Members in the News

Email aiea@duke.edu regularly with information regarding AIEA members in the news (in the media, accomplishments, authored books, etc.).

May, 2008: AIEA Executive Committee member Mitch Leventhal was quoted in a May 11 New York Times article entitled, "Matching Newcomer to College, While Both Pay" regarding the practice of using agents in recruiting international students. Click here to read the article.

May, 2008: AIEA Executive Committee member H. Stephen Straight authored an article in the May 5 Inside Higher Ed issue entitled "But Where Does That Leave the French?" Click here to read the article.

May, 2008: AIEA Past President William Brustein, AIEA Executive Director Darla K. Deardorff, AIEA Executive Committee member Susan Buck Sutton and AIEA members Carl Herrin and Michael McCarry are invited speakers at the "Strategic Initiatives for University Internationalization" Symposium sponsored by the National Science Foundation. Click here for details.

May, 2008: AIEA Past President William Brustein was an invited speaker at the May 5 Council of Scientific Society Presidents Meeting in Washington DC.

April, 2008: AIEA members Gabriele Bosley, Darla Deardorff, and Joe Hoff are featured authors in a new book edited by Victor Savicki entitled "Developing Intercultural Competence and Transformation: Theory, Research and Application in International Education" (Stylus, 2008). For details click here.

April, 2008: AIEA member David Larsen received the Peter A. Wollitzer Advocacy Award at the 2008 Forum on Education Abroad Conference in Boston, MA. Congratulations, David! Click here for details.

March, 2008: AIEA Executive Committee member Dennis Dutschke and AIEA member Brian Whalen were quoted in the March 27 Inside Higher Ed's article "Sticker Shock and Study Abroad." Click here to read the article.

March, 2008: The Institute of International Education announced the 2008 Heiskell Awards for Innovation in International Education and recipients included several AIEA member institutions including East Carolina University, The University of Tulsa, Grand Valley State University, and State University of New York at Buffalo. Congratulations to these member institutions! For details, please click here.

March, 2008: AIEA Past President William Brustein and AIEA members Brian Whalen and Mark Schaub gave presentations at the 3rd Annual IIE Best Practices Conference in New York on March 13. Click here for the program and details.

March, 2008: AIEA Past President William Brustein participated in a forum on The Global Public University. Details, including the powerpoint presentation, can be accessed by clicking here.

February, 2008: AIEA members Christa Olson and Mick VandeBerg were quoted in the Feb 25 Inside Higher Ed article entitled "Assessment Craze Knows No Boundaries" Click here to read the article.

February, 2008: Several AIEA members including Mick VandeBerg, Madeleine Green, Christa Olson, Darla Deardorff, and Brian Whalen were invited speakers at the US Department of Education International Education Forum in Washington DC at the end of February.

February, 2008: Past-President William Brustein's institution, University of Illinois-Champaign-Urbana was one of the recipients of NAFSA's Paul Simon awards for exemplary internationalization efforts. Colorado State University, under AIEA member Jim Cooney's efforts, was selected as a program spotlight. Congratuations to these members and their institutions for this prestigious honor! For more information, click here.

January, 2008: This month's Collegial Conversation features AIEA member Bill Barnhart, Director of the International Center at the University of Utah. Bill Barnhart oversees international student and scholar services, study abroad, international recruitment, and international alumni programming. In addition to his duties at the University of Utah, he serves on the board of directors of three international organizations.Read more at http://www.nafsa.org/ield2 and join the conversation.

January, 2008: AIEA members Brian Whalen, Geoff Bannister and Carl Herrin were quoted in a Chronicle of Higher Education article entitled "News Analysis: What Ever Happened to the Study-Abroad Investigation?" by Karin Fischer (Jan 14).

December, 2007: This month's NAFSA Collegial Conversation features AIEA member Yenbo Wu, Associate Vice President for International Education at San Francisco State University (SF State) since January 2007. Prior to his current position, Yenbo was Director of Office of International Programs, and Associate Professor in Educational Administration and Interdisciplinary Studies at SF State since July 2000.
Read more at http://www.nafsa.org/ield2 and join the conversation.

December, 2007: AIEA Executive Committee member and Public Policy Board Chair Norman Peterson is the featured international educator on NAFSA's Collegial Conversations. Norm also serves as incoming chair of NAFSA's International Education Leadership Knowledge Community. Norm offers his thoughts on the environmental impact of international student and faculty mobility programs. Read more at http://www.nafsa.org/ciel2 and add to the conversation.

December, 2007: AIEA's Executive Director Darla K. Deardorff gave an invited talk at a conference in Bremen, Germany.

November, 2007: Several AIEA members presented at the CIEE conference in Toronto including Mick Vande Berg, Mike Woolf, Brian Harley, and Anders Uhrskov.

November, 2007: AIEA's Executive Director Darla K. Deardorff gave invited talks at the AMPEI conference in Chetumal, Mexico and at the CIEE Conference in Toronto, Canada.

November, 2007: AIEA's President William Brustein was quoted in the Chronicle of Higher Education in an article in the Nov 2 issue entitled "Flat World Lessons for Real-Wold Students: Colleges take a hard look at how well they're preparing students for careers in a global economy" by Karin Fischer. See http://chronicle.com/weekly/v54/i10/10a03502.htm for the full text.

November, 2007: AIEA's Past President Stephen Dunnett was the invited keynote speaker at the International Conference on Teaching and Learning in Putrajaya, Malaysia. He spoke on the topic of "Issues of Quality Assurance in Off-Shore Programs in Asia."

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.

May, 2007: AIEA President Wiliam Brustein is quoted in an article entitled "Getting Rid of Expertise" published in Inside Higher Ed. Miriam Kazanjian is also quoted in the article. Click here for the article.

April, 2007: AIEA members Madeleine Green of the American Council on Education and Miriam Kazanjian are quoted in the April 27 issue of Chronicle of Higher Education's extensive article on "A Failure to Communicate: Despite pressure from government and industry, universities do not produce enough graduates fluent in 'critical languages'."

April, 2007: Two AIEA members have published articles in the Spring 2007 issue of IIENetworker: Joseph Brockington authored "In-Country Consortia: Rethinking Collaboration in Education Abroad," and Darla K. Deardorff authored "Hallmarks of International Education Assessment." Both articles are published in the Spring 2007 issue of the Institute of International Education's IIE Networker: The International Education Magazine. Click here for further details and ordering information.

April, 2007: The following AIEA members presented sessions at the 5th Annual Undergraduate Assessment Symposium held at North Carolina State University in Raleigh, NC on April 13-15: Joseph Brockington, James Citron, Darla K. Deardorff, Dawn Pysarchik, Joseph Tullbane, and Brian Whalen. These presenters were part of the first "international education" track at the national symposium. Click here for details.

April, 2007: AIEA member Kenneth Cushner has co-edited a new book with Sharon Brennan entitled Intercultural Student Learning: A Bridge to Global Competence. Kenneth Cushner Ed.D. is executive director of International Affairs and professor in the College and Graduate School of Education, Health, and Human Services at Kent State University. Sharon Brennan Ed.D. is an associate professor in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction at the University of Kentucky. Details about the book: April 2007 224 pages, 1-57886-580-8 Paper $32.95 / 1-57886-579-4 Cloth $75.00, Order Online and Save 15% at www.rowmaneducation.com

April, 2007: AIEA President William Brustein, along with Riall Nolan and Howard Rollins participated in a very successful NAFSA webinar on “Going Beyond Study Abroad" on April 11, 2007. This was based on their outstanding presentation at the 2006 AIEA conference in San Diego.

March, 2007: Several AIEA members spoke at IIE's 2nd annual "Best Practices in Internationalization" Conference on March 30 in New York including AIEA President William Brustein, AIEA Past-President Uliana Gabara, AIEA Past-President JoAnn McCarthy, Lesa Griffiths, Robert Gosende, and Margery Ganz. Click here for further details about the conference.

March, 2007: Numerous AIEA members participated in the 2007 Internationalization Collaborative Meeting of the American Council on Education in Washington DC including those who presented: Susan Buck Sutton, Mark Novak, Diana Davies, Stephen Straight, David Larson, Christa Olson, and Darla K. Deardorff. For an agenda of the meeting, click here.

February, 2007: AIEA member Mick VandeBerg of CIEE was quoted in Inside Higher Ed on Wed Feb 21 in an article entitled "Quantity vs. Quality in Study Abroad" following a presentation he gave at the 2007 AIEA Conference in Washington DC during a session entitled "It's Not All About the Numbers" which he co-presented with AIEA members Darla K. Deardorff and Michael Woolf. Click here to view the article.

February, 2007: AIEA President William Brustein was one of NAFSA's featured international education experts during electronic forum discussions in NAFSA's Knowledge Communities.

January, 2007: Congratulations to the AIEA members elected to national leadership in one of AIEA's sister organizations, NAFSA: Association of International Educators. Those members include Everett Egginton (New Mexico State University) as incoming President, Joy Stevenson (University of Central Missouri) as Vice President for Member Relations, Bob Ericksen (University of California-Los Angelas) to the Board of Directors, Jim Gehlhar (University of Tennessee) as Chair-Elect of the Education Abroad Knowledge Community, Norm Peterson (Montana State University) as the Chair-Elect of the International Education Knowledge Community, and Deborah Pierce (Northern Illinois University) as Chair of the Leadership Development Committee. AIEA members were elected to 6 out of 10 NAFSA positions - congratulations to all of you!

December, 2006: AIEA Past-President Stephen C. Dunnett and member Duleep Deosthale co-authored an article entitled "Tuition fees and international recruitment at public and private institutions of higher education in the United States." This article was published in EAIE's Occasional Paper Series, "The impact of tuition fees o international student recruitment" edited by T. van Vugt ad T. Rogers.

November, 2006: AIEA member Margit Schatzman and AIEA organizational member WES were quoted in an article entitled "Making Sense of Bologna Degrees" in Inside Higher Ed. Click here to read the article.

October, 2006: The following two AIEA member institutions have been awarded 2006 Collaborative Training Grants through NAFSA. Further details can be found by clicking here:

University of California, Davis, CA
Services for International Students and Scholars (SISS) has identified a need for mutual understanding between the UC Davis and Davis community with international students from Arab-speaking countries. The core components of the program will be (1) a regional workshop and  (2) a homestay program for the targeted population of students throughout the entire Davis/Sacramento Area.

Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia
The University System of Georgia (USG) institutions will collaborate to produce a manual on intercultural communication resources to be used for Train the Trainer sessions. The manual will cover general training ideas and techniques and will include specific resources for training on the needs of Arabic-speaking students.

September, 2006: Past AIEA President Stephen Dunnett and his institution, University of SUNY-Buffalo, will be hosting a visit by the Dalai Lama in September. See http://www.buffalonews.com/editorial/20060913/1041410.asp for more details.

September, 2006: AIEA members Duleep Deosthale, William Davey, Dennis Dutschke, and Lee Sternberger presented worskhops at the 2006 EAIE conference in Basel, Switzerland. For details, click here

September, 2006: Past AIEA President Stephen Dunnett, and AIEA members Hans de Wit and Michael McCarry have been invited to speak at the December 2006 “GoingGlobal2” British Council Conference in the United Kingdom. For more details go to: http://www.britishcouncil.org/goingglobal2-speakers.htm

August, 2006: Members Darla K. Deardorff and Bill Hunter each published articles in the Fall 2006 Journal of Studies in International Education, edited by Hans de Wit. For abstracts of the articles, go to: http://jsi.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/10/3/241 (Deardorff abstract) and http://jsi.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/10/3/267 (Hunter et al abstract). The Deardorff article was ranked #1 most read article out of JSIE's top 50 articles during the fall of 2006.

August, 2006: The following AIEA member institiutions are among 100 Top Global Universities: Boston University, Brown University, Cornell University, Duke University, Emory University, Johns Hopkins University, Miami University, Michigan State University, Purdue University, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, University of Massachusetts at Amherst, University of Minnesota Twin Cities, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, University of Pennsylvania, University of Pittsburgh, University of Wisconsin at Madison, Uppsala University, and Yale University. Click here for details.    

July, 2006: Inside Higher Ed published an online article on July 27 in which AIEA's Past President Stephen C. Dunnett was quoted regarding institutional partnerships in Singapore. To read the article, go to http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2006/07/27/singapore

June, 2006: The June 23 Chronicle of Higher Education quoted Duke's Vice Provost for
International Affairs and AIEA Treasurer, Gil Merkx, about the delay in Title VI funding decisions: Delay in Awarding Federal Grants Leaves Language Centers on Campuses in Limbo
http://chronicle.com/temp/email2.php?id=63rhMny4smrb8rvf2XdMjJypPkmTPhFK

May, 2006: AIEA member Bill Barnhart was awarded the prestigious Homer Higbee award on May 24 at the NAFSA Conference in Montreal.  Congratulations, Bill!

May, 2006: Several institutions received the Paul Simon Internationalization Award at the 2006 NAFSA conference including Purdue University (Riall Nolan).

May, 2006:  The May/June issue of International Educator contains an article co-authored by Darla K. Deardorff and William Hunter on "Educating Global-Ready Graduates"  (p 72-83) in which their intercultural competence models are discussed.  The issue also includes an article by David Austell entitled "Lessons from the Railsplitter:  Observations on Leadership" (p. 84-91).

April, 2006: The spring 2006 issue of the Institute of International Education's IIE Networker has recently been published and it contains featured articles by AIEA President-Elect William Brustein (“Paths to Global Competence: Preparing American College Students to Meet the World”) and AIEA Executive Committee member William B. Lacy (“Internationalizing the Campus through Institutional Leadership at University of California, Davis”).  Details at www.iienetworker.org.

April, 2006:  AIEA Past President Stephen Dunnett and AIEA member Joseph Mestenhauser were keynote speakers at a two-day conference in Charleston WV on April 24-25 entitled "Internationalizing Higher Education in West Virginia."     For a press release and further details, go to http://www.hepc.wvnet.edu/news/internationalconference.pdf

March, 2006: On March 31, 2006 the Institute of International Education held an all-day session in New York City on the topic "Lead Your Campus to the Top: Best Practices in Internationalizing the Campus."  Several current AIEA members including President Uliana Gabara, President-Elect William Brustein, Howard Rollins, Joseph Brockington, Margery Ganz, Mary Anne Grant, Geoffrey Bannister and Marian St. Onge presented papers at this conference.

March, 2006: AIEA members Darla Deardorff and Bill Hunter presented remarks at a March 30-31 symposium on "Best Practices in Global Citizenship" held at Lehigh University.

Feb 2006, Wash DC: On February 14, 2006, three members of AIEA presented remarks to the Committee to Review the Title VI and Fulbright-Hayes International Education Programs in Washington DC:  President Uliana Gabara (University of Richmond), President-Elect William Brustein (University of Pittsburgh) and Gilbert Merkx  (Duke University).  For further details, go to http://www7.nationalacademies.org/cfe/TitleVI_Fulbright_Hays_Announcement_1.html

Feb 2006, Wash DC: An article in the Chronicle of Higher Education looks at changes in the responsibilities of Stephen Dunnett, vice provost for international education at University of Buffalo, whose job when he joined UB in 1989 was to make sure that international students were adjusting to life in the U.S. and doing well academically, but now also includes developing overseas degree programs for foreign students who cannot -- or will not -- come to the United States to study. The article looks at his work in the context of the growing number of colleges nationally that are opening degree programs overseas, both for academic and business reasons. "We didn't expect so much demand," Dunnett says. "But since 9/11, many foreign students can't get to the United States, and they want UB degrees."  The article may be read online at http://www.buffalo.edu/news/pdf/Feb06/ChronicleDunnettIntlPrograms.pdf. Stephen Dunnett served as AIEA's President from Feb 2005-Feb 2006.