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System Council on International Education - Meeting Agenda

Thursday, 22 September 2005

5:30 p.m.-8:30 p.m.
Serafino's Restaurant
1225 Mt. Zion Road
Morrow, Georgia 30260

Friday, 23 September 2005
10:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m.
Center for Continuing Education, Room #330
Clayton State University
Morrow, Georgia

Thursday, 22 September 2005

5:30 p.m. New Members' Orientation

6:30 p.m. Dinner/Workshop on STARS Administration

[Hotel accommodations (for those registered with OIE) at Hampton Inn, 1533 Southlake Pkwy , Morrow, Georgia 30260]

Friday, 23 September 2005

[Refreshments will be available at 9:30 a.m. in the meeting room.]

10:00 a.m. SCIE Meeting Begins

  1. Welcome & Introductions
  2. Announcements from SCIE members
  3. Director's Report
    1. 2005-2006 USG International Briefing Book
    2. SCIE Administrative Calendar & Events Calendar
    3. Outcomes from the August Cabinet Planning Retreat
      1. Assessment of FY05 Charges
      2. 2005-06 Strategic Agenda
      3. Charge to the Council
      4. 2005-06 Charges to the Committees and WRCs
    4. Overview of State and USG Issues; System Office News
    5. Proposed FY06 Expenditures (by fund and activity)
    6. Restoration of Global Partnership Grants for FY06
    7. Restoration and Redefinition of Best Practices Awards
    8. Suspension of Underserved Study Abroad Competition
    9. FY07 Budget and Request for 80/20 Strategic Initiative Funding
    10. External Funding Proposals (FIPSE, DOS, ED)
    11. Lincoln Fellowship Commission Update
    12. Harrington Award for Inter-Institutional Collaboration
  4. Guest Presentation: The Consortium for North American Higher Education Collaboration (CONAHEC), Dr. Francisco Marmolejo, Executive Director
  5. USG World Regional Councils
    1. 2005-2006 Charges to the WRCs

    2. Reports from the WRCs

    12:00-- Lunch Break and Opportunity for Collaborative Program Meetings

    12:45 p.m. First floor dining room

  6. Committee on Study Abroad (Jim Anderson, Chair)
    1. 2005-2006 Charge to the Committee
    2. Mini-Grants for Collaborative Recruitment/Enrollment in Existing Programs
    3. Review of 2007 Study Abroad Targets & 2003-2004 Data
    4. 2004-2005 Study Abroad Participation Data Request- responses due: 30 Sept 2005
    5. FY06 STARS Awards Results and FY07 Funding Request- deadline: 1 April 2006
    6. NSEP Scholarships for Japanese, Chinese, & Russian
    7. ISEP Update
    8. New Version of On-Line Study Abroad Catalog
    9. Regional Workshops on Study Abroad Issues
  7. Committee on International Students & Scholars (Akanmu Adebayo, Chair)
    1. 2005-2006 Charge to the Committee
    2. Mini-Grants for Collaborative Programming with Visiting Scholars
    3. International Student Enrollment Trends
    4. Hobson's Recruitment Initiative
    5. Review of ESL Programs
    6. RFP for International Student Health Insurance
    7. Regional Workshops on International Student Issues
    8. Hurricane Katrina & International Students
  8. Committee on Faculty & Curriculum (Bill Schaniel, Chair)
    1. 2005-2006 Charge to the Committee
    2. 2006 Faculty Development Seminars & Chancellor's Awards
    3. 2006 Senior Academic Administrators Seminar Abroad
    4. Symposium on Teaching Abroad (March 16-17, 2006)
    5. Workshop on Teaching about the Middle East (November 4-6, 2005)
  9. New Business/Old Business
  10. Adjournment

2:15-4:00 p.m. Open meeting of the working group on USG North American Studies Certificate and associated grant proposal to the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE)

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