Members in the News

October, 2007: AIEA Executive Committee member Susan Buck Sutton is the featured international educator on NAFSA's Collegial Conversations. October's Collegial Conversation focuses on "Critical Skills for Senior Campus International Leaders." Susan Buck Sutton gives her thoughts on prioritizing, strategic planning and leadership, and skills identified by the Delphi Study as among the most needed by SIOs. For more information, visit http://www.nafsa.org/ciel1.

October, 2007: AIEA member John Wood presented a paper at a symposium on international engineering organized by the Beijing University of Technology. His topic was "Partners in Internationalization for More than a Quarter Century: Beijing University of Technology and SUNY Buffalo."

September, 2007: Several AIEA members contributed articles to the Fall/Winter 2007 Journal of Studies in International Education. Contributors included AIEA President William Brustein, Jane Edwards, and Michael Vande Berg. Note: All AIEA members who join or renew by March of each year receive copies of JSIE as part of their membership benefits (an $80 value).

September, 2007: AIEA President William Brustein, along with AIEA members Carl Herrin, Brian Whalen and Anders Uhrskov, were quoted in an article in the Chronicle of Higher Education entitled, "Study-Abroad Investigation Raises Alarms." Click here to read the article.

August, 2007: University of Richmond received a $9 million dollar gift from Carole Weinstein to create a new International Center. AIEA Past-President Uliana Gabara is Dean of International Education at UR.

August, 2007: University of Richmond was named "hottest campus in the US for international studies" by Newsweek. AIEA Past-President Uliana Gabara is Dean of International Education at UR. For details, please click here.

August, 2007: Kenneth Cushner has been appointed President of the International Academy for Intercultural Research; his two-year term running from July 2007 – July 2009. The Academy’s professional journal is IJIR, the International Journal of Intercultural Relations. Those interested in becoming a member can find membership criteria at www.interculturalacademy.org.

July, 2007: Several AIEA members presented at the 2007 NASULGC Commission on International Programs Summer Meeting in Santa Rosa, CA on July 11-13, including President William Brustein and members Jeff Riedinger, Howard Rollins, John Hudzik, Dawn Pysarchik, Lee Sternberger, and Lew Jillings.

June, 2007: Past AIEA President Joann McCarthy published an article in the June 29 issue of the Chronicle of Higher Education entitled, "A Roadmap for Creating the Global Campus."

May, 2007: Former AIEA Executive Committee member Joseph Brockington is the featured international educator in NAFSA's Collegial Conversations Discussion forum. In the forum, Joe shares his thoughts on why international education is long past the time when it was "amateur sports" and anyone could play. He discusses the skills needed for this fast-paced environment. For further details, please go to www.nafsa.org.