The European Studies Center (ESC), a US Department of Education National Resource Center in European Studies and a Jean Monnet European Union Centre of Excellence, supports teaching and research as well as conferences and outreach across a range of disciplines. The ESC’s outreach program provides resources and sponsors activities that enrich the cultural and intellectual life of K-16 students, K-16 teachers, post-secondary faculty, local businesses, and the regional community.
ESC offers an array of programming for K-16 students including simulations, small group presentations, as well as an independent or small group multimedia production.
Funding from the European Union and the US Department of Education expands its K-16 outreach programming targeted at high schools and high school students in Pittsburgh and the surrounding regions.
Travel grants support a weeklong summer study tour to Brussels, Belgium for undergraduates, K-12 educators, and faculty teaching at community colleges or minority serving institutions to learn about the EU.