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Reinterpreting Internationalization: 2024 and Beyond

Tuesday, May 28, 2024
2:00 - 4:00 p.m. CDT
New Orleans, Louisiana

NAFSA welcomes you to join us at the 2024 Symposium on Leadership on May 28 in New Orleans, a special signature program included with registration for the NAFSA 2024 Annual Conference & Expo. No additional registration or fee required to attend!

As our world becomes increasingly interconnected, higher education institutions (HEIs) must prepare members of their communities for productive global engagement. Internationalization is a key strategy that promotes global awareness and understanding and aids in responding to change. Given ongoing changes, it is important to consider what internationalization looks like in 2024 and beyond. How are HEIs responding to local, regional, national, and international priorities in engaging in internationalization?

Through the symposium’s keynote presentation, panelists’ Q&A, and breakout discussions, attendees will discuss trends in internationalization, including recently introduced definitions relevant to local contexts. Attendees will consider how to adapt approaches to internationalization to their institutional contexts and beyond.

A NAFSA Signature Program offered by the International Education Leadership Knowledge Community.

Agenda

Speakers

Hilligje van't Land, PhD

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International Association of Universities (IAU)
Dr. Hilligje van’t Land serves the global higher education community as Secretary General of the International Association of Universities (IAU), the global voice of higher education (NGO with UNESCO Associate Status), which celebrated its 70th Anniversary in 2020. For the past two decades, she has...
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Jenny Lee, PhD

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University of Arizona
Jenny Lee serves as Vice President for Arizona International and Dean of International Education at the University of Arizona. She is also a Professor of Higher Education at the University of Arizona’s College of Education. Dr. Lee’s research focuses on the global diffusion of higher education and...
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Meghna Ramaswamy, PhD

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University of Saskatchewan, Canada
Dr. Meghna Ramaswamy joined the University of Saskatchewan in 2018 as the Director of the International Office to advance the international portfolio for the university. She is a strong advocate for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the role it plays in International Education. She has...
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Vanita Shastri, PhD

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Meru Education Foundation
Vanita Shastri is the former Dean of Global Education & Strategic Partnerships at Ashoka University in India. In this role she led all International partnerships and developed prospective institutional partners, managed all global mobility and student exchanges for Ashoka. Vanita put in place a...
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Jennifer Evanuik

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Georgia State University
Chair, International Education Leadership Knowledge Community
Jennifer Evanuik is the Senior Director of International Initiatives and Deputy SIO at Georgia State University in Atlanta, GA. She previously served as Executive Director of the Office of Global Engagement and SIO at Central Michigan University. She has also held roles in international education at...
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Godlove Fonjweng, PhD

Godlove Fonjweng
Prairie View A & M University
Co-Leader, Programs & Events, IEL KC
Dr. Godlove Fonjweng is the executive director of international programs and senior international officer at Prairie View A & M University (PVAMU). He earned a Bachelor's in geochemistry from Swarthmore College, MS/PhD in geology from the University of Pennsylvania (Penn). He served on the faculty...
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NAFSA thanks Florida Atlantic University for its generous support of this event. 

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