This post is the first in a series exploring all that Kansas City, Missouri (the location of NAFSA’s 2010 Annual Conference & Expo) has to offer. Thanks to Michael Hernandez of Park University and the 2010 Local Arrangements Team for this contribution. Add your own Kansas City barbecue recommendations, barbecue recipes, and barbecue trivia as [...]
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Salman Rushdie to Keynote Kansas City Conference
Posted in Annual Conference, tagged human rights, International Education, NAFSA on December 1, 2009 | 4 Comments »
We are pleased to announce that renowned novelist and essayist Salman Rushdie will be the keynote speaker at the opening plenary of NAFSA’s 2010 conference in Kansas City.
Widely considered one of the most talented and controversial fiction writers of our time, Rushdie is known for creating captivating stories that challenge official historical, political, and religious [...]
NYT Columnist Nicholas Kristof Will Join International Educators in Kansas City for NAFSA 2010 Conference
Posted in Annual Conference, NAFSA, tagged human rights, International Education, NAFSA on October 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
New York Times columnist and two-time Pulitzer Prize winner Nicholas Kristof will speak at NAFSA’s 2010 Annual Conference & Expo in Kansas City next year. Kristof will address conference attendees on Wednesday, June 2, at the Kansas City Convention Center. This will be a very unique opportunity for international educators to hear from an extraordinary [...]
Glimpse Magazine Gathers Stories from Abroad
Posted in Annual Conference, Education Travel, NAFSA, Study Abroad, tagged glimpse, natinoal geographic on June 18, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Several weeks ago at NAFSA’s 2009 Annual Conference & Expo, Glimpse spoke with a handful of conference participants about their experiences abroad. Glimpse is “a nonprofit that offers you a platform to develop and share your stories of real life abroad––interesting stories, surprising stories, stories that make you think. “
The stories they collected ranged [...]
Friday Postcard from the NAFSA 2009 Annual Conference
Posted in Annual Conference, NAFSA, tagged Alberto Moreno, and University of Minnesota Twin Cities, Boston University, Connecticut College, Inter-American Development Bank, Kansas City, Pacific Lutheran University, Portland State University, Senator Paul Simon Awards for Campus Internationalization on June 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The International Plenary and Luncheon took place on the final day of NAFSA’s 2009 Annual Conference. The keynote speaker was Luis Alberto Moreno, president of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), where he has served since 2005. Before joining the IDB, Moreno served as Colombia’s ambassador to the United States for seven years. Ambassador Moreno oversaw [...]
Thursday Postcard from the NAFSA 2009 Annual Conference
Posted in Annual Conference, NAFSA, tagged Gillian Sorensen, NAFSA 2009 Annual Conference, Sanford Ungar on May 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Thursday’s plenary featured Gillian Sorensen, senior adviser and national advocate for the United Nations Foundation. Sorensen focuses on strengthening relations between the UN and the United States and travels widely, educating Americans about the work of the United Nations and fostering public-private partnerships to address the world’s most pressing problems.
Sanford Ungar, president of Goucher College, [...]
Wednesday Postcard from the NAFSA 2009 Annual Conference
Posted in Annual Conference, NAFSA, tagged 2009 Annual Conference, Exploring Global talent, Museum of Contemporary Art, NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, Ray Suarez on May 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
NAFSA’s timely and provocative Plenary Panel on Exploring Global Talent Flows was moderated by Ray Suarez, senior correspondent with The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer. Featured panelists included Luis Guarnizo, chair, Community Studies and Development Unit, and professor, University of California-Davis; Demetrios Papademetriou, president, Migration Policy Institute (MPI); AnnaLee Saxenian, dean, University of California, Berkeley School [...]
Tuesday Postcard from the NAFSA 2009 Annual Conference
Posted in Annual Conference, NAFSA, tagged Cassandra Pyle Award for Leadership and Collaboration in International Education and Exchange, Homer Higbee Award for Distinguished Service, Marita Houlihan Award for Distinguished Contributions on May 27, 2009 | 1 Comment »
The opening day of conference kicked off with the opening of the International Education Expo Hall at 9:00 a.m., featuring more than 600 exhibitor booths. NAFSA’s Conference Symposium on Leadership, “Partnerships for Transformative Internationalization,” allowed participants to interact with leaders who have created innovative models of partnerships and rethought the role that partnerships can play [...]
Monday Postcard from the NAFSA 2009 Annual Conference
Posted in Annual Conference, NAFSA, tagged Los Angeles, NAFSA 2009 Annual Conference on May 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
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Dear President Obama… 2009 Annual Conference Advocacy Campaign
Posted in Advocacy, Annual Conference, tagged NAFSA 2009 Annual Conference, Obama, We Imagine an America on May 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Do you imagine an America where…
…all college students have the opportunity to study abroad?
…educating future generations for life and leadership in a global community is a national priority?
…more international students and scholars have the ability to access a U.S. higher education and are welcomed at our shores and on our campuses?
Our time is now to [...]
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