Expanding Horizons—a global perspective
through the eyes of students at Texas A&M
University-Kingsville.
Dr. Nirmal Goswami is a Professor of Political
Science at Texas A&M-Kingsville, and the leader
of the Political Science Global Program.
The student alumni of this program are the
main voices of Expanding Horizons.
Dr. Goswami explains what the Political Science
Global Program is all about.
"Political Science Global Program is a network
of programs across the world which includes
multiple learning opportunities for our students.
There are internship, research, traditional
in-class, service learning experiences included
in those programs.
We have the programs organized in such a way that
they can be offered in rotation over many
years, and currently we have programs in Botswana,
in South Africa, in India, in Bhutan and New
Zealand, but the New Zealand program is a
little bit different.
It covers the entire South Pacific region,
and um, so each program has its unique component."
So what kind of student succeeds in the program?
"Someone who has a spirit of adventure, someone
who's curious about the world, and students
who can benefit by enhancing their A&M-Kingsville
experience by adding a global dimension to
their studies here.
I can hardly recall any student who may have
complained a lot.
That doesn't mean there have not been challenges.
We have had logistical challenges of missing
plane flights, um, getting into situations
where there was no power or no access to the
internet.
We have had situations, um, where students
have slept on the floor in huts and villages
in Africa, but they all did that with the
right perspective, the right attitude, with
the right sense of adventure."
Expanding Horizons are journal posts from
students in the Political Science Global Program
at Texas A&M University-Kingsville.
Past episodes and journal posts are available
through the Expanding Horizons banner at tamuk
‘dot’ edu.
