"Intercultural Matters: The Internationalization of Higher Education" a lecture by Jolene Koester

I wanted to alert IHEC Blog readers that video of the 2011 “Josef Mestenhauser Lecture on Internationalizing Higher Education" featuring Jolene Koester, President of California State University, Northridge, has been posted online by the University of Minnesota, Office of International Programs at http://www.international.umn.edu/icc/mestenhauser_lecture.php.  I was unable to find a way to embed the video into this post so you will need to follow the link above.  I really enjoyed watching/listening this lecture and look forward to the 2012 lecture.  I hope someday I can attend!


On a side note: During the introduction of the lecture, Gayle Woodruff indicates that a 300 page Mestenhauser publication based on the inaugural lecture on internationalizing higher education is forthcoming and will become available online!

"Intercultural Matters: Internationalizing Higher Education" a free lecture by Jolene Koester, President of California State University-Northridge, for the 2010 Josef A. Mestenhauser Lecture on Internationalizing Higher Education at the University of Minnesota

Jolene Koester, President of California State University-Northridge, will deliver the 2010 Josef A. Mestenhauser Lecture on Internationalizing Higher Education at the University of Minnesota on:

Friday November 12, 2010

2:00 p.m. lecture: “Intercultural Matters: Internationalizing Higher Education”

4:00 p.m. reception

3M Auditorium, Carlson School of Management, UM-Twin Cities campus

This free lecture is organized by the University of Minnesota’s Office of International Programs, and co-sponsored by the College of Education and Human Development, the Carlson School of Management, and the College of Liberal Arts.

To register, and for more details:

http://www.international.umn.edu/icc/mestenhauser_lecture.php

You can learn more about Josef A. Mestenhauser here.

Summit for Learning Abroad at the University of Minnesota

The Learning Abroad Center at the University of Minnesota announced that they are organizing a Learning Abroad Summit scheduled for August 2-3, 2010 at the University International Center at the University of Minnesota.  Topics include academic partnerships, programming and student affairs, study abroad office management and more.  The cost is $400 and it includes some meals.  You can learn more specifics and access registration forms at http://www.umabroad.umn.edu/educators/summerworkshop.html

Many thanks to my colleague Bradley Titus from the Learning Abroad Center at the University of Minnesota for posting about this to SECUSS-L and for his permission to use much of his text from his message in this post.

Photo credit:  Troy Mason

Study Abroad and Curriculum Integration – University of Minnesota Style

Check your calendars and hold this Thursday, April 1^st at 12:00pm (EST) if you can because The Chronicle of Higher Education is hosting a live chat for their "Innovators in Internationalization" series with University of Minnesota colleagues Gayle Woodruff, Director of Curriculum and Campus Internationalization, and Martha Johnson, Director of the Learning Abroad Center.  I know Gayle and Martha and am excited to hear what they have to say!  The following description of this Innovators in Internationalization chat was posted to SECUSS-L by Karin Fischer from The Chronicle of Higher Education and I am posting it below with her permission:

Most colleges wrestle with low study-abroad numbers. How do you convince students, and professors, that taking time away from the campus is both feasible and beneficial to a student’s academic career? The University of Minnesota has developed a method for success by working closely with departments to map out a realistic timetable, and appropriate international partners, for dozens of majors.

Learn how Minnesota did it, and get tips for your own college, by joining a Chronicle of Higher Education live chat with Gayle Woodruff, director of curriculum and campus internationalization at the university, and Martha J. Johnson, director of the learning-abroad center there. It will be held on Thursday, April 1, at noon Eastern at
http://chronicle.com/article/Live-Chat-Innovators-in/64820/.

You can read a related article from the March 28^th The Chronicle entitled “U. of Minnesota Integrates Study Abroad Into the Curriculum” here.

Photo credit:  blmurch