Mondays Postcard from the 2010 Annual Conference Expo
Monday's Postcard from the 2010 Annual Conference & ExpoThe energy in Kansas City is really picking up as the last of the participants begin to arrive and momentum for opening day builds. Management Development Program participants entered day two .
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Sunday Postcard from the 2010 Annual Conference Expo
Sunday Postcard from the 2010 Annual Conference & ExpoOn Sunday, more and more conference goers arrived in Kansas City. Many of them came to attend the Management Development Program, which will run over the next two and a half days
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Saturday Postcard from the 2010 Annual Conference Expo
Saturday Postcard from the 2010 Annual Conference & ExpoSaturday kicked off the preconference activities as registration opened for NAFSA's 62nd Annual Conference & Expo in Kansas City, MO, May 30 June 4, 2010. Attendees from across the globe have begun
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International Education is the Foundation of Administrations National Security Strategy
International Education is the Foundation of Administration’s National Security Strategy The Obama administration released its national security strategy yesterday. The document recalls the spirit of the President’s inaugural address, when he pledged to renew America’s global leadership and charted
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Michelle Obama Urges Students at Wayne State to Consider the World
Michelle Obama Urges Students at Wayne State to Consider the WorldLast week, the First Lady of the United States, Michelle Obama, urged the 2010 graduating class of George Washington University to “take it global.” Yesterday, during an address she gave
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A New Era for NAFSA Grassroots Advocacy Connecting Our World
A New Era for NAFSA Grassroots Advocacy – Connecting Our WorldBy DeDe Long and Marlene Johnson Over the past several years, the Internet and social media have dramatically transformed the ways we communicate with each other, keep in touch, and
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First Lady Encourages GW Graduates to Take it Global
First Lady Encourages GW Graduates to "Take it Global"During a commencement address Michelle Obama gave on Sunday for George Washington University's class of 2010, she focused on the value of international education and urged each student to go global. The
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Why Were In This Business
Why We’re In This Business Recently my wife and I attended a benefit reception for the Alliance for Peacebuilding (AfP), whose president is my old friend, Chic Dambach. AfP describes itself as “a coalition of diverse organizations working together to
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Arizona Law Gives Other States Advantage in Attracting Foreign Students
Arizona Law Gives Other States Advantage in Attracting Foreign StudentsTwo Mexican universities – the National Autonomous University of Mexico and the Autonomous University of San Luis Potosí – have ended their student exchange programs with the University of Arizona, citing
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Congressman David Obey A Unique Leader and Inspiration for Next Generation
Congressman David Obey A Unique Leader and Inspiration for Next GenerationI don't remember when I first met Dave Obey. Probably 1973, when he was a junior Member of Congress, and I came to Washington from the University of Wisconsin to
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