Early
Registration Deadline: January 15, 2010
"Promoting
Study Abroad at the Community College: What Works Best"
An
IIE - AACC Workshop
February
19, 2010
Hotel
Indigo – Houston
at the Galleria
5160 Hidalgo Street
Houston,
Texas
The Institute of International Education, in
collaboration with the American Association of Community Colleges, invites you
to attend this workshop, which is ideal for community college representatives
who are looking for ideas to grow their international programs and to promote
study abroad on their campus. Travel grants are available.
Workshop
sessions include:
- Models
and Best Practices for Study Abroad at the Community College, featuring
the 2010 IIE Andrew Heiskell Award winners in the "Study Abroad at
the Community College" category
- Building
Support for Study Abroad: Strategies for Engaging Students, Faculty and
Administration/Trustees - an interactive working group session
- Taking
Advantage of Existing Resources for Study Abroad
Travel Grants:
A limited number of travel grants are available to community college
professionals who wish to attend the workshop. Please visit the website for
more details.
Travel Grant Application Deadline: January 15, 2010
The registration form, travel grant application form and other information is
available online at: www.iienetwork.org/?p=IIE_AACC_2010.
Gilman International Scholarship Program’s Underrepresented
Institution Workshop:
Join IIE one day earlier and participate
in the Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship Program’s
Underrepresented Institution Workshop in Houston,
TX on Thursday, February 18, 2010. The challenge facing many
underrepresented institutions, in the effort to increase the numbers of
non-traditional students who study abroad, is a lack of resources to promote
study abroad and limited funding sources available to students. To help
institutions address this challenge the Gilman Scholarship Program is hosting a
one-day workshop to provide faculty and administrators with the tools to help
increase the numbers of underrepresented students who study abroad, including
community college students. Faculty and administrators from underrepresented
institutions and/or those that work with underrepresented students are welcome
to attend. The Gilman International Scholarship Program is administered
by IIE and sponsored by the U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Educational and
Cultural Affairs. There is no cost to attend the workshop and it will be held
in the same hotel as the IIE – AACC Workshop. For more information
and to register for the Gilman Workshop, please contact Olga Tunga, [log in to unmask]
or 713-621-6300 ext. 16.