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• Register for 8th Annual Conference

Registration for the Forum's 8th Annual Conference, Tracing the Experience: From Inquiry to Integration (Denver, March 21-23, 2012) is now open online. 

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• Timely Topics: Roundtable Lunch Discussions at Annual Conference

The Forum will offer the opportunity for casual discussions focused on timely topics in education abroad at the Annual Conference in Denver. If you are interested in leading a lunch discussion, please email info@forumea.org with your contact information and topic by Friday, February 3, 2012.



• Sharing Best Practices: The Standards Toolbox

If your institution is interested in sharing examples for the Standards Toolbox, please submit them to Heather Harris, Assistant Director (harrish@dickinson.edu). Potential examples may include website links, pdfs or word documents.



• Sponsorship Opportunities Available for Annual Conference

A few opportunities are still available for sponsorship at the Forum’s 8^th Annual Conference, including several items and events. Sponsorships are an excellent way to provide visibility for your organization while supporting the Forum and its mission. 

For the full list of available sponsorships, see: www.forumea.org/sponsors12.cfm



• Showcase Student Images

The Forum News now features a student photo in each issue; we encourage members to submit photos for the header image of the Forum News. See www.forumea.org/ForumNewsPhotos.cfm for full specifications and submission instructions.



• Call for Volunteers for Data Committee Working Group

The Forum is pleased to announce a call for volunteers to serve on a newly-formed Data Committee Working Group that will contribute substantially to reworking the Pathways Survey, and develop an online resource of organizational structures in education abroad offices. Please contact the Forum at info@forumea.org if you are interested in contributing to this effort.

Spotlight

Forum Selected to Host American Council of Learned Societies Public Fellow

 

The Forum has been chosen by the American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) as one of thirteen organizations to host a Public Fellow. The Fellow will serve in a two-year position that is fully funded by ACLS and will be based in the Forum’s offices in Carlisle, PA.

 

According to President and CEO Brian Whalen, “The Fellow will serve as Associate Director and be involved in developing resources in the areas of education abroad pedagogy and curriculum, and assist with the planning of related workshops and Standards of Good Practice Institutes.” Whalen added that “this will directly benefit Forum member institutions, which will benefit from the resources and programs that are generated by the Fellow’s work.”

 

The ACLS Public Fellows program will place 13 recent Ph.Ds. from the humanities and humanistic social sciences in two-year staff positions at partnering organizations in government and the nonprofit sector. The following organizations and institutions have been selected to host a Fellow:

 

-Carnegie Mellon University (Pittsburgh, PA)

-Consumers Union (San Francisco, CA)

-Council of American Overseas Research Centers (Washington, DC)

-Council on Library and Information Resources (Washington, DC)

-Forum on Education Abroad (Carlisle, PA)

-German Marshall Fund of the United States (Washington, DC)

-Human Rights Watch (New York, NY, Washington, DC)

-Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, NY)

-National Conference of State Legislatures (Denver, CO)  

-Newberry Library (Chicago, IL)

-New York Public Library (New York, NY)

-Oxfam America (Washington, DC)

-Union of Concerned Scientists (Cambridge,  MA, Washington, DC, Berkeley, CA)

 

“It is an honor for the Forum to be selected and appear among such a prestigious list of institutions and organizations,” Whalen said.

 

ACLS manages the Public Fellows application process. For more information, please visit: http://www.acls.org/programs/publicfellows/

 

Information is also available here: http://www.forumea.org/whoweare-staff.cfm

 

 

 

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The Forum on Education Abroad welcomes as members all institutions of higher education, organizations, and agencies who are committed to improving education abroad. Members join a community that sets the Standards of Good Practice for the field and they receive the many benefits and services offered by the Forum.

 

Benefits of institutional membership include:

 

• Listing of your institution or organization on all Forum materials and on the web site, indicating your institution's pledge to uphold the Standards of Good Practice;
• Use of the Forum logo on your institution's web site and in your publications, indicating your commitment to standards of good practice and quality education abroad;
• Access to the comprehensive Standards Toolbox, materials contributed by members to aid you in implementing guidelines for the Standards of Good Practice for Education Abroad;
• Copies of all Forum publications and access to all web site resources;
• Discounts on the Annual Forum Conference; regional workshops, Fireside Dialogues and webinars;

• Ability to host Customized Standards of Good Practice Workshops for your institution or region;

• Complimentary subscription to Frontiers: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Study Abroad;
• Specialized advertising, marketing and exhibit opportunities for the organization;
• Networking opportunities with the leading education abroad professionals.
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