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The Nominating Committee of the Forum Council is pleased to present the following candidates for election to the Council :
Jeffrey Collins
Dr. Jeffrey Collins serves as Director of International Programs at Oglethorpe University. "Over the past five years, I have spearheaded efforts to increase our study abroad population, create 12 new exchange partnerships, created and directed 10 short-term study abroad trips, and managed the developed of our globalization efforts on campus.
"I am passionately interested in study abroad and the agenda of the Forum Council. Having served in numerous leadership positions, I would serve the Council with vigor, focus, and dedication. Most importantly, I believe in the mission and outreach of the Forum, and would commit to expanding and developing the organization. "
Joe Finkhouse
Joe Finkhouse is Director of Institutional Relations for the Division of International Programs at Boston University and has been with BU since 1999. “My interest in serving on the Forum Council is very straightforward—it is where I can be most effective in helping to shape the future of international education. I believe that the establishment of demanding and practical academic, programmatic, and ethical standards is essential to our profession. I also believe that the development of a reliable body of data on which to base serious research into our field is the necessary foundation for these standards.”
Jeremy Geller
"Education abroad has grown in professionalism along with student numbers. The Forum has propelled these processes. The new challenge is to reassess how and why we do what we do. I bring to Forum fourteen years' experience in EA at both private and public institutions (Hobart and William Smith; University of Illinois), and a doctorate in anthropology that fosters perspective and skills suited to a progressive EA and intercultural agenda. I wish to work more intensively toward a transparent and self-critical profession embracing growth with purpose and principles of collaboration and reciprocity."
Kim Kreutzer
Kim Kreutzer is the Associate Director, Office of International Education, at the University of Colorado at Boulder where she has worked for the last 20 years. She currently focuses on campus internationalization, strategic planning, faculty relations, and outreach for international programs. Kim has served one term on the Forum Council and has been the chair of the Forum Data Collection committee for the last year. She has led the development of three surveys of the field for the Forum and the Forum Glossary project. She is interested in continuing her data-related work for the Forum and helping the Forum realize its strategic goals.
Andrew Law
"I believe that the research I've been pursuing with Sue Mennicke is well-suited to engaging the institutional-level issues with which the Forum grapples. That work focuses on the critical role that institutional mission should play in framing the educational role of education abroad and, in turn, the pedagogical approach to structural implementation (advising, approval processes, pre-departure/reentry programming, etc.) that should grow out of that relationship. I am particularly interested in unpacking the assumptions informing topics such as mission development and curricular integration in order to engage broader philosophical issues before proceeding to the level of best practices and/or recommendations for implementation and assessment."
Rosemary Sands
Rosemary Sands, Director of Study Abroad at St. Norbert College, has served in various capacities relating to International Education since 1993. She has been an adjunct and visiting instructor in Modern Foreign Languages, teaching Spanish and Italian, and served as Director of Undergraduate International Education from 1996 to 1999.
She holds a B.A. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in Spanish and Italian, an M.A. from UW-Madison in Italian Literature and an M.A. from Middlebury College in Spanish. Rosemary is working on her doctorate at Middlebury College in Spanish and Italian, and plans to research second language acquisition and study abroad.
Michael Steinberg
Michael is Executive Vice President and Director of Academic Programs at the Institute for the International Education of Students (IES). In this role, he oversees all IES programs and supervises staff in the IES office in Chicago. He has had primary responsibility for developing new programs as IES expanded from seven sites to thirty and from Western Europe to Asia, Latin America, Africa, Australia, and New Zealand. “Playing a leadership role in the Forum’s development of standards and ethical guidelines for the field has been a challenge and a rewarding experience for me. We have accomplished a lot. I hope to continue to make a contribution to this essential effort.”
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