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Curriculum Integration Sustainability Retreat
Date: March 30, 2009
Time: 11:30 am–4:30 p.m.
Location: Univeristy of Minnesota-Duluth campus
Transportation provided by each campus
Meals: lunch during retreat, boxed dinner for the drive home for UMC, UMM, UMR, UMTC participants
This event is FREE and open to all University of Minnesota colleagues who work with undergraduate students.
Agenda
Welcome Remarks by Vince Magnuson, UMD vice chancellor
Annual report on U's progress toward study abroad goals
Keynote speaker Meredith McQuaid, associate vice president and dean for International Programs
Break-out sessions on best practices in study & learning abroad
Below are the topics that be presented:
- Advising for GLBT students and study abroad
- Faculty round table: Internationalizing the diciplines
- Intercultural learning in study abroad experiences: Theory and self-assessment
- Internationalizing the On-Campus Curriculum: A primer
- Internationalizing service learning
- Prepare for Take Off: Advising Business Students for Education Abroad Programs
- Real World Curriculum Integration: Share your best practices!
- Study abroad & you: Advising innovations for first year students
- The pedagogy of change: Bridging the gap between study abroad and domestic diversity
Introduction to Study Abroad Curriculum Integration Workshop
Date: October 10, 2008
Time: 10 a.m.–2 p.m.
Location: Presidents' Room, Coffman Memorial Union, Twin Cities Campus
This workshop helped faculty, advisers, and student support staff better understand how study abroad fits into the academic programs of their students. Over the last 7 years, the education abroad offices on all four campuses have collaborated with faculty and academic advisers across the University to integrate study abroad into each academic unit.
Participants learned more about:
- The basics of study abroad at the U of M: who does it, where they go, what they learn, why President Bruininks wants at least 50% of all undergraduates to study abroad by the time they graduate;
- Communicating the value of study abroad to students;
- Determining learning outcomes for study abroad;
- Assisting students to fit study abroad into their academic plan;
- Support from the Learning Abroad Center staff: design or update a Study Abroad Major Advising sheet at a special working session from 12:30–2 p.m.
Curriculum Integration Sustainability Retreat
Date: Friday, February 22, 2008
Time: 9 a.m.–1 p.m.
Location: McNamara Alumni Center, Twin Cities Campus (map)
Intended for those faculty, advisers, and staff that work with or are familiar with study abroad advising or programming.
Breakout sessions:
Large Group Activities:
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To find out more, send an email to Mandi Miller, mill3214@umn.edu, or 612.625.8829.
Introduction to Study Abroad Curriculum Integration Workshop
Date: Friday, October 26, 2007
Time: 10 a.m.–2 p.m.
Location: Presidents' Room, Coffman Memorial Union, Twin Cities Campus
This workshop helped faculty, advisers, and student support staff better understand how study abroad fits into the academic programs of their students. Over the last 7 years, the education abroad offices on all four campuses have collaborated with faculty and academic advisers across the University to integrate study abroad into each academic unit.
Participants learned more about:
- The basics of study abroad at the U of M: who does it, where they go, what they learn, why President Bruininks wants at least 50% of all undergraduates to study abroad by the time they graduate;
- Communicating the value of study abroad to students;
- Determining learning outcomes for study abroad;
- Assisting students to fit study abroad into their academic plan;
- Support from the Learning Abroad Center staff: design or update a Study Abroad Major Advising sheet at a special working session from 12:30-2:00 p.m.
Study Abroad Curriculum Integration Sustainability Retreat
Date: Friday, March 30, 2007
Time: 10:30 a.m.–3:30 p.m.
Location: Griggs Center, Kirby Student Center, Duluth Campus (map)
Faculty and advisers who previously attended a Study Abroad Curriculum Integration workshop or retreat were invited to the Spring 2007 Sustainability Workshop at the University of Minnesota Duluth campus.
Agenda
- Pre-retreat Workshop for Newcomers
- Welcome by Vice Chancellor Vince Magnuson - Overview
of Retreat and Summary of Study Abroad Data - Your Vision of Internationalizing Undergraduate Education
- Internationalizing the University: Update and Discussion with Associate Vice President Meredith McQuaid
- Curriculum Integration Success Stories
- Maximizing Short-term Study Abroad Programs
- Coaching Students to Study Abroad with Scholarships
- Q & A, Wrap up, Evaluation
Resources from the Event
Your Vision of Internationalizing the University
University of Minnesota Faculty, Staff, and Advisers provided ideas for internationalizing the University of Minnesota and its colleges, units, and departments. Responses are categorized according to seven general themes. Numbers in parentheses represent the number of times a particular idea was presented.
Internationalizing the University: Update and Discussion with Associate Vice President Meredith McQuaid, Associate Vice President
Meredith McQuaid discusses the University’s efforts to internationalize.
Please contact Mandi Miller at mill3214@umn.edu or 612.625.8829 for more information.
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