 11 a.m.
June 1 | WELCOME NEW GLP COHORT & SENIOR FAREWELL | Virtual Event - 7 p.m.
Fall Semester 2019
September 4 | GLP WELCOME & ORIENTATION
October 9 | GLP Speaker Series | AMBASSADOR DIRK WOUTERS | Belgian Ambassador to the United States
October 23 | 8TH ANNUAL ROWLAND FOUNDATION CONFERENCE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT | Author and Lecturer Robin Diangelo- Racial and Social Justice
October 25 - November 1 | GLP INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGE WITH BELGIUM AND DENMARK
October 25 | FLYNN THEATER | South African Theater Ensemble Isango performs The Magic Flute
Spring Semester 2019
Feb. 19 | SENIOR PRACTICUM | Cross-Cultural Communication and Cultural Competency, Public Speaking, and Leadership Development - UVM Davis Center
March 18 | GLP LANGUAGE & CULTURE SERIES: ARABIC
March 28 | GLP LANGUAGE AND CULTURE SERIES: ITALIAN
April 3 | INTERNATIONAL STUDENT FORUM
April 19 | BALLET HISPANICO | Flynn Center for the Arts
April 25 - May 4 | INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGE with Gefion Gymnasium in Copenhagen, Denmark - A GLP & Virtual Intercultural Avenues Exchange
May 23 | GLP Speaker Series | AMBASSADOR ROBERT FORD | Former U.S. Ambassador to Syria
MAY 24 | SOPHOMORE & JUNIOR SYMPOSIUM | Vermont Comedy Club Improvisation, Cross-Cultural Communication and Cultural Competency - UVM Davis Center
Fall Semester 2018
Sept. 12 | GLP Welcome & Orientation
Oct. 2 | GLP Speaker Series | AMBASSADOR DANIEL MULHALL, IRELAND'S AMBASSADOR TO THE UNITED STATES
Oct. 4 | GLP Speaker Series | TRANSCENDING BORDERS IN MEDICINE: UVM LARNER COLLEGE OF MEDICINE FELLOWSHIP RECIPIENTS
Oct. 23 | ROWLAND FOUNDATION CONFERENCE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT: Princeton University Professor Ruha Benjamin "Equity and Change"
Oct. 27 - Nov. 4 | VIA INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGE WITH DENMARK AND SPAIN | IES Isaac Albéniz de Leganés, Madrid and Gefion Gymnasium, Copenhagen
Oct. 30 | PRESENTATION: SECONDARY EDUCATION IN COPENHAGEN, DENMARK by Grith Rasmussen
Nov. 1 | PRESENTATION: CULTURAL DIFFERENCES: MADRID AND VERMONT by the students of IES Isaac Albéniz de Leganés
Dec. 14 | GLP LANGUAGE & CULTURE SERIES: ARABIC
Dec. 19 | GLP Speaker Series | CIVIL DISCOURSE IN VERMONT TODAY | Vermont Attorney General TJ Donovan
Spring Semester 2018
Jan. 31 | GLP LANGUAGE & CULTURE SERIES: ARABIC
Feb. 2 | INTERNATIONAL STUDENT FORUM | Featuring EHS international exchange students from Brazil, Italy, Spain, and Taiwan
March 6 | VERMONT COMEDY CLUB | Team-building and Improv workshop
April 3 | GLP Speaker Series | Vermont House Majority Leader, Representative Jill Krowinski
March 10 | EHS-VIA EXCHANGE TO BRUSSELS, BELGIUM
May 18 | GLP Speaker Series | Loung Ung, author of First They Killed My Father, in collaboration with Vermont Public Radio and Vermont Edition's Jane Lindholm
May 31 | GLP SENIOR TED TALKS
Fall Semester 2017
September | GLP INAUGURAL COHORT ORIENTATION
September | GLP Speaker Series | THE HONORABLE PETER SHUMLIN spoke to students about climate change and Vermont's leadership in renewable energy, and about how Vermont youth can and should be engaged in the issues of our time
October | 5TH EHS VIRTUAL INTERCULTURAL AVENUES EXCHANGE: Our 3rd exchange with Athénée Emile Bockstael (Brussels, Belgium) and 1st exchange with Gefion Gymnasium (Copenhagen, Denmark)
October | 6TH ANNUAL ROWLAND FOUNDATION CONFERENCE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT: Princeton University Professor Ruha Benjamin discussed the power of schools to be laboratories of social change
December | VERMONT ALLIANCE FOR SOCIAL STUDIES CONFERENCE where keynote speaker Vermont Attorney General TJ Donovan discussed social justice issues in Vermont and on the national stage
December - January | GLP LANGUAGE & CULTURE 3-PART SERIES: ARABIC LANGUAGE & CULTURE
January 2018 | GLP INTERNSHIP PRESENTATIONS upon completion of fall internships at the Vermont Refugee Resettlement Program, the Office of the Vermont Attorney General, the Vermont International Film Festival, the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services, and the Burlington International Airport