Education Abroad Network

Education Abroad Network (UMTC EAN)

The University of Minnesota Twin Cities Education Abroad Network includes and serves professional advisers, faculty members, administrators, and others involved with education abroad. Meetings will be organized and convened twice a year by the Learning Abroad Center, but the agenda will be open to issues and topics identified by the entire group and relevant to a majority of participants. Preference will be given to sharing of practices, benchmarking, and updates to foster communication and expanded, multidisciplinary collaboration in regard to study abroad.

EAN Advisory Board Members

• Jeanette Bowman, College of Liberal Arts, (howey002@umn.edu) 

• Gina Brewington, College of Food, Agricultural, and Natural Resource Sciences (gbrewing@umn.edu)

• Scott Daby, Learning Abroad Center (daby0005@umn.edu)

• Kim Hindbjorgen, Learning Abroad Center (khindbjo@umn.edu)  

• Molly Micheels, Learning Abroad Center (mmicheel@umn.edu) and CBS Study Abroad Advisor

• Cindy Pavlowski, College of Education and Human Development (pavlo002@umn.edu)

• Chris Schlichting, College of Design (schli019@umn.edu)

• Cathy Schuster, Office of Student Finance (heuer001@umn.edu)

• Ellen Sunshine, College of Education and Human Development (sunsh001@umn.edu) 

• Adriana Taborda, College of Liberal Arts (tabo0017@umn.edu) 

• Christopher Xaphakdy, College of Liberal Arts (xapha001@umn.edu)

Fall 2020 Education Abroad Network (EAN) Virtual Meeting

Wednesday, September 16, 2020

1:00 -2:00 p.m. — Presentation (Zoom webinar format)  

2:00 - 2:30 p.m. — Interactive Q&A/Discussion (Zoom meeting format)

Our fall meeting’s purpose is to provide UMTC learning abroad program developments and updates.

Topics include: 

• Education Abroad in the time of COVID-19

• Diversity Conversations with Onsite Staff

• Health & Safety Abroad

• Advising

• Virtual International Internships Program overview

Meeting resources/handouts

• Web recording available here
• EAN Fall 2020 Presentation Slides (pdf)
• COVID-19 Updates and Policies
• COVID-19 Response (pdf)
• Study Abroad During a Global Pandemic:  Define Your Experience for Employers
• Virtual Internships

Past EAN Meeting Topics and Resources 

Meetings are held twice a year, once in the fall and once in the spring.  For more information about past meetings and resources is available here.  

For more information, contact Kim Hindbjorgen, khindbjo@umn.edu.