10th Annual Conference

Tuesday

2/23 Pre-Conference Trip to Biosphere 2 and Nogales

Noon

Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport. Participants in the pre-conference trip should meet outside the Terminal North Baggage Claim to depart for Biosphere 2 and Nogales.

3:00-4:30

Tour Biosphere 2.

6:30 PM

Arrive in Nogales, Arizona; Check-in and dinner.

8:00 PM

Lecture on Border Culture by Dwayne Rogers, University of Arizona Elderhostel.

Wednesday

2/24

9:00 AM

Visit a maquiladora in Nogales, Mexico.

10:30-12:30

Visit downtown Nogales, exploration and lunch.

1:00 PM

Board van to return to Phoenix.

5:00 PM

Drop-off at Sky Harbor Airport, Phoenix.

7:00 PM

Executive Committee Meeting at La Quinta, 16321 N 83rd Ave, Peoria.

8:00 PM

No-host cocktail hour at Cougan's Microbrewery, 7640 W Bell Rd, Peoria, on the north side of Bell.

Thursday

2/25

8:00 AM

Conference Registration, World Business/Administration Building

9:00 AM

Opening Address
Judy Johnson, Associate Vice President, Dean of Admissions/Financial Aid, Thunderbird

10:30-12:00

Session I
Moderator: George Ann Huck, Central College
Executive Director, AAPLAC

Study Abroad & the Internet
Søren Peterson, Augustana College

Out of the Classroom and into the World: Using Surveys
Dennis Corrigan, Thunderbird
Elizabeth Pérez Reilly, Maryville College

12:15-1:15 PM

Session II
Panel: Safety and Study Abroad
Moderator: Steven Wille, Augustana College
President, AAPLAC
Panelists:
  Flora Breidenbach, College of DuPage
  Hilda López Laval
  Helen Stellmaker, St Olaf College

1:15-2:30 PM

Lunch Recess

2:30-4:00 PM

Session III
Moderator: Paul Olson, Waubonsee Community College

Internships in Mérida
David Burton, Ohio University
Todd Fry, University of Maryland

Women's Studies in Ecuador: A Search for Voices and Visions
Beatrice Jacobson, St Ambrose University

Teaching Teachers of English Abroad
Kathleen McInerney, Augustana College

4:30-5:30 PM

Session IV
Panel: Non-Traditional International Programs
Moderator: Helen Stellmaker, St Olaf College

A Life-long Learning Institute Abroad -- St Olaf OLLI Olé in Puebla, Mexico
David Brye
Erling Jorstad, Emeritus, St Olaf College

Life-long Learning for St Mary's of Minnesota
Matt Vetter, St Mary's University of Minnesota

6:30 PM

Cookout at Chez Corrigan

Friday

2/26

9:00-10:15 AM

Session V
Moderator: Dennis Corrigan, Thunderbird

Winterim en Chile y Perú: Cómo tomar ventaja de un programa en el extranjero después de organizarlo
Wanda Lauterborn, Thunderbird

Commercial Spanish Without the Classroom: A Close Observation of the Content and Process of a Three-Week Commercial Spanish Class in Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay
Matilde Franciulli, Thunderbird

Learning from the Enemy: The Study-Abroad Experience in Cuba
Carmen Vega Carney, Thunderbird

10:30-11:30

Session VI
Moderator:

A Short Course on Guatemalan Culture
Flora Breidenbach, College of DuPage

Developing a Summer Spanish Program: Part I
Pamela Ranallo, Front Range Community College

Reflective Practices and the Portfolio
Matt Vetter, St Mary's University of Minnesota

11:45-12:30

Experiential Learning
Earl Gibbons, Associate Vice President for Overseas Programs, Thunderbird

12:45-2:15 PM

Lunch & Business Meeting, Thunderbird Commons

3:00-4:30 PM

Session VII
Moderator: Flora Breidenbach, College of DuPage

Trial by Fire
George Ann Huck, Central College

Risk Management and Crisis Response in the Field
Kristine Jones, CIEE

Semester at Sea
Cynthia Nagura, Centers for Interamerican Studies

6:00 PM

Banquet at Pinnacle Peak (Meet at La Quinta at 6:00 to carpool.)

Saturday

2/27 Post-Conference to Sedona and the Grand Canyon

6:30 AM

Meet in the lobby of La Quinta for departure. Bring along warm clothes. We'll return by 8 PM.