The European Component of the Internationalization Strategies of North American Universities

University of California, Davis
21-22 May 2009

Presentations:
Day 1

• The Coimbra Group - Guido Langouche, Chairman of the Executive Board of the Coimbra Group (.pdf)
• The Balance Project - summary of the four European seminars - Anna Quici, Project Coordinator, Coimbra Group (.pdf)
• The Bologna Process, with update on 2009 Leuven Ministerial Conference – Guy Haug, Expert on European Higher Education. (.pdf)
• UC Davis' Internationalization Strategy and Its European Dimension – Vice Provost Bill Lacy, University Outreach & International Programs, University of California, Davis (.pdf)
• The University of California’s Education Abroad Program and its European component – Karen Mead, Regional Director, University of California Education Abroad Program, Santa Barbara (.pdf)
• Europe in Internationalization Strategies - Dennis Dutschke, Dean of Studies, Arcadia University, USA (.pdf)
• Europe in Internationalization Strategies - Eileen McCarthy, Director of Strategic Initiatives and Planning, University of Chicago, USA (.pdf)
• Europe in Internationalization Strategies - Britta Baron, Vice Provost and Associate Vice President (International) University of Alberta, Canada (.pdf)

Day 2

Europe in Internationalization Strategy - Breakout session questions (.pdf)

• Joint North American and European ventures in research: funding opportunities and scholar mobility - Ruth Keeling Sobotka, Coordinator, European Policy Network, University of Cambridge, UK (.pdf)
• Joint North American and European ventures in higher education: funding opportunities and student mobility - Giordana Bruno, Education, Audiovisual, Culture Executive Agency - European Commission (.pdf)
• Joint North American and European ventures in higher education: funding opportunities and student mobility - Dr. John Douglass and Dr. Richard Edelstein, Senior Research Fellows - Public Policy and Higher Education, Center for Studies in Higher Education – University of California, Berkeley (.pdf)
• Joint North American and European ventures in higher education: funding opportunities and student mobility - Estelle Kane, International Funding Analyst – University of California, Davis (.pdf)
• Joint/dual degrees and recognition issue - Richard Poulin, Director of International Office, University of Laval, Canada (.pdf)
• Joint/dual degrees and recognition issues - Doris Knasar, International Exchange Coordinator, University of Graz, Austria (.pdf)
  

About this conference

Seminar Programme

The Office of University Outreach and International Programs (UOIP) at the University of California, Davis is pleased to be hosting the next Balance seminar entitled " The European Component of the Internationalization Strategies of North American Universities" on 21-22 May 2009.
For 100 years, UC Davis has engaged in teaching, research and public service that matter to California and transform the world. Located close to Sacramento, the state capital, UC Davis has 31,000 students, an annual research budget that exceeds $500 million, a comprehensive health system and 13 specialized research centers. The university offers interdisciplinary graduate study and more than 100 undergraduate majors in four colleges—Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Biological Sciences, Engineering, and Letters and Science—and advanced degrees from five professional schools—Education, Law, Management, Medicine, and Veterinary Medicine.
UOIP provides campus leadership and coordination for UC Davis faculty, students and staff to build international relationships via continuing, distance and lifelong learning and international educational and research activities and programs. Our focus is to coordinate, strengthen and promote the internationalization of the University of California, Davis. The campus units reporting to the Vice Provost for Outreach and International Programs include the UC Education Abroad Program, UC Davis Quarter Abroad Program, UC Davis Summer Abroad Program, Fulbright Scholar Programs, Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship Program, International Alumni Relations and Services for International Students and Scholars.

We look forward to welcoming you to UC Davis in May.

William Lacy, Vice Provost – University Outreach and International Programs
Jean-Xavier Guinard, Associate Vice Provost for International Programs

More about UC Davis

Links: http://www.ucdavis.edu/index.html; http://uoip.ucdavis.edu