Welcome to Your Education Abroad WIKI Website.

Please add your goals, topics and general know-how. Contribute to make this a successful exchange of ideas.

Goals for the Year

2008-2009 (as of Orlando September 2008)

1. Establish communications plan within our SIG

1. Solicit and submit timely proposals for roundtables and workshops at the 2009 Annual Conference

1. Encourage discussion among SIG members about topics of interest
2. Create a resource library

Topics for Practioner Assistance

Initial list to be added upon...and discussed in listserv threads (non-techie? ask us what that means!)

• TOPIC: Education Abroad 101
• TOPIC: Assessing Opportunities & Organizations
• TOPIC: Incorporting/Expanding Education Abroad on your Campus
• TOPIC: Show Me the Money (Funding for Departments and Individuals)
• TOPIC: Safety and Security Abroad
• TOPIC: Host Country Community Involvement and Global Civic Engagement
• TOPIC: Evaluating the Student Experience
• TOPIC: Cross Cultural Competency

Suggested Resources

Please add to this list...and all the lists!

• Organizations
  • NAFSA
  • Forum for Education Abroad
  • AAC&U
  • ICEL
  • AIEA
  • NACE Global Education subcommittee & partnerships with international career orgs)
  • ERASMUS programme for European higher education
  • Augsburg College, Center for Global Education (CGE) http://www.augsburg.edu/global/
• Listservs
  • SECUSS-A (via NAFSA)

    http://listserv.buffalo.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A0=SECUSS-L

• Books
  • Kiss, Bow or Shake Hands
  • Working World: Careers in International Education, Exchange & Development
  • The Back Door Guide to Short-Term Job Adventures: Internships, Summer Jobs, Seasonal Work, Volunteer Vacations, & Transitions Abroad
• Journals:
  • International Educator
  • Frontiers

Contact Details

Anita Casper, SIG Co-Chair

Internship Coordinator

Lock Haven University

570-484-2247

acasper@lhup.edu

Katy Larkin, SIG Co-Chair

International Programs Coordinator

Cultural Embrace

512-469-9089

klarkin@culturalembrace.com

Kate Moore, SIG Co-Chair

North America Director

EUSA - Academic Internship Programs

617.267.2121

kate.moore@eusa-edu.com

Education Abroad workshops/sessions at conference in Dallas

Deep in the Heart of...Australia

Looking Deep into the Heart of the Story

Practical Preparation for Service-Learning Abroad

Advancing Experiential Learning in China (Roundtable)

Listserv

You can contact the region membership by sending an email to nseeabroad@inbox.com.

If you wish to subscribe to the regional listserv please send an email to nseeabroad@inbox.com andd type subscribe in the subject line.

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