Faculty Professional Development Workshop (Fulbright-Hays Group Projects Abroad, Senegal 2025)
Date: Friday, October 16, 2026
Time: 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM (schedule below)
Location: 5601. Posvar Hall
Host: Center for African Studies, University Center for International Studies
Open to: Pitt faculty, staff, students, PCHE, and community college faculty
Register: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSczJAHaKxOPs-XOd5fQL5wxHI4KeVhj...

Description: A day-long workshop led by Pitt faculty who participated in the Fulbright-Hays Group Projects Abroad program in Senegal, summer 2025. The day explores decolonized approaches to teaching and researching Africa. It includes concurrent breakout sessions, a cultural lunch with African cuisine and a dance performance, closing group reflection, and a film screening. Full session details to be posted after September 16.

Schedule:
9:00 – 9:30 AM: Meet & Greet
9:30 – 10:00 AM: Day overview and introductions
10:00 – 11:30 AM: Workshop Session I
11:30 AM – 12:30 PM: Cultural immersion lunch
12:30 – 2:00 PM: Workshop Session II
2:00 – 2:30 PM: Closing session and group reflection
3:00 PM onward: Film screening

Questions? Please get in touch with AfricanStudies@pitt.edu