Expanding Horizons back for 8th season
The Political Science program at Texas A&M University-Kingsville (TAMUK) is teaming up with KEDT Radio to annually re-launch the radio show, Expanding Horizons.
“Expanding Horizons is a program that reports on the experiences our students obtain from their global internships,” C. Berdon and Rolanette Lawrence Endowed Chair in Waterfowl Research Dr. Bart Ballard said. “Its purpose is highlighting the global opportunities our students can experience here at TAMUK.”
The program showcases the experiences students at TAMUK participate in a global program that focuses on four countries: Bhutan, Botswana, India and New Zealand.
Expanding Horizons is a public affairs component of the Political Science department and is developed and managed by Regents Professor of Political Science Dr. Nirmal Goswami and is part of his Global Studies Programming.
The programs are meant to introduce students to the history, politics, culture and economies in many parts of the world.
“[The radio show] provides a platform for TAMUK students to showcase globally-based experiential learning they can get at TAMUK,” Goswami said.
Each episode will highlight the international activities students, faculty and the university have participated in.
While studying abroad, students can attend classes at local colleges, conduct research, participate in field studies and many more activities that help document their unique experiences.
“The goal of [Expanding Horizons] is [to] promote a community-based public affairs program about what TAMUK students and faculty do internationally,” Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences Dr. Dolores Guerrero said.
The show will re-air for its eighth season this year. Expanding Horizons began Nov. 16 and will air until Jan. 23. Encore presentations will follow the show Wednesdays (5:44 p.m.), Thursdays (7:04 a.m.) and Sundays (2:06 p.m.).
Production for the show is completed by TAMUK’s Division of Marketing and Communications with editorial assistance from Associate Professor of Anthropology Dr. Christine Reiser Robbins.