David Beard, Daniel Nolan, Eugenia Ortega Martinez, and Ryan Schabert were honored for their leadership and innovative efforts in global engagement.
Dr. Beard presented with Sara Newman on "Going the Distance" as part of the 2026 Global Colloquium.
"Going the Distance" can be metaphorical, it can be literal. For example, (a) one can run a marathon as a distance itself, or (b) one can run the metaphorical distance of transforming oneself into a marathon runner. In Spring 2025, students from the University of Minnesota Duluth expanded their annual project, creating a published anthology, to include students from Universidad San Francisco de Quito in Ecuador. Together, they talked about distances and they wrote about distances and they edited works from university and community creators from multiple continents.
The colloquium was a space to platform projects, ideas, and celebrate the impact of UMD’s global engagement.
Congratulations to Dr. Beard and all other awardees! To learn more about the projects and the colloquium, visit https://ips.d.umn.edu/about/global-colloquium.
