AIEA Webinar Series 2012

TOPIC: LEVERAGING CORPORATE PARTNERSHIPS FOR HIGHER EDUCATION INTERNATIONALIZATION
Host: AIEA / Duke University
Sponsored by: AIEA Professional Development Committee

Thursday, January 26, 2012
1:00 - 2:00pm, Eastern Time (New York, GMT-04:00)

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DESCRIPTION:
The webinar will explore the challenges and opportunities of partnerships between universities and corporations in support of internationalization efforts broadly defined. Using the example of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (Illinois), the webinar will discuss how corporate relations can interface with campus internationalization efforts, and provide specific examples in which corporate-higher education partnerships have furthered internationalization goals. The webinar will be jointly presented by Wolfgang Schlör, Interim Associate Provost for International Affairs and Interim Director of International Programs and Studies at Illinois, and Pradeep Khanna, Associate Chancellor and Executive Director of Corporate Relations at Illinois. The webinar will provide an overview of international programs and corporate relations at Illinois, and how these offices collaborate in engaging corporate partners in support of the international dimension of the university. It will include various examples of such support, including corporate sponsorship of 3+2 programs, international internships and other educational experiences, job placement for undergraduate and graduate international students, professional development, and support of research initiatives. 

PRESENTER BIOS:

Pradeep K. Khanna
Associate Chancellor Khanna oversees the Office of Public Engagement; Office of Corporate Relations; Office of Sustainability; Business Innovation Services; and the ADM Institute for the Prevention of Postharvest Loss at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He works closely with offices of vice chancellors, academic and other units to accomplish campus goals of the offices that he oversees. He also provides leadership for campus strategic planning to enhance international engagement. He began his career in 1979 as an Assistant Professor with H.P. University, Shimla, India. From 1981-1997, he was a member of the Diplomatic Corps of India. He joined the National Soybean Research Laboratory (NSRL), College of ACES, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1997. He served as the Associate Director of NRSL from 2002-2007. In 2007, he became Associate Vice Chancellor, Office of the Vice Chancellor for Public Engagement. In 2008, he was also appointed as Executive Director, Office of Corporate Relations. He was appointed as an associate chancellor in 2011.

Wolfgang Schlör

Wolfgang Schlör is the Interim Associate Provost for International Affairs and Director of International Programs and Studies at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He joined Illinois in 2007 as Associate Director of International Programs and Studies. Previously, he served as the Interim Director of the University Center for International Studies (UCIS) at the University of Pittsburgh, as well as Associate Director and Assistant Director for Academic Affairs of UCIS. Schlör has held research and postdoctoral appointments at the Center for Science and International Affairs at the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University; the International Institute for Strategic Studies in London; and the Matthew B. Ridgway Center for International Security Studies at the University of Pittsburgh. From 1994-1996, he served in the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs at the University of Pittsburgh as the US Director of the International Affairs Network, a major project to develop international affairs training capacity in Central and Eastern Europe.