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Study Abroad Office
802 William Pitt Union
648-7413
[email protected]
Study Abroad Office
• Mission:
– Advance the academic goals of the University by developing and
promoting a variety of international educational opportunities
– Augment students’ intellectual, professional, and personal
development through both formal and experimental learning in
another cultural context
– Enhance students’ cross-cultural awareness and appreciation in an
increasingly complex global environment
Staff
• Dr. Annagene Yucas, Director
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Program/Exchange Development
Budget Management
Fulbright, NSEP, and graduate exchanges
SAAC, SAS Advisory Committee
• Dr. Matthew McMullen, Assistant Director
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Manager of Study Abroad for Engineers Office
Pitt in China, India, Czech Republic
Chairperson for Pitt-sponsored Scholarships
Liaison with CBA
Staff
• Jennifer Sill, Advisor
– Pitt in London, France, Italy, Germany
– Advisor for IES and DiS programs
– Liaison with Law and GSPIA
• Elizabeth Royal, Advisor
– Exchange Programs
– Vira I. Heinz Scholarship Coordinator
– Regional Campus liaison
• Erin Sunday, Advisor
– Student advising in Study Abroad for Engineers Office
Staff
• Euleda Knox, Program Assistant
– Office Manager
– Promotions Coordinator
• Jamie Phillips/Dorcas Jenkins, Graduate Intern
– Student advising
– Study Abroad Essentials sessions
– Coordinator, International Fair and Study Abroad Day
• Jenny Walker, Graduate Intern/Program Assistant
– Support for Study Abroad for Engineers Office
– Student advising
International Business Center
350 Mervis Hall
648-1509
[email protected]
Mission and scope of the IBC
• Mission:
– to serve as the organizing structure for all international activities of the Katz School
– to serve as a community resource for businesses and other academic institutions on
international business activities
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CIBER activities internally and externally
strategic direction for all international degree and nondegree programs and activities
management of all international degree and nondegree programs and activities
initiation and operation of all internationalizing activities
Staff
• Larry Feick, Director
– Overall direction, planning and budgeting; connection to other CIBERs
• Lori Molinaro, Associate Director and Program Manager for
IEMBA programs
– Domestic management of IEMBA programs, liason with local IEMBA
program managers, oversight of CIBER operations, oversight of personnel
• Janet Kosko, Administrative assistant
Staff
• Budget Manager/Program Manager for Outreach
– unfilled; mamagement of budgets for IEMBA programs, disbursements, budget and
budget planning for CIBER, reconciliation of University levels, Federal reporting,
and program management budgets; oversight of CIBEX program, newsletter,
programs with World Trade Center
• Program manager for student mobility programs
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MBA study abroad programs and international degree programs
IBC activities
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Degree programs
– IEMBA, MIB, MA, MPIA, CBA certificate
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Research support
– seminars and conferences
– grants (faculty and doctoral students)
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Curriculum development
Student mobility
– study abroad, international research courses, module 6 abroad, etc
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Internationalization
– language instruction (students, faculty, and staff)
– international day/week
– faculty mobility
IBC activities (continued)
• Community outreach
– business community
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Business Briefings
newsletter (Western PA International Business) published three times annually
Global Trade Institute projects, e.g., Exporting Fundamentals
World Trade Center projects
web pages
– college and university community: CIBEX
• Grant administration
– CIBER (US DOE)
– Bratislava (US AID, ended 4/30/2000)
Pennsylvania Governor’s School
for International Studies
1229 Cathedral of Learning
648-7423
[email protected]
Pennsylvania Governor’s School for
International Studies (PGSIS)
• The Pennsylvania Governor’s School for International
Studies (PGSIS) serves the primary purpose of providing
select academically talented and highly motivated high
school students with a challenging, integrated
introduction to the social sciences and the foreign
language and culture studies important to global studies
education. The 2000 program, June 25 – July 29, will host
100 rising juniors from Pennsylvania (for 5 weeks) and 16
students from Omiya, Japan (for 10 days).
Staff
• Beverley M. Chapman, Assistant Director
– Residential and Student Life; Staff; Staff Training; Alumni (database
and newsletter); Omiya, Japan Exchange and Homestay coordinator.
• Melissa A. Reed, Director
– Budget/Finances/Small Grants; Curriculum Development; Faculty;
Evaluation and Research; Policy and Legal Issues; Pennsylvania
Department of Education liaison.
Staff
• The Director and Assistant Director jointly handle:
– Program Schedule; Publications and Correspondence; Student
Selection; Logistics (housing, food services, ID center, computing,
ceremonies, etc.).
• Summer Roster
– Temporarily engage 15 faculty, 12 staff, 5 teaching assistants and 5
“miscellaneous” personnel (program coordinators, support staff,
evaluators, etc.)
Nationality Rooms and
Intercultural Exchange
Programs
1209 Cathedral of Learning
624-6150
[email protected]
Nationality Rooms and Intercultural
Exchange Programs
• History and Mission Statement
– Founded in 1926 by Chancellor John G. Bowman and Ruth Crawford
Mitchell.
– The mission was to involve Pittsburgh’s ethnic communities in a
project showcasing their heritages
– From 1938 to 2000, 26 rooms have been dedicated
– Committees and friends fund more than 25 summer study abroad
scholarships annually
– Each year some 30,000 paying guests tour the rooms with Quo Vadis
guides and docents.
Staff
• E. Maxine Bruhns, Director
– Oversees all program elements. Establishes policy. Coordinates and
heads all Study Abroad/student scholarship selection and faculty
grant panels. Organizes VIP hospitality. Initiates promotion and
publicity efforts.
• Eileen Kiley, Assistant to the Director
– Scholarship administrator, budget/financial/human resources
officer/office manager. Manages 40 endowments, new room funds.
Participates in new room coordination. Prepares semi-annual
departmental newsletter. Supervises Sunday/Monday/Holidays
Information Center Coordinator.
Staff
• Susan Langer, Administrative Assistant to the Director
– Principal contact with 36 Nationality Committees and the Nationality
Council. Organizes all special events, manages 40 committee
agency accounts. Prepares the trimester financial reports for
Nationality Council. Supervises departmental secretary and work
study students.
• Kathie Fritz, Quo Vadis Advisor/Tour Coordinator
– Manages year-round tours of Nationality Rooms. Recruits, trains and
advises volunteer student guides, prepares budget, interfaces with
Student Government Board. Supervises Information Center
Coordinator, Gift Center Coordinator
Staff
• Tammy King, Information Center Coordinator
– Greets all visitors, provides information about CL, dispatches tours,
conducts inspection of nationality rooms, controls keys
• Teresa Poloka, Secretary
– Responds to all visitors to director’s office. Prepares director’s drafts
and correspondence. Keeps program calendar, space reservations.
Maintains calendar contact with program elements. Maintains files.
Staff
• Judi Hirsh, Gift Center Coordinator
– Maintains stock, prepares purchase orders, cash reports, organizes
special displays.
• Matthew Hefferin, Sunday/Monday/Holidays Information
Center Coordinator
– Greets all visitors. Dispatches tours, makes gift sales. Controls keys
to rooms and special meeting spaces.
Center for International Legal
Education
School of Law
648-7023
[email protected]
Staff
• Elizabeth (Bessy) Lochbaum Bennellick, Program
Administrator
• Ronald A. Brand, Director
• Penina Lieber, Director, Program on Law and Global
Philanthropy
Existing programs
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LL.M. Program for Foreign Law Graduates
English for Lawyers Program
Visiting Faculty (regular courses on EU Law)
McLean Lecture on World Law
Student Advising
Student Summer Study Scholarships
Existing Programs (Con’t)
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Journal of Law & Commerce CISG Project
Vis International Arbitration Moot
Exchange with Donetsk State University
Exchange with University of Gent
Coordination with Area Studies Certificate Programs
Support for Faculty Involvement in International and
Comparative Work
New Programs
• Program on Law and Global Philanthropy (January 1,
2000)
• International and Comparative Law Certificate Program
(Fall 2000)
• Summer at Sea (Summer 2001)
Institute For International
Studies In Education
5K01 Posvar Hall
648-2245
[email protected]
Personnel
• Co-Directors: Noreen Garman and Mark Ginsburg
• Assistant to the Co-Directors: Several Graduate Student
Researchers
• Affiliated Faculty: 45 Current and Emeriti Faculty in School
of Education
• Affiliated Alumni: 30+ Former Graduate Students of the
School of Education
Goals
• Help develop a global orientation and international
understanding
• Enhance faculty & student prospects for international
research, education, and technical assistance projects
• Encourage scholarly activities involving the global context
of educational issues
• Support the integration of a global perspective into School
of Education courses
Goals
• Assist colleagues in Pittsburgh-area schools and colleges
to internationalize their curricula and link into global
networks of educators
• Facilitate institutional linkages as well as visiting scholars
and other exchange programs on an international level
Current Projects
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Mongolia Basic Education Strengthening
Improving Educational Quality (IEQ) II
Bosnian Children’s Art
Global Information Networks in Education (GINIE)
TELP IIb (University of Durban-Westville, South Africa)
Egyptian Visiting Scholar Program
Pennsylvania Ethnic Heritage
Studies Center (PEHSC)
History
• Established at the University Center for International
Studies (UCIS) in 1974, PEHSC’s programs promote, at the
K-12 level, a greater awareness of the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania’s ethnic diversity and of the contributions of
its many ethnic groups.
• Joseph T. Makarewicz
– Director from 1979 to the Fall of 1999. Joe, who made the program
such a success, has retired and was last seen playing in his garden.
Staff
• Rosalind Eannarino, Interim Director
– Design and conduct professional development workshops for K-12
social studies educators
– Organize school visits to promote an understanding and knowledge of
Pennsylvania’s diverse ethnic cultures
• Kelly Flynn-Saldana, Graduate Assistant
– Assist with program design
– Conduct professional development workshops
Pittsburgh Council for
International Visitors (PCIV)
413 Bellefield Hall
624-7800
[email protected]
Pittsburgh Council for International Visitors
• Mission: to promote cultural, educational and commercial
ties among Western Pennsylvanians and other peoples of
the world.
Staff
• Gail Shrott, Executive Director
– Implements policies established by the organization’s Board of
Directors, directs day to day operations, administers grant funds,
writes grants, manages fundraiser
• Maria Kimbel, Director of Programs
– Designs and implements professional itineraries for short-term
visitors, supervises programming for international scholars, recruits
and trains volunteers & interns, acts as primary liaison with volunteer
hosts and resources for U.S. Department of State’s International
Visitor (IV) Program, keeps Washington-based programming
agencies informed about Pittsburgh resources
Staff
• Danielle Klein, Program Assistant
– Assists in development of itineraries, maintains ongoing contact with
student members, assists in training volunteers, enters statistics
• Stephen Haluszczak, Project Coordinator, Community
Connections Program
– Designs and implements U.S. Department of State-sponsored
training program for Ukrainian entrepreneurs, government
representatives and professionals
Peace Corps
801A William Pitt Union
648-7424
[email protected]
Mission
• Recruit volunteers from the University of Pittsburgh and
Western Pennsylvania to serve in the US Peace Corps
Staff
• Karen Turo
– Co-ordinate local Peace Corps informational/publicity events
– Advise applicants and guide them through the application process
– Interview prospective Peace Corps candidates
Global Information Access Net
(GIANT)
5B Posvar Hall
648-1662
[email protected]
GIANT
• Created when UCIS inherited a large contact database for
organizations dealing in International Affairs
• Funded by Ford Foundation
• Primary Goal: Create a detailed, heavily cross-indexed
data repository that can be used to drive future web-based
resources
– International Affairs Contacts Net (IACNet)
– Access International Education (AIENet)
Staff
• Mark Weixel, Project Manager
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Plan, purchase, maintain project technology
Manage four graduate student assistants
Administer project databases
Plan and produce code for web/database interaction
Aid in fundraising initiatives
Graduate Assistants
• Handle majority of outgoing and incoming communication
• Perform data entry
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Germaine Basita
Lillian Lai
Yonca Ozdemir
Pulat Yunusov