NAFSA Blog

Saturday Postcard from the 2010 Annual Conference & ExpoSaturday kicked off the preconference activities as registration opened for NAFSA's 62nd Annual Conference & Expo in Kansas City, MO, May 30 June 4, 2010. Attendees from across the globe have begun

International Education is the Foundation of Administration’s National Security Strategy The Obama administration released its national security strategy yesterday. The document recalls the spirit of the President’s inaugural address, when he pledged to renew America’s global leadership and charted

Michelle Obama Urges Students at Wayne State to Consider the WorldLast week, the First Lady of the United States, Michelle Obama, urged the 2010 graduating class of George Washington University to “take it global.” Yesterday, during an address she gave

A New Era for NAFSA Grassroots Advocacy – Connecting Our WorldBy DeDe Long and Marlene Johnson Over the past several years, the Internet and social media have dramatically transformed the ways we communicate with each other, keep in touch, and

First Lady Encourages GW Graduates to "Take it Global"During a commencement address Michelle Obama gave on Sunday for George Washington University's class of 2010, she focused on the value of international education and urged each student to go global. The

Why We’re In This Business Recently my wife and I attended a benefit reception for the Alliance for Peacebuilding (AfP), whose president is my old friend, Chic Dambach. AfP describes itself as “a coalition of diverse organizations working together to

Arizona Law Gives Other States Advantage in Attracting Foreign StudentsTwo Mexican universities – the National Autonomous University of Mexico and the Autonomous University of San Luis Potosí – have ended their student exchange programs with the University of Arizona, citing

Congressman David Obey A Unique Leader and Inspiration for Next GenerationI don't remember when I first met Dave Obey. Probably 1973, when he was a junior Member of Congress, and I came to Washington from the University of Wisconsin to

Solving Income Gap is Missing Link to Immigration ReformBy Dr. Robert A. Pastor In a May 1 op ed in the Washington Post, Bruce Morrison and Paul Donnelly make a compelling case for the need for a better system than

Coordination and Communication in the Intelligence Community Lessons for DHS?The April 30 edition of the Washington Post carried an interesting Forum piece headlined “Getting Smarter on Intelligence” by Thomas Fingar and Mary Margaret Graham, former senior officials in the Office