Join presenters Neal McCrillis of Columbus State University, and Dan Paracka of Kennesaw State University, as they share their successful strategies for engaging faculty, students, and community to strengthen their campus internationalization efforts. Drawing from their experience as winners of NAFSA’s Senator Paul Simon Award for Campus Internationalization, McCrillis and Paracka provide real-world examples on how you can build upon existing programs and initiatives to broaden the global perspective of your campus.

A compilation of NAFSA Trends & Insights articles written by authors with a wide range of perspectives on international education and global learning.

Communicating across linguistic and cultural boundaries is a large part of the day-to-day work for international educators. In the second installment of the NAFSA e-Learning Express Series, Developing Proficiency in Intercultural Communication, this 45-minute course allows participants to explore the norms of communication in various intercultural contexts. Considering the role their language plays in their work with others, participants will be able to enhance the level of support they are able to provide to those they serve.

OBJECTIVES

After completing this NAFSA e-Learning Express Course, participants will be able to:

• Reflect on the varying communication styles of yourself and others;
• Identify nonverbal elements of communication that can alter intended meaning, and,
• Review strategies for adapting and differing communication styles.

Based on the seminal publication Comprehensive Internationalization: From Concept to Action, this new digital download examines the lessons learned and future prospects for comprehensive and strategic internationalization.

This publication presents a thorough introduction to the emerging imperative of a broader scope and scale of internationalization. Beyond "campus internationalization," comprehensive internationalization can be the organizing paradigm for institutions as a whole, academic departments, or professional programs.

Comprehensive internationalization (CIZN) requires active support and participation from many offices and corners of campus (i.e., international programming offices, faculty and academic units, student service units). Leaders and key individuals from each of these areas can become effective change agent partners to advance internationalization. In this webinar Dr. John Hudzik, Michigan State University, and Dr. JoAnn McCarthy, INTO University Partnerships-North America, shift the conversation from the conceptual to the practicalities of integrating CIZN into an institutional initiative.

Learn how two institutions, both recipients of NAFSA's Senator Paul Simon Award for Campus Internationalization, facilitated cross-campus collaboration as part of their efforts to achieve comprehensive internationalization. Elizabeth Brewer and Gil Latz discuss how their schools operationalized and supported the strategic collaboration that enabled them to internationalize their respective institutions and how they maintain the momentum for collaboration.

Every year, thousands of university representatives attend the NAFSA Annual Conference & Expo, the largest international education event of its kind. Much of their time consists of building new partnerships and maintaining long-standing relationships with colleagues from around the world. After the conference ends, navigating and managing successful international partner relations, though, is as much about cross-cultural fluency as it is about logistics and academic coursework.

In this NAFSA e-Learning Seminar, presenters will elaborate on how to effectively use intercultural communication skills for successful partnerships and how to train staff to bring the same perspectives to their communication with partners. Presenters will also discuss best practices for cross-cultural communication.