Learn about our Immigrant Students' Experiences: Playing the Board Game "Emerging" √ §
Also, we'll discuss the gamification and inclusive teaching.
Location
Engineering : 102
Date & Time
February 19, 2025, 10:30 am – 12:30 pm
Description
How much do you know about what immigrant students go through to get an education in the US? Were you aware that one in four students in US public schools are part of an immigrant family, and it's closer to 50% in many urban areas? Many of these students experience challenges in K-12 and university settings at the interpersonal level, but also as a result of policies, systems, and norms that are not accommodating. In this session participants will experience these challenges firsthand and learn about the people/systems that can help immigrants to succeed in the US by playing "Emerging," a board game designed by Kerri Evans (Social Work) with funding from a Hrabowski Innovation Fund grant.
Following game-play, participants will engage in a conversation over lunch about the challenges and how we can mitigate them at UMBC, as well as a discussion of gamification and inclusive teaching more generally. More information on the board game, "Emerging: The Educational Journey of Immigrant Students" can be found on CS3's Retrieving the Social Sciences podcast episodes 21 and 46.
Note that this session meets in person in Engineering Room 102 and lunch will be provided. Please register for this game-playing session only if you are able to attend the entire 2-hour session. If you would like to participate but are unable to attend for two hours, please email fdc@umbc.edu to be put on the waitlist.
√ Counts toward the ALIT Certificate
§ Counts toward the INNOVATE Certificate
Following game-play, participants will engage in a conversation over lunch about the challenges and how we can mitigate them at UMBC, as well as a discussion of gamification and inclusive teaching more generally. More information on the board game, "Emerging: The Educational Journey of Immigrant Students" can be found on CS3's Retrieving the Social Sciences podcast episodes 21 and 46.
Note that this session meets in person in Engineering Room 102 and lunch will be provided. Please register for this game-playing session only if you are able to attend the entire 2-hour session. If you would like to participate but are unable to attend for two hours, please email fdc@umbc.edu to be put on the waitlist.
Lunch will be provided to all registered participants, please click “Going” below to reserve your seat for this session. Please email fdc@umbc.edu
to note any dietary restrictions (vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free, food
allergies, etc.) by Wednesday, February 12. The deadline to register
for this event is the earlier of Wednesday, February 12 or when the
event reaches capacity. Please email fdc@umbc.edu
to be added to a wait list if the event is full. If you have
registered and find that you can no longer attend, please kindly release
your spot so that others may attend.
√ Counts toward the ALIT Certificate
§ Counts toward the INNOVATE Certificate
Image provided by Kerri Evans.
Please note that this is an in person program with lunch! Therefore, registration will close on February 12 or when we reach the room's capacity. Funding for in person programs is limited, so we ask that you please commit to coming upon registration and kindly release your spot if you can no longer attend.
