Secretary Blinken Celebrates International Education Week 2022

 

This was my first tweet and I continue to look ~22.6K tweets later!

"Comprehensive Annual Report on Public Diplomacy & International Broadcasting-Focus on FY 2018 Budget Data" by the U.S. Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy (2019)

Report available via Global Ties U.S. at http://bit.ly/329itjf

http://bit.ly/329itjf

Tillerson out at State and Pompeo in...

...with Rex Tillerson out at State what does this mean for the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs and U.S public diplomacy efforts? 

My PIE Chat with The PIE News

Many thanks to Patrick Atack of the PIE News for inviting me to be Interviewed for the most recent PIE Chat . Our conversation was on October 10, 2017 in Hobart, Tasmania just after my invited talk and panel discussion at the IEAA Research Roundtable on "The Rise of Social Media in Public Influence for Int'l Ed."

PIE Chat this week features @DavidComp, assistant provost for global education at @ColumAdmit

He talks to us about the USA’s new competitors, #socialmedia use in #intled and the importance of reaching out to surrounding communitieshttps://t.co/vHpCdsPOc3 pic.twitter.com/AoeeS025wu

— The PIE News (@ThePIENews) January 17, 2018

A Very Nice Tweet from @IDPDRIE

The rise of #socialmedia in public influence for #intled, @DavidComp's #AIEC2017 @IEAAustralia RRT discussion paper https://t.co/EcquwuRVCb

— IDP Database (@IDPDRIE) November 2, 2017

Two Tweets Today by Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA) on Importance of International Students to the U.S. and his District #YouAreWelcomeHere

In my district alone, nearly 5000 #Intlstudents contribute $137.3 million, supporting 1,725 jobs each year. #YouAreWelcomeHere pic.twitter.com/TxPx5DofXk

— Gerry Connolly (@GerryConnolly) May 23, 2017

#Intlstudents make a vital contribution to our country's security & economic wellbeing. We must remain open and welcoming #YouAreWelcomeHere

— Gerry Connolly (@GerryConnolly) May 23, 2017

Save our State Department’s Education and Cultural Exchange Programs via Change.org

If you support the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the U.S. Department of State then you may wish to sign the following Change.org petition here!

Follow the Twitter Backchannel from the 2017 NAFSA Advocacy Day #nafsaAD

Many thanks to all of our colleagues who have made their way to Washington, DC to advocate on behalf of international education.  Hoping you have very productive meetings!

#nafsaAD Tweets

Public Diplomacy and U.S. National Security for the New Administration in 2017 - A New CSIS Report and Related Conversation with Benjamin Rhodes and James Glassman

On Tuesday, January 17, 2017 the Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS) released a new report entitled Public Diplomacy and National Security in 2017: Building Alliances, Fighting Extremism, and Dispelling Disinformation by Katherine Brown, Shannon Green and Jian "Jay" Wang.

CSIS also hosted a discussion later in the day entitled Public Diplomacy and National Security: Lessons Learned for the Next Administration (video and audio available) that featured Benjamin Rhodes Assistant to the President and Deputy National Security Advisor for Strategic Communications and Speechwriting [Obama Administration], and James K. Glassman, former Undersecretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs [George W. Bush Administration].

Video from the Rhodes and Glassman CSIS conversation is embedded below:

What literature is currently on your "international education nightstand"?

Over the next few days for me it is:

"2016 Comprehensive Annual Report on Public Diplomacy & International Broadcasting-Focus on FY 2015 Budget Data by U.S. Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy"

CTRL-F for "exchange" shows 294 entries within this 410 page beast which you can access at http://www.state.gov/documents/organization/262381.pdf

More U.S. Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy Reports available at http://www.state.gov/pdcommission/reports/index.htm

Work now begins on writing a book chapter on short-term international educational exchanges between the U.S. and China!

A sampling of books found in my Bury Book International Education Library & Archive!

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Delivers a Video Message for the 75th Anniversary of Exchange Programs

Alliance Action Alert: Urge your Representative to sign letter to House appropriators in support of FY15 exchange funding!

The following is a copy and paste of an e-mail I received from the Alliance for International Educational & Cultural Exchange (posted with permission):


It’s appropriations season again and in this intense budget climate, it is more important than ever that we raise our voice in support of State Department exchange funding.

The Alliance is currently working with Rep. Hank Johnson (D-GA)’s office to send a Congressional sign-on letter to House SFOPS appropriations subcommittee Chairwoman Granger and Ranking Member Lowey, asking for robust exchange program funding in FY 2015.

In a similar effort in 2012, we were able to obtain 52 Congressional signatures – our goal this year is to exceed that number!

And we need your help in gathering as many signatures for this letter as possible! 

Please act today and send a letter to your Representative, urging him or her to sign Rep. Johnson’s letter in support of the highest possible funding level for State Department exchanges in FY 2015. 

A pre-written letter is available here: http://capwiz.com/alliance-exchange/issues/alert/?alertid=63106071

You can send this letter as is, or better yet, strengthen its impact by personalizing it and demonstrating the local impact of exchanges in your home community. Please also call on your contacts – family, friends etc. – and ask them to write their Representatives as well.


You can learn more about the great work the Alliance for International Educational & Cultural Exchange is doing by visiting their website!

Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs enhances website and digital outreach

Senator Lugar talks about the Kennedy-Lugar Youth Exchange and Study Program (YES)

(Transcription)

"In 2002, former Senator Ted Kennedy, of Massachusetts, and I felt it was very important, in the aftermath of the 9/11 tragedy in the United States, to get to know students in Muslim countries and for them to know us, so we worked with the State Department and others to institute this program. This is the tenth anniversary of that; the graduating class has grown from roughly 400 to well over 900 this year. We have had some very exciting students and experiences which we all celebrate. High school students are quick learners, they are well able to adapt to new conditions, and they are our future leaders. We are most hopeful that this experience will be a part of this leadership background. I have no doubt having this visit with six students who attended Indiana high schools that these students are destined to take on many more leadership opportunities, and eventually in their homelands will offer significant service to people. This will be a celebration of the YES program."

6,845 Student Participants over the 10 Years of the Kennedy-Lugar Youth Exchange and Study (YES) Program

Happy 10th Anniversary!

Video Webchat of People-to-People Ties: The Heart of the U.S.-India Partnership

As a follow-up to the U.S.-India Higher Education Summit on June 12, 2012 [see videos below], Under Secretary of State for Public Affairs and Public Diplomacy Tara Sonenshine and Indian Ambassador to the United States Nirumpama Rao met on July 19, 2012 to discuss the importance of and value placed on people-to-people exchanges between these two nations.  This webcast discussion was moderated by Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asia, Ambassador Robert Blake.  I have embedded the recorded webast below:



You can read the full transcript of this webcast discussion here.

If you are interested in watching the webcast of the 2012 U.S.-India Higher Education Summit you can do so via the following videos:

Part 1


Part 2


Part 3


Part 4

Coping with Anti-Americanism: A Guide to Getting the Most Out of Studying Abroad

A short time ago I received a copy of the new book Coping with Anti-Americanism: A Guide to Getting the Most Out of Studying Abroad (2011, Potomac Books) from the author Carol Madison Graham.  When I saw that this book had been published earlier this year I reached out to the author (I had already been following her blog Engage Abroad! and had interacted briefly a few times on Twitter) and asked if I could review her book on IHEC Blog.  I ended up with my own copy to include on the shelves of Bury Book International Education Library & Archive!


I really enjoyed reading Coping with Anti-Americanism and feel it is a must read for prospective U.S. study abroad students and their parents as well as for the greater international education community and other campus/organizational stakeholders.  Graham provides the reader with a clear picture of the realities American students face while abroad and she puts into perspective their place in the world outside of U.S. borders. Graham's work challenges U.S. students to take a step back and do some critical thinking on how the U.S. is viewed abroad and how they will be viewed and how they will represent the U.S. while studying abroad.  In addition to providing prospective U.S. study abroad students with valuable insight and guidance on how to cope with the anti-Americanism abroad they are bound to encounter this book is a valuable guide for study abroad program staff to inform discussions with students and their parents as well as for preparing pre-departure orientations and related meetings.


Chapters in Coping with Anti-Americanism are as follows:


1. American and Americans Through Foreign Eyes
2. The Land Without a History
3. Perceptions of Religion and the American South
4. Multiculturalism, Political Correctness, and Perceptions of a Divided America
5. "American Idiots"
6. The President of the Earth
7. Sheriff to Gunfighter: The United States and the World
8.  Superpower Diplomacy
9. Ambassador for Life


Coping with Anti-Americanism: A Guide to Getting the Most Out of Studying Abroad is published by Potomac Books and is available for purchase here.


A note about the author Carol Madison Graham: in 1981 Graham joined the U.S. Diplomatic Service and worked in France, Lebanon, Tunisia and in the United Arab Emirates.  In 2002 she was appointed to the UK Fulbright Commission as Executive Director and was the first American to ever hold this position.  She is now a board member of the Marshall Scholarships and a trustee of the Carnegie U.K. Trust.  She is available for speaking engagements and you can contact her here if you wish to further explore such an opportunity.


Graham also maintains the Engage Abroad! (which I have on my blogroll) and she is on Twitter at @engageabroad.

Cuba at NAFSA 2011

The following information on Cuba related happenings at the upcoming NAFSA Annual Conference in Vancouver is reposted here on IHEC Blog with permission of John McAuliff, Executive Director at the Fund for Reconciliation and Development, who sent this message to his distribution list on matters related to Cuba: 

For the first time, two key people from the University of Havana will participate:

* Dr. Lourdes Alicia Diaz Fernandez, Director of International Relations

* Dr. Mayra Heydrich, Coordinator of Programs with U.S. Universities

Expo Booth 2207

US/Cuba People to People Partnership with information from C & T Tours, Cuba Educational Tours, Fund for Reconciliation and Development, Global Exchange, Holbrook Travel.  A contact point with the Cuban participants.

Tuesday, May 31

12:30 pm - 1:45 pm

Pan Pacific Hotel Crystal Pavilion BC

Academic and Scholarly Relations with Cuba

Dr. John Coatsworth, Dean of the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University, provides a big-picture view of where Cuba stands in the international education community and of the international political context of educational exchange with Cuba.  $65 fee includes lunch.  Register here.

----------------------

2 pm - 4 pm

Pan Pacific Hotel Crystal Pavilion A

A panel discussion will follow the luncheon. A Cuban representative will discuss Cuba’s exchange profile and the purposes that Cuba seeks to achieve through these exchanges, and representatives from Canada, the United States, and Mexico will discuss their countries’ exchange relations with Cuba and what national purposes are served through these relationships. The seminar is open to all conference attendees.

Chair: Everett Egginton, PhD, Professor, College of Education, New Mexico State University

Panelist: Mayra Heydrich, PhD, Coordinator of Programs with U.S. Universities, University of Havana; Catherine Schittecatte, Chair, Political Science Department and Global Studies Program, Vancouver Island University; The Honorable Lázaro Cárdenas, Senior Fellow, Washington Office on Latin America Former Governor of Michoacán, Mexico; Eric Popkin, PhD, Associate Professor of Sociology and Dean of Summer Programs, Colorado College

All registered attendees are welcome to participate in this seminar.

**********************

Wednesday June 1

Open Meetting, Knowledge Community, Education Abroad

12:30 pm - 1:30 pm

Vancouver Convention Centre West, Education Abroad Networking Center, Room 214

Given that academic travel to Cuba from the United States has reopened, expand your network to include Cuban colleagues interested in exchanges.

Lourdes Alicia Diaz Fernandez - University of Havana

Mayra Heydrich - University of Havana

----------------------

LACSIG Annual Meeting

1:45 pm ­ 3:00 pm

Mackenzie 1 Room, Fairmount Waterfront Hotel

15 min. presentation by and discussion with Cuban participants; update on regulations

***************************

Thursday, June 2

5 - 6 pm

Vancouver Convention Centre West, Education Abroad Networking Center, Room 214

Roundtable discussion on undertaking short term student and other educational programs in Cuba for third party providers and secondary schools using people to people licenses and higher education institutions with general licenses.  Resource persons from Cuba and current providers of licensed travel.  Update on regulations.