"Strategic Initiatives for Enhanced Partnerships in Latin America" presentation with Jessica Oldford and Debbie Carney at the AAPLAC 2018 Annual Conference

Today was a great day as I presented with my colleagues Jessica Oldford, Director of Global Student Experience | Global Initiatives, Stephen M. Ross School of Business, University of Michigan – Ann Arbor and Debbie Carney, Sr. Program Coordinator, McCombs School of Business at The University of Texas at Austin at the 2018 Association of Academic Programs in Latin America and the Caribbean (AAPLAC) annual conference held at Tulane University in New Orleans!

Jessica Oldford presenting during our session

This was my first time attending the AAPLAC conference and my first time in New Orleans.  Our session was entitled "Strategic Initiatives for Enhanced Partnerships in Latin America" and our abstract follows:

This session will focus on the importance of creating strategic and sustainable partnerships between U.S. based institutions and Latin American institutions. This session will showcase partnerships with universities throughout Latin America. Through highlighted case studies, the audience will explore best practices of relationship management and how that affects and enhances the overall partnership.  Presenters will discuss key considerations when working with Latin American partners, discuss policies and procedures that enhance partnerships, and demonstrate working examples of best practices.

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AAPLAC (Association of Academic Programs in Latin America and the Caribbean) seeks session proposals for its Annual Conference in New Orleans, Louisiana, February 21-24, 2018

The following IHEC Blog post is a copy and paste (with permission) of a SECUSS-L post by Søren Peterson of the Center for Academic and Global Engagement at the University of South Dakota.

AAPLAC (Association of Academic Programs in Latin America and the Caribbean) seeks session proposals for its 29th Annual Conference in New Orleans, Louisiana, February 21-24, 2018. The proposal submission deadline is November 15, 2017.

Proposals should support the conference theme—Study Abroad: Meeting the Challenges of Cultural Engagement—and mission of the association. We are especially interested in proposals that address the following topics:

• New Orleans after Katrina: The impact of the growing Hispanic population which came to help with rebuilding and has since stayed on.
• Interdisciplinary Institutional Content Assessment: How to best track what students are doing overseas and the benefits for our campuses.
• Global Partnerships through Peer Collaboration: How we can better work with institutions in Latin America and the Caribbean.
• Research Collaborations – US-Latin America: Faculty led/student participation in on-site studies.
• Anglo-Hispanic Challenges: Cross-cultural understanding through experiential learning and study abroad.
• Strategic Partnerships: How we can enhance protocols between our schools in the US and those in Latin America and the Caribbean.
• Strengthening AAPLAC Relationships through Inter-Organization Mentoring: How we can enhance protocols amongst our schools in the US.
• Latina Empowerment: There are more women on study abroad programs: How can we take advantage of this bond between women of the North and the South
• Rethinking Mobility: How is the student’s identity compromised/enhanced abroad?
• Community-Based Partnerships: How students can learn as they engage with local communities in working type environments.
• Crossing Borders: The eternal quest for a global space as students interact with the other.
• Global Xenophobia on the Rise of Brexit/Trump? What is our role?
• Cuba: Future US Relations – Impact on Study Abroad.

For additional information and guidelines, including the proposal template, please visit http://www.aaplac.org/conference/call-for-papers.