ACTFL Global Engagement Initiative Award

The ACTFL Global Engagement Initiative Award is intended to recognize outstanding community-engaged learning experiences within the world languages curriculum at all levels of instruction. Such initiatives may include a variety of experiences which engage students in cultural communities beyond tourism-based travel. Students of all ages and schools of all demographics can participate in a community of a different culture through activities such as service learning, project-based learning, internships, research projects, and virtual class exchanges.

As of 2024, we are no longer accepting nominations for the Global Engagement Initiative Award. You may be interested in the Klett Award for Sustainable Development Education.

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- 2023
  - Advanced Spanish Service Learning: Migration, Asylum, and Human Rights at the Border; Stanford University (CA)
  - The Chinese Program at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire
  - Glocal Engagement: the Critical Virtual Exchange and the Linguistic Landscape Fieldwork; Boston University (MA)
- 2022
  - “Global Reach” Cultural Exchange and Community Engagement Experiences; University at Buffalo (NY)
  - Lotería hecha para la comunidad (Lotería Made for the Community); Notre Dame High School, San José (CA)
  - River Bluff High School Chinese Program; River Bluff High School, Lexington County School District One (SC)
- 2021
  - Community Engagement Through Cultural Immersion in Hindi, Duke University (NC)
  - The Merging Cultures & Expanding Horizons Program, East Point Academy (SC)
- 2020
  - BYU/KHU Exchange Program (UT)
  - Portuguese Flagship Online Summer Programs, University of GA & Unviersity of Texas at Austin
  - Translation and Interpreting for Asylum Seekers, Knox College (IL)
- 2019
  - Community Engagement Program in Hindi, Rice University (TX)
  - The Global Leadership Program (GLP), Essex High School (VT)
  - The U.S./Spain Global Wellness Engagement Program, Weston High School (CT)
- 2018
  - Project LAURA—Latin American Unaccompanied Minor and Refugee Assistance, Boise State University (ID)
- 2017
  - Day Worker Stories, Notre Dame High School (San Jose, CA)
  - Columbia Study Tour, Stockton University (CA)
  - Service Learning in Spanish, Butler University (IN)
  - Bienvenue à Durham, Duke University (NC)
  - Centerville High School Spanish Exchanges, Centerville High School (OH)
  - Spanish and Service Learning in Guatemala, Juniata College (PA)
- 2016
  - Integrating Spanish and Health in Nicaragua, Miami University (Ohio)
  - Educando Vidas and Fowlerville High School Partnership (Fowlerville, MI)
  - Reading to Play, Playing to Read, Duquesne University (PA)
  - Stanford Language Center & International Institute of the Bay Area, Stanford University (CA)
  - Students Teaching Students: Elementary Spanish Program, Norman High School (Norman, OK)
- 2015
  - Blue Valley CAPS World Business Partnerships
  - Carlyle High School Classroom Without Walls
  - Cincinnati Country Day School
  - Deerfield High School Reciprocal Exchange
  - Illinois State University World Languages Teachers at Unity
  - Lincoln Way World Languages Department
  - Rogers Park Montessori in Costa Rica
  - Rutgers University Conversation Tree
  - SUNY Oneonta Service Learning in San Andres, Colombia
  - University of North Carolina-Greensboro Global Village
  - University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire Cajun Watershed & Intercultural Immersion Program

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