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For Release: Feb 27, 2007
Four Colleges to Receive Simon Award for Exemplary Internationalization Efforts
2007 NAFSA Internationalizing the Campus report to be released this fall
WASHINGTON, February 27, 2007 – NAFSA: Association of International Educators is proud to announce this year’s recipients of the Senator Paul Simon Award for Campus Internationalization. Calvin College, Elon University, the Georgia Institute of Technology, and the University of Oklahoma will be featured in the NAFSA report Internationalizing the Campus 2007: Profiles of Success at Colleges and Universities, to be published this fall. The awardees will also be recognized at the NAFSA annual conference in Minneapolis.
Named for the late Senator Paul Simon, (D–Ill.), the award recognizes innovative and creative efforts in campus internationalization. Senator Simon was a strong advocate for international education throughout his career, advocating for exchanges through his position on various Senate committees. His leadership in this area was especially evident in his robust support, along with Senator David Boren, for the creation of the National Security Education Program, which addresses critical national security deficiencies in language and cultural expertise. In the months preceding his untimely death in December of 2003, Senator Simon worked diligently to promote a new and visionary initiative that would dramatically increase the number of U.S. college students studying abroad. He believed strongly in the need for America’s future leaders to know and understand the broader world.
By capturing the breadth and depth of accomplishment in internationalization at U.S. colleges and universities, NAFSA’s annual Internationalizing the Campus report presents an agenda for action at a time when institutions across the country are increasingly recognizing the need to better prepare students for a global economy and an interconnected world. Two additional schools have been selected for program or area spotlights in this year’s report. They are Shoreline Community College and Valparaiso University.
This year's NAFSA selection jury included Stephen Dunnett (jury chair; State University of New York at Buffalo), Jon Booth (Syracuse University), Linda Melville (University of New Mexico), Ron Roberson (Howard Community College), Wendy Weiner (Chatham College), and Brian Whalen (Dickinson College).
Named for the late Senator Paul Simon, (D–Ill.), the award recognizes innovative and creative efforts in campus internationalization. Senator Simon was a strong advocate for international education throughout his career, advocating for exchanges through his position on various Senate committees. His leadership in this area was especially evident in his robust support, along with Senator David Boren, for the creation of the National Security Education Program, which addresses critical national security deficiencies in language and cultural expertise. In the months preceding his untimely death in December of 2003, Senator Simon worked diligently to promote a new and visionary initiative that would dramatically increase the number of U.S. college students studying abroad. He believed strongly in the need for America’s future leaders to know and understand the broader world.
By capturing the breadth and depth of accomplishment in internationalization at U.S. colleges and universities, NAFSA’s annual Internationalizing the Campus report presents an agenda for action at a time when institutions across the country are increasingly recognizing the need to better prepare students for a global economy and an interconnected world. Two additional schools have been selected for program or area spotlights in this year’s report. They are Shoreline Community College and Valparaiso University.
This year's NAFSA selection jury included Stephen Dunnett (jury chair; State University of New York at Buffalo), Jon Booth (Syracuse University), Linda Melville (University of New Mexico), Ron Roberson (Howard Community College), Wendy Weiner (Chatham College), and Brian Whalen (Dickinson College).
