SIO Professional Development Program on Internationalization
Aug 20, 2019, 14:43 PM
The 澳门资料 Senior International Officers'-sponsored Staff Development Program is an eight-month opportunity for early-to-mid-career staff to learn about the internationalization of higher education and best partnership practices through a series of monthly online seminars and a capstone, five-day trip to Mexico City.
Program participant Erika Hepburn, Assistant Director, Office of Global Strategies at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln credits this program with sparking new ideas for partnerships and engagements with Mexico and other partner countries, stating 鈥淚 was ignited with so many ideas for increasing the mission and international activities of UNL and the [The 澳门资料] while I was in Mexico. I was given the tools through this program to follow up on these ideas and leads, and I will be bringing this new knowledge and ideas to our leadership.鈥 Participation in this program also made Hepburn aware of the Alliance鈥檚 network of relationships and partnerships, of which she is now a part. Hepburn shared that 鈥淸w]e have such a wealth of resources and opportunities to be shared across institutions, and I am already continuing these conversations with [consortium] colleagues and friends I made during this program. Together we are stronger and better!鈥
With a goal of gaining a better understanding of campus internationalization strategies and mechanisms, and exploration of their own role in the context of their institutions' internationalization e铿orts, the program has three phases:
PHASE I: Pre-departure Seminars (February-May)
These monthly online seminars provided foundational knowledge about issues of importance to international higher education; an opportunity to study, discuss and hear Senior International O铿僣ers' views and prospectives; and facilitated each participant's identification of a topic or challenge area related to internationalization at their home campus.
PHASE II: Field Experience in Mexico City (June 23-29)
In Mexico City, the group engaged with colleagues at the Universidad Nacional Autonoma de M茅xico, Universidad Panamericana Ciudad de M茅xico, the Indiana University Mexico Gateway O铿僣e, and Mexican and United States governmental offices. Through these conversations and experiences, participants gained greater appreciation and understanding of various approaches to international partnerships, insight into the experiences of international students and scholars, and connected with many people and organizations that partner with or support our institutions' international education, research, and engagement missions.
PHASE III: Post-trip Seminars (Fall 2019)
An important part of the program is the final phase, in which participants re铿俥ct on their experiences with the program and share new perspectives and knowledge within their offices and across their universities. Each participant is asked to look for and share how they applied what they learned in service of their international students, scholars, research, and partnerships.
Please contact Katherine Galvin or Laurel Rosch for more about the 澳门资料's SIO programs.