Education Transcending Borders | Glenn Thodé | TEDxAruba

Glenn Thodé is leading the University of Aruba in a collaborative process to develop a Green Faculty Initiative for Aruba. This initiative also envisions a transformation of the University of Aruba that will propel higher education in Aruba into the information and collaboration age.

Glenn Thodé (Bonaire, 1965) is the Rector of the University of Aruba since January 2012. He has a PhD in Criminal Law. In Groningen he trained as both researcher and university lecturer.

Though he has a PhD in Criminal Law, he has also researched and published in the areas of environmental law and sustainability. With support of the World Wildlife Fund he wrote proposal legislation that he submitted to the Government of Aruba for the institution of three different nature reserves in Aruba, being terrestrial, wetland and marine reserves. The legal protection of the National Park Arikok is a result of this work and the Marine Park is under consideration by Aruba’s Government. At the moment he is leading the University of Aruba in a collaborative process to develop a Green Faculty Initiative for Aruba. This initiative also envisions a transformation of the University of Aruba that will propel higher education in Aruba into the information and collaboration age.

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