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The Story of GLOBE, Part 2

December 18, 2020 By Berkeley Engineering

GLOBE 15 Anniversary | Feature Story | Part 2 of 2

The Story of GLOBE

Anthony ST. GEORGE, Oct 1, 2020

Undergraduate Programs:

Because Berkeley Engineering students often do not have the time or resources to explore study, research, or career opportunities outside of the United States, in 2018-2019, we launched a suite of programs (The Global Engineer) to provide students, particularly those who have never been outside of the United States, with greater global exposure. 

In Spring 2019, we offered the non-credit GLOBE Ambassadors program for a cohort of 20 students, studying companies and innovation across engineering fields in the Philippines and Singapore, culminating in a one-week visit to academic, governmental, corporate partners, friends, and alumni in those countries. 

GLOBE Ambassadors visit the Philippines’ Commission on Higher Education

In Fall 2019, we began offering, ENGIN 187: Global Engineering, in which engineering students learn the challenges of international expansion first-hand through live and written case studies and by working with start-ups from that semester’s country-of-focus (e.g., Taiwan in Fall 2019).

Guest Speakers at ENGIN 187

Also in Fall 2019, we also launched the GLOBE Scholars program to provide scholarships to students seeking summer research or corporate internship overseas. To be awarded a scholarship, students are also required to carry out a research project at their destination country in which they engage with and study social justice issues faced by an under-represented community.  Upon their return, the scholars present the experiences and successes of that community to the Berkeley community.  Projects are vetted and approved by Berkeley Engineering faculty and John Kaiser from the Department of Sociology.

While the first round of applicants proposed fascinating research ideas in countries ranging from Japan to Germany to Lebanon. In 2020, with the arrival of COVID-19, this program had to be postponed but will resume when international travel again becomes safe.

Introduction of Lucy Okumu, Director, International Programs Office, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology

International Executive Education, Online, and Outreach Programs:

Another GLOBE responsibility over the years was the development of non-degree distance education and international executive education programs.  Early in its founding, GLOBE organized or facilitated, on behalf of the College of Engineering and other campus units, numerous customized executive education programs with cohorts of executives from countries such as China, Italy, and Denmark. This effort became Berkeley Engineering’s Executive and Professional Education (EPE) programs.

In 2019, with Berkeley Engineering’s development of a relationship with Shorelight Education, GLOBE worked with EPE and faculty to develop international online education offerings, enabling Berkeley Engineering to increase its educational and outreach programs globally. In Fall 2020 GLOBE launched GLOBE Online to provide for-credit courses to students around the world.

Fall 2020 GLOBE Online program welcome reception

Lastly, also in Fall 2020, the GLOBE team launched GLOBE Include, an online program to engage with Historically Black Colleges and Universities and Hispanic Serving Institutions through remote platforms. Students from participating institutions such as Howard University are able to engage in professional development and remote research advising. 

Onwards into the Future:

While I have officially retired from UC Berkeley to pursue additional life goals, I am delighted to remain engaged with GLOBE as a lecturer and unofficial advisor. With its wide-ranging programs to benefit both faculty and students, I am proud to have been a part of GLOBE’s growth and success. With international collaboration now more important than ever, I trust that GLOBE will remain an essential part of the Berkeley Engineering community and continue to celebrate many years of fostering innovation and friendship around the world.

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Betsy Gudino. Dr. Anthony St. George, Olivia Kuo

Anthony St. George

Former Assistant Dean of Berkeley Engineering and Lecturer, ENGIN 187

Anthony is the former Assistant Dean, International and Corporate Partnerships, for Berkeley Engineering and the founding Executive Director of GLOBE. He is also the designer of and current lecturer for the Berkeley Engineering course: ENGIN 187 “Global Engineering: The Challenges of Globalization and Disruptive Innovation”.

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The Story of GLOBE Series
  • The Story of GLOBE, Part 1October 7, 2020
  • The Story of GLOBE, Part 2December 18, 2020
  • Lunch Break with GLOBE Director Matthew SherburneFebruary 26, 2021
Alumni Spotlight
  • Ariel Ho: Journey from Dietician to Healthcare Startup Co-FounderNovember 8, 2022
  • Interview with Scarlett HoAugust 26, 2022
  • Interview with Professor Kajanová: An International Perspective on Berkeley ResearchJune 29, 2022

The Story of GLOBE, Part 1

October 7, 2020 By Berkeley Engineering

GLOBE 15 Anniversary | Feature Story | Part 1 of 2

The Story of GLOBE

Anthony ST. GEORGE, Oct 7, 2020

In 2005, inspired by a new trend in global academic expansion, Dean Richard Newton launched The Dado and Maria Banatao Center for Global Learning and Outreach from Berkeley Engineering—GLOBE to extend Berkeley Engineering’s research and education expertise around the world. That year I was recruited from MIT, where I had supported several international programs and corporate relationships, including those with Taiwan, Singapore, and a growing effort with the People’s Republic of China.

Richard Newton,
The former Dean of The College of Engineering, UC Berkeley, from 2000-2007

With the guidance and support of successive deans and interim and acting deans (Profs. Fiona Doyle, Al Pisano, Shankar Sastry, and Tsu-Jae King), associate deans (Profs. Paul Wright, Lisa Pruitt), and enthusiastic faculty, alumni, and friends too numerous to list, GLOBE has grown into Berkeley Engineering’s multi-faceted international research partnership support, education, and outreach center seeking to benefit Berkeley faculty, students, the Bay Area community, and the world at large.

Berkeley Engineering long-time friends and benefactors, Maria and Dado Banatao

History and Scope of Programs

Research Partnerships:

In the early years, I first supported the deans and faculty by exploring opportunities for large-scale research partnerships with numerous top institutions around the world, achieving earliest successes with Singapore (Singapore BEARS), expanding on to the Philippines (PCARI) and the People’s Republic of China (TBSI). Historically, the Berkeley campus did not have a great deal of experience developing intricate, cross-border partnerships, and I’m proud to say that our programs contributed to UC Berkeley developing greater expertise to assist all its Colleges and Schools to establish similar programs.

Educational Programs:

With the growth and success of the research partnerships, we were able to build relationships with partner universities in those initial countries and beyond, beginning with the Renaissance Engineering Program at Nanyang Technological University. 

GLOBE visiting students team up with Berkeley Engineering students at GLOBE welcome event

In the following years, faculty relationships led to the addition of visiting student programs with Tongji University, Shanghai Jiaotong University (SJTU), University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (UCAS), ShanghaiTech University, SRM University, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen (CUHK-SZ)and National Tsinghua University, educating over 400 students in the past 7 years.

Chinese New Year Gathering with Taiwanese visiting scholars and their host faculty at Great China restaurant in Berkeley

Visiting Scholars and Entrepreneurs:

In that same period, GLOBE also began a program to host biotech and other engineering entrepreneurs from Taiwan to foster the advancement of innovation in new areas of interest to Taiwan. Since 2016, BTB, LEAP, and ITRI Scholars have developed technologies and business ideas in a variety of areas ranging from robotics and BioMEMs sensors to 3D Printed Medical Devices. 

Andrej Kiska, the former President of the Slovak Republic at the agreement signing ceremony in Blum Hall, UC Berkeley

In the following year we also began a similar visiting scholar program sponsored by the Slovak Republic, which enables scholars from participating universities in the republic to visit UC Berkeley for up to six months to work with Berkeley Engineering faculty on advanced research projects in intelligent transportation systems. 

From these programs, we then began to launch programs to more directly benefit UC Berkeley undergraduates.  Article continued in Part 2 .

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Betsy Gudino. Dr. Anthony St. George, Olivia Kuo

Anthony St. George

Former Assistant Dean of Berkeley Engineering and Lecturer, ENGIN 187

Anthony is the former Assistant Dean, International and Corporate Partnerships, for Berkeley Engineering and the founding Executive Director of GLOBE. He is also the designer of and current lecturer for the Berkeley Engineering course: ENGIN 187 “Global Engineering: The Challenges of Globalization and Disruptive Innovation”.

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The Story of GLOBE Series
  • The Story of GLOBE, Part 1October 7, 2020
  • The Story of GLOBE, Part 2December 18, 2020
  • Lunch Break with GLOBE Director Matthew SherburneFebruary 26, 2021

Alumni Spotlight
  • Ariel Ho: Journey from Dietician to Healthcare Startup Co-FounderNovember 8, 2022
  • Interview with Scarlett HoAugust 26, 2022
  • Interview with Professor Kajanová: An International Perspective on Berkeley ResearchJune 29, 2022

GLOBE News

  • Ariel Ho: Journey from Dietician to Healthcare Startup Co-Founder
  • Interview with Scarlett Ho
  • Interview with Professor Kajanová: An International Perspective on Berkeley Research

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