Staff Mobility: Essential Ingredient for Campus Internationalization and Partnership Development

Thursday, June 2, 2022

4:00 PM – 4:50 PM MDT

Location: Mile High Ballroom 1A-C

Staff professional development and mobility programs are essential ingredients in campus internationalization. Through presentations and small group discussions, session participants become familiar with several program models and the benefits of each for participants, institutions, and institutional partners.

Learning Objectives:

Demonstrate how internationally-oriented staff professional development programs can support and add momentum to an institution’s strategic global or international plan.
Design a staff development program that leverages current international partnerships and produces mutually beneficial outcomes.
Describe the benefits of participation in staff development and mobility programs for individual staff members, and list the ways in which university leaders can best prepare staff members to take full advantage of such opportunities.

Chair and Presenter(s)

Kim Rapp, PhD

Assistant Vice President, International Relations
Northwestern University

Presenter(s)

Sarah D. Olson

Manager, International Partnerships and Faculty Global Engagement
Colorado State University
Vivian Wang, PhD

Director of Global Partnerships
Oklahoma State University