IGL Newsletter: March 2018

“When we say is the liberal world order over? I say, no, it’s not, but multilateralism is challenged as it has never been before, and it will require all of us to really get up and put our muscle behind it.  It is a collective responsibility.  It is our home.  It is our humanity.”  With those words, Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations Amina J. Mohammed inspired the auditorium in her keynote address on “Repositioning the United Nations: Reinforcing Multilateralism in a Challenging Global Context” for the 33rd annual Norris and Margery Bendetson EPIIC Symposium. Learn more...

IGL’s Director, Professor Abi Williams, sees collaboration with the various Schools and Institutes at Tufts as vital to the mission and work of The Institute for Global Leadership. Learn more...

The Tufts chapter of Engineers Without Borders (EWB) is a collaboration between the Institute for Global Leadership and the Tufts School of Engineering that began in 2005. The group designs and implements sustainable engineering projects in developing communities. Tufts EWB is unique in that their membership of 50 students is comprised of students from all disciplines, from History to Chemical Engineering. The students work closely with faculty mentors and field experts to provide engineering support to serve the needs of communities in developing countries. To ensure sustainability, the students build relationships with the communities that they are working in before beginning their projects, develop a plan in collaboration with the community, and engage community members throughout the lifespan of the project. Learn more...

The Institute for Global Leadership’s (IGL) mission is to prepare and encourage students to undertake active roles in their communities, on a local, national or international level. That is why the IGL sat down with TILIP Alumnus David Chang (A’01) to highlight and share his experiences. During his time at Tufts University, Mr. Chang studied a Bachelor of Arts in Quantitative Economics and was involved with the Tufts Initiative for Leadership and International Perspective (TILIP) at IGL from his summer of 2000 to the following spring semester. Today Mr. Chang, a Partner and Commodity Portfolio Manager at Wellington Management, says that without the TILIP program and the IGL, he would not be where he is today, emphasizing that he “owes a lot to TILIP and IGL” and that “it is always a pleasure to reconnect with the school and the Institute. Learn more...

The Institute for Global Leadership’s Student Group Speaker Series is a new initiative started by the Institute’s new Director, Abi Williams.  In an effort to encourage collaboration and cross fertilization of ideas, the IGL is working with all student groups to coordinate a combined speaker series.  This year the student groups chose the theme of “Migration”, and all are responsible for bringing one speaker to campus on the issue from the perspective of their group, e.g. NIMEP’s speaker focused on the Middle East. Learn more...

Coaque is a rural town located in the coastal region of Ecuador. It has suffered dramatically since the deadly earthquake struck the community in 2016. Tufts International Development (TID) has been working with the community since 2016, in collaboration with the NGO Avanti and Libraries Without Borders, to implement Koombook. Koombook is a digital library designed to provide access to educational materials for individuals in remote and isolated areas. We want to help the children in Coaque study, grow and become leaders in their community. Community members travel to center of the town to access the Koombook. It was heartwarming to see the interest among young boys and girls to learn. Read more...