The Role of International Education in Global Workforce Development
Date: Thursday, December 8, 2005
Time: 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm EST
Overview
The webinar will explore ways in which international educators play a leading role in global workforce development and address critical questions such as the following:
- What roles do international educators play in global workforce development?
- What constitutes a global-ready graduate?
- How can institutions best prepare their students to address the many critical issues challenging our global future?
Participants will gain a better understanding of what constitutes a "global-ready" graduate and how institutions can better prepare their students to address the many critical issues challenging our global future.
Audience
The webinar is being developed with the following audiences in mind:
- IE administrators of programs/services that help their students develop global competencies;
- IE trainers who work directly with organizations and companies seeking to prepare "global-ready" graduates;
- Career Counselors working with employers seeking students with specific international or global competencies;
- Program Directors in continuing education programs focusing on developing specific competencies for the global workforce;
- Human Resource Specialists in organizations with an international reach/network;
- Trainers and/or Training Consultants focused on global competency acquisition;
- Employers interested in establishing partnerships with campuses to prepare specific student cohorts for specific global competencies.
For more information about Global Workforce Development, please visit
www.nafsa.org/gwd.
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Moderator:
Ron Moffatt
E-mail: Ron.Moffatt@sdsu.edu
Ron Moffatt is incoming President-Elect of NAFSA. A member since 1976, he has held more than a dozen leadership positions at both the regional and national level. As an elected member to the Board of Directors in 2002, Ron chaired the Development Committee in 2003 and 2004, and the Public Policy Advisory Committee in 2005
Ron was appointed Director of the International Student Center at San Diego State University in 1984 after serving as Coordinator of International Programs at the University of Arkansas beginning in 1977. Now two decades into his position at SDSU, he directs a staff of 11 professionals and 25 student assistants who provide a diverse range of programs and services that support more than 1,400 inbound and 1,200 outbound students. Ron received his Bachelor’s degree from the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill and his Master’s degree from the University of Delaware.
During the past three and a half decades, Ron has enjoyed working concurrently in a variety of international capacities that has taken him to more than 35 countries. Memorable areas of involvement include: volunteer teaching in Kenya; sustainable development projects in Uganda; a human rights summit in Senegal; a school construction project in Nicaragua; a refugee resettlement program in Costa Rica; OSEAS training workshops in India, Nepal, and Croatia; and freelance writing/photography worldwide. Honors include a Malone Fellowship to Saudi Arabia, a Fulbright Fellowship to Germany, and participation in NAFSA delegations to China and Cuba.
Presenters:
Darla K. Deardorff
E-mail: d.deardorff@duke.edu
Dr. Darla K. Deardorff is Executive Director of the Association of International Education Administrators, a national professional organization headquartered at Duke University. In addition, she holds a nationally-elected position with NAFSA: Association of International Educators. She has worked in the international education field for over ten years and previously held positions at NC State University and the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. Most recently, she managed the Duke-UNC Rotary Center for International Studies in Peace and Conflict Resolution, one of only seven such centers in the world. She is also an ESL instructor and teacher trainer with over twelve years of experience and has lived and worked in Germany, Japan, and Switzerland. Dr. Deardorff teaches cross-cultural courses at Duke University and she has conducted cross-cultural training for universities, companies, and nonprofit organizations. She has given invited talks at national and international conferences, including at a recent symposium in Japan.
She is the recipient of numerous awards including the 2001 "Excellence in International Education" award for the state of North Carolina, 2003 "Alumnus of the Year" from her alma mater, and was named a Paul Harris Fellow by Rotary in 2003. She is featured in The Secret of Their Success: How 33 women made their dreams come true, Carolina Women’s Press, 2000.
Dr. Deardorff holds a master’s and doctorate from North Carolina State University where she focused on international education. Her dissertation was on the definition and assessment of intercultural competence and she has published several articles on this topic. She was recently nominated as a "Rising Star in Academia" for the Chronicle of Higher Education. Her research interests include intercultural competence, outcomes assessment, internationalization, and learning styles in different cultures.
Robert A. Frost
E-mail: RFrost@parkland.edu
Robert A. Frost, PhD, is a Professor of Humanities at Parkland College. Since 2000 he has been the producer of four satellite broadcasts on international education leadership themes for Community Colleges for International Development (CCID). As director of international education at Parkland from 1995-2000, Rob developed an International Education Program that grew to house all international areas, including international admissions and advising, Intensive English, development training, study abroad, and faculty professional development. These experiences led him to focus his community college work on internationalization of the curriculum.
From 2000-2004 Rob served as Chair of the Parkland Curriculum Committee. In 2005 Rob completed the requirements toward a PhD in higher education from the University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign. His research interests center on globalization, leadership, and the future of higher education.
Since 1985, Rob has lived and worked in Argentina, Paraguay, Bolivia, and Mexico for a total of nearly 5 years, in addition to developing numerous exchange and other cooperative agreements with institutions of higher learning in Latin America, Africa and East Asia.
Martin Tillman
E-mail: mjtillman@jhu.edu
Marty Tillman is Associate Director, Career Services at The Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Affairs. He provides counseling and career development services to 500 graduate students. A NAFSA member since 1977, he has over 30 years of senior management experience in higher education institutions and nonprofit organizations. Former consultant to the U.S. State Department Academic Experts Program, multilateral institutions, higher education organizations, and international nonprofit associations. Prior professional work and consulting in India, Republic of Georgia, Russia and Central Asia. He was a Fulbrighter to Japan in the IEA program in 1987. Published author of numerous book chapters and articles in the field of international education and cross-cultural learning. Cited as a pedagogical pioneer in the field of cross-cultural education and service-learning in Service-Learning: A Movement's Pioneers Reflect on Its Origins, Practice, and Future, Stanton et al., Jossey-Bass, San Francisco, 1999. Marty has Masters degrees from Colgate University and World Learning's School for International Training.
