~The Award for Innovative Research & Scholarship in Internationalization~ a NAFSA TLS endeavor

The Teaching, Learning, and Scholarship (TLS) Knowledge Community of NAFSA is excited to announce the formal creation of its first award, and a call for nominations for the 2012 recipient:

~The Award for Innovative Research & Scholarship in Internationalization~

This annual award will honor those who have made substantial contributions to theoretical and practical questions that can be applied across the field of international education. We are specifically looking for "path-breaking" research & scholarship, from veterans and early to mid-career researchers alike, that has changed how we as international educators advance our work.

The inaugural award was given in 2010 to Josef Mestenhauser, former president of NAFSA and research pioneer. Professor Mestenhauser has also agreed to be a member of the first selection committee that will be reviewing nominations this summer. A group of experienced international educators and researchers will round out the committee, to be chaired by Dr. Rosalind Raby.

We are hoping to give the next award to an individual in early 2012.  A call for nominations and criteria have been posted at www.nafsa.org/TLSaward. Nominations should be done by a peer or can be self-nominations, and must be accompanied by copies of works/publications to be reviewed. Nomination materials and questions should be addressed to tlsaward@nafsa.org

NOMINATIONS ARE NOW OPEN AND WILL BE ACCEPTED UNTIL JULY 15, 2011. THE RECIPIENT WILL BE SELECTED BY NOVEMBER 30, 2011.

We hope you will consider nominating a colleague or nominating yourself, and participating in this new effort to recognize innovative research within NAFSA and our field.

We should also thank the TLS working group that put together the criteria and process for the award, and who will continue to serve on the selection committee along with Dr. Mestenhauser.

Louis Berends, Research & Scholarship Network Leader, TLS & University Relations Manager, SIT Study Abroad
Bryan McAllister-Grande, past Research & Scholarship Network Leader and Associate Director, Office of Global Affairs, Brandeis University
Rosalind Raby, Director, California Colleges for International Education
Melinda Wood, researcher for the Office of the Chancellor and Lecturer, University of Hawaii

Secretary Clinton's remarks at the Inaugural Meeting of the Advisory Committee for the 100,000 Strong Initiative

You can read a transcript of Secretary Clinton's remarks here and read a Fact Sheet about Advisory Committee on the 100,000 Strong Initiative here.

If I was trying to get into the field of international education I would be all over this!

Recently Missy Gluckman over at Melibee Global put out a call for 2 interns on Twitter to work on various projects that can be done remotely with expected time commitment of 2-3 hours per week.  If I was looking to enter the field or was a newcomer in the field I would jump on this opportunity in a second.  Why?  1. I would learn much from Missy; 2. I would learn much from the work I would do for Melibee Global; 3. I would make connections in the field which will lead to opportunities which will lead to more connections which will lead to more opportunities and so on; 4. the time commitment is flexible and very reasonable; 5. I would get a valuable recommendation from someone in the field of international education and, 6. while unpaid the compensation I would receive (in addition to what I mention above) will be realized at a later date!  If you are interested you can contact Missy at info@melibeeglobal.com and check out the Melibee Global blog at http://melibeeglobal.com/ as well as on Twitter at @MelibeeGlobalel.


See my related post here on IHEC Blog about an exciting and affordable seminar project "A Day of International Inspiration" that Melibee Global is working on.

David Comp and IHEC Blog will not be attending the 2011 NAFSA Annual Conference in Vancouver

Unfortunately, I won't be attending the upcoming NAFSA annual conference but will be with everyone in spirit!  I will be following the conference backchannel discussion via Twitter and the #nafsa11 hashtag which has already been pretty active (much more than last year) and that you can view below.  I'm looking forward to crossing paths with friends and colleagues again at a future international education conference in the not too distant future I hope.

Melibee Global Education: A Day of International Inspiration

Melibee Global will be hosting A Day of International Inspiration seminar on Wednesday, June 8, 2011 from 9:30am to 4:00pm at Purchase College, SUNY (New York).  This lost cost event is designed for faculty, teachers, students, administrators, the interfaith community, and anyone who cares about the world we live in. We will hear from inspiring speakers: Aman Ali (Co-founder of the 30 Mosques Project), Carrie Wagner (Author of “Village Wisdom”) and Ibrahim Abdul-Matin (Author of “Green Deen”)  and then screen the award winning documentary, “BUDRUS” (with Q&A).


Early Bird registration ends this Friday, May 6, 2011.  Note: If you are a recently laid off educator, you are eligible for a discounted rate. Please email Missy Gluckmann, Founder of Melibee Global at info@melibeeglobal.com for more information.


Learn more and register at http://melibeeglobal.com/seminar/

International Studies Abroad (ISA) Launches Study Abroad Mobile Application for iPhone

International Studies Abroad (ISA) has launched an iPhone application and wanted to help spread the news via IHEC Blog and related outlets as I think it's a great idea!!  Kudos to ISA for taking this leap and I imagine that others will follow.  You can link to the press release here and watch a short video about it below:

Finally, An App For Study Abroad from ISA Abroad on Vimeo.

Will Osama bin Laden's death change things for American students abroad?

Last night @IndelibleINTL sent the following tweet that caught my attention: "Will Osama bin Laden's death change things for American students abroad?"  Great question!  What do you think?