100,000 Strong in the Americas Workshop Agenda

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The 100,000 Strong in the Americas Capacity Building Workshop Innovating and Scaling-up U.S.-Western Hemisphere Exchange

Sunday, May 25 - Monday, May 26, 2014

Hilton San Diego Bayfront UC San Diego International House

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The 100,000 Strong in the Americas Capacity Building Workshop Innovating and Scaling-up U.S.-Western Hemisphere Exchange Sunday, May 25 - Monday, May 26, 2014

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Hilton San Diego Bayfront UC San Diego International House AGENDA

Sunday, May 25, 2014 8:00 – 9:00 a.m.

Registration and coffee

9:00 – 9:20 a.m.

Opening Keynote and Welcome • Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, Special Advisor for “100,000 Strong in the Americas,” U.S. Department of State • Marlene M. Johnson, Executive Director and CEO, NAFSA: Association of International Educators • Steve Vetter, President, Partners of the Americas • Alan Houston, Ph.D., Interim Vice Chancellor – Student Affairs, Professor of Political Science, UC San Diego Introduction, description of the educational objectives, and setting the agenda for the workshop. o 100,000 Strong in the Americas Workshop organizers Presentation of PollEverywhere: first questions

9:20 – 11:00

Session 1: New Models: Designing successful study abroad programs with the right partners o Session defining talk: Stephen Ferst, Ed.D. Executive Director, Center for International Service at the College of Staten Island, City University of New York, NAFSA Vice President for Public Policy and Practice, 2014-2016 o Comment: Brett Berquist, Executive Director, Office of Study Abroad, Michigan State University

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• Release of responses to pre-workshop identity and opportunities questionnaire; • Analyze overall trends in responses; • Provide email addresses of attendees to initiate requests for meetings among attendees Flipcharts with smaller groups: • What models have we found successful? Critique of a weak MOU. • What are the attributes of a good partner?

• Report out to workshop o Facilitators: Stephen Ferst ; Brett Berquist ; Regional Educational Advising Coordinators (REACs), EducationUSA, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA), U.S. Department of State; Mark Farmer, Associate Director, Public Policy, NAFSA: Association of International Educators; Matt Clausen, Vice President, Partnerships and Programs, Partners of the Americas; Department of State representatives, U.S. Department of State Embassy Public Affairs Sections • Discussion and review as a large group, bringing out common themes and discuss important differences.

• Wrap up and review of the key points.

• Provision of key tools and references for further study.

11:00 – 1:00 p.m.

Session 2: Workshop on building an international office and infrastructure • Session defining talk: o DeDe Long, Director of Study Abroad and International Exchange, University of Arkansas o Marcos Avilez, Director of International Relations, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, Chile o Rossana Valéria de Souza e Silva, Ph.D., Executive Director, Grupo Coimbra de Universidades Brasileiras, Brazil Mini case study and check-list • Case study and facilitated discussion in groups and reporting to the workshop Facilitators: o Drs. Long, Avilez and Souza e Silva o REACs, EducationUSA, U.S. Department of State • Discussion and review as a large group, bringing out common themes and discuss important differences.

• Wrap up and review of the key points.

• Provision of key tools and references for further study.

1:00 – 2:30 p.m.

Session 3: Working Lunch and Announcement of Round 2 Winners Presenters: 100,000 Strong in the Americas: The Vision and a Progress Report. o Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, Special Advisor for “100,000 Strong in the Americas,” U.S. Department of State o Marlene M. Johnson, Executive Director and CEO, NAFSA: Association of International Educators o Steve Vetter, President, Partners of the Americas o Eduardo R. Garrido, Director, Santander Universities, a division of Santander Bank Presentation: o Winners of the Santander Round, Competition 3 Winners are announced

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Session 4: Spotlight on Puerto Rico as an academic destination o Comment: Canadian opportunities associated with the 100,000 Strong in the Americas initiative Presenters: o Alexis Morales Fresse, Under Secretary of State for Administration, Commonwealth of Puerto Rico o Representative, on behalf of an Invited group Canadian HEIs 2:30 – 4:00 p.m.

Session 5: Workshop on quality, accreditation and credit transfer • Keynote session: o Chester (Chet) Haskell, D.P.A., Principal, Haskell & Associates. Former president, Cogswell Polytechnical College and Monterey Institute of International Studies o Etilvia (Etty) Arjona, Ph.D., Director, Center for the Study of Higher Education, Universidad Santa María La Antigua, Panama; Founding member, Central American Council for the Accreditation of Higher Education (CCA); Member, Central American Agency for Graduate and Doctoral Program Accreditation, ACAP • Smaller group analysis of matrix of barriers and options for achieving objectives; • Country tables; • PollEverywhere questions; • Summary reports to the Workshop.

Facilitators: o Mark Farmer, Associate Director, Public Policy, NAFSA: Association of International Educators o Rossana Valéria de Souza e Silva, Ph.D., Executive Director, Grupo Coimbra de Universidades Brasileiras, Brazil o REACs, EducationUSA • Discussion and review as a large group, bringing out common themes and discuss important differences.

• Wrap up and review of the key points.

• Provision of key tools and references for further study.

4:00 – 5:00 p.m.

Session 6: Roundtable on achieving sustainability in study abroad by design and through funding Roundtable discussion Discussants: o Mary L. Walshok, Ph.D., Associate Vice Chancellor for Public Programs and Dean of Extension, UCSD o Eduardo R. Garrido, Director, Santander Universities, a division of Santander Bank o Basil Cleveland, PhD., Co-Founder and Executive Vice President, Shorelight Education o Richard Nader, Ph.D., Vice Provost for International Affairs, University of North Texas o David R. Brown, Ph.D., Program Director, Division of Undergraduate Education, National Science Foundation Questions and answers from Workshop participants.

5:00 – 5:30 p.m.

Break to prepare for departure for UC San Diego

5:30 – 6:00 p.m.

Transportation to UC San Diego, Great Hall, International House, Eleanor Roosevelt College

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master QC logo: pms 286

6:00 – 8:30 p.m.

Session 7 Matchmaking Reception: Partnership and matchmaking to create new connections

Reception supported through the generosity of

Host: University of California, San Diego o Alan Houston, Interim Vice Chancellor – Student Affairs, Professor of Political Science, UC San Diego o Kirk Simmons, Ph.D., Dean, International Center, UC San Diego o Henri F. Migala, Ph.D., Director, International House, UC San Diego Matchmaking Facilitators: o Maria Mercedes Salmon, REAC, North & Central Americas and the Caribbean, EducationUSA o Rita Moriconi, REAC, Americas - Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay, EducationUSA Welcome by hosts and sponsor.

8:25 p.m.

Closing remarks for the day.

8:30 – 9:00 p.m.

Transportation to Hilton San Diego Bayfront

Monday, May 26, 2014

8:00 – 9:30 a.m.

Coffee provided

8:30 – 8:45 a.m.

Welcome to Day 2: Announcement of the ExxonMobil Round.

• Amb. Craig A. Kelly, Director, Americas, International Government Relations, ExxonMobil Corporation

8:45 – 9:30 a.m.

Session 8: Plenary: About the money: Negotiating tuition agreements and assuring equal access

• Session defining talk: o Jean-Xavier Guinard, Associate Vice Provost and Executive Director, University of California Education Abroad Program (UCEAP) o Patricia Montano S. , Director, International Strategic Projects, Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey (ITESM), Mexico Questions and answers from Workshop participants

9:30 – 10:30 a.m.

Session 9: Creating the best student experiences

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• Presentation of case study – Purdue-EAFIT o Suresh V. Garimella, Chief Global Affairs Officer, Goodson Distinguished Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University Purdue University o Marcela Wolff, Head of International Relations, Universidad EAFIT, Colombia • The view from the faculty about student experiences o Ann L. Craig, Ph.D., Associate Professor Emeritus of Political Science and Founding Provost, Eleanor Roosevelt College, UC San Diego (invited) • The view from the NSF about undergraduate education o David R. Brown, Program Director, Division of Undergraduate Education, National Science Foundation • CCYK, From Colombia to the World o Paula Andrea Henao, Executive Director of the Initiative, Colombia Challenge your Knowledge® Open opportunity for input from workshop participants.

10:30 – 11:30 a.m.

Session 10: Overcoming language barriers Distribution of matrix of models for overcoming language barriers.

Session defining talk: o Margaret Heisel, Associate, Center for Studies in Higher Education, University of California Berkeley, Former Director, The Center for Capacity Building in Study Abroad, APLU & NAFSA o Areta Ulhana Galat, Advisor – EducationUSA; Coordinator of the International Relations Department, FAE Centro Universitário, Brazil • Smaller group analysis of matrix of barriers and options for achieving objectives using matrix of models.

Facilitators: o Maria Mercedes Salmon, REAC, North & Central Americas and the Caribbean, EducationUSA o Rita Moriconi, REAC, Americas - Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay, EducationUSA

11:30 – 12:30 p.m.

Session 11: Open mic for questions and answers, final comments. o 100,000 Strong in the Americas Workshop organizers

12:00 to 12:30 p.m.

Post Workshop survey collected and final PollEverywhere administered

12:30 p.m.

Workshop adjourns.

To continue the conversation on 100,000 Strong in the Americas, be sure to join NAFSA’s Latin America Forum on Monday from 1:30-3:30 at the Hilton Bayfront Hotel, Indigo Ballroom C and the 100,000 Strong in the Americas Session on Thursday at 8 am (location in the conference program).

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100,000 Strong in the Americas aims to increase higher educational exchange opportunities in the Western Hemisphere.

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100,000 Strong in the Americas is supported by the U.S. Department of State in partnership with NAFSA: Association of International Educators and Partners of the Americas.