Global Understanding and Peacebuilding
The Center for Global Understanding and Peacebuilding (CGUP) develops and facilitates programs advancing global understanding, international engagement, and non-violent conflict transformation. CGUP creates opportunities for students, faculty, and staff to develop globally minded citizens who are informed about complex world issues, culturally empathetic, and committed to peace, human dignity, and social justice.
CGUP’s mission is to empower individuals to advocate for action and engagement in ways that embrace diverse perspectives and global connectedness; challenge oppressive and violent practices, systems, and paradigms; and promote domestic and international conflict transformation, service, environmental sustainability, and respect for human dignity.
The major functions of CGUP are:
- Develop and facilitate programs advancing global understanding, international engagement, and non-violent conflict transformation
- Support the Asian Studies and International Studies minors and the Model UN Program through oversight and coordination
- Coordinate the Transformative Justice minor
- Promote the incorporation of international and peacemaking topics across the college curriculum
- Sponsor co-curricular programs that foster intercultural understanding and peacemaking
- Facilitate Center-related collaboration internally and externally
Please contact us with questions or to share ideas regarding collaborative efforts, or follow us on Instagram at @etown_cgup.
Academic Programs
The Center supports academic programs that engage our students with rich, cocurricular, real-world learning activities. Read more.
Lectures and Events
The Judy S. '68 and Paul W. Ware Colloquium for Global Citizenship and Peacemaking brings noted leaders to campus. Read more.