2010 Annual Conference Workshops

Saturday, February 13,
9:00 AM-5:00 PM

First Annual AIEA Global Dialogue: Academic Cooperation Across Borders and Continents

AIEA and sponsor ELS are pleased to announce the 1st Global Dialogue February13, 2010 in Washington DC at American University. Based on the highly successful Transatlantic Dialogue and Dialogue of the Americas, this interactive and participant-centered seminar brings together senior international education leaders from around the world to discuss common issues and challenges. The Global Dialogue will focus on East-West, North-South issues, research collaboration, student and faculty mobility, and joint programs. For more details, please click here.

Sunday, February 14,
9:00 AM-5:00 PM

Taking the Next Steps: Career Management for International Education Leaders

Getting an SIO’s job isn’t the end of the story. As international education leaders, we need to continue to grow, develop, and respond creatively to an ever-changing professional context. This workshop focuses on several key areas of interest to all SIOs, whether you are newly appointed, or ready for a change after many years in one place.

In the workshop, we will focus on two main areas:
* developing yourself as a visionary leader; and
* communicating your skills, experience, and vision to others.

Within these two areas, we will look specifically at enhancing leadership and visioning ability, developing skill in representing your institution nationally and internationally, assessing and understanding your
institution’s character (including checking out a potential new workplace), presenting yourself professionally to others, and dealing with relationship issues on the job, including personal and professional failure.

The workshop will be highly interactive, and will be oriented toward people who now occupy positions of leadership in international education, whether as an overall SIO, or as the leader of a significant section of international activity within a larger structure.

Kit J. Nichols
Kit Nichols is Vice President at Auerbach Associates, Inc., a Boston-based executive search
firm focused exclusively on executive recruitment for colleges and universities, foundations
and scholarly societies, and other related not-for-profit organizations. Kit joined Auerbach
Associates after an earlier career in public policy research and consulting. At Auerbach,
she leads both academic and administrative searches, with a special focus on the arts and
international affairs. Recent searches include the Director and Deputy Director searches at
the Yong Siew Toh Conservatory at the National University of Singapore, Vice Provost for
International Programs at the University of Virginia, and Vice President for International
Affairs at Brown University. She is currently working on the search for the Director of the
Asian Civilisations Museum, one of the national museums of Singapore. A graduate of Phillips
Academy and Middlebury College, she also holds a master’s degree in international relations
from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University.

Riall W. Nolan
Dr. Riall Nolan is a Professor of Anthropology at Purdue University, and until July of 2009,
Associate Provost and Dean of International Programs there. Trained as a social
anthropologist (PhD, University of Sussex 1975), Dr. Nolan has managed international
programs at both the University of Pittsburgh and the University of Cincinnati before
joining Purdue in 2003. At Purdue University, his office oversees study abroad,
international students and scholars, strategy and policy development for overseas
activities, and the development of international linkages. In 2005, Purdue University won
NAFSA’s prestigious Simon Award for international education. Nolan is active in both NAFSA
and AIEA, and presents frequently on issues of international education practice and
strategy.

Sunday, February 14,
9:00 AM-12:30 PM

International Fund-Raising Strategies and Best Practices

Walk away from this fundraising workshop with the following:

* Review the necessary linkages between alumni relations and development
* Explore common domestic fund-raising practices that also may be applied in the international arena.
* Learn about fund-raising practices that are unique to international locations.
* Discuss how the latest technologies and social networking influence international fund-raising.
* Identify ways to raise funds from international sources on a "shoe-string" budget.
* Pursue the role of faculty and senior administrators in international fund-raising.
* Take home first steps to begin an international fund-raising program and strategies to expand existing programs and initiatives.
* Identify ways to evaluate and assess an international fund-raising program.

Gretchen Dobson
Gretchen Dobson, has spent the last 17 years working in Boston’s higher education scene. From 1992 to 2001, Gretchen spent her first years on campus working in student activities and residence life. For the last 7 years at Tufts, Gretchen has led the effort to build a worldwide alumni regional chapter network. In 2002, there were 12 active groups; today, there are 55. As Tufts' Senior Associate Director for Domestic and International Programs in the Office of Alumni Relations, Gretchen travels the world to facilitate the work the alumni chapters located in U.S. and international cities. She also works as a development officer in select international markets. In 2007, Gretchen and her staff were recognized by CASE with a national Gold Award for creating and producing "Tufts World Day," a world-wide, large scale event involving over 1,000 alumni in twelve countries. In 2008, Gretchen received the “Rising Star” Award from CASE District 1 and, in 2009, Tufts received a CASE national silver award for their programming strategy in NYC. Gretchen is the author of a chapter on “Programming Internationally” for the second edition of Alumni Relations: A Newcomer’s Guide to Success (2009, CASE Books) and is currently writing the first book on International Alumni Relations (expected publication date 2010, CASE books). Gretchen received her B.A., from Boston College in 1991 and her M.A. in Higher Education from Boston College’s Lynch School of Education in 1995.

Robert A. Kerr
Robert A. Kerr is Assistant Vice Provost, International Alumni and Development at the University of California, Davis, effective July 2001. He is responsible for developing and implementing programs that identify, cultivate, and sustain UC Davis' relationships with its international alumni and scholars, linking them to UC Davis educational, research, and public service programs abroad. In cooperation with existing efforts in several colleges and departments, he coordinates campus visits by international scholars and dignitaries. Moreover, he coordinates and facilitates official UC Davis international travel. Finally, he identifies, cultivates, and presents proposals for financial gifts to prospective donors to the UC Davis international initiatives. Assistant Vice Provost Kerr joined UC Davis in 1972 and has served in student affairs (housing, and student programs and recreation), university relations (development and alumni relations) and now the Office of the Chancellor and Provost.He serves on the Board of Directors of the Council for Advancement and Support of Education and is a frequent presenter at professional and student leadership conferences. He has been published in student services and alumni relations books. For three decades, he has coordinated and taught time management and study skills workshops and classes through life-long learning university programs.

Sunday, February 14,
1:00 PM- 5:00 PM

IIE/AIEA Workshop: Internationalization of Higher Education in the Middle East

This half-day workshop, offered as the 4th annual IIE/AIEA pre-conference workshop, aims to
provide senior international education administrators with insights into current
internationalization efforts in Middle East countries and institutions, whose presence in
the international education arena present opportunities for academia and students to
further engage with this vitally important region of the world. Participants will be able
to use the information and strategies learned to strategically plan for increased
collaboration between their institutions and their counterparts in the Middle East.

Drawing on examples of best practice programs, including study abroad, faculty and student
exchange programs and branch campus programs, the facilitators and presenters will
highlight the need for increased networking and collaboration between U.S. institutions and
institutions in Middle East countries. The workshop will also focus on strategies,
resources and recommendations for participants to enhance institutional relationships, and
more broadly, their own understanding of the internationalization climate in the Arab
world.

IIE will provide background to the workshop based on Middle East-related mobility data
collected through the 2009 Open Doors Report and Project Atlas, related findings from its
recently released white paper on "Expanding U.S. Study Abroad in the Arab World: Challenges
and Opportunities", and other relevant IIE projects in the region. The presenters will also
cover a cross-section of international higher education updates from the region, as
presenters will include institutional administrators that oversee programs in the Middle
East, senior staff from U.S. embassies, and IIE staff with expert knowledge of the region.

Presenters: Jerome Bookin-Weiner, AMIDEAST; Gary Garrison, Council for International Exchange of Scholars; Allan Goodman, Institute of International Education; Dr. Ahmad Karimi-Hakkak, University of Maryland; Daniel Obst, Institute of International Education; Maggie Migtchell Salem, Qatar Foundation International; James Reardon-Anderson, Georgetown University

Monday, February 15,
8:00 AM-12:00 PM

AAC&U/AIEA WORKSOP: It Takes a Curriculum: Global Education and Essential Learning
Outcomes

Higher education institutions are defining global learning outcomes they deem essential for
college graduates to thrive in an interconnected world. While such outcomes are often
associated with study abroad programs, they are not always integrated into the
curriculum—the core location for undergraduate learning. In this workshop, leading global
learning advocates will help participants identify central global learning goals and match
those goals with best practices of course and curricular design. Using examples from the
field and from AAC&U's Shared Futures: General Education for Global Learning project,
participants and facilitators will explore what really counts as global learning.

Harvey Charles, Vice Provost for International Education, Northern Arizona University
Dr. Harvey Charles currently serves Vice Provost for International Education and Director of the Center for International Education at Northern Arizona University . As the Senior International Office, Dr. Charles has been preoccupied with providing institutional leadership on strategic planning around global education and working to implement the recommendations of a recently concluded Task Force on Global Education. He has been busy building a more comprehensive infrastructure to support global education on the campus. In addition, he has been developing strategic alliances with partners around the world to create new opportunities for study, teaching and research for NAU students and faculty as well as for the export of academic programs. He earned his Ph.D. in Higher Education and Student Affairs from The Ohio State University in 1991 and has been employed as an international educator at various colleges and universities across the United States since then.

Kevin Hovland, Director of Global Learning and Curricular Change, AAC&U
Kevin Hovland earned a BA in Russian Regional Studies from Columbia University and is ABD in History at Georgetown University. He is Director of Global Initiatives and Curricular Change at AAC&U, working in the office of Diversity, Equity, and Global Initiatives. He is responsible for the Shared Futures initiative, with current projects funded by the Henry Luce Foundation and the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education. Current projects encourage colleges and universities to use global learning outcomes as an organizing principle for coherent and comprehensive general education curricular designs. Hovland is the author of the AAC&U monograph, Shared Futures: Global Learning and Liberal Education as well as several articles further articulating global learning as an essential outcome of liberal education. He is also program director for AAC&U's annual meeting, project director for The Educated Citizen and Public Health , and executive editor of Diversity & Democracy: Civic Learning for Shared Futures , an AAC&U periodical designed to provide campus practitioners with readily available information about successful diversity initiatives around the country and to support academic leaders and educators as they design and reshape their diversity programs, civic engagement initiatives, and global learning opportunities to better prepare students for principled action in today's complex world.

Caryn McTighe Musil, Senior Vice President, AAC&U
Caryn McTighe Musil is the Senior Vice President at the Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) and oversees the Office of Diversity, Equity, and Global Initiatives. Dr. Musil currently co-directs “ Shared Futures: General Education for Shared Learning ,” which seeks to infuse global learning across general education. She also collaborates with the Council of Europe to further the global aspect of civic engagement so that institutions can foster student learning about democratic cultures and human rights. Dr. Musil received her B.A. in English from Duke University and her M.A. and Ph.D. in English from Northwestern University.

Monday, February 15,
8:00 AM-12:00 PM

SIO 101

SIO 101 is a primer for newly appointed or aspiring Senior International Officers (SIOs).
Experienced SIOs will address internationalization of a campus, resources, and political,
leadership, and managerial roles of the SIO, as well as the transition necessary from study
abroad, ESL, or international student work to this position. This workshop is ideal for
those with 1-3 years experience as an SIO.