{"id":648,"date":"2021-05-18T16:49:16","date_gmt":"2021-05-18T16:49:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.stthom.edu\/encounter\/?p=648"},"modified":"2021-05-24T20:30:16","modified_gmt":"2021-05-24T20:30:16","slug":"from-crucial-conversations-to-global-cybersecurity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.stthom.edu\/encounter\/2021\/featured-stories\/from-crucial-conversations-to-global-cybersecurity\/","title":{"rendered":"From Crucial Conversations to Global Cybersecurity"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Inspiring Leaders for Our Changing World<\/strong><br>Center for International Studies<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"300\" data-attachment-id=\"649\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogs.stthom.edu\/encounter\/2021\/featured-stories\/from-crucial-conversations-to-global-cybersecurity\/attachment\/blog_600x300_cis\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.stthom.edu\/encounter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2021\/05\/Blog_600x300_CIS.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"600,300\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.stthom.edu\/encounter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2021\/05\/Blog_600x300_CIS-300x150.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.stthom.edu\/encounter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2021\/05\/Blog_600x300_CIS.jpg\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.stthom.edu\/encounter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2021\/05\/Blog_600x300_CIS.jpg\" alt=\"Blog_600x300_CIS\" class=\"wp-image-649\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.stthom.edu\/encounter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2021\/05\/Blog_600x300_CIS.jpg 600w, https:\/\/blogs.stthom.edu\/encounter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2021\/05\/Blog_600x300_CIS-300x150.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Hard to believe that it has been four decades since a well-traveled female scholar broke out of the existing gender silos with a first-of-its-kind program to bring the world to University of St. Thomas and bring UST to the world. The Center for International Studies (CIS) will always be grateful to its founding director, the late Dr. Ann Tiller, and her pioneering vision, as well as to Professor William J. Cunningham. He developed the program following Tiller\u2019s untimely passing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On October 2, CIS will celebrate 40 years of transformational change with an anniversary gala and exciting announcements from the event\u2019s stunning TwentyFour25 venue.<br><br>In the meantime, the Center\u2019s outstanding work continues to live up to its rallying cry: inspiring leaders for our changing world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For CIS Director Rick Sindelar, a former diplomat with the Foreign Service, the slogan speaks to the quality education, experience and inspiration provided to students, whether they are preparing to become future government diplomats or getting ready for another field or community where they become citizen diplomats.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cEncounter and dialogue are central to what CIS does, and I cannot conceive a time in our world\u2019s history when the skills we offer were more critical. I could not be prouder of the work we do and the fact that it is embedded in the mission of the University,\u201d Sindelar said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Center\u2019s academic offerings are growing. Most recently came the newly minted Global Cybersecurity degree, adding to existing majors, including International Studies, International Development, Spanish, and BBA in International Business in partnership with the Cameron School of Business.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Overseeing CIS academic programs is Dr. Yao-Yuan Yeh, who chairs the Department of International Studies &amp; Modern Languages. \u201cThe Bachelor of Arts in Cybersecurity will address the important roles of human agency and technology in society by providing students with the tools to understand and employ technology on both a theoretical and operational level,\u201d he said. \u201cThe program that we envision, while establishing the learning environment that promotes technical mastery, will also address the challenge of incorporating a moral and ethical framework that informs this pursuit of mastery.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As past director for CIS from 2011-2020 and Dean of the Division of Social and Behavioral Sciences &amp; Global Studies, Dr. Hans Stockton has witnessed an evolution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cTo me, we keep finding new ways to support students in their transformations,\u201d Stockton said. \u201cI\u2019ve seen CIS students successfully exit the program prepared to interact with diverse populations and facilitate compromise. They exhibit new confidence as they learn the skills the world needs to get along as a human family.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The CIS legacy is 40 years of leading the way to promote the dignity of the human person. There\u2019s going to be a lot to celebrate at that gala in the fall. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A first-of-its kind program brought the world to University of St. Thomas and brought UST to the world. On Oct. 2, 2021, the Center for International Studies will celebrate 40 years of transformational change. 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