The Engaged Citizen Experience (ECE) seeks to mobilize the entire campus community to discuss a critical theme or global issue. In order to create an integrated experience, the ECE is a blend of academic and co-curricular programming. New courses and existing courses are designed to engage students in the exploration of an annual theme. This 2019 theme for the Engaged Citizen Experience is Migration.

This academic year, the ECE is partnering with Drake International, the Nelson Institute for Diplomacy & International Affairs, the Principal Center for Global Citizenship, the Office of Community Engaged Learning, and The Harkin Institute to present a new signature event, the Global Citizen Forum. The Forum is scheduled for March 7-8, 2019, and will invite participants to explore the topic of migration through a series of events including documentary film, an undergraduate student research symposium, a dynamic keynote speaker, and an experiential activism workshop in partnership with local community agencies.

While we are still in the process of finalizing exact details, we wanted to share this initiative now so that you can:

• Consider including Forum participation as part of your Spring 2019 courses.
• Encourage students to submit high quality papers from this semester for presentation during the student Symposium.
• Reflect on proposals you might create for concurrent sessions during the Symposium.
• Submit other ideas for consideration as we design this inaugural edition of the Forum.

We appreciate your support as we create opportunities for our students to become engaged and responsible global citizens.

Melissa Sturm-Smith, Engaged Citizen Experience, and Jeffrey Kappen, Nelson Institute for Diplomacy & International Affairs