Zarlasht Sarmast 
American University of Central Asia
What I am looking for to achieve as a member and lead fellow at the Global Fellows program is to work together with other members, help them with their projects and combine some of the similar projects together and make a big impactful team of global fellows. I am also planning to work on something similar to TedTalks within global fellows where global fellows members can go to other universities in Bard Network and present their amazing projects to inspire other students and maybe find people who can help them with their projects.
Adeeb Hadi
I look forward to establishing a film festival within the Bard network to allow students to share their films and to be an opportunity to open the door for cooperation among the students of the network.
Dilshod Hamroboev
As a Global Fellow, I am looking forward to broadening my network with other Bard partner universities and make a contribution to the Get Engaged Conference. Moreover, I wish to be able to develop an international project or research with other global fellows.
Shadin Nassar
Junior in International Law & Human Rights at AlQuds Bard College –Palestine
As a Global Fellow, I strive to attract students to contribute productively and
meaningfully to their community by assisting them in incorporating their skills, visions
and experiences figuratively and literally to lead civic engagement projects, which will
contribute to the excessive growth of their community in concrete-based results.
Sofia Sorokina
Senior at Faculty of Liberal Arts and Sciences at Saint Petersburg State University (Smolny College)
As a Global Fellow, I'm looking forward to improving the connections between Smolny and other universities of Bard Network, meeting even more passionate engaged people around the world and making our society a healthier place to live.
Viktar Filipenka
Junior at European Humanities University
My ultimate goal is to help young leaders on their way of doing important things for society and their communities. I want to inspire them even more to continue developing their ideas and thoughts, and there is no better time than during such a mind-blowing, in a good way, event called Get Engaged: it's a step forward for everyone.
Kathy Gaweda
Junior at Bard College
I attended the Get Engaged Conference in 2019 with my project Period@Bard. I am looking forward to meeting and getting to know all of our attendees this year and, of course, to get inspired by all of their incredible work. I am participating as a Global Fellow because I love the community that civic engagement, especially within our Bard network, creates and I want to provide whatever help I can throughout this lead-up to the conference and beyond.
Adapting to the New Reality: Civically Engaged Universities Offer Strategies and Hope
This webinar is the first in a series, “Adapting to the New Reality: Civically Engaged Universities Offer Strategies and Hope” and features a panel: Bard College President and OSUN Chancellor Leon Botstein, Universidad Veracruzana Rectora and Talloires Network Vice Chair Sara Ladrón de Guevara, and Tufts University President and Talloires Network Chair Anthony P. Monaco. The series is sponsored by Open Society University Network (OSUN) and the Talloires Network (TN), housed at Tufts University.
The 2020 Get Engaged Student Action and Youth Leadership Conference
Get Engaged 2020
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What Is Resilience?Virtual ConferenceThe seventh annual “Get Engaged: Student Action and Leadership Conference” took place virtually on Saturday, March 21, 2020. The conference brought together 41 student leaders from across the Bard international network of partner institutions. Participants asked, "What is resilience?"—discussing how change-makers can connect and engage going forward, as we adapt to the seismic cultural shifts caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Watch the slideshow of Get Engaged 2020 student projects across the network.Student-Led Civic and Community Engagement ProjectsDuring the conference students and institutional coordinators discussed ways to adapt their projects and/or shift focus to meet the needs of their communities. Using technology, ongoing efforts to share experiences, learn new skills, hone leadership styles, and network with international partners will continue throughout the year. The conference continues to be an inspirational and practical space that encourages young people to grow into their roles as agents for change.
More about the Virtual Conference
This year's conference participants came from Al-Quds Bard College of Arts and Sciences (AQB) (East Jerusalem), American University of Bulgaria (AUBG), American University of Central Asia (AUCA) (Kyrgyzstan), Ashesi University (Ghana), Bard College Annandale (United States), Bard College Berlin (BCB) (Germany), Central European University (CEU) (Hungary), European Humanities University (EHU) (Lithuania), Faculty of Liberal Arts and Sciences at St. Petersburg State University (Smolny College) (Russia), and Fulbright University of Vietnam (FUV).
Organized by the Bard College Center for Civic Engagement, in partnership with the Community Engagement Office and the Bard-CEU Study Abroad Program at Central European University, the conference adapted to the current COVID-19 pandemic through a virtual platform while continuing to cultivate a new generation of globally engaged citizens that are at the heart of the new Open Society University Network. The conference focused on strengthening the growing network of student social innovators who use the liberal arts as a creative tool to address local, national, and global challenges.
Not a traditional academic conference
The Get Engaged Conference brings together students from across the Bard International Network to develop community leadership skills and collaborate on solutions to local and global challenges.
Workshops focus on: Leadership, Public Speaking, Networking, Social Media, Community Partnerships, Innovation and Creativity, Fundraising and Grant Writing, and Emotional Intelligence.
Thank You
A special thank you to our conference supporters:
Andrew Gagarin Trust
Bard College Center for Civic Engagement Board of Advisors
Bard College Office of Development and Alumni/ae Affairs
Central European University Community Engagement Office
Central European University Bard-CEU Study Abroad Program
Kellner Family Foundation
Open Society University Network
Get Engaged 2019 by the Numbers
Support for Alumni/ae Projects
Microgrant Winners Are In!
The Center for Civic Engagement is happy to announce the recipients of the Get Engaged microgrants! Microgrants are awarded to Get Engaged alumni/ae to provide supplemental resources for the initiation and deepening of student-led engagement projects. The microgrants also link two or more projects across the international network. Learn more about the projects here.
Global Engagement Fellows
Selected fellows have developed and sustained a civic engagement project and demonstrated leadership skills and a desire and aptitude for working with others. Fellows may apply for a microgrant of up to $750.
2019–20 Global Fellows
Senior (4th year student) department of International and Comparative Politics
American University of Central Asia
What I am looking for to achieve as a member and lead fellow at the Global Fellows program is to work together with other members, help them with their projects and combine some of the similar projects together and make a big impactful team of global fellows. I am also planning to work on something similar to TedTalks within global fellows where global fellows members can go to other universities in Bard Network and present their amazing projects to inspire other students and maybe find people who can help them with their projects.
Adeeb Hadi
Junior at Bard College BerlinI look forward to establishing a film festival within the Bard network to allow students to share their films and to be an opportunity to open the door for cooperation among the students of the network.
Dilshod Hamroboev
Sophomore in International and Comparative Politics at the American University of Central Asia.As a Global Fellow, I am looking forward to broadening my network with other Bard partner universities and make a contribution to the Get Engaged Conference. Moreover, I wish to be able to develop an international project or research with other global fellows.
Shadin Nassar
Junior in International Law & Human Rights at AlQuds Bard College –PalestineAs a Global Fellow, I strive to attract students to contribute productively and
meaningfully to their community by assisting them in incorporating their skills, visions
and experiences figuratively and literally to lead civic engagement projects, which will
contribute to the excessive growth of their community in concrete-based results.
Sofia Sorokina
Senior at Faculty of Liberal Arts and Sciences at Saint Petersburg State University (Smolny College)
As a Global Fellow, I'm looking forward to improving the connections between Smolny and other universities of Bard Network, meeting even more passionate engaged people around the world and making our society a healthier place to live.
Viktar Filipenka
Junior at European Humanities UniversityMy ultimate goal is to help young leaders on their way of doing important things for society and their communities. I want to inspire them even more to continue developing their ideas and thoughts, and there is no better time than during such a mind-blowing, in a good way, event called Get Engaged: it's a step forward for everyone.
Kathy Gaweda
Junior at Bard College Annandale
I attended the Get Engaged Conference in 2019 with my project Period@Bard. I am looking forward to meeting and getting to know all of our attendees this year and, of course, to get inspired by all of their incredible work. I am representing Annandale as a Global Fellow because I love the community that civic engagement, especially within our Bard network, creates and I want to provide whatever help I can throughout this lead-up to the conference and beyond.
Wisdom Kalu
Sophomore at Computer Science and Information Systems. What I Look Forward to Achieving: As a global fellow, It is my heartfelt desire to help get engaged students from all across the world to steer the ship of civic engagement successfully through the challenges that will arise in the course of creating an impact. I look forward to working with various young leaders across the network with newly founded initiatives and to assist them to make the best out of their community engagement projects.
Roxanne Drewry
Junior at bard College Berlin I am going into my fourth year, graduating with the class of 2021 and as a Global Fellow I look forward to creating a community that sees ways that the world can improve and will assist in making progress toward that vision.
Océanne Fry
Senior at Bard College BerlinI look forward to growing my project of SHORE across other Bard network universities by finding related projects which we could adapt at BCB, and sharing our materials to other students who could run donation drives and guest talks relating to migration and human rights.
Vu Duc Huy
Sophomore at Fulbright University Vietnam.As a Global Fellow, I look forward to imposing the diversity and inclusion of the minority culture and tradition in the international area. I strive to expand my connection with other Global Fellows to contribute in the development of civic engagement courses for the youth from global to local impact.