Members in the News

AIEA members who presented at the September 2011 EAIE conference in Copenhagen include AIEA Executive Director Darla Deardorff, AIEA Past President John Hudzik, Hans de Wit, Duleep Deosthale, Eva Egron-Polak, Fiona Hunter, Betty Leask, Mitch Leventhal, Cheryl Matherly, Gary Rhodes, Lee Sternberger and Hans-Georg van Liempd.
www.eaie.org/copenhagen

AIEA member Joseph Brockington is hosting a webinar on Study Abroad Crisis Intervention, October 4 from 2-3:30 p.m.
http://www.paper-clip.com/ME2/dirmod.asp?sid=&nm=&type=Commerce&mod=GenComProductCatalog&mid=BB900C9FBBC442A19C2B38D104F64A21&tier=3&id=21C04BAC79E5412B8C4EFD77E35998C3

AIEA member Adria Baker wrote an article for International Educator: What a Difference a Decade Makes.

AIEA Executive Director Darla K. Deardorff, along with APLU's Kerry Bolognese and Peter Koehn, is a co-author of "Enhancing International Research and Development-Project Activity on University Campuses: Insights from U.S. Senior International Officers," an article published in Journal of Studies in International Education, September 2011, Vol. 15, No. 4, pp. 332-350.

AIEA Institutional Member The Hong Kong Polytechnic University has won the prestigious Erasmus Mundus bid from the European Commission for the second year running:
http://www.polyu.edu.hk/fh/MULTI/

AIEA members Madeleine Green and Adelaide Ferguson reported on Internationalization in US Higher Education in a Time of Declining Resources:
http://www.aei.gov.au/International-network/northamerica/PolicyUpdates-USA/Pages/Policyupdates.aspx

AIEA Member Francisco Marmolejo wrote an article for the Chronicle of Higher Education: Connecting With Brazil: Is the U.S. Moving Backwards?

AIEA Institutional Members Rutgers University and the University of Kentucky are among eleven US colleges and universities chosen by the Institute of International Education to participate in the 2012 India initiative of the International Academic Partnership Program:
http://iie.org/en/Who-We-Are/News-and-Events/Press-Center/Press-Releases/2011/2011-07-18-International-Academic-Partnership-Program-India-2012-US-Schools

AIEA members Malcolm Butler, David Sammons, Paul Primak, Randy Zadra, Margaret Heisel, Downing Thomas and Norm Peterson spoke at the APLU Commission on International Programs 2011 Summer Meeting:
http://www.aplu.org/page.aspx?pid=264

AIEA Executive Director Darla Deardorff gave an invited talk on Intercultural Competence to the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences in Beijing, China:
http://www.cassgmrc.com/news/html/?63.html

AIEA Member Carl Holtman's journey from Ohio to Istanbul:
http://www.todayszaman.com/news-248836-a-journey-from-ohio-to-istanbul.html

AIEA Institutional Member The Hong Kong Polytechnic University sponsored PolyU Innovation & Entrepreneurship Global Student Challenge 2011 - a global business plan competition attracted participation from 191 institutions (secondary schools and university) representing 27 countries. A total of 60 teams (30 per division) were sponsored for their trip to Hong Kong and spent their once-in-a-lifetime experience with their peers from all around the world on 11-17 June 2011. The Gold Award for the Secondary School division goes to 'Iolani School, US and that for the University division goes to Purdue University, US.

List of participating teams, final 6 and winners:
http://www.polyu.edu.hk/polyuchallenge/news/news_and_announcement_2011.php#2011

Snapshot of contestants' happy moments:
http://www.polyu.edu.hk/iao/gallery.php

For further information:
Caroline.tso@polyu.edu.hk

AIEA Member Francisco Marmolejo wrote an article for the Chronicle of Higher Education titled "Winds of Change in Higher Education in Colombia and the World: Where Are We Heading?".  To read the article, click here.

AIEA Member Duleep Deosthale is quoted in an article for the Chronicle of Higher Education titled
"Private Sector Has Key Role in Widening Global Access to Higher Education".  To see a copy of this article, click here. 

AIEA Member Mitch Leventhal wrote an article for the Chronicle of Higher Education titled "How the U.S. Can Stop Hindering Higher-Education Exports".  To read the article, click here.

AIEA Executive Committee Member Norm Peterson quoted in the Chronicle of Higher Education in an in-depth article on U.S. Arabic Distance Learning Network at Montana State University.  Click here for a copy of the article. 

AIEA Member Dieter Wanner will participate in Discussions on Internationalizing Teaching and Learning: Internationalization Symposium at Ohio State University, May 9. For more information, see flier description - Internationalization How and Why May 2011.