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Role statement

The International Education Council serves in an advisory capacity to initiate, review, and recommend policies dealing with the international aspects of the University’s mission and goals. The council serves to advocate the continued internationalization of the University and to maintain review of the University’s various administrative arrangements, policies and procedures for the conduct of international programs and activities.

The council’s oversight includes internationalization activities on campus including, but not limited to, internationalization of the curriculum and enrichment of the international development and experience of faculty, staff and students, as well as the University’s presence in other countries and territories.

Charges 2023-24

In addition to its specific responsibilities listed in the International Education Council’s role statement and the work of its standing committees if such exist, the Faculty Senate Executive Board charges the IEC to consider, as a committee of the whole or through the appropriate committees or task forces, the following:

1. Increase contact and coordination with college-level international committees.
2. Promote greater internationalization of individual, college-level, and °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÙÍøÖ±²¥ Essential Studies curriculum and faculty research by: a) developing and recommending mechanisms to encourage faculty to develop and/or participate in bringing global perspectives to teaching, scholarship, and research; b) collaborating with the provost's office and the Office of Research and Innovation.
3. Develop and recommend best practices for ensuring that international students at °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÙÍøÖ±²¥ are made to feel welcome and directly connected with U.S. based students in real and meaningful ways. Conclude the initiative by producing a report to the Executive Board or a Memorandum of Action.
4. Collaborate with the Graduate Studies Council and the Undergraduate Studies Council to provide recommendations on how to best support faculty in the area of global learning (e.g. global classrooms, virtual study abroad, and internationalized curriculum). Conclude the initiative by producing a report to the Executive Board or a Memorandum of Action.
5. Review °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÙÍøÖ±²¥'s partnership with Podium Education regarding the Global Tech program and the subsequent pilot study. Make recommendations on further collaborations. Conclude the initiative by producing a report to the Executive Board or a Memorandum of Action.
6. Develop best practices for curriculum enriching and integrated study abroad programs, including creating recommendations for college curriculum committees on how to assess study abroad course proposals. Conclude the initiative by producing a report to the Executive Board or a Memorandum of Action.
7. Encourage utilization of external campus resources and innovation programs (Institute of International Education (iie) Fulbright Scholar-in-Residence Program, iie Scholar Rescue Fund, and reciprocal faculty exchanges with international partners) to increase the number of international scholars on °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÙÍøÖ±²¥'s campus.
8. Review the scope and description of the council’s role statement and assess the effectiveness of the council’s practices.
9. At the annual April IEC meeting, the council members must review the draft year-end report, to be submitted to the Faculty Senate office, by the council chair no later than June 30.
10. Address any continuing or outstanding issues or initiatives as directed by the Faculty Senate Executive Board, members of the council, faculty, and/or academic administrators. Conclude the initiative by producing a report to the Executive Board or a Memorandum of Action.

Approved by the Faculty Senate Executive Board on July 28, 2023
Revised and approved by the Faculty Senate Executive Board on Oct. 27, 2023