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SWEEP: President Qayoumi and Dean Bullock’s Viet Nam visit continues

On Nov. 12, San José State University President Mohammad Qayoumi and College of Applied Sciences and Arts Dean Charles C. Bullock continued their visit in Viet Nam with a day packed with meetings in Hanoi. They visited with administrators from the Hanoi National University, University Labor and Social Affairs, the Vice Minister for the Ministry of Labor – Invalid and Social Affairs, and made a stop at Cisco Academy at the Keangnam Tower.

SWEEP: SJSU President and Dean make international connections

While the San José State University campus is celebrating International Education Week (visit http://www.sjsu.edu/ips/iweek/ for a full schedule of activities,) San Jose State University President Mohammad Qayoumi and College of Applied Sciences and Arts Dean Charles C. Bullock traveled to Viet Nam over the weekend to foster relationships with Vietnamese universities.

President Qayoumi and Dean Bullock’s visit will help strengthen an existing relationship between SJSU and the overseas campuses as well as help foster new potential partnerships.

San Jose State University’s College of Applied Sciences and Arts is host to the Social Work Education Enhancement Program, an initiative that is working to:

  • Develop systems to strengthen higher education management and administration,
  • Devise processes to enhance faculty development opportunities and programs
  • Develop and employ relevant curriculum adaptable to Viet Nam’s changing knowledge and needs.

SWEEP is funded through the US Agency for International Development with a three-year grant. Visitors from Viet Nam spent a week at SJSU in September, with a group of fellows expected to stay for a month in the spring. Members of the SJSU SWEEP team will also be traveling to Viet Nam in December for an annual conference.

Tuan Tran, the SWEEP Viet Nam project coordinator, has been traveling with Qayoumi and Bullock. On Monday, Qayoumi and Bullock lunched with a dean and rector from the University of Social Sciences Vietnam National University in Ho Chi Minh City, before then meeting with USSH-VNU President Phan Thanh Binh.  They discussed the SWEEP partnership as well as other potential collaborations such as business or STEM programs.

The SJSU pair visited the Cisco Academy in Ho Chi Minh City. Cisco has been an integral part of the SWEEP program, as the telepresence equipment has allowed educators from Viet Nam to connect with educators at SJSU. On Monday evening, Tran treated the pair to some sightseeing on their way to the airport where they traveled to Hanoi.

The two will continue meetings in Hanoi through Nov. 13, with Dean Bullock then travelling onto Hue and Da Nang before returning to the U.S. on Nov. 16.

Flights to Viet Nam and within the country have not been impacted by Typhoon Haiyan, a storm that devastated parts of the Philippines last week.  According to news reports, the typhoon touched down in Viet Nam on Monday in the northern province of Quang Ninh with winds of 75 mph and heavy rainfall, but it did little damage. SJSU students are coordinating a food and supply drive with the nonprofit Project Pearls, LBC cargo company and the Philippine Red Cross. People can donate goods from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. through Thursday in front of the event center. They are asking for canned goods, baby food and medicine as well as dry noodles, rice, toothbrushes, toothpaste, bath soap and shampoo.

SWEEP starts year with international visitors

The Social Work Education Enhancement Program started the year off with a week-long visit from five Vietnamese partner universities for the Leadership Academy in September. San Jose Staté University is the lead for the SWEEP project, an international consortium of five Vietnamese universities, two government agencies and private sector partner Cisco Systems, Inc. The program funded by the US Agency for International Development (USAID), aims to strengthen the capacity of Viet Nam’s higher education social work programs to deliver quality education and prepare, job-ready social workers.

The program objectives are to:

  • Develop systems to strengthen higher education management and administration,
  • Devise processes to enhance faculty development opportunities and programs
  • Develop and employ relevant curriculum adaptable to Viet Nam’s changing knowledge and needs.

 

From Sept. 22-28, representatives from National University of Vietnam at Hanoi’s University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Hanoi National University of Education, University of Labor and Social Affairs at Hanoi, Hue University and National University of Vietnam at HMC’s University of Social Sciences and Humanities attended the Leadership Academy.

The visitors were welcomed by SJSU President Mohammad Qayoumi and College of Applied Sciences and Arts Dean Charles Bullock, as well as SWEEP directors Alice Hines and Ed Cohen. The guests spent the week in conference meetings at SJSU and visiting some places off campus as well. They attended meetings at Cisco, Vietnamese American Professionals Associations and the County of Santa Clara Mental Health Department. They finished off the visit by watching a Spartan football game at Spartan stadium.

During the three-year grant period, SWEEP will develop and implement undergraduate social work policies and practices, curricula, regional educational centers, technology networks, and faculty development and leadership programs.

The SWEEP team includes:

Alice Hines, College of Applied Sciences and Arts associate dean, principal investigator

Ed Cohen, associate professor of Social Work, co-principal investigator

Soma Sen, associate professor of Social Work, faculty development lead

Meekyung Han, associate professor of Social Work, curriculum development lead

Laurie Drabble, professor of Social Work. management and administration lead

Tuan Tran, SWEEP Viet Nam project coordinator

Hoa Nguyen, SWEEP Viet Nam project assistant

Quyen Grant, SWEEP SJSU project assistant

Patrick Thanh Ngo, Veronica Cavillo, Cindy Nguyen and Diana Nguyen – student assistants