![]() ![]() This kind of energy is not unknown to me, but it's very gratifying to see this at an institution, which has for so long been legitimately an international institution. I do a lot of training in a lot of places in the United States and in the world. But hearing the energy in the room and seeing all of you here around this internationalization effort is heady stuff. during the break, I was excited to be able to be here and to speak anyway. That's a good sign that we kept coming back. Can I see the hands of all of us who were here for the earlier session? Nearly everybody. ![]() MICHAEL VANDE BERG: Thank you, Marina, for that very nice introduction. ![]() And I also want to mention that Mick is a founding member of the Forum on Education abroad, that since it was founded has become pretty much the main standards organization for education abroad as a field, has done tremendous work on a variety of aspects of really bringing disparate efforts of education abroad and different institutions and universities onto the common platform.Īnd so Mick was at the forefront of it and, as a result, was recently recognized by a very prestigious Peter Wollitzer Award for his remarkable effectiveness in influencing institutions of higher education to understand and support study abroad. If you haven't yet read his book, Student Learning Abroad, What Our Students Are Learning, Why They Are Not, and What We Can Do About It, I highly recommend it. He has personal international background and experience, studied abroad in Mexico, taught and lived and worked in Spain and France. It's called the Council on International Educational Exchange. It's much bigger than study abroad, but Mick was leading the academic efforts of the study abroad division of it. Mick also was the chief academic officer of CIEE, one of the largest nonprofit organizations of study abroad provider type. Not only did he serve as director of international education offices, study abroad offices at most-esteemed institutions like Georgetown School for International Training, Kalamazoo College- And many of you may not know, but in the field of education abroad, Kalamazoo is a great leader- Michigan State University, which has for many years held the first place in the scope of education abroad activities at a US institution. He has an amazing combination of backgrounds, of both being a faculty, a true academic, a researcher, and a really leader in international education, particularly education abroad as a field. But if you would all allow me to just stay away from that and summarize briefly how I see Mick and his contribution to international education. You have in your program a little booklet that has a very long description of what Mick has done. And this is a truly special occasion for me to detail his accomplishments in the field. Mick Vande Berg is an esteemed colleague of mine and also a dear friend. And it is my utmost pleasure to be introducing the next speaker and the next segment of our program. MARINA MARKOT: As you are trickling in, I will start in the interest of time. ![]()
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