Internationalizing the Curriculum and Campus Conference

The conference is free and open to all University of Minnesota staff and faculty interested in internationalizing the curriculum and campuses. Organized by the GPS Alliance and co-sponsored by the Center for Teaching & Learning (UMTC), Instructional Development Service (UMD), International Education Office (UMD), Office of Information Technology, and the University Libraries.

2012 Conference

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Tentative Schedule

Friday, March 23, 2012
Carlson School of Management Building (CSOM)

9:00 am Registration and poster fair (Atrium)
9:30 am Session 1
10:30 am Session 2
11:30 am Welcome (3M Auditorium)
12:00 pm Lunch and poster fair (Atrium) See poster fair listing below
12:30 pm Video Screening: Bridging Cultures: Islam and the West (3M Auditorium and Honeywell Auditorium)
1:00 pm Session 3
2:00 pm Session 4

Sessions

Beijing Now: A Collaboration
Presenter: Thomas Rose

Parsing the Floating World: The Camera as a Learning Tool in Japan
Presenter: Blaine Brownell

Operationalizing Comprehensive Internationalization: One college's approach
Ken Bartlett

Connections: Science and engineering students and faculty on non-credit international experiences
Adam Pagel, Paul Imbertson, Julian Marshall

Teaching Global Leadership in a Domestic Context: Lessons learned from a May Session Immersion Course
Katie Peacock, Merrie Benasuttie

Global Future Physician
Tricia Todd, Cathy Huber, Shailendra Prasad

Educating Globally Competent Citizens: The Seven Revolutions Project
Denny Falk, William Payne

The Carlson International Experience Requirement
Kirsten Alexejun, Zach Mohs, Jan O’Brien

Supporting Higher Education initiatives in post conflict societies- What role can the U play?
Gabriele Schmiegel

Internationalizing Campus and Community: Hosting an International Student Teaching Program
Insoon Han, Jiyoon Yoon

Bridging Cultures: Islam and the West
Jeanne Kilde, Catherine Asher, Nahid Khan

More than a field trip: Experiential education for student leaders addressing global challenges
Julia Marshall, Chavanne Peercy, William Toscano, John Carmody

Digital Storytelling as Global Learner Development Tool
Cathy Solheim, Linda Buturian

Internationalizing Student Affairs: Adding a Global Perspective for Students and Staff
Gerald Rinehart, Peggy Mann Rinehart, Marjorie Savage, Robin Stubblefield, Glenn Hirsch

Theory Connections, Reflections, and Applications: Shaping the Future of Internationalization
Anne D’Angelo, Josef Mestenhauser, Barbara Kappler, Paula Pedersen

Using Born Digital Publishing for Building a Collective Knowledge Community: A study of North-South…
Bernadette Longo, Laura Pigozzi, Mauricio, Patrick Haggerty, Anushke Guneratne

Colleges' Responses to University Internationalization Metrics Model
Ji-Yeung Jang, Rhiannon Williams, Joseph Shultz

Poster Fair

A Hybrid Approach to Studying Food and Agriculture in South America
Presenters: Paul Porter, Mary Brakker, Bryan Runck (Twin Cities)

Agents of Internationalization: International Scholars and Faculty
Presenter: Kathrin Hahn (Twin Cities)

Beyond Food, Photos, and Tourist Traps: Helping Students Leverage International Experiences in Pursuit of Academic and Career Goals
Presenters: Jennifer Decker, Phoebe Smith (Twin Cities)

Carlson Global Connect Series
Presenters: Anny Lin, Xiaoji Zhang (Twin Cities)

Common Issues Related to Learning Abroad for Low-Income Students
Presenters: Kirsten Collins, Nathan Wittaker, Anthony Shields (Twin Cities)

Contemporary Germany and Global Environmental Topics
Presenters: Charlotte Melin, Beth Kautz (Twin Cities)

Creating Global Citizens: What the Data Has to Say
Presenters: Ron Huesman, LeeAnn Melin (Twin Cities)

Designing and Preparing for international Graduate-Level Professional Internships
Presenters: Christopher Johnstone, Devin Hogan (Twin Cities)

Diversifying the Global History of Literacy: WRIT 1506, Literacy, Technology and Society on the UMD Campus
Presenter: David Beard (Duluth)

Engineering the Landscape: The Cultural Ecology of Water in the Netherlands
Presenter: Cynthia Lapp (Twin Cities)

Global Ambassador Internship Program: Engaging Returned Study Abroad Students Through On-Campus Activities
Presenters: Emelee Volden, Allison Suhan, Sarah Reuben, Sarah Tschida (Twin Cities)

Greater Diversity, Greater Awareness, Greater Results
Presenters: Kenneth Johnson, Dae Yeul Lee, Chen Jin, Yun Zhon (Crookston)

Humphrey Global Connections
Presenter: Sherry Gray (Twin Cities)

Intercultural Communication Staff Development: Carlson Global Institute's Journey to an Integrated Approach
Presenters: Theresa Heath, Matthew Goode (Twin Cities)

International Student Liaison Group
Presenters: Amy Burger Sanchez, Theresa Ganglghassemlouei, Michael Anderson, Elizabeth Isensee (Twin Cities)

Internationalizing and Course Design
Presenters: Jeff Lindgren, Kate Martin (Twin Cities)

Internationalizing the Curriculum: May Session Intercultural Learning Opportunities
Presenters: June Nobbe, Merrie Benasutti, Diana Yefanonva (Twin Cities)

New International Student Seminar (NISS)
Presenter: Stacey Buachart, Barbara Pilling, Mingzhi Li (Twin Cities)

Perceived Outcomes of GLBT Activism and History: Amsterdam and Berlin
Presenter: Annika Bowers (Twin Cities)

STELLAR: Summer Transition for English Language and Liberal Arts Readiness
Presenters: Pilar Eble, Nancy Pedersen, Swati Narayan (Morris)

Students Crossing Borders Living Learning Community
Presenters: Kevin Dostal Dauer, Kelsey Lund, Coco Du, Elizabeth Isensee (Twin Cities)

Teacher Training in Mozambique: From the Group Up
Presenter: Jill Trites (Twin Cities)

The Development of Intercultural Competence in Students Crossing Borders
Presenter: Heather Keelon (Twin Cities)

The Law and Your Safety
Presenter: Mark Karon, Luis Bartolomei (Twin Cities)

The Learning in Short-Term Volunteering: Meeting Education Abroad Mission and Goals
Presenter: Sara Cokl (Twin Cities)

The Minnesota Writing Project's Collaboration with Teacher Educators in Norway
Presenters: Debra Hartley, Muriel Thompson, Kirsten Jamsen (Twin Cities)

UMTC Education Abroad Network
Presenters: Kim Hindbjorgen, Rebbecca Dosch Brown, Ellen Sunshine, Cindy Pavlowski, Megan Stein, Brook Blahnik (Twin Cities)

Walk This Way: Teaching Religious Tolerance on the Camino De Santiago
Presenter: Olaf Kuhkle (Duluth)

Sessions from Previous Conferences

Most session presentations from previous conferences are available for viewing here. To see a complete list of sessions and posters by year, go to the Past Conferences tab.

Developing Reciprocal Partnerships with Institutions Abroad (audio recording)
Presenters: Evelyn Davidheiser, Institute of Global Studies, Twin Cities; Richa Nagar, College of Liberal Arts, Twin Cities; Pareena Lawrence, Division of Social Sciences, Morris; Eric Sheppard, College of Liberal Arts, Twin Cities

Beyond Immediate Impact: Study Abroad for Global Engagement (video presentation)
Presenters: Jae-Eun Jon, College of Education and Human Development, Twin Cities; Gerald W. Fry, College of Education and Human Development, Twin Cities; Elizabeth Stallman, College of Education and Human Development, Twin Cities

Using Skype in the Classroom to Internationalize the Curriculum (video presentation)
Presenter: Brenda S. Butterfield, College of Education and Human Service Professions, Duluth

CARLA’s Goal: Foreign Language Across the Curriculum (video presentation)
Presenter: Elaine Tarone, Center for Advanced Research on Language Acquistion, Twin Cities)

Educating Globally Competent Citizens (video presentation)
Presenter: Dennis Falk, Social Work, Duluth

Culture Corps’ Impact on Internationalization of the Campus (video presentation)
Presenter: Thorunn Bjarnadottir, International Student and Scholar Services, Twin Cities

A Virtual Curricular Innovation Across Three Continents (video presentation)
Presenters: Matthew Goode, Carlson School of Management, Twin Cities; Theresa Heath, Carlson School of Management, Twin Cities

Internationalization – Theory to Practice? Practice to Theory? (video presentation)
Presenters: Dr. Josef Mestenhauser, College of Education and Human Development, Twin Cities; Anne D’Angelo, Carlson School of Management, Twin Cities

Role of TAs, Overseas Academic Staff in Internationalizing the Curriculum (video presentation)
Presenters: Katherine N. Yngve, Tara Harvey, and Naomi Ziegler, College of Education and Human Development, Twin Cities

Making Critical Connections through International Community Service (video presentation)
Presenter: Sarah Tschida, Learning Abroad Center, Twin Cities; Laura Dammer Hess, Community Service-Learning Center, Twin Cities; David Holliday, Community Service-Learning Center, Twin Cities; Brook Blahnik, Learning Abroad Center, Twin Cities

Posters from Previous Conferences

Most poster presentations from previous conferences are available for viewing here. To see a complete list of sessions and posters by year, go to the Past Conferences tab.

Toward Internationalizing General Music Teacher Education in a U.S. Context
Akosua Addo (UMTC)

Study World Religions Abroad
Daniel Amodeo, Koria Master, Joseph Mitchell, and Caitlin Priem (UMTC)

Interactions Between Domestic and International Students: A case study on the perspective of CIDE students
Peck-Gee Chua (UMTC)

The Whole Village Project-Tanzania: Evaluation and promoting effective development strategies
Kari Hartwig (UMTC)

What is My Professor Doing in Mexico?: Using New Media to Bring the World Home
Mark Pedelty (UMTC)

Global Student Teaching: It Takes a University to Raise an International Program
Pamela Solvie (UMM)

Preservice Elementary Education Teachers: An International Approach to Music Methods Coursework
Sharrie VanAlstine (UMTC)

Discover World Religions Locally
Ann Waltner and Peter Harle (UMTC)

International Student Recruitment on a Shoestring
Presenters: Matthew Beatty, Leah Brink, and Kyoko Yamada; International Student and Scholar Services (UMTC)

Multicultural Study Abroad Group (MSAG)
Presenters: Mark Bellcourt, College of Food, Agricultural, and Natural Resource Sciences (UMTC); Shuji Asai, College of Education and Human Development (UMTC)

The Role of Cost in Study Abroad
Presenter: Blythe Cherney, Learning Abroad Center (UMTC)

Internationalizing the Curriculum: Teaching Consultations
Presenters: Paul Ching and Jeff Lindgren, Center for Teaching and Learning (UMTC)

Global Sustainability Experience in Design and Manufacturing in Ghana
Presenters: Emmanuel Enemuoh and Seraphin Abou, Swenson College of Science and Engineering (UMD)

Developing a Collegiate Infrastructure for Global Education for Graduate and Professional Students
Presenter: Judith Garrard, School of Public Health (UMTC)

Experiential Education Abroad: Doctor of Pharmacy Program in Germany
Presenters: Peter Haeg, College of Pharmacy (UMTC and UMD); Abigail Frank, College of Pharmacy (UMTC)

Analysis of Research Studies on International Students
Presenters: Ji-Yeung Jang and Kay Thomas, International Student and Scholar Services (UMTC)

A Metrics Framework: Internationalizing the University of Minnesota
Presenters: Ji-Yeung Jang, International Student and Scholar Services (UMTC); Gayle Woodruff, Global Programs and Strategy Alliance (UMTC); Joseph Shultz, Academic Affairs (UMTC); Anne D’Angelo, Carlson School of Management (UMTC); Betsy Stallman, Minnesota English Language Program (UMTC); Rhiannon Williams, College of Education and Human Development (UMTC)

Establishing a Culture of Internationalization in the College of Education and Human Development
Presenters: Christopher Johnstone and Kenneth Bartlett, College of Education and Human Development (UMTC)

Leveraging Divergent Student Communications
Presenters: Brian Liesinger and Jeremy Pieper, Learning Abroad Center (UMTC)

Beyond the “Two Cultures” Model: German Literature Meets Ecology
Presenter: Charlotte Melin, College of Liberal Arts (UMTC)

Missing Males—Investigating the Gender Gap in Study Abroad
Presenter: Zach Mohs, Learning Abroad Center (UMTC)

University of Minnesota CIBER: Open for Business
Presenters: Abby Pinto and Jennie Meinz, Carlson School of Management (UMTC)

Using Travel Grants to Enhance Internationalization of the Curriculum
Presenter: Molly Portz, Global Programs and Strategy Alliance (UMTC)

Short-Term Study Abroad Programs: The Faculty Experience
Presenter: Sarah Reuben, Learning Abroad Center (UMTC)

How Internationalizing Students Through Cross-Cultural Experiences May Affect Creativity
Presenters: Matthew Russell and Jon DeVries, International Student and Scholar Services (UMTC)

From Domestic vs. International to Domestic and International: An Open Dialogue Led by Students
Presenters: Liz Schenkat, College of Design (UMTC); Missy Reilly, College of Biological Sciences (UMTC); Duanyi Yang, College of Liberal Arts (UMTC); Chen Li, Carlson School of Management (UMTC)

Wilderness Week—Communing Cross-Culturally in the Boundary Waters
Presenters: Mark Schneider and Allison Beebe, International Student and Scholar Services (UMTC)

Internationalizing Teaching and Learning—A Pilot Program
Presenters: Shelley Smith, Instructional Development Service (UMD); Kate Martin, Center for Teaching and Learning (UMTC); Gayle Woodruff, Global Programs and Strategy Alliance (UMTC)

Supporting Volunteer Abroad Opportunities for Science Students
Presenter: Meaghan Stein, College of Biological Sciences (UMTC)

Learning Abroad and Your Future Health Career
Presenter: Tricia Todd, Academic Health Center (UMTC)

Adaptation, Adjustment, and Awareness: Integrating Intercultural Theory into Short-Term Programs
Presenters: Krista Uhrig, Ann Smith, and Jiaying Song, International Student and Scholar Services (UMTC)

Pre-Service Elementary Education Teachers: An International Approach to Music Methods Coursework
Presenter: Sharri VanAlstine, College of Liberal Arts (UMTC)

Study Abroad in London: Incorporating Study Abroad Requirement into the BFA-Actor Training Major
Presenters: Holly Zimmerman LeVoir, Learning Abroad Center (UMTC); Judy Bartl, College of Liberal Arts (UMTC)