As the director of NAFSA’s Center for Capacity Building in Study Abroad, my priority is to develop and share materials and ideas that senior administrators on campuses need as they develop study abroad programming. These individuals have the goal of setting a long-term vision for study abroad programs, developing goals and strategic plans within the [...]
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Measuring the Impact of the International Experience
Posted in NAFSA, Study Abroad, tagged Center for Capacity Building in Study Abroad on February 24, 2012 | 5 Comments »
Comprehensive Immigration Reform: What Is It? Why Are We For It?
Posted in Advocacy, Foreign Students & Scholars, Immigration Policy, NAFSA, tagged comprehensive immigration reform, DREAM Act, global talent on February 14, 2012 | 3 Comments »
In 2004, NAFSA’s Board of Directors authorized the association to engage in the emerging debate over comprehensive immigration reform (CIR). We entered this debate because we believed three things. First, a comprehensive bill would most likely be the vehicle for the provisions involving high-skilled immigration in which we were most interested; therefore, we had to [...]
New Hampshire: It Isn’t Just for Early Election Results Anymore
Posted in NAFSA, Regional Conferences, tagged manchester, nafsa xi on November 22, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
During the month of November, New Hampshire often receives attention for being one of the first states to hold presidential primaries, but this month international educators focused their attention on the city of Manchester as host to the 2011 Region XI Conference. Boasting more than 530 attendees (one of the largest conferences for the region [...]
Reflecting and Connecting at the NAFSA Region X Conference
Posted in NAFSA, Regional Conferences, tagged bolton landing, new york on November 15, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Imagine a conference in a wooded setting on a lake, with opportunities not only to engage with others through workshops, sessions, and exhibitor offerings, but also to enjoy S’mores around a fire pit and reflect on ways to make a real difference in the world. The Region X conference, which took place November 6-8 at [...]
Time to Celebrate: International Education Week 2011
Posted in Advocacy, Int'l Education Week, NAFSA, tagged Economic Impact Statements, International Education Week on November 14, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Today kicks off the 12th annual International Education Week (IEW), a special week for NAFSA and our international education community. New Data on Foreign Students One of the ways we’re celebrating is with today’s release of our annual Economic Impact Statements. The data reveal that international students and their dependents contributed an impressive $20.2 billion [...]
Meet and Greet in Region VIII
Posted in NAFSA, Regional Conferences, tagged philadelphia on November 8, 2011 | 1 Comment »
By Maria Sulima and Michael Feighner Philadelphia hosted NAFSA’s Region VIII conference last week, and over 500 people registered for the event which took place at the Loews Hotel. We enjoyed talking to all of the members that visited our booth, but being relatively new to NAFSA ourselves, we got a kick out of seeing [...]
Riding Into the Wind – The NAFSA Leadership Cycle
Posted in NAFSA, NAFSA Leaders, Regional Conferences, tagged alabama, mobile on November 1, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Entertainment at the plenary luncheon During several of the meetings at the Region VII conference in Mobile, Alabama, but particularly at the first-timers meeting (which drew an impressive 110 attendees), regional team leaders, especially Jeff Hutcheson, current chair, Heather Housley, chair-elect, and immediate past chair, Brad Sekulich, stressed the importance to NAFSA’s continuing success of [...]
Why I’m Excited About Houston
Posted in Annual Conference, Guest Post, NAFSA, tagged houston, NAFSA Conference on October 28, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
By Patricia Willer, 2012 Annual Conference Committee The 2012 Annual Conference Committee (ACC) has just returned from Houston and we’re really excited about Houston as a convention city for the 2012 NAFSA Annual Conference. Houston has so much to offer. When the committee wasn’t busy selecting content, you can bet we were enjoying the city’s fun [...]
Announcing our Houston Opening Plenary Speaker
Posted in Annual Conference, NAFSA, tagged houston, NAFSA Conference on October 25, 2011 | 3 Comments »
With planning for our 2012 Annual Conference & Expo already well under way, I am pleased to announce that former U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates will be our opening plenary speaker in Houston. Secretary Gates has long been a champion of a balanced approach to global politics, recognizing that multiple approaches are necessary to create [...]
ACC is Heading to Houston and Wants to Hear From You
Posted in Annual Conference, Guest Post, NAFSA, tagged houston, NAFSA Conference on October 11, 2011 | 4 Comments »
By Joël Gallegos, Content Team Chair The time has come for the Annual Conference Committee (ACC) to select content for NAFSA’s 2012 Annual Conference in Houston, TX. This weekend, the ACC is heading to Houston to select the sessions and current topics workshops for the conference. We had more than 100 reviewers help us make [...]
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