University Committee Year-End Communication

Committee Name

International

Academic Year

2006-2007

Number of Meetings

1-2 X /month with some additional meetings

Committee Members (available at http://www.umt.edu/committees/) ¯

CHAIR
	Marc Hendrix, Department of Geology
FACULTY (Two; Three-year terms)
	Erling Oelz, Mansfield Library			2008
	Judith Rabinovitch, Modern & Classical Languages & Literatures			2009
STAFF (One; Three-year term
	Brian Lofink, Office of International Programs			2008
STUDENT (Two; One-year terms)
	Ryan Fries			2007
	Kofi Abaidoo			2007
	International Student - vacant
	Administrator
		Bill Johnston, Alumni Association		2008
	College of Technology
		Barry Good		2009
	Humanities and Foreign Languages
		Gerald Fetz, Dean, College of Arts and Sciences		2009
	Schools (2)
		Nader Shooshtari, School of Business Administration		2007
		Jim Taylor, School of Law		2008
	Sciences
		Marc Hendrix, Department of Geology		2009
	Social Sciences
			Sarah Halvorson, Department of Geography	2007
PERMANENT MEMBERS
	Juana Alcala, Associate Director, Enrollment Services
	Effie Koehn, Director, Foreign Student and Scholar Services
	Terry Weidner, Director, Maureen and Mike Mansfield Center
	Ex-Officio (Non-voting)
		Mehrdad Kia, Assistant Vice President for Research and Director, International Programs

Please describe your experience on the committee (What information would you share with a faculty member who is considering service on this committee?)

An opportunity to shape UM’s policy regarding programs with ‘exchange’ universities and universities with MOUs with UM.

Topics Addressed (agenda items)¯

Most important: set draft criteria for establishing ties with overseas universities, and criteria for review of the same, together with forming plans for on-line acquisition/provision of data from returning faculty in review of various institutions; review of UM exchange relationship priorities overall; heard various new exchange relationship proposals from individual faculty visitors to the comm; held discussions of scholarship and fac exchange opportunities and created rankings of applications for various competitions on campus.

Actions Taken (resolutions, proposals, recommendations)¯

Chose nominees for faculty exchanges; grantees for Al Price scholarship; wrote new criteria for review of faculty exchange/general exchange universities; reviewed various grant and scholarship opportunities/calls for apps; studied possibilities of ‘International Baccalaureate: at UM; reviewed and made decisions on MOUs/exchange contracts in need of renewal/non-renewal decisions.

Unresolved Issues ¯