Date:  October 5, 2006

To:  International Education Programs Advisory Board Members 2006-2007

From:  Susan Coultrap-McQuin, Provost

Re:  Charge to the Advisory Board of OIEP

Thank you for agreeing to be a member of the International Education Programs Advisory Board.  The Advisory Board is charged with promoting and sustaining outstanding opportunities for students at SUNY Oswego to develop the knowledge and skills to be effective participants in global communities.

In support of the Office of International Programs, the Advisory Board is charged:

            1.  To promote student participation in study abroad and exchange programs through, for example, making recommendations about requirements/ expectations/ opportunities that would encourage students to take advantage of such programs, working with your own departments and related programs to build study abroad as an option that does not slow student progress toward graduation, and/or recommending policies and practices to encourage more Oswego students to study abroad;

2.  To work with departments and programs to identify ways in the curriculum to develop student knowledge and skills related to participation in a global society through, for example, articulating learning outcomes related to the knowledge and skills for intercultural literacy that we could expect of SUNY Oswego graduates, and/or recommending a range of curricular approaches for preparing students for global communities;

3.  To consider what professional development is needed by faculty and staff to increase their own knowledge and skills related to participation in global communities through, for example, proposing on-campus professional development opportunities as well as travel opportunities, encouraging participation in study opportunities, and/or proposing ways that faculty and staff can “give back” to campus international efforts when they are funded to travel abroad; 

4.  To strategize about new ways to increase international student recruitment and enhance retention, through, for example, considering ways of improving interactions between international and domestic students and/or recommending ways to help us meet a goal of  200 students by 2010;

5.  To help invite and host international scholars on our campus through, for example, helping with recruitment efforts to bring Fulbright scholars and other scholars from other nations and/or helping connect visitors with faculty and students;

6.  To help to identify grants and other fund-raising opportunities to support our curriculum, study abroad, and international student efforts through, for example, helping write grants for projects and/or working with ORSP and Development on fund-seeking;

7.  To help to assess operations of OIEP and ensure continuing improvements and success and to consider renaming and expanding the office to become an international center.

The Advisory Board will meet monthly as a whole and more regularly in subcommittees, including committees on the curriculum, study abroad, international students, visiting scholars, and grants/fundraising.  Associate Provost Opello will convene the Advisory Board and will consult regularly with the subcommittees, which will have their own convener/chair.  Please contact him if you wish more information about your responsibilities on this board.

Thank you, again, for agreeing to be on this important Advisory Board and to participate on at least one subcommittee.  I look forward to exciting advances this year as we work together to make international knowledge and skills an important part of the Oswego experience for our students.

Attachment: current membership

c.  President’s Council

     Provost’s Council