Welcome to Loyola Marymount University

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Loyola Marymount UniversityLos Angeles,
California
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American Council Education (ACE)
Internationalization Collaborative Annual
Meeting, Washington, DC - January 30-31,
2009 Accelerating Comprehensive
Internationalization Through Campus-Wide
Collaboration
Collaborating with Student Affairs Residence
Life

• Anne Prisco, Ph.D. - Vice President for
  Enrollment Management, Academic Affairs
• Denise Folga - Director, Office for International
  Students Scholars, Student Affairs

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From Loyola to LMU

• Founded in 1911 as Loyola University
• Merger with Marymount in 1973
• Marymount sisters the Arts
• Co-ed campus

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• Comprised of Undergraduate, Graduate, Law
  School with a study population of 9,000
• Student population is diverse ethnically,
  geographically, and from the spectrum of
  socioeconomic backgrounds

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Countries Represented at LMU

• Angola
• Argentina
• Australia
• Austria
• Bangladesh
• Belgium
• Belize
• Brazil
• Bulgaria
• Cameroon
• Canada
• Chile
• China
• Colombia
• Cote Dlvoire
• Croatia
• Cyprus

• Czech Republic
• Ecuador
• Egypt
• El Salvador
• Ethiopia
• Finland
• France
• Germany
• Ghana
• Greece
• Guatemala
• Guinea
• Honduras
• Hong Kong
• Hungary
• India

• Indonesia
• Iran
• Israel
• Italy
• Japan
• Jordan
• Kuwait
• Lebanon
• Lithuania
• Malaysia
• Mexico
• Mongolia
• Namibia
• Nepal
• New Zealand
• Nigeria
• Pakistan

• Sweden
• Switzerland
• Tahiti
• Taiwan
• Thailand
• Trinidad Tobago
• Tunisia
• Turkey
• Uganda
• Ukraine
• United
• Kingdom
• Venezuela
• Vietnam
• Zambia
• Zimbabwe

• Peru
• Philippines
• Poland
• Portugal
• Qatar
• Romania
• Russia
• Saudi Arabia
• Serbia
• Singapore
• Slovakia
• Somalia
• South Africa
• South Korea
• Spain
• Sri Lanka

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• Los Angeles has emerged in the 21st century
• as a region that possesses all of the
  challenges
• and opportunities of the contemporary world
• a burgeoning population representing people
  richly diverse in culture, interests, and
  backgrounds people with differing levels of
  access to education, health care, and the
  material goods of life resulting from huge
  disparities of wealth and social influence
• a dynamic global economy including regional
  industries that affect people far beyond Southern
  California
• and a physical environment profoundly affected by
  human action
• this rich learning environment will play a
  central role in a focused plan to attract faculty
  and students from all parts of the country and
  the world.
• LMU Strategic Plan 2006

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• Internationalization / Global Education

Student Affairs
Academic Affairs

• Office for International Students and Scholars
• Center for Service and Action
• Student Housing/Residence Life
• Campus Ministry

• Study Abroad Student Exchange
• Center for Global Education
• National International Scholarship Office
• Center for Asian Business

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New Initiatives

• Internationalization Committees Executive
  Committee Advisory Council Working Group
• Enrollment Management/International Outreach
• Revisions to the core curriculum
• Enhanced Co-curricular programming

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True Campus wide Collaboration
Student Affairs
Academic Affairs

• Office for International
• Students and Scholars
• Center for Service and Action
• Student Housing/
• Residence Life
• Campus Ministry

• Study Abroad
• Student Exchange
• Center for Global Education
• National International
• Scholarship Office
• Center for Asian Business

Internationalization Efforts

• Enrollment
• Management
• International Outreach/
• Admissions

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Presidents Convocation Address 2008

• In terms of negotiating the world, higher
  education institutions have to pay attention to
  how can we educate our students better for a
  world becoming increasingly intertwined
• No student should leave LMU, no one should
  graduate from LMU, without at least one
  international experience. And notice I say
  international experience. We have to think
  larger about this than simply study abroad

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Office for International Students Scholars
(OISS)

• Loyola Marymount University has a proud tradition
  of enrolling international students since 1956.

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Services

• H-1B Visa Processing
• ? Passport Renewal
• ? Special Registration
• ? SEVIS Administration
• ? Emergency Services
• ? Change-of-Status
• ? International House
• ? Work Authorization
• ? Transfer In/Out Processing
• Visa Renewal
• Tax Compliance System

• SEVIS I-20/ DS-2019 Issuance
• F-1 Curricular Practical Training
• ? J-1 Academic Training Processing ? Travel
  Authorization
• ? J-2 Work Authorization
• ? Economic Hardship Petition
• ? B-1/ Support Services
• ? B-2/WT Temporary Visitor Support
• ? H-4 Visa Processing
• ? Social Security Number
• F-1 Optional Practical Training
• J-2 Document Processing

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Programs

• New International Student Orientation
• Super Sushi Social
• Sister City Welcome/ Grand Avenue Festival
• International Student Night at the Clippers
  Basketball Game
• Dim Sum Art in Los Angeles
• Employment Options after Graduation
• International Thanksgiving Dinner
• Holiday End of Year Study Breaks
• Spring Welcome Back Dinner

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Examples of collaborationPeace Jam
The conference brought nearly 3,000 youth, ages
14-25, from the United States and around the
world to spend the weekend with seven Nobel Peace
Prize Laureates Desmond Tutu, Rigoberta Menchú
Tum, Jody Williams, Betty Williams, Adolfo Pérez
Esquivel, Jose Ramos Horta, and Shirin Ebadi. The
goal was to mobilize the global community to
complete one billion 'Global Call to Action'
projects in the next ten years addressing issues
such as racism and hate, environmental
degradation, access to clean water, and the
spread of global disease.
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• International Education Week

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• Bellarmine Forum provides the LMU community
• With rich opportunities to examine and to reflect
  upon deeply
• significant issues.
• 2004 - Violence An Interdisciplinary
  Investigation into the Human Condition
• 2005 Just Community For All
• 2006 - Environmental Responsibility
• 2007 - I/M/MIGRATION
• 2008 - religion.identity.life.CONVIVENCIA

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International Orientation

• Sessions include
• Cross-Cultural Communication
• Culture Shock
• American Classroom Culture
• Tools for Academic Success
• Career Development Employment
• Immigration Rights Responsibilities

• Also Includes
• Campus Resource Tour
• Social Activities
• Welcome Celebration
• Local Excursions (Baseball Game, Bus Tour of LA,
  and Disneyland, etc.)

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Student Housing

• 20 Residence Halls / Apartments
• 60 of students live on campus
• including 94 of 1st year students
• IHOP (International House of People) Residents of
  the International House promote and celebrate
  cultural diversity and awareness within the LMU
  community.  Throughout the year, the house hosts
  various events and activities geared towards
  celebrating different cultures and regions of the
  world.
• R.I.S.E. (Raines Intercultural Suite Experience)
  values to create a safe, challenging environment
  for individuals to explore interculturalism and
  engage in honest discussions about issues related
  to interculturalism and their relevance to the
  campus community and beyond.

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International House
The house is designed to bring LMUs
international and U.S. students together to learn
from one another.
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iMentor Program

• Goals
• Assist the new international students with
• adjustment to college life at LMU and to
• Los Angeles/US
• Expose LMUs US students with an opportunity to
  experience other cultures first-hand
• Develop stronger international community at LMU
  through regular meetings and events
• Foster friendships between US and international
  students at LMU
• Increase global awareness on campus through
  cross-cultural exchange
• Support enrollment and retention of international
  students

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Lessons Learned

• Internationalization Working Group
• - Frequency, Membership, Sub-Committees
• Institutional Audit
• - Were further along than we thought
• Website
• Purpose/Necessity
• Do More with Less! Collaboration is Key

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Loyola Marymount
University Los
Angeles, California Anne Prisco, PhD,
VP/EM, aprisco_at_lmu.edu Denise Folga, Director,
OISS, dfolga_at_lmu.edu