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CSU honored for global ed. program
Lucia Papureanu
Issue date: 3/11/08 Section: News
Christy Eylar, the International Sponsored Student Coordinator was the coordinator behind the program, titled "Trainer Series: Understanding and serving Middle Eastern and Arabic Speaking Students."
The program included four workshops focusing on credential evaluations and practices of screening applicants from the Middle East, as well as addressing the pedagogical differences between U.S. and Middle Eastern educational systems, Eylar said.
The targeted audience was made up of faculty, academic advisors, staff and tutors that are especially impacted by the cultural, academic and service needs of these student populations.
The last workshop was orientated specifically toward Middle Eastern students in order to educate them on the U.S. culture and how to become more effective in the CSU campus culture.
"We're trying to educate faculty and students on how to make CSU a more welcoming place. By becoming a more educated and more sensitive environment, our university can provide a more positive experience for international and domestic students alike," Eylar said.
Beyond the program, Hallet also points to an emphasis on promoting faculty traveling grants and international conferences at CSU while developing roughly 20 key institutional partnerships throughout the world.
"We're seeing some interesting trends worldwide which affect the development of world-class universities in Asia, Middle East and India where we are closely partnering," Hallett said.
Hallett notes that the university is determined to internationalize the campus and enhance its efforts in the future.
One goal of the office, Hallett said, was to more frequently involve domestic students as part of the internationalization process and retain these partnerships.
NAFSA granted awards to other eight universities, including the University of Illinois, Goucher College, Nebraska Wesleyan University, Valparaiso University, Miami Dade College and Webster University.
Staff writer Lucia Papureanu can be reached at news@collegian.com.
The program included four workshops focusing on credential evaluations and practices of screening applicants from the Middle East, as well as addressing the pedagogical differences between U.S. and Middle Eastern educational systems, Eylar said.
The targeted audience was made up of faculty, academic advisors, staff and tutors that are especially impacted by the cultural, academic and service needs of these student populations.
The last workshop was orientated specifically toward Middle Eastern students in order to educate them on the U.S. culture and how to become more effective in the CSU campus culture.
"We're trying to educate faculty and students on how to make CSU a more welcoming place. By becoming a more educated and more sensitive environment, our university can provide a more positive experience for international and domestic students alike," Eylar said.
Beyond the program, Hallet also points to an emphasis on promoting faculty traveling grants and international conferences at CSU while developing roughly 20 key institutional partnerships throughout the world.
"We're seeing some interesting trends worldwide which affect the development of world-class universities in Asia, Middle East and India where we are closely partnering," Hallett said.
Hallett notes that the university is determined to internationalize the campus and enhance its efforts in the future.
One goal of the office, Hallett said, was to more frequently involve domestic students as part of the internationalization process and retain these partnerships.
NAFSA granted awards to other eight universities, including the University of Illinois, Goucher College, Nebraska Wesleyan University, Valparaiso University, Miami Dade College and Webster University.
Staff writer Lucia Papureanu can be reached at news@collegian.com.
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Leif Jensen
posted 3/10/08 @ 11:08 PM MST
Kudos CSU, for helping to dilute national pride, traditions, and the meaning of being an American. Down with the patriotic...and throw out the melting pot. (Continued…)
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