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Title: International Faculty Development Program


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International Faculty Development Program
  • John E. Dooley
  • Vice Provost
  • Outreach and International Affairs

2007 AIEA Conference, Washington, DC
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IFDP Objectives
  • To enhance the understanding of program
    participants of promising practices in
    international education, research, and outreach
  • To enhance the capacity of departments and
    colleges to internationalize programs
  • To create a cohort of faculty leaders/activists/ad
    vocates to advance the Universitys International
    Strategic Plan

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Program Overview
  • Each dean selects two participants
  • Group meetings in winter/spring
  • Internationalizing the academy
  • VTs International Strategic Plan
  • Identification of European Collaborators
  • A ten-day trip to Riva San Vitale, Switzerland,
    in May
  • Group field visits
  • Individual projects
  • Faculty implementation and program assessment

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Expected Outcomes
  • Research collaboration / proposals
  • Study abroad programs
  • Organization of conferences/workshops with
    international collaborators

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Group Field Visits
  • University of Lugano, Switzerland
  • Politecnico di Milano, Italy
  • Cultural tours
  • Riva, Lugano, and Milan
  • Day trip to Bellinzona, Switzerland

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Biological Systems EngineeringConrad Heatwole
Individual Projects
  • Albania salinity management
  • Continuing contacts
  • Seeking funding for research and outreach program
  • Study abroad in Brazil - 2007
  • Idea grew out of IFDP discussions
  • Joint US/Brazil 6cr summer program
  • Open to ACC participants

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International Conference in Naples, October
2006Ann-Marie Knoblauch and Terry Papillon
Individual Projects
  • The Mythology of Iconography and Colonization
  • Hosted by VT and the University of Naples
  • Participants from USA, Italy, Spain, Norway,
    Romania, Bulgaria, Israel, Greece
  • Site visits to Cuma, Pompeii, Naples, Paestum
  • Papers to be published in Electronic Antiquity,
    May 2007

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International Activities, Freshman Engineering
Vinod K Lohani
Individual Projects
  • Study abroad presentations
  • Awareness of Global Issues
  • Sustainable development design projects
  • Awareness of literacy, energy, agriculture, and
    nutrition issues in developing world
  • NSF fellowship to a Ph.D. student for summer
    research in Taiwan
  • Global collaboration in engineering education,
    including visiting faculty from Korea

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Individual Projects
Student and Faculty Exchanges in Mathematics
John Rossi
  • MOUs with the University of Trier and the
    University of Karlshrue
  • 2 students from Trier completed MS degree in Math
    at VT
  • 2 students from Karlshrue began graduate studies
    in Math at VT in Fall 2006
  • MOU with two German companies (Diff Pack and
    Springer) and ICUBED
  • 2 students from VT interned in Germany in Summer
    2006
  • VT and three companies are pursuing study
    abroad/intern programs in South Africa

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