International Education

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International Education Global Opportunitiesat
CUA

• Presented by Tanith Fowler CorsiAsst. Vice
  President for Global EducationThe Center for
  Global Education
• The Catholic University of America

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International Education at CUA

• All international educational programs, services
  and initiatives that take place at the University
  level
• Education Abroad
• International Students and Scholar Services
• International Programs
• International Research Scholars (incl.
  Fulbrights)
• International Agreements and Collaborations
• Internationalization of Curriculum
• University-wide International Guidelines
  Protocols

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Center for Global Education (CGE)

• CGE Mission Statement
• To foster a sense of international community
  that builds on
• the University's strong intellectual and
  Catholic Mission
• CGE Mission Goals
• Implement the universitys strategic
  objective of internationalization
• Serve as hub for international educational
  activities at CUA
• Coordinate, build and strengthen CUA
  international programs and initiatives in
  collaboration with academic and administrative
  units

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CGE Structure

• Education Abroad Office (CUAbroad)
• Develops and administers international
  educational opportunities overseas in
  coordination with academic administrative units
• International Student Scholar Services (ISSS)
• Provides immigration and cultural advising and
  programming
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CGE Staff

• Central Administration
• Asst. VP, Global Education Tanith Fowler Corsi
• Education Abroad (CUAbroad)
• Director Ella Sweigert
• Program Manager Madison Bolls
• CUA Rome Director Dr. David Dawson Vasquez
• International Students Scholar Services (ISSS)
• Director Helene Robertson
• Asst. Director Gudrun Kendon
• Adm. Assistant Rita Barriteau
• CGE is located in McMahon 111 Office hours are
  M-F 9am to 5pm

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CGE Objectives

• Support schools in their existing efforts to
  bring global perspectives into their curricula
• Develop CUA-wide international guidelines
  standards that incorporate best practices
• Oversee a CUA-wide Global Education Committee to
  ensure University dialogue on international
  education
• Maintain and develop the range of international
  agreements and memoranda of understanding

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CGE Long-Term Goals

• Brand CUA as an international university
• Make CUA more competitive on a global scale
• Help with the recruitment and retention of
  quality students, staff, and faculty

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Education Abroad Nation-Wide

• The number of US students studying abroad has
  gone up 150 in last 10 years
• 55.4 participated in a short-term program
  (including summer, January term, and programs
  less than 8 weeks)
• 57.8 studied in Europe (15 in Latin America,
  10.3 in Asia, 5.2 in Oceania, 4.2 in Africa,
  and multiple locations including Middle-East)
• Data from Open Doors Fast Facts Report 2008
  (http//opendoors.iienetwork.org)

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Education Abroad at CUA

• CUA offers students a variety of credit-bearing
  education abroad
• opportunities
• CUA in Rome CUAs own semester program with CUA
  Rome facilities Program Director
• Faculty-led short-term programs (Summer programs
  Mexico, Poland, Europe, South America, Asia)
• New Initiative new CUA affiliated semester
  programs in Mexico, Latin America, Africa and
  Asia additional short-term faculty-led programs
• CUA-affiliated semester programs in Western
  Europe, Australia, and China (over 20 program
  locations)
• Exchange programs direct enrollment (Western
  Europe China)
• CUA non-affiliated accredited semester programs
  (World-wide)
• International internship programs (England
  Belgium)

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CUA Student Exchange Programs

• CUA has agreements of academic cooperation for
• the exchange of students with overseas partner
• universities. Examples include
• Hong Kong Polytechnic for Engineering students
• Essex Leeds Universities in England for
  Politics students
• Leuven University in Belgium for Politics
  students
• University of Eichstatt, Germany for Language
  students

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CGE Faculty Support

• Acts as clearinghouse for CUA Global Education
  initiatives faculty opportunities
• Oversees Visiting Scholars Process (including
  Fulbright)
• Promotes Formal Faculty Programs (Franklin
  Fellows Program)
• Develops University-wide international protocols
  (University-sponsored international
  travel-related)
• Develops faculty-led short-term education abroad
  opportunities (summer, winter, spring break)
• Provides faculty training in matters of overseas
  health, safety, liability crisis management

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Faculty International Collaborations

• CUA has a variety of faculty-driven international
  collaborations with
• overseas universities institutions.
• Examples include
• Physics Department Vatican Observatory
• School of Engineering several Asian
  universities (Taiwan, Vietnam, China, India,
  Portugal)
• Columbus School of Law University of Lisbon
  (joint research conferences)
• School of Music Terezin Institute (Czech
  Republic)
• School of Nursing Brothers of Charity in
  Belgium (certificate program)

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Other CUA-Sponsored Overseas Travel

• CUA also offers students a variety of non-credit
  bearing overseas travel opportunities
• Faculty-led Spring Break Trips (Rome, Greece,
  Paris, Berlin)
• Campus Ministry Mission Trips (Jamaica, Panama,
  Honduras, Belize, Tanzania)
• Student Groups, i.e. Engineers without Borders
  (El Salvador)
• Athletics (Short-term trips to England,
  Argentina, Italy)
• Alumni Affairs (CUA alumni trips to Ireland,
  Italy, Holland)
• These programs are not considered education
  abroad but they are still university-sponsored
  travel programs

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Questions?

• For more info on the Center for Global Education
  Global
• Opportunities at CUA, please contact
• Tanith Fowler Corsi, Asst. VP, Global Education
• Email corsit_at_cua.edu
• Web http//cge.cua.edu
• Phone [phone]