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Member Interest Groups (MIGs)

What do you get when you bring together an informal group of NAFSA members and non-members united by an interest close to their hearts? You get a Member Interest Group - one of the most personal and welcoming ways to find your place in NAFSA.

Join or Create a MIG

To join a MIG, please navigate to the specific MIG's page through the list below or contact the appropriate coordinator.

To create a MIG, please contact NAFSA staff for guidelines: mig[at]nafsa.org.

Many MIGs offer resources and ongoing activities throughout the year, including Web sites, online discussion forums and resource documents, list-servs, newsletters, publications, travel and research grant opportunities, and active relationships with outside organizations.

Featured MIGs

United Nations SIG

The United Nations SIG is for NAFSA members who are interested in nurturing the relationship between NAFSA members and the United Nations and its organizations. This SIG intends to make campuses worldwide aware of the challenges and achievements of the Millennium Development Goals.

Liberal Arts Institutions: Small and Residential IIG (LAI:S&R)

The LAI: S&R IIG promotes networking of its members at the NAFSA annual conference and other venues, ensures that topics of interest to small colleges are included, and promotes the liberal arts perspective at NAFSA events. The LAI: S&R IIG also educates overseas educational advisers about its unique mission and services.

Global Nomads SIG

The purpose of the GN SIG is to provide formal recognition of global nomads as a unique group within both the international student community and NAFSA, to establish a forum for discussing the benefits and challenges of an internationally mobile childhood, and to encourage sharing of resources and ideas among NAFSAns who are global nomads.

Institutional Interest Groups (IIGs): members in specific types of institutions
Healthcare Institutions IIG
Historically Black Colleges and Universities IIG
Liberal Arts Institutions: Small and Residential IIG (LAI:S&R)
Two Year / Community College IIG

Specific Interest Groups (SIGs): based on shared interests
Africa SIG
Black/Multicultural Professionals in International Education SIG (B/McPIE)
Canada SIG
China SIG
Christian SIG
Creative Industries SIG
Embassy Dialogue Committee on Education (EDC)
Foreign Born International Educators SIG (FBIE)
Francophone World SIG
Global Nomads SIG
Intercultural SIG (I-SIG)
International Education for Persons with Disabilities (IEPD)
International Living Center SIG (ILC)
Japan SIG
Latin America SIG
Middle East Interest Group (MEIG)
One Person Office SIG (OPO)
Peace and Justice SIG (P&J)
Postdoc SIG
Rainbow SIG
Returned Peace Corps Volunteers SIG (RPCV)
Technology SIG
United Nations SIG