2020-2021 SMALL GROUP DISCUSSIONS
This page provides a list of upcoming events in the Nashville area that you can attend to work toward earning a Global Investigator badge. These events are all optional. Events that have an entry fee are marked with $. After attending an event with a global or international theme, write a reflection and submit it to the faculty member responsible for your small group. You need to earn at least three Global Investigator badges during your junior year!
DISTANCE OPTIONS TO EARN YOUR BADGE
ARTICLES
- Explainers. BEYOND THE U.S.
https://www.cfr.org/explainers
Pick your topic of interest to explore a non-US topic.
PODCASTS:
- Podcasts. GLOBAL TENNESSEE
https://www.tnwac.org/category/podcast/
Global Tennessee presents a series of recorded interviews with various important influential people such as former Nashville Mayor Karl Dean and the Ambassador of Japan to the United States Shinsuke J. Sugiyama. If you want to know more, check out the TWAC website
- Podcasts. LIVING ON EARTH
http://www.loe.org/shows/shows.html?programID=20-P13-00011
Living on Earth offers weekly podcasts on different environmental topics.
- Podcasts. 15 MINUTE HISTORY
Love History? Choose a non-US topic and reflect!
FILMS, VIDEOS, AND SERIES
- SERIES. NPT Nextdoor Neighbors series:
https://video.wnpt.org/show/next-door-neighbors/
Choose an episode and reflect on what you have learned about your Nashville community!
- FILMS. Mosfilm channel on Youtube – Soviet & Russian films for free
https://www.youtube.com/user/mosfilm/playlists
Go to the link provided above and search “subtitles” for films with English subtitles!
Podcasts. GLOBAL TENNESSEE
https://www.tnwac.org/category/podcast/
From the TNWAC website: “Global Tennessee presents a series of recorded interviews with various important influential people such as former Nashville Mayor Karl Dean and the Ambassador of Japan to the United States Shinsuke J. Sugiyama. If you want to know more, check out the TWAC website”
