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Building Your Wings on the Way Down: From Isolationist to International We continue our blog series documenting the reflections of the inaugural cohort of the Connecting Our World Grassroots Leadership Program (GLP) today with a post from Hawaii. Laura Davis describes the challenges of opening the

Shedding More Light, Less Heat, on Comprehensive Immigration Reform What are we going to do about U.S. immigration policy? That question is back in the spotlight again after a whirlwind two weeks for the issue. First, the Obama Administration announced that it would end the deportations of

Continuing the Celebration of International Education Through Video NAFSA recently held its inaugural international education video contest in which institutions were invited to submit short videos demonstrating how their international education initiatives promote peace and justice through: NAFSA

Strategies for Using Print and Electronic Media to Enhance Your Knowledge Base This month’s Advice From the Field column from Gary Althen, former NAFSA president (1997-98) and retired from the University of Iowa, offers strategies for managing the never-ending amount of information we need to know

#GivingTuesday – Support Diversity and Inclusion in International Education #GivingTuesday, taking place this year on December 2, will once again focus on celebrating and promoting generosity. Started in 2012 by the 92 nd Street Y and the United Nations Foundation, this global day of giving back was

Foreign Students Contribute to State, Local Economies: Global Connections in the West In the final installment of this week’s series featuring real-life stories about the positive impact of foreign students on state economies and communities around the country (see our posts on the Midwest

Michigan’s Friendliness to Immigration Seen as Key to Economic Development A need for economic transformation in Michigan has lead to some creative thinking and a new initiative from Republican Governor Rick Snyder that international educators should applaud. The Global Michigan Initiative aims to

Stories from the Peace Corps: Family, Acceptance, and a Cow’s Head When do Peace Corps Volunteers know that they really belong? When does that moment come that we look back and say: “Wow, I was just one of the kids.” Over the years, I have asked Volunteers this question, and I’ve heard in their

From the Back of an Envelope: How NSEP Was Born Yesterday evening, I had the opportunity to hear former Senator David L. Boren (D-Okla.), now president of the University of Oklahoma, recount the creation of the National Security Education Program . I found the story to be so interesting and

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar: A Personal Hero For the last 30 plus years, my favorite memorabilia item has been a basketball, signed by the Los Angeles Lakers, and handed to me by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. The event was the pregame ceremony at an exhibition game between the Lakers and the Milwaukee Bucks