Global and Continental Partnerships and Collaboration in Higher Education Post COVID-19

Date: 

Wednesday, May 13, 2020, 8:00am to 9:00am

Location: 

Virtual Event - Details Below

As nations continue to come to terms with coping and finding solutions to the challenges that have beset them with the onslaught of COVID-19, the Alliance for African Partnership has established a public dialogue series with speakers including the Vice Chancellors, researchers and other relevant staff at AAP consortium universities, as well as representatives of the public and private sector, funding partners, think tanks, and  NGOs, among others.

 

University leaders from across the continent will be coming together to discuss how their institutions will handle partnerships and collaboration in a post-pandemic world. We will be joined by:

• Steven Hanson, Associate Provost and Dean of International Studies and Programs, Michigan State University
• Charles Igwe, Vice Chancellor, University of Nigeria, Nsukka
• George Kanyama-Phiri, Vice Chancellor, Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources (LUANAR)
• Idrissa Traore, Vice Chancellor, University of Arts and Human Sciences of Bamako (ULSHB)
• Moderator: Paul Zeleza, Vice Chancellor, US International University - Africa

 

8am Eastern, 12pm GMT, 1pm WAT, 2pm SAT, 3pm EAT

ORGANIZER: Michigan State University - African Studies Center

WEBSITE: https://aap.isp.msu.edu/research-funding/aap-public-dialogue-sessions/