International Programs Office

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International Programs Office

• University of Wyoming
• Anne Alexander, Director

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• Charged with internationalizing UW.
• Bilateral cooperation with foreign universities
• Study abroad / student exchange
• Faculty scholar international travel, research,
  and exchange
• Any initiative that furthers internationalization
  at UW.

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International Programs
University of Tunis, Tunisia
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What We Do

• Assist students who want to study abroad, and
  faculty who want to lead courses abroad
• Provide support for international visiting
  dignitaries and international scholars
• Provide immigration assistance for faculty and
  visiting scholars
• Provide all manner of assistance for faculty,
  staff, and students who want to expand our UWs
  profile abroad and internationalization on campus

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International Programs
King Neenhi Ghartey VII of Winneba, Ghana with UW
Students
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UW Outlook for Internationalization

• Supportive university and state
• Recognition of the competitive importance of
  internationalization and the power of
  person-to-person diplomacy.

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International Programs
UW Student Exchange Verona, Italy
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Strong Foundation

• Student and faculty programs in 30 countries, 400
  different locations
• Growth in study abroad 5X growth between 2003
  and 2007
• For the past two years, UW has sent around 400
  students to study abroad.

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International Programs
Hamburg, Germany UW Student Exchange
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Study Abroad Trends

• Students destinations
• Europe (roughly 50)
• Asia (20)
• South and Central America (12)
• Australia, North America, CIS, and Africa also
  receive some of our students.

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International Programs
Karnak Temple, Egypt UW Student at American
University Arabic Course
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UW- Kobe College Program Summer
Abroad Nishinomiya, Japan
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Study Abroad Trends

• Increasingly interested in
• Service and experiential learning the Bono
  Generation
• Research orientation field data gathering,
  project oriented
• Studying languages, topics, and regions of
  national security interest Arabic, Chinese,
  Biosciences, Economics, etc.

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UW Graduate Student Archeological Field Research
Trip Veliki Novgorod, Western Russia
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International Programs
UW Graduate Student Field Project Venezuela
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Partnerships Across the World

• UW has exchange agreements and other cooperative
  agreements with about 70 universities world-wide
• Example - Tunisia Working through State
  Partnership Program (Wyoming National Guard) and
  US State Department Middle East Partnership
  Initiative

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Partnerships Across the World

• Tunisia Provides students and faculty with
  fantastic opportunity for Arabic language,
  Islamic cultural study.
• English Language Village (Summer 2007, Summer
  2008)
• Arabic language instruction cooperation
• Entrepreneurship research and education

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International Programs
UW Student Summer Program Dominican Republic
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Faculty Participation

• Faculty-led courses summer, spring break,
  winter break
• Women and Social Justice in India
• European Union - Brussels
• Global Media in Transition Central Europe
• Modern Japanese Society and Culture
• Summer in Shanghai
• Shakespeare in England and Italy
• Central Europe and the Holocaust
• Latino Diaspora
• Studio Art Exploration South India
• Human Rights Law in Namibia
• Midwifery skills - Honduras

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International Programs
UW Recruiting Trip Hyderabad, India
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Faculty Participation

• Travel grants for faculty
• 30,000 each year to assist faculty in
  establishing ties to other universities in other
  countries, improve language skills

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Faculty Participation

• Immigration assistance internationalizing our
  faculty
• To departments in hiring foreign nationals
  (employer based) and
• To employees in obtaining permanent residency.

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International Programs
Carthaginian Sculpture, Bardo Museum Tunis,
Tunisia
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Support for Programs

• IPO administers 3 major scholarship programs
• Provide small amount of assistance for qualified
  students
• We also host an average of 10 visiting scholars
  and 15 exchange students each year.

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The Coliseum at Night, UW Student Exchange
Rome, Italy
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Moving Forward

• Collocation in Cheney International Center
  Spring 2009
• Student Health Service Building, West

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International Programs
Morning in Shanghai UW Faculty Teaching Trip
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Internationalization Priorities

• National Security Studies
• Studies in national-security priority languages
  (including Chinese, Arabic, Urdu, Turkish,
  Russian)
• Studies in regions and topics of national
  security interest biosciences, economics,
  Islam, nuclear nonproliferation, agriculture,
  energy studies, international relations, for
  example.

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International Programs
UW Sociology Class Beijing, China
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Internationalization Priorities

• Global Community Initiative what about the
  students who cannot go abroad?
• Assistance for internationalizing and
  diversifying our student body.

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International Programs
Thank you for having me here today!
University of Sunshine Coast, Australia