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Faculty-Led Global Seminar Proposals

The deadline for all (winter/spring break/summer of the following year) proposals for any faculty-led global seminars is September 1st.

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College Specific Resources

The following section presents items of interest to faculty within a given college. This might include programs and exchanges specific to that college, faculty development resources, student scholarships appropriate to your college and related reports.

University-wide Resources

• Current trends in U.S. Study Abroad & The Impact of Strategic Diversity Initiatives: IIE Study Abroad White Paper Series, Issue No. 1, May 2007 http://www.iienetwork.org/?p=StudyAbroadCapacity
• Maximizing Study Abroad: Strategies for Language and Culture Learning and Use (A project of the Center for Advanced Research on Language Acquisition, University of Minnesota http://www.carla.umn.edu/maxsa/index.html
• How to create a Sustainable Study Abroad Program: A Faculty Guide - A NAFSA funded professional development tool
• The 2007 National Study on Student Engagement (NSSE) features information on study abroad throughout the report.
• Overview of assessment tools of intercultural communicative competence prepared by Alvino E. Fantini, School for International Training, Exploring and Assessing Intercultural Competence.
• Meeting American's Global Education Challenge: Current Trends in U.S. Study Abroad and the Impact of Strategic Diversity Initiatives - www.iienetwork.org/page/103277/ under Study Abroad White Paper
• College-Bound Students' Interests in Study Abroad and Other International Learning Activities, American Council on Education, 25 February 2008.

College of Agricultural Sciences

• Forestry in Ireland (SIU Global Seminar)
• Tropical Rainforest Conservation (SIU Global Seminar)
• MAST International: Trainee program through the University of Minnesota

College of Applied Arts and Sciences

• Architectural Field Studies in Europe (SIU Global Seminar)

College of Business and Administration

• International Business Studies in Europe (SIU Global Seminar)
• The Value of International Education to US Business and Industry Leaders: Survey

College of Education & Human Services

• Social Work Germany (SIU Global Seminar)
• Social Work Bangladesh (SIU Global Seminar)
• Toward Globally Competent Pedagogy E-Publication: this NAFSA publication outlines frameworks for defining and implementing global competency in K-12 classrooms, along with strategies for first bringing this knowledge and training into teacher preparation programs
• Internationalizing Your Educator Preparation Program: resources from NAFSA’s 2012 Internationalizing Teacher Education Colloquium
• Preparing Globally Competent Teachers: materials from a session at 2012 CAEP conference, sponsored by NAFSA, on the importance of preparing globally competent teachers

College of Engineering

• Embracing Globalization: Meeting the Challenges to U.S. Scientists and Engineers, Assuring a Globally Engaged Science & Engineering Workforce. A workshop report of Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society (link to full report)
• International Colloquium on International Engineering Education, University of Rhode Island
• Cultural Engineering (article from the medium)

College of Liberal Arts

• National Security Language Initiative - A federal initiative to increase the number of Americans learning critical need foreign languages. A variety of new and continuing federal language initiatives are featured, from K-12 education to university Flagship Language programs.
• Japan Studies Institute: Incorporating Japanese Studies into the Undergraduate Curriculum - An intensive summer institute sponsored by the American Association of State Colleges & Universities.

College of Mass Communication and Media Arts

Global Media Research Center 

College of Science

• Embracing Globalization: Meeting the Challenges to U.S. Scientists and Engineers, Assuring a Globally Engaged Science & Engineering Workforce. A workshop report of Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society (link to full report)
• ISEP: Study Biological and Environmental Sciences Abroad (New version coming this Fall)
• Organization for Tropical Studies - SIU is a member institution