Relationship Cultivation

NAFSA 2025 Learning Excursions

May 27 - 30, 2025 | 12:30 pm

The 2025 NAFSA Annual Conference is partnering with San Diego intuitions and non-for-profits to host Learning Excursions for attendees. This year there will be four opportunities for attendees to sign up for an excursions. Tuesday, May 27, 2025 12:30–4:00 p.m. PDT San Diego, California Learning

Recruitment Trends in Sub-Saharan Africa

The IEM KC and the Africa SIG partner to discuss current recruiting trends for Sub-Saharan Africa. Join EducationUSA Regional Managers (REACs) Diane Weisz Young and Lisa Maroni; Phil Agbeko, CEO of Hilltop Global Group; and Stephen Appiah-Padi, Director, Office of Global and Off-campus Education at

Supporting Faculty Involvement in Internationalization

On October 8, 2024, NAFSA’s International Education Leadership Knowledge Community team held an informative panel discussing successful practices and models focused on faculty engagement. Faculty are at the heart of internationalization, yet it remains a perennial challenge on most campuses to

Leadership Essentials for Comprehensive Internationalization

Ready to take the next step in your IE career to lead an international office? Or have you recently been assigned to oversee your institution’s internationalization enterprise and need to get up to speed fast? This program addresses the essential leadership capabilities any international education

Supporting Faculty Involvement in Internationalization

Faculty are at the heart of internationalization, yet it remains a perennial challenge on most campuses to provide meaningful support and recognition for their efforts. Join NAFSA’s International Education Leadership Knowledge Community for an informative panel focusing on successful practices and

Bridging Borders: Toward Equity in International Research Collaborations

November 12, 2024

November/December 2024 By Miri Yemini In examining the broader landscape of higher education, we can identify significant changes that are driven by global crises—such as the COVID-19 pandemic, climate change, and wars—and that pose questions concerning the relevance and value of higher education

Breaking Records and Building Bridges

May/June 2024 By Shanna Saubert Iconically symbolized by Pierre de Coubertin’s design of five interlaced rings representative of the colors in all nations’ flags, the Olympic Games bring the world together in both official and unofficial diplomatic capacities. It is one of the largest de facto

Celebrating IEM Professional Talia Popovski

In this week’s conversation, we speak with Talia Popovski, Senior Director of International Student Services at Valencia College. Ms. Popovski describes her career path in IEM, opportunities for learning she found through NAFSA, and memorable experiences that reaffirmed her passion for international

Global Goals, Global Education: Advancing the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals

GSLR 2024: Community

April 15, 2024

On behalf of NAFSA’s Teaching, Learning, and Scholarship Knowledge Community (TLS KC), we are pleased to present Issue No. 13 of the Global Studies Literature Review ( GSLR). The theme of this issue, “Recentering, Reprioritizing, and Reengaging a Sense of Community within International Education,”