NAFSA Blog

This month’s Advice From The Field column is authored by Sue Marlay, past-coordinator of NAFSA’s Phase II Member Interest Group. Sue offers strategies for dealing with a difficult supervisor.

“The current refugee crisis is not a new phenomenon,” says Gruenewald. “Migrants seeking new venues for employment, immigrants seeking lands offering better opportunities, and refugees seeking a safer life, a life away from civil war and famine—all of these populations have been moving and migrating

NAFSA Welcomes the Global Community to the 2017 Annual Conference The field of international education sits at the intersection of profound and wide-ranging questions. How do nations balance the forces of economic independence and interdependence? What role does immigration play in cultural and

Only a Day Away: Day Trips from Los Angeles From cities to wilderness, Southern California has tons for NAFSA 2017 attendees to explore. Check out these fun day trips that will leave you feeling like Dorothy in the Wizard of Oz, “I’ve a feeling we’re not in [Los Angeles] anymore…” From cities to

Workshop Spotlight: Academic Ethics Across Cultures: Preparing Your Students and Your Campus This week’s NAFSA 2017 Workshop Spotlight series features a conversation with Anne Hayner, associate director for alumni relations at the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies in the Keough School

A Guide to Eating in L.A. We, international education professionals, know that food is a key to discovering culture. If there is one facet of Los Angeles that speaks for our values, it is our culinary scene. L.A. is beaming with international dishes, often presented with Angeleno flare. In this post

On March 6, the White House released a revised travel ban Executive Order that further highlights the uncertainty that international education professionals face in 2017.

Workshop Spotlight: Building a Supportive Campus Environment for Globally Mobile LGBTQ+ Students The NAFSA Annual Conference & Expo provides a unique opportunity for professionals from around the world to gather as the largest community of international educators to listen, learn, network and

Transportation and Attractions in L.A.: An Overview To list all of the attractions in Los Angeles would be an impossible task. Instead, I will share a sample of what this city has to offer. Let’s begin with an overview of transportation and end with a preview of attractions. To list all of the

As I am writing this, eleven NAFSA members across the country are hard at work embodying the phrase “all politics is local.” I met with all of them for the first time in June, when they came to NAFSA headquarters in Washington.