Expand your peer network by taking part in conference special events where most networking takes place. Strike up conversations about the many issues you share—and learn from different approaches. Enjoy these networking opportunities, including a sensational opening night reception that will welcome you to Houston in true Texas style. Don't miss the opportunity to connect with new and old colleagues at these events.
The following three special events are included in your conference registration fee but require preregistration:
| Knowledge Community Networking Receptions |
Monday, May 28, 5:00 p.m.-7:00 p.m.
Start the week off right by connecting with colleagues and friends who share similar professional specialties. Each of the knowledge communities hosts a reception; attend as many as you like. Light hors d'oeuvres, cash bar. Guest tickets are not available.
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| Opening Celebration on the Green |
 Tuesday, May 29, 5:30 p.m.-8:00 p.m.
Welcome to Houston!
Join your colleagues for an evening of live music (featuring Ozomatli with special guest The Band of Heathens) and great food as we celebrate the opening of NAFSA's 2012 Annual Conference in Houston. This event plus food stations and two drink tickets per person (beer, wine, or soft drinks) is included with registration. Cash bar available.
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| Closing Celebration and Welcome to NAFSA 2013 |
Friday, June 1, 4:30 p.m.-5:30 p.m.
Celebrate the closing of the Houston conference and plan to meet under the
Gateway Arch at NAFSA's 2013 Annual Conference & Expo in St. Louis, Missouri.
Guest tickets available.
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Fee-Based Special Events
These special events require a fee in addition to the conference registration fee. Sign up to attend when you register and include additional payment.
Cultural Event
Cultural Evening at the Museum of Fine Arts Houston 
Preregistration fee and ticket required.
Wednesday, May 30, 6:30 p.m.-9:00 p.m.
The Museum of Fine Arts Houston (MFAH) opens its doors exclusively to NAFSA attendees for this event. NAFSA thanks SCAD: Savannah College of Art and Design for their generous support.
Fee: $75 per person, includes roundtrip transportation from the George R. Brown Convention Center, admission to both buildings of the museum, heavy hors d'oeuvres and cash bar.
International Plenary and Luncheon
Jan Eliasson
Friday, June 1. 12:00 p.m.-1:30 p.m. Preregistration fee and ticket required.
A long-time human rights advocate and recently appointed deputy secretary-general to the United Nations, Jan Eliasson is a veteran international mediator who has been involved with mediation operations in Somalia, Sudan, Mozambique, and the Balkans.
Eliasson serves as a member of the UN Secretary-General's Advocacy Group for the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals. As a visiting professor at Sweden's Uppsala University, Eliasson collaborates with the university to establish an exchange program with the Foreign Ministry. In addition, he is currently the chairman of WaterAid Sweden.
Fee: $65 per person. To purchase a table of 10 for colleagues and alumni, contact conferences@nafsa.org.
Networking Meals
Hear from keynote speakers while networking with colleagues at these distinctive events.
Breakfast
Exploring Global Citizenship Preregistration fee and ticket required.
Thursday, May 31. 7:30 a.m.-9:00 a.m.
Participants at this breakfast (hosted by four NAFSA Member Interest Groups: United Nations; Peace, Justice, and Citizen Diplomacy; Returned Peace Corps Volunteers; and Sustainability) explore the meaning of global citizenship. Fee: $50 per person.
Keynote Speaker: Madeleine Green, PhD, NAFSA senior fellow for internationalization, is an expert in internationalization and higher education leadership and management issues. She was the recipient of the 2010 Charles Klasek Award of the Association of International Education Administrators (AIEA) for outstanding service to the field of international education.
Green served from 1991 to 2010 as vice president for international initiatives at the American Council on Education (ACE). ACE is a membership association of U.S. higher education institutions and associations from all sectors. As vice president, she led ACE's global initiatives and internationalization programs through its Center for International Initiatives (CII). Over her 35-year career at ACE, Green held a variety of positions focusing on higher education leadership and management as well as international and global initiatives. She designed and directed programs for member institutions, conducted research, developed grant proposals, and served as facilitator and consultant to institutions in the United States and abroad.
Historically Black Colleges and Universities Preregistration fee and ticket required.
Wednesday, May 30. 12:00 p.m.-1:30 p.m.
Come together with other international educators to participate in a facilitated discussion of topics of interest specific to participants working in or interested in partnering with historically black colleges and universities.
Fee: $65 per person
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Keynote Speaker: Willie F. Trotty, PhD, is the vice president for research, dean of the graduate school and professor of educational leadership at Prairie View A&M University where he has a leadership role in building the infrastructure for research, sponsored programs and graduate education. At the state and national levels, Trotty is a member of the board of directors of the Texas Society for Biomedical Research, Chair of the Steering Committee for the Science and Engineering Alliance (SEA), Councilor and a Trustee of the Texas A&M Research Foundation, and member of the Texas Medical Center Council of Research Directors.
He is a past president of the Association of Texas Graduate Schools (ATGS) and the Council of Historically Black Graduate Schools (CHBGS). He has received awards and commendations from the Houston Teachers Association, the Council of Historically Black Graduate Schools, the Defense Information Systems Agency, NASA Johnson Space Center, and others.
Community Colleges Preregistration fee and ticket required.Thursday, May 31. 12:00 p.m.-1:30 p.m.
Participants will hear from Walter Bumphus, PhD, president of the American Association of Community Colleges, speaking on the topic of “Community Colleges and International Education.” Houston Community College Chancellor Mary Spangler, PhD, will provide opening remarks.
Fee: $65 per person
Keynote Speaker: Walter Bumphus, PhD, is president and CEO of the American Association of Community Colleges. From 2007 to 2011, Bumphus served as a professor in the Community College Leadership Program and as chair of the Department of Educational Administration at the University of Texas-Austin. He also held the A. M. Aikin Regents Endowed Chair in Junior and Community College Education Leadership. He previously served as president of the Louisiana Community and Technical College System (LCTCS). LCTCS later conferred upon him the title of President Emeritus of the Louisiana Community and Technical College System.
Bumphus was also chancellor of Baton Rouge Community College (BRCC). Prior to joining BRCC, Bumphus served as president of the Higher Education Division of Voyager Expanded Learning and was president of Brookhaven College. Bumphus holds a BA in speech communications and a MA in guidance and counseling from Murray State University, and a PhD in higher education administration from the Community College Leadership Program at the University of Texas at Austin. In 1992, Bumphus was recognized as a distinguished graduate from both Murray State University and the University of Texas-Austin. He is one of the few leaders in the field to receive the National CEO of the Year Award, to chair the AACC Board of Directors, and to receive the AACC National Leadership Award.
Liberal Arts Institutions and Women's Colleges Preregistration fee and ticket required.
Thursday, May 31. 12:00 p.m.-1:30 p.m.
Come together with other international educators working in or interested in partnering with Liberal Arts Institutions or Women's Colleges on topics facilitated by leaders of these two NAFSA Member Interest Groups.
Fee: $65 per person
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Keynote Speaker: Jenifer S. Cushman, PhD, is dean of international education and associate professor of German at Juniata College. She earned her BA from Rhodes College and her MA and PhD in German from The Ohio State University in 1996, after which she taught English in Russia through the U.S. Peace Corps and then privately in Poland. She served as assistant and tenured associate professor of German and Russian at the University of Minnesota-Morris from 1998-2005, then as director of international and off-campus study at the College of Wooster for two years before coming to Juniata College in 2007.
In fall of 2009, she was one of the first Association of International Education Administrators (AIEA) presidential fellows, and spent 2010-2011 as an American Council on Education (ACE) fellow at Manhattanville College. She serves on the Advisory Council of the ACE Internationalization Collaborative.
Keynote Speaker: Susan Buck Sutton, PhD, has recently transitioned from three decades at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis back to her alma mater, Bryn Mawr College, as senior adviser for internationalization. At IUPUI, Sutton was chancellor's professor of anthropology and associate vice president of international affairs. Under her leadership, IUPUI focused its internationalization through a philosophy of international dialogue and collaboration, honored with the 2009 Andrew Heiskell Award from IIE and the 2011 Senator Paul Simon Award from NAFSA.
Sutton has been president of AIEA, chair of the International Education Leadership KC, and on advisory councils for ACE and IIE. She was also president of the General Anthropology Division of the American Anthropological Association, and editor of the Journal of Modern Greek Studies. She has published five books and more than 60 articles on international education and the anthropology of modern Greece.
