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Elevating and Integrating Global Engagement

Friday Breakfast Roundtables

Table 5: It Takes a Village: The Dean, Chair, Faculty, and SIO's Role in Global Engagement

Friday, January 23, 2026
8:00 AM - 9:15 AM East Coast USA Time
Location: Marquis Salon 5 - Level M2

    Primary Presenter(s)

  • Torian Lee

    Director, Global Learning and International Programs
    Norfolk State University, United States

    • Co-Presenter(s)

  • SI

    Solomon Isekeije

    Professor of Fine Arts
    Norfolk State University, United States

  • TK

    Tyson King-Meadows

    Dean, College of Liberal Arts
    Norfolk State University, United States

  • Carlene Buchanan Turner

    Professor of Sociology
    Norfolk State University, United States

This session will examine the cross-campus partnerships and processes that need to be created to build a campus culture of global through faculty-led study abroad programs. Key collaborators will discuss their role in building two programs within the Norfolk State University (NSU) College of Liberal Arts (COLA): a sociology program in Jamaica and a fine arts program in Ghana. This dynamic panel will include the NSU COLA dean, the teaching faculty leaders, and the NSU director of global learning and international programs (senior international officer).